Clark Gable and
Loretta Young had apparently an affair during filming, which resulted in the birth of an out-of-wedlock daughter,
Judy Lewis. To avoid a scandal that would have hurt both their careers, Young claimed that she went away for a while, found the girl, and adopted her. In 1994, Lewis revealed the truth (which had long been the subject of speculation because of her resemblance to both parents) in her book "Uncommon Knowledge". However, in 2015,
Linda Lewis, the wife of Young's son,
Christopher Lewis, stated publicly that in 1998, a then-85-year-old Young had told Lewis that Gable had raped her. According to Linda, Loretta added that no consensual intimate contact had occurred between Gable and herself. Young had never disclosed the rape to anyone. According to Lewis, Young shared this information only after learning of the concept of date rape from watching
Larry King Live (1985); she had previously believed it was a woman's job to fend off men's amorous advances and had perceived her inability to thwart Gable's attack as a moral failing on her part. Linda said that the family remained silent about Young's rape claim until after both Young and Judy Lewis had died.