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Captain Ron
Film Review September 25, 1992
by Hollis Chacona
Description: Snake Plissken!?! I thought he was dead! Nope, he's just hopped islands (from Manhattan to the Caribbean) and traded motorcycle boots and bitterness for rubber thongs and “don't worry, be... 
by Hollis Chacona
"...He does this by plunging them into uncharted waters and exposing them to the riskier elements of life. After inheriting The Wanderer, an old sailing ketch once owned by Clark Gable, the Harveys (Martin Short and Mary Kay Place) are spurred to cast off the trappings of their workaday life, take their children out of school and head for the adventure and spontaneity of the high seas, not to mention the romance of the isle of St..."
The Cutting Edge
Film Review April 10, 1992
by Marjorie Baumgarten
Description: Just like the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz, you can practically hear The Cutting Edge's Ice Queen squall, “I'm m-e-e-e-elting.” And it's nearly as satisfying.... 
by Marjorie Baumgarten
"...They spar, they scratch, they tease, they meld. The storyline's a classic, the type Hollywood used to do so well back when it paired couples like Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable or Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in romantic comedies that essentially were 90 minutes of extended foreplay..."
History in the Making
Screens Story February 5, 2010
by Kimberley Jones
Description: A new exhibit at the Harry Ransom Center proves that no job is too small when it comes to 'Making Movies'
"...In the producer portion of the exhibit, a preproduction chart weighs what rival studios MGM and Warner Bros. could bring to the table (respectively, Clark Gable and Errol Flynn, among other variables)..."
Exit Wounds
Music Blog December 14, 2009
by Margaret Moser
Description: Remembering David Martinez, Andrea Burden, Tonky Murphey, and Rhett Beard
"...After he shut that down, he began researching our family ancestry and history and started writing a book about it (he would dictate to his attendants in order to do this). He traveled throughout Mississippi visiting court houses, historical record societies, and distant family, friends, and neighbors to do his research.” Sounds just like enterprising Rhett, who got me into bed claiming his mother had an affair with Clark Gable, and that while he was not the product of it, he was named for it...."
Page Two: And It Was All Right
Columns October 9, 2009
by Louis Black
Description: Notes on a life saved by rock & roll
"...The film was heading toward its ending, so the dullness soon faded. Bizarrely, I felt a terrible ache, a sympathetic, almost two-thirds-of-a-century-old, empathetic connection to husband Clark Gable, searching for Lombard after her plane crashed..."
Inglourious Basterds
Film Review August 21, 2009
by Marc Savlov
Description: In this World War II movie, Quentin Tarantino weaves together multiple storylines that coalesce into a literally explosive finale that daringly rewrites history.
by Marc Savlov
"...Pitt, scowling and scabrous and full of earthy, Tennessee wit, seems to have pitched his portrayal of the Basterds’ boss, Lt. Aldo Raine, somewhere between Clark Gable and Lee Van Cleef..."
An Open Letter to Reno, Nevada...
Screens Blog June 24, 2009
by Marc Savlov
Description: Reno: Not such a great place for movies
"...You see, earlier today I decided I would go and rent your classic drama The Misfits from one of your many splendid corporate DVD rental facilities. As all the world knows, John Huston's magnificent western elegiac was shot right here in good old Reno -- that's you! -- and then I thought mabye tomorrow I might go visit some of the original shooting sites once trod upon by the likes of Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Monty "The Right Profile" Clift...."
We Thank You Very Sweetly
Screens Story March 13, 2009
by Joe O'Connell
Description: Remembering once and forever Munchkin Clarence Swensen
"...Toto the dog received $125 a week to act while the Munchkins were paid $50 each. Clark Gable, who was filming Gone With the Wind on a neighboring set, chatted up all of Swensen's wide-eyed 4 feet 6¾ inches ("Don't forget the three-quarters!" Swensen joked) but never once mentioned the movie business...."
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Columns October 24, 2008
by Mr. Smarty Pants
Description: Powered by kites, ovulation during full moon, and more
"...When Clark Gable opened his shirt to reveal a bare and matted torso in his Oscar-winning performance in It Happened One Night (1934), men's undershirt sales took a 40% drop...."
In the Mood for a MomRomCom?
Screens Story May 11, 2007
by Josh Rosenblatt
Description: The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day
"...The Warne role eventually went to Clark Gable, a troubled star in the glamorous MGM galaxy at the time who was loaned to Columbia by legendarily vindictive studio head Louis B. Mayer as punishment for past crimes..."
The Notorious Irving Klaw
Screens Story March 10, 2006
by Rick Klaw
Description: My grandfather's photography studio made him rich and Bettie Page famous. It also made him into a target for Fifties censors. So, what has director Mary Harron made of him?
"...Irving routinely discovered issues with images ripped out. Eventually, he caught a young girl tearing out photos of Clark Gable..."
My Favorite Year
Arts Story November 4, 2005
by Robert Faires
Description: In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy
From the Source
Arts Story November 4, 2005
"...It Happened One Night (1934) D: Frank Capra; scr: by Robert Riskin; with Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable..."
Arts Review
Arts Review August 12, 2005
by Patti Hadad
Description: A review of Roho Productions' "junk melodrama."
"...What you don't expect is the existential journey of a triste white-face harlequin. The accordion player Tabarin, the Clark Gable look-alike Rob Houle, lifts his bowler hat charmingly when leading us through the show..."
Calling Mom
News Story August 1, 2003
by Lucius Lomax
Description: An essay on the author's mother and her generation of African-American women
"...My mother was around -- although not yet my mother -- and already taking care of herself and a younger sister when Gone With the Wind premiered. She wasn't invited to the showing, although a pretty good argument can be made that she knew more about the script than Clark Gable or Vivien Leigh..."
Letters at 3AM
Columns July 25, 2003
by Michael Ventura
Description: We have replaced our concept of the heroic with the superheroic, and the sense of the possible with the impossible.
"...That's the kind of hero Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, James Stewart, and Clark Gable played in their best films. In Casablanca Bogart fires only one shot; he's also a weepy drunk and indulges mightily in self-pity -- but he projects a heroism far beyond the range of Ben Affleck or Keanu Reeves..."
Letters at 3am
Columns May 31, 2002
by Michael Ventura
Description: Learning about "manhood" from the movies.
"...The World War II generation looked to male images like Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, and John Wayne; and to female images like Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Harlow, Barbara Stanwyck ... actors, presences, of considerable substance and range, far more centered and less self-centered than the generation that followed them..."
After a Fashion
Columns December 22, 2000
by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Description: It's perfect outside for staying in with a good book ...
especially one loaded with lots of pretty pictures ... of semi-nude
men ...
"...Previewed in Vogue, Aucoin's work took celebrities and made them up as other celebrities, with stunning results. The transformations include Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis, Amber Valetta as both Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Martha Stewart as Veronica Lake, Gena Rowlands as Ava Gardner..."
Book Reviews
Books Review May 12, 2000
by Bruce McCandless
"...Karabell does a masterful job of illustrating how Dewey, who in contemporary photographs seems somehow to resemble both Clark Gable and Alfred E. Newman, ran a lofty campaign that seldom bothered to touch the earth..."
Video Reviews
Screens Review December 10, 1999
by Jerry Renshaw
"...with Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable, Ben Lyon, Ralf Harolde. In the depths of the Depression, Lora Hart (Stanwyck) decides to pursue a career in nursing. In training, she befriends a fellow nurse, Maloney (Blondell), and a bootlegger, Mortie (Lyon)..."
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