Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniels were so close that he even bought her a house in an all white neighborhood in Hollywood and made sure his Hollywood friends would frequent her home often and all of her parties. McDaniels admitted that fact.
They don't make men like this any more. Clark had it all. The stunning good looks, the height (6′ 1″), the talent, the charisma, the dimples... Oh my, I could go and on, but you get my point! 😘
My mother was not allowed in white hotels and churches in the South though she was passing as white. My father, passed better. I didn't realize until I was older that BOTH were biracial therefore, in the South and even North, technically considered 100% Black.
I loved Gable and he worked with my grandpa in the Oklahoma oilfield and he didn’t like it grandpa told me. They said he had some Cherokee in him but I don’t know 🤷♀️ if that’s true don’t care loved his looks loved his acting and he was a man who filled the room.😊
Clark Gable was the only male actor who was admired by his fans and his "enemies" which were few. Man's man, woman't fantasy, he married an older woman, who purposely supported him to help him with his acting goals, knew she was going lose him once he made it big, and still did what Fate required. Unfortunately, Gable's happiness was all about Carole Lombard, a blonde comedic actress successful on her own, but tragedy struck when her plane crashed during WWII when she returned from an Armed Forces event for the troops. This was when he was a pilot in the war. It changed him for the worse, and his drinking increased, and his desire for life was depressed. A piece of trivia: Gable would write checks for EVERYTHING, regardless of the cost, like a pack of cigarettes. He would write a check for $.50. How many of those checks with his "autograph" on them, were cashed? Almost none. LOL
Judy Lewis wrote in her autobio that as a very little girl she always had her hair styled covering her ears or was wearing a bonnet. Then she had a painful operation where her ears were pinned back (?); nothing was explained to her, of course. Eventually, she put everything together; her ears were a dead giveaway as to who her father was in gossipy LalaLand.
The first movie I ever saw with Gable was Gone with wind . Did not know anything about his affairs or Marriages . Come to think of it life happen to him ,and had mother complex marrying those older women .HE need them to get to his gol . And women got good looking man . Life is a transaction , in the end you can call hime ICONIC man with the perfect good looks ! America has such beautiful people in the past.
My grandmother’s nephew, I believe he was called Lee Terry looked EXACTLY like Clark Gable. Go to New Orleans and there are a lot of guys looking like Clark Gable
Growing up, i never thought Gable was handsome…but as i’ve grown older (😢), and watching your documentary…he really was a stunning man, and I can see (now) that he could have had some black ancestry. Edris Elba, be still my ❤️
I can't help but notice how Celebrities from the Golden Era of Hollywood glamorize Cigarette smoking, watching this type of stories one cannot help but notice how much these Actors and Actresses were filmed holding a Cigarette in their hands 😮 sadly this still Exists Today with many who Passed away from various illnesses Related to such an Horrible Habit!!!
Kay Williams nee Spreckles was my mother’s cousin. I knew ‘ Uncle Clark.’ His place was in N-SEE-NO, not enchino. His ancestry was Belgian- German.He truly was ‘color blind’ So he was black in spirit. Hattie had the best parties and I met her a few times in Santa Monica. He wasn’t perfect, but who is? Chris
Ha that’s so true black people can always spot people we feel are passing or the black is so far back generationally the so called white person is unaware of. their black lineage. We see people everyday on TV we mutter they got some black in them 😅 However many African American families realize that if the told on passing members of their family it could cost them their life or livelihood Ameikkka aren’t we precious ❤ Like it or not we are a melting pot of relatives ❤
So true I've always told my boys that there is a good probability that their kids might turn out a little darker than thay are. Not just because they are latino but that both of my great great grandmothers were "passing" as white. This was also a dark period of our history but not the darkest. We have to do better in the future.
Lol This is true. I could easily pass and most time white or Hispanic folks ask me am I Spanish or assume I’m white . While black folks will ask me or assume I’m black. My cousin also had this issue. I remember living across the street from a navy family with two children, one blond (girl)and one sandy blonde hair( boy). One day we are all outside talking and her son was running around her. This was the first time I had seen him so close and I told my mom that he was looked black to me although he could pass , I knew he had to be. Let’s just say , in less than a year, the husband leaves (likely deployed) and her friend starts to visit often. I’ll let you guess what father, I mean the friend looked like. What’s even more interesting is that she said that she had Indian in her family. Sigh, I guess that’s easier to accept.
