Clark Gable: A Biography
Sep 2010 · Crown Archetype
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Clark Gable arrived in Hollywood after a rough-and-tumble youth, and his breezy, big-boned, everyman persona quickly made him the town’s king. He was a gambler among gamblers, a heavy drinker in the days when everyone drank seemingly all the time, and a lover to legions of the most attractive women in the most glamorous business in the world, including the great love of his life, Carole Lombard.
In this well-researched and revealing biography, Warren G. Harris gives an exceptionally acute portrait of one of the most memorable actors in the history of motion pictures—whose intimates included such legends as Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, Loretta Young, David O. Selznick, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, and Grace Kelly—as well as a vivid sense of the glamour and excess of mid-century Hollywood.
In this well-researched and revealing biography, Warren G. Harris gives an exceptionally acute portrait of one of the most memorable actors in the history of motion pictures—whose intimates included such legends as Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, Loretta Young, David O. Selznick, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, and Grace Kelly—as well as a vivid sense of the glamour and excess of mid-century Hollywood.
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Charles Ynfante
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July 19, 2024
This biography by Warren G. Harris is a wonderfully balanced book of Clark Gable. I never knew about Gable what I found out in this biography. I will not give spoilers. However, I will mention that he was considered genuine and down to earth. He never upstaged his fellow actors and was gracious. When filming of “Gone with the Wind” started, he and Carol Lombard moved into a modest and unassuming ranch house in the San Fernando Valley. The author presents this biography with many details that do not feel crowded or confusing. The reader gets a full, flowing, and immersive experience of Gable’s life. Review by Charles Ynfante.
About the author
Warren G. Harris has written critically acclaimed biographies of Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, and Sophia Loren, among others. He lives in New York City.
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