Glimpse of Gable: Hollywood Patriarch 1950 to 1960

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  • The
  • King
  • of
  • Hollywood's
  • crown
  • sits
  • uneasily
  • on
  • his
  • head.
  • He
  • and
  • his
  • kingdom
  • are
  • fighting
  • battles
  • on
  • multiple
  • fronts.
  • Things
  • are
  • changing.
  • The
  • movie
  • industry
  • is
  • still
  • fighting
  • against
  • television,
  • though
  • the
  • cause
  • is
  • lost.
  • Tastes
  • are
  • changing.
  • Always
  • slow
  • to
  • adapt,
  • This
  • meant
  • studio
  • bosses
  • were
  • as
  • unsure
  • as
  • their
  • stars
  • about
  • how
  • to
  • navigate
  • it.
  • It
  • was
  • the
  • same
  • for
  • Gable.
  • Personally,
  • he
  • was
  • tired
  • of
  • being
  • a
  • bachelor.
  • He
  • married
  • and
  • divorced
  • and
  • remarried.
  • Professionally,
  • he
  • was
  • unhappy
  • and
  • threw
  • off
  • the
  • protection
  • of
  • the
  • studio
  • to
  • work
  • as
  • an
  • independent. With
  • control
  • of
  • his
  • career,
  • his
  • personal
  • life
  • settled
  • too.
  • He
  • married
  • and
  • had
  • two
  • step
  • children
  • for
  • a
  • ready
  • made
  • family.
  • He
  • was
  • happy
  • and
  • keen
  • provide
  • for
  • them.
  • He
  • was
  • also
  • focused
  • as
  • ever
  • on
  • proving
  • himself
  • as
  • an
  • actor
  • and
  • a
  • box-office
  • draw.
  • Clark
  • Gable
  • found
  • his
  • best
  • chance
  • yet
  • in
  • the
  • desert
  • near
  • Reno..His
  • cowboy
  • teaming
  • up
  • with
  • Marilyn
  • Monroe
  • to
  • chase
  • wild
  • horses.
  • After
  • nearly
  • thirty
  • years,
  • Clark
  • Gable
  • held
  • his
  • own
  • against
  • young
  • up
  • and
  • coming
  • stars.
  • By
  • his
  • reckoning
  • he
  • saw
  • out
  • the
  • fifties
  • and
  • headed
  • into
  • the
  • sixties
  • still
  • on top
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