I TELL FOLKS All THE TIME THAT CLARK GABLE WAS BLACK AND HAD BLACK ANCESTRY WHICH IS WHY HE WAS SO INTERESTED AND EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE WITH BEING WITH AND AROUND BLACK PEOPLE THIS ISNT ANYTHING NEW!! And there were also Plenty other PASSING BLACKs who were In Hollywood!!!!!! Yall act like yall don’t know and you do!!!!! Smh
Clark's father was of German, some Swiss-German, distant Irish, and remote Belgian, descent, with some roots in Rhineland-Palatinate. His mother was of German and Irish ancestry.
Clark was the son of Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable. Clark’s father was of German, some Swiss-German, distant Irish, and remote Belgian, descent, with some roots in Rhineland-Palatinate. His mother was of German and Irish ancestry.
I'm of Black Jamaican descent. When I was a child, there was a family friend, who used to visit us once in a while. He was the spitting image of Clark Gable. Up until a few years ago, I could clearly recall his name, but now, at the age of 59, it's completely gone. I always meant to ask my mother who he was, but she died last year before I got the chance to.
Clark only saw his daughter 1 time. He stopped by Loretta's house to see her step father. He saw her for 3 minutes. He never acknowledged that little girl. Everyone saw (as she grew up) she was Clark gables daughter. She wasn't allowed to read magazines with her father's pictures. No movies. Her "saintly" mother, had had sex during filming of a movie with Gable. Yrs after Gable died. She met her step brother John Gable. Blood work DNA said both had same father. Judy, died a few yrs back. I don't know if she had children of her own. Adultary like today is accepted as right not wrong. But this too along with all the worlds problems will soon be solved.
According to American law (which hasn't been overturned), if you have one drop of Black or African American blood, then you are Black. This law coincides with American culture. With this being understood, that means Clark Gable was Black. Sidenote, Siegel and Shuster based Clark Kent/Superman on Clark Gable. Thus, Superman is Black and is truly an outsider within America.
The love child always looks like the parent that is trying to be denied. Judy always looked like her Daddy. John Clark looked more like his mom. Their Dad was/Is an ICON....
I grew up hearing that Clark Gable was passing. There are so many celebs in old Hollywood who passed to get roles yet Black Americans have always known who was one of us and who wasn’t. I love that Clark Gable didn’t necessarily hide it and used his privilege to help his Black costar. That’s what you do!
Point : Marion davies had affairs with most of her leading men ..... Lombard knew what she wanted ..& went after it......Hattie was an out spoken Woman & she created that character on screen in her films ... They do 2 films prior to GWTW......Loretta Young also had affairs with other men being Catholic.... just some small facts ....& just my opinion 😊
no mention of Lionel Barrymore giving Gable encouragement and haranguing him for shoddy stage acting. Lionel was an early mentor and helped him get to MGM.
Its rumored Elvis mother was mixed. This is why she was able to live in Black neighborhoods when he was little. White women living in a Black neighbored with a little white in Mississippi?
Since Gable threatened to boycott the GWTW premier, did it work? Was she allowed to go? And if not, did he boycott the premier? I've always heard that at the Oscars, she was required to sit in the balcony, even though she was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The rumor was that he sat with her, and when she won, he escorted her to the stage. Is that really what happened?
Elvis Presley is my cousin....i am black my family is from Mississippi as well... Look closely at Elvis you'll see some mixure of black and native t America...
During The Misfits movie, Clark did his own stunt of being dragged across desert terrain as held grip on rope of lassoed horse. This senseless scene likely prompted his demise of heart attack.
I never would've guessed that Gable was--even if only slightly--Black. By today's standards, that's something almost to be celebrated; knowing and acknowledging that during the mid-20th-Century almost certainly would've torpedoed his career, however.
