They both have a lot of pretty colorful tile work, as well. The beamed ceiling in clark gable and carole lombards spanish colonial home reminds me a lot of the ceiling in annies potts designing women home shown below. Clark gables ranch was originally built in 1933 for director and. They lived happily there until the short time later, approx. So this is for you, ruth, a glossary of carole lombards nicknames for friends, family, and lovers. The gable lombard romance started on january 25, 1936 at the formal ball called the white mayfair ball. When she starred opposite him in 1932s no man of her own, their convincing onscreen chemistry was strictly professional. Gable and his then girlfriend, soontobe wife, carole lombard visited walsh at his 20acre property, which featured a ninebedroom main house, a detached garage, citrus groves, alfalfa fields, a. Jan 15, 2014 clark gable and carole lombards ranch house in california. Excellent insight of gable through his interface with women. Here we come to one of the most famous of movie star homes the ranch shared by clark gable and his wife carole lombard from 1939. While harris does an able job reporting on gables childhood and acting career and ascent in hollywood, it seems just that reporting, and not a true indepth examination of the man. Lombards celebrated union to clark gable, the king of hollywood, only cemented her status as a beloved icon in her own time and onehalf of the most fabled coupling in tinseltown history.
Gable and lombard the clark gable and carole lombard story. In an elaborate scheme, young took an extended vacation and went to europe to hide the fact that she was pregnant. He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in a wide variety of genres in a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Her fans recognized in her a smalltown girl who had made good, and their embrace of her bordered on the worshipful. The tragic reallife story of clark gable and carole. If you are a gable fan it will reinforce your admiration of him. It was just the bare facts of their lives and deaths and many of the comments made it seem as if the person researching and writing this book didnt like clark gable at all, and carole lombard just a bit more. This was the first time they had met since the making of their only movie together no man of her own. Author chronicles lombards last days indianapolis star. William clark gable february 1, 1901 november 16, 1960 was an american film actor, often referred to as the king of hollywood.
They purchased a ranch previously owned by director raoul walsh in encino, california. Carole lombards tragic death means that something of gayety and of beauty have been taken from the world at a. Clark gable and carole lombard met while acting opposite each other in 1932s no man of her own. Gable had met lombard when he costarred with her at paramount in no man of her own in 1932. Gable and lombards idyllic marriage was sadly shortlived.
Tour clark gable and carole lombards palm springs home. They bought it in 1939 just before they got married, and. Around the time the actresss relationship with stud clark gable was beginning 1936ish, carole had just read the book gone with the wind a new release best seller at the time. William clark gable february 1, 1901 november 16, 1960 was an american film actor, often. Despite remarrying twice following her death, gable chose to be interred beside lombard when he died in 1960. G, was written shortly after gables untimely death and after the birth of his son, john clark gable. Biography for carole lombard turner classic movies. Carole lombard, horoscope for birth date 6 october 1908. The author cutandpasted portions from clark gable and carole lombards individual stories to make one new book. During their threeyear marriage, clark gable and carole lombard were the king and queen of old hollywood.
He began his career as an extra in hollywood silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for metrogoldwynmayer. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Our deepest sympathy goes to clark gable and caroles two brothers. A new book looks at how jealousy and diva behavior led the alist star to her death.
Lets take a look at their classic hollywood love story. At her untimely death at age 33, carole left behind quite an impressive estate. Carole lombards life was marked by tragedy, a new book. The irony was that neither star at the time liked each other. At the time, clark, then 31, was married to houston socialite maria langham. By summer they had moved from caroles house in bel air and settled into domestic bliss on their ranch. Crash that killed actress carole lombard, 21 others near. Sometime around the 70s, the ranch was sold and subdivided. Gable would cross paths with lombard again in 1936 at the mayfair ball in hollywood. Carole lombard, clark gable, and the cultural front.
Carole lombards death in an airplane crash put an abrupt end to their dream plans and, brokenhearted, gable put the encino ranch up for sale, not bearing to stay there any longer. The tragedy shook an entire nation and haunted her husband, icon clark gable until his death in 1960. How clark gable and carole lombard met inside the short. The 1920s saw scores of books, journal essays, and popular press. New book solves the mystery of carole lombards deadly. They seemed to have an eye for each other and then they had a fight. Since its impractical to drive around inserting a cheat sheet in every copy of the book in stores and warehouses, lets take a moment and run them down here. A lot has been said about the marriage between carole lombard and clark gable. In 1939, clark gable and carole lombard, the stars of gone with the wind and nothing sacred, bought a 20acre ranch in encino.
