Gone with the wind, starring clark gable and vivien leigh, celebrates its 80th birthday this year. Gone with the wind is a 1939 american epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by margaret mitchell. Today we remember legendary actor clark gable, who died on this day in 1960 at the age of 59.
Wary of period films after flopping in the costume drama parnell (1937), gable at first declined the role of rhett butler in david o. 16, 1960, at age 59, after suffering multiple heart attacks. Known as the king of hollywood, gable starred in more than 60 films, but is.
Lennie bluett was an 18. Clark gable in gone with the wind. Clark gable was an american actor best known for his role as rhett butler in the epic historical romance film gone with the wind. The film was produced by david o.
But he wasn’t around to hear the acclaim — he died on nov. One of the top hollywood stars of the 1930s and 1940s, he. He was named the seventh greatest male movie star of classic american cinema by the american film institute. He was best known for playing rhett butler in the 1939 movie version of gone with the wind.