Clark Gable on TCM
Clark Gable has his "Summer Under the Stars" day on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Turner Classic Movies will present thirteen of the actor’s films, all of which have been shown before. Come to think of it, I’m not even sure what a rare Clark Gable movie would be, unless one includes the pre-1931 films in which Gable was an extra. Else, I believe that just about every single one of those films in which he starred or had supporting roles have been shown either on TCM or elsewhere a number of times — something that’s quite unusual.
Now, the King of Hollywood would never have risen to the throne had I had any say in the matter, but I didn’t. Lots [...]
by Andre Soares | August 12, 2009
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Tags: China Seas, Classic Movies, Idiot's Delight, Norma Shearer, Strange Interlude, Summer Under the Stars, TCM, Turner Classic Movies
Best Films – 1935
Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Clark Gable in China Seas
FILM
Alice Adams
d: George Stevens; scr: Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner
China Seas
d: Tay Garnett; scr: Jules Furthman, James K. McGuinness
The Gay Deception
d: William Wyler; scr: Stephen Avery, Don Hartman
A Tale of Two Cities
d: Jack Conway; scr: W. P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman
The Whole Town’s Talking
d: John Ford; scr: Jo Swerling, Robert Riskin
Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones in A Night at the Opera
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Broadway Melody of 1936
d: Roy Del Ruth; scr: Jack McGowan, Sid Silvers
Lives of a Bengal Lancer
d: Henry Hathaway; scr: Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
d: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle; scr: Charles Kenyon, Mary C. McCall Jr.
A Night at the Opera
d: Sam [...]
by Andre Soares | April 3, 2009
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Tags: A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Night at the Opera, A Tale of Two Cities, Alice Adams, Alison Skipworth, Amphitryon, Anna Karenina, Becky Sharp, Best Films, Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Chester Lyons, China Seas, Classic Movies, David Copperfield, Dorothy Yost, Edna May Oliver, Edward G. Robinson, Ernestine Schuman-Heink, Ernst Toch, Frances Dee, Genevieve Tobin, George Stevens, Ginger Rogers, Glenda Farrell, Gold Diggers of 1935, Gregg Toland, Greta Garbo, Hal Mohr, Hattie McDaniel, Henry Hathaway, Herbert Marshall, Herbert Stothart, Here's to Romance, If You Could Only Cook, Jack Conway, James K. McGuinness, Jean Arthur, Jo Swerling, John Ford, Jules Furthman, Katharine Hepburn, Les Miserables, Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Mad Love, Max Reinhardt, May Robson, Miriam Hopkins, Oliver T. Marsh, Peter Ibbetson, Peter Lorre, Ramon Novarro, Rendezvous, Robert Donat, Robert Riskin, Ronald Colman, Rosalind Russell, S. N. Behrman, Sam Wood, Tay Garnett, The Gay Deception, The Night Is Young, The Whole Town's Talking, W. P. Lipscomb, William Dieterle, William H. Daniels, William Wyler