Inside the passionate, tragic marriage of clark gable and carole lombard the hollywood it couple were only ever apart for six days during their relationship. She was particularly noted for her energetic, often offbeat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. Inside the passionate, tragic marriage of clark gable and. Posted in general hollywood history and tagged carole lombard my man godfrey, clark gable birthday, clark gable gone with the wind, clark gable san francisco, fireball carole lombard, fireball robert matzen, lombard gable, lombard street san francisco, twa flight 3 lombard on february 2, 2015 by rmatzen. My visit to carole lombards grave at forest lawn glendale. Most of her service to the gablelombards was performed within an office in their own home on the encino ranch, giving garceau a far closer intimacy than she was willing to reveal. In 1942 carole lombard died in a plane crash as she returned home from a war bond tour. An article in the april 1942 issue of photoplay magazine stated that from the night of the ball until lombards.
They were the ultimate celebrity couple until fate got inbetween. Gable was inconsolable, spending months in whiskeysoaked seclusion. Clark gable had a daughter, judy, the result of his affair with the actress loretta young that began on the set of the call of the wild 1935 in 1934. Griefstricken, clark gable enlisted in the air force, and didnt return home to the encino ranch until his 1944 discharge.
Hollywood home tour clark gable silver scenes a blog. Lombard, just 24, was in an unhappy marriage of her own, with actor william powell of the thin man fame. Carole lombard and clark gables san fernando valley, california, ranch in. Gable and his then girlfriend, soontobe wife, carole lombard visited walsh. Carole lombard, the 5 2 beauty was a comedy hit during the 30s and 40s.
Her costar for the picture was clark gable, who was rapidly becoming one of hollywoods top celebrities. A biography isnt a terrible book, but its not a great one either. Clark gable never recovered from the tragic death of his. Carole lombards life was marked by sadness and tragedy, a new book explores her story clark gable was distraught as he struggled up the snowcovered granite mountainside strewn with the. They bought and lived in a 20 acre ranch in the encino section of the san fernando valley. Their glamorous union and the tragic circumstances of lombards death led to a thousand fan magazine headlines, but, underneath their moviestar status, gable and lombard were two downtoearth former midwesterners who shared a deep and enduring bond. Clark and carole s former address was petit avenue, which is now the main street with million dollar homes nestled on either side, each resting on the gables former property. Clark gable died on a doomed flight departing indy. But after his death in 1960, clark gable was buried at forest lawn cemetery, in glendale, california, alongside the greatest love of his life. Clark gable and carole lombards house in california. Clark gable and carole lombard met while acting opposite each other.
William clark gable february 1, 1901 november 16, 1960 was an american film actor who is often referred to as the king of hollywood. You can probably find a better article on the subject on wikipedia. Young jane alice loved the friday night movie night with her family and would perform the night. Carole was born on october clark gable with his wife carole lombard. There were a few paragraphs about their marriage together. Defense, lombards plane crashed outside las vegas on 16 january 1942 about 7. The golden era of hollywoods starcrossed couple charles river. The film was a critical and commercial success, and wes gehring writes that it was arguably lombards finest film appearance to that point.
This was the first house where clark gable and carole lombard lived in from 1939 to 1942 in encino california. Lombard was the highest paid actress at the time, with a knack for screwball comedy, and had starred in such movies as my man godfrey and mr. She was the queen of screwball comedies and together they endured a glorious marriage that was to last forever until tragedy tore them apart. They had a passionate and tragically brief marriage, but it was not love at first sight for carole lombard and clark gable. October 6, 1908 january 16, 1942 was an american film actress.
Clark gables ranch was originally built in 1933 for director and founding member of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences raoul walsh. This expanded edition features newly uncovered information regarding carole lomards bondselling appearance in indianapolis, the 2014 discovery of a plane crash victims body at the carole lombard crash site, and an additional 16 pages of photographs. See more ideas about carole lombard, clark gable and hollywood homes. His relationship with carol lombard is most revealing of his personality and moral commitment that is rarely seen in hollywood movie stars. It was the only picture that gable and lombard, future husband and wife, made together. Gable would appear in another 27 films and would go on to have famous affairs with joan crawford and grace kelly, among others and would remarry twice more, to sylvia ashley and kay williams. Clark gable and carole lombards house of two gables in. Clark gable and carole lombards ranch house in california. Gable said of her, it is an extra dividend when you like the girl youve fallen in love with. Clark gable and carole lombard a california ranch house. And i have been anxiously waiting for your trip to encino and the gable ranch.
Born in fort wayne, indiana on october 6, 1908 under the name of jane alice peters. Taking a fresh look at hollywoods queen of screwball, this book presents a firstever examination of the events that led to the shocking. Clark gable and carole lombards house in california in 1939, clark gable and carole lombard, the stars of gone with the wind and nothing sacred, bought a 20acre ranch in encino by charles lockwoo d. Carole lombard and clark gable watching a lawn tennis match together on nov. American actor clark gable with his wife carole lombard at the gables ranch in san louis.
Clark gable and carole lombard had the sweetest and the most tragic love story in old hollywