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The Essential Clark Gable!
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	The Painted Desert Buy used from: $1.30 Gable shows machismo, as villain in his first sound picture! TRIVIA: To get role, Gable LIED that he could ride a horse! Poor sound, stilted dialogue, but start of brilliant career!
	Dance, Fools, Dance (Forbidden Hollywood) [VHS] Buy used from: $7.48 Gable as mobster who falls for vampy Joan Crawford; saved by her brother, she exposes Gable's villainy! FIRST teaming of Crawford and Gable is sexy, pre-Code; female fanmail flooded MGM!
	A Free Soul [VHS] Buy used from: $3.42 Gable's breakthrough film! MGM 'queen' Norma Shearer prefers hoodlum Gable over dull boyfriend Leslie Howard (Ashley in GWTW)! Barrymore, as father, won Oscar, but it's sexy Gable who steals picture!
	Red Dust [VHS] Buy used from: $7.51 CLASSIC teaming of Gable and Harlow, as plantation overseer and his ex-hooker girlfriend. Married Mary Astor arrives, and sparks fly! VERY sexy; Harlow PERFECT Gable co-star!
	No Man of Her Own [VHS] Buy used from: $2.94 Gable's ONLY film with great love of his life, Carole Lombard! He's gambler on run who marries librarian on flip of a coin! Eventually, she tames his crooked ways, and he 'does his time'!
	It Happened One Night Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $8.24 Brilliant Capra comedy of heiress Colbert on run, aided by reporter Gable; love blooms! Oscars for film, Capra, Colbert, and Gable! CLASSIC; made Gable a MAJOR star!
	Mutiny on the Bounty Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.14 Unforgettable classic of sadistic Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton, in his most famous role) being faced down by Fletcher Christian (Gable, who's magnificent!) One of the GREATEST sea films ever!
	San Francisco [VHS] Buy used from: $3.79 Big film about 1906 earthquake, and saloon owner (Gable) falling for virginal singer MacDonald, under disapproving gaze of priest Tracy! Gable and Tracy are PERFECT costars; first of three teamings!
	Too Hot to Handle (1938) [VHS] Buy used from: $5.65 Wild, globe-trotting adventure, as newsreel reporter Gable competes with Pidgeon for stories and Loy; funny, breakneck pacing; was an inspiration for Spielberg's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK!
	Gone With The Wind (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set) Buy used from: $99.99 Considered by many as Hollywood's GREATEST; Gable was BORN to play Butler! Timeless epic of Scarlett discovering true love too late; "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"
	Honky Tonk [VHS] Buy used from: $4.39 Gambler Gable redeemed by good girl Lana Turner's love; first teaming works best in first half of film, the two stars have INCREDIBLE chemistry!
	Hucksters [VHS] Buy used from: $13.89 Great comedy/drama of advertising 'game', with Gable finding integrity, along with romance (Deborah Kerr, in American debut); Sidney Greenstreet brilliant, as unscrupulous boss!
	Command Decision [VHS] Buy used from: $0.99 Very good, in the vein of 'Twelve O'Clock High'; WWII Commander Gable must send men on suicide missions, daily; all-star cast!
	Key to the City [VHS] Buy used from: $7.37 Wild, wacky farce of two mayors (Gable and Young) at convention in San Francisco, fighting corruption, each other until sexual chemistry kicks in; silly, at times, but VERY enjoyable!
	To Please a Lady [VHS] Buy used from: $4.85 Stanwyck as columnist attacks, then falls for hard-nose race car driver Gable; stars are excellent, but only race scenes have real excitement; dated, but worth a look!
	Across the Wide Missouri [VHS] Buy used from: $25.59 'Wild Bill' Wellman directs this outdoor epic of Frontiersman Gable; great atmosphere, portrayal of Indians; one of Gable's favorite films!
	Lone Star (1951) [VHS] Buy used from: $9.95 Texas, the early days; two powerful Texans (Gable and Broderick Crawford) stand on opposite sides of Independence issue, until crisis unites them; with Ava Gardner; good ol' macho adventure!
	Never Let Me Go [VHS] Buy used from: $11.32 American newspaperman in Moscow (Gable) attempts daring rescue of his Russian ballerina girlfriend (Gene Tierney); dated Cold War elements; watch it with 'Comrade X', another 'Gable in Moscow' tale!
	Mogambo [VHS] Buy used from: $2.60 Hopefully this will be rereleased, soon! Remake of 'Red Dust' reset in Africa; Gable is hunter, Gardner his 'easy virtue' girlfriend; Kelly is 'good' girl he falls for! John Ford directed. CLASSIC!
	The Tall Men [VHS] Buy used from: $17.73 Old-fashioned western of two cattlemen brothers (Gable and Cameron Mitchell), a rich, evil adversary (Robert Ryan, who is excellent), and Jane Russell, to steam things up! No classic, but fun!
	Band of Angels [VHS] Buy used from: $3.89 Oft compared (unfairly) to GWTW, tale of rogue with shady past, his mixed blood love (Yvonne DeCarlo) and servant/friend with secrets (Sidney Poitier); excellent supporting cast!
	Teacher's Pet Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.08 One of best later Gable films! He is old-fashioned newspaper editor who falls for journalism teacher (Day). Gig Young terrific as her boyfriend!
	Run Silent, Run Deep Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.88 Taut, classic submarine tale of aging Captain 'with a past' and the Exec who the men prefer, on dangerous mission; VERY influencial on later sub epics (Crimson Tide and K-19); brilliant performances!
	It Started in Naples Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.99 Lawyer Gable (looking VERY paunchy) goes to Naples to resolve will, meets and falls for local girl Loren (looking AMAZINGLY sexy!); beautiful color photography, and the King seems to be having fun!
	The Misfits Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.89 Gable and Monroe's last film; brooding, bittersweet tale of aging cowboy and divorcee, and modern world that neither can relate to; brilliant performances!

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