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clark gable

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1. Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gablenoun

   United States film actor (1901-1960)

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1. Clark Gable

   William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Gable died of a heart attack at the age of 59; his final on-screen appearance was as an aging cowboy in The Misfits, released posthumously in 1961. Born and raised in Ohio, Gable traveled to Hollywood where he began his film career as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926. He progressed to supporting roles for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his first leading role in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) was alongside Joan Crawford, who requested him for the part. His role in the romantic drama Red Dust (1932) with reigning sex symbol Jean Harlow, made him MGM's biggest male star. Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Frank Capra's romantic comedy It Happened One Night (1934), co-starring Claudette Colbert. He was again nominated for the award for his roles as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and as Rhett Butler opposite Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). He found continued commercial and critical success with Manhattan Melodrama (1934), San Francisco (1936), Saratoga (1937), Test Pilot (1938), and Boom Town (1940), three of which co-starred Spencer Tracy. Gable spent two years as an aerial cameraman and bomber gunner in Europe during World War II. Although the movies he appeared in following his return were not critically lauded, they did well at the box office. He experienced a critical revival with The Hucksters (1947), Homecoming (1948), and Mogambo (1953), which also featured newcomer Grace Kelly. Later, he starred in Westerns and War movies, such as Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) with Burt Lancaster, and in comedies and dramas that paired him with a new generation of leading ladies, such as Doris Day in Teacher's Pet (1958), Sophia Loren in It Started in Naples (1960), and Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits (1961). Gable was one of the most consistent box-office performers in the history of Hollywood, appearing on Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll sixteen times. He was named the seventh greatest male movie star of classic American cinema by the American Film Institute. He appeared opposite many of the most popular actresses of their time. Joan Crawford was a favorite actress of his to work with, and he partnered with her in eight films. Myrna Loy worked with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and in three each with Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner.

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1. clark gable

   Clark Gable was a highly prominent American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He is best known for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic film, "Gone with the Wind," for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Gable, born in 1901 and died in 1960, appeared in more than 60 motion pictures over his career spanning several decades.

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1. Clark Gable

   William Clark Gable was an American film actor. Though arguably best known for his role as Rhett Butler in the epic Gone with the Wind, which earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, he was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty, and he won for It Happened One Night. His other notable films include Manhattan Melodrama and The Misfits. Starting as a stage actor, Gable appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1930, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for MGM in 1931. The next year he landed his first leading Hollywood role and became a leading man in more than 60 movies over the next three decades. Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with, was partnered with Gable in eight films; Myrna Loy worked with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner in three each. Gable's final film, The Misfits, paired him with Marilyn Monroe.

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   The numerical value of clark gable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of clark gable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of clark gable in a Sentence

1. Vivien Leigh:

   Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered that person up. Then the newspapers began printing the story that Gable and I were not getting on. This was so ridiculous it served only as a joke. From the time on the standard greeting between Clark and myself became, 'How are you not getting on today?

2. Mickey Rooney:

   Clark Gable once said to me, 'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!

3. James Hong:

   My first movie was with Clark Gable, but back in those days, the leading role was played by these guys with their eyes taped up, and they talked like this, the producer said the Asians were not good enough and they (were) not box office, but look at us now.

4. Owen Gleiberman:

   Like Clark Gable, he (Pitt) has an aura, just an effortless zen, macho thing.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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