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Gable and Lombard

  • 19761976
  • 18+18+
  • 2h 11m
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5.1/10
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Gable and Lombard (1976)
BiographyDramaRomance
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
616
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    • Sidney J. Furie
    • Barry Sandler
  • Stars
    • James Brolin
    • Jill Clayburgh
    • Allen Garfield
    • Sidney J. Furie
    • Barry Sandler
  • Stars
    • James Brolin
    • Jill Clayburgh
    • Allen Garfield
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    • 29User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    James Brolin
    James Brolin
    • Clark Gable
    Jill Clayburgh
    Jill Clayburgh
    • Carole Lombard
    Allen Garfield
    Allen Garfield
    • Louis B. Mayer
    Red Buttons
    Red Buttons
    • Ivan Cooper
    Joanne Linville
    Joanne Linville
    • Ria Gable
    Melanie Mayron
    Melanie Mayron
    • Dixie
    Carol McGinnis
    • Noreen
    Noah Keen
    Noah Keen
    • A. Broderick
    Alan Dexter
    Alan Dexter
    • Sheriff Ellis
    • (as Alan D. Dexter)
    S. John Launer
    S. John Launer
    • The Judge
    William Bryant
    William Bryant
    • Colonel
    • (as Bill Bryant)
    Alice Backes
    Alice Backes
    • Hedda Hopper
    John Lehne
    John Lehne
    • Attorney Kramer
    Robert Karnes
    Robert Karnes
    • Gable's Director
    Betsy Jones-Moreland
    Betsy Jones-Moreland
    • Party Guest
    Ross Elliott
    Ross Elliott
    • Lombard's Director
    Morgan Brittany
    Morgan Brittany
    • Vivien Leigh
    Jodean Lawrence
    • Party Guest
    • (as Jodean Russo)
      • Sidney J. Furie
      • Barry Sandler
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    • Trivia
      Clark Gable was indeed sued in a paternity suit and he did wind up in the courtroom. However, Carole Lombard did not come to Gable's defense. Gable was able to prove he was not in England where the conception was said to have taken place and the woman was sent to a year in jail for slandering his name.
    • Goofs
      Even though Gable is seen in uniform when Lombard's plane crashes, he didn't actually enlist in Army Air Force until six months after her death.
    • Alternate versions
      The theatrical version ends with Gable being driven away from the plane crash site, tearfully recounting a joke Lombard told him earlier in the film to lift his spirits. In the network television broadcast version, the joke is omitted, and it instead ends with a flashback to Lombard giving Gable a pep talk about standing together and fighting for their relationship.
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    6/10
    It happened one decade...
    In the 70s after MGM compiled their wonderful THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT docos highlighting their musical treasure trove, other equally stocked companies decided not to do the same but actually make feature films about the same Hollywood history. So, instead of getting That's Fox or That's Paramount or Universal or Columbia (like the pubic actually wanted...and still do...) we were served new movies about old Hollywood. Enter GABLE AND LOMBARD (and WC Fields and Me, and Day Of The Locust...and Won Ton Ton The Dog That Saved Hollywood...and Hearts Of the West...and The Last Tycoon etc). Not as ominous as the proposed remake of Casablanca starring Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour, and nowhere near as 'bad' or 'wrong' as critics of the time cruelly labeled it, GABLE AND LOMBARD is a lush valentine to a fan mag style and memory of a period in time...rather like the production design of The Talented Mr Ripley is actually reflective of what Hollywood thought the jet set Mediterranean 50s were like as opposed to its fishing boat reality. As with At long Last Love, GABLE AND LOMBARD was slammed by crits and left to drown when without the bile and guffaw, there is a very entertaining biography with quite good casting and sensational visuals. Unfortunately for the producers, it was made when most everyone from the 30s were still alive and could spew on this film. Had it been made today, it would play 3000 multiplexes to a docile audience who struggle to know anything about 'the past' and be a $50million hit in week one by default of the TV ads and shopping center cinema location. I am sad not to see Jill Clayburg in films much past the 70s, like the superb Lee Grant she too can make an ordinary film watchable. In this case we have a great actress in a lavish (slavish) biography with sturdy James Brolin doing his damnedest not to be a dumb-Clark. As with WC Fields And Me this film deserves a better reception and a lush DVD transfer to be re discovered and appreciated. It's quite good.
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      • February 26, 1976 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Stage 28, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 2 hours 11 minutes

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