Gable, Clark, 1901-1960

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Clark Gable (b. Feb. 1, 1901, Cadiz, OH–d. Nov. 16, 1960, Hollywood, CA) was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931. The next year, he landed his first leading Hollywood role and over the next three decades he became a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures. His best-known role was as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939).

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referencedIn Hartsfield, William Berry. William Hartsfield Gone With the Wind Premiere Film, 1939. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
referencedIn Estate of Carl Mydans Photography collection, 1935-1968 Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
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referencedIn Brazier, Virgil. Virgil Brazier photograph collection. The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
referencedIn Emeline Clark Roche Collection, 1815-1988 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Mateja, Harold M., 1925-. Harold M. Mateja papers, 1942-2008. Montana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Fleming, Victor, 1883-1949. Autant en emporte le vent. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
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creatorOf Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Studio archive, 1904-1980 (bulk 1936-1955). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Moving Images Relating to Financial, Economic and Tax Policies. 1941 - 1972. Combat America
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referencedIn Stark, Samuel. Theatre scrapbook collection, 1860-1950. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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referencedIn Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans estate photography collection, 1935-1968. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. NEWS OF THE DAY NO. 226
creatorOf Millay, Kathleen, d. 1943. Kathleen Millay collection of papers, 1906-1956 bulk (1906-1943). New York Public Library System, NYPL
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referencedIn Dorothy Kilgallen papers and scrapbooks, 1936-1965 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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referencedIn Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll Kyser papers, 1906-2004. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Photographs of motion pictures and television programs, 1915-1999. Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.
creatorOf Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939. Gone with the wind, 1939 Dec. 9 / film editor, Hal C. Kern. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Stark, Samuel. Theatre scrapbook collection., 1860-1950 Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
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referencedIn Montiel, Harold. Actors' caricatures, 1920-1979. New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hollywood CA US
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