Clark Gable David Bret,
Publisher: JR Books Ltd
ISBN: 1906217041
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-09
Summary:
Gable was perceived as the archetypal Hollywood supermensch, the kind
of man women lusted after and their husbands envied. However, as
David Bret reveals in this powerful biography, in the early days of
his career Gable was more of a man's man than a ladies man,
displaying strong bisexual tendencies - a facet of his complex
personality airbrushed out of his story by the conservative Hollywood
studios. Indeed, Gable's first two wives, both considerably older
than him, were themselves sexually ambiguous. Not surprisingly, Gable
was soon taken up by such 'Sewing Circle' stars as Jean Harlow,
Pauline Frederick and Carole Lombard, the great love of his life.
Another revelation in Bret's eye-opening biography relates to Gable's
wartime 'heroics', which saw him promoted through the ranks from
private to major in less than a year, but were no more than an
elaborate publicity stunt. Like an earlier paternity suit, it was an
exercise dreamed up by studio chief Louis B Mayer to promote and
protect Gable's image. After ending his affair with the journalist
Ben Maddox in 1942, Gable seems to have 'gone straight', from which
point Bret moves into more familiar territory, focusing on Gable's
Gone With The Wind period and on his affairs with Joan Crawford, Ava
Gardner and other famous stars, his films, and his marriages. Drawing
on a wealth of unpublished material, he pulls no punches when writing
about every aspect of this great star's career and personal life,
telling his story with candour and panache.
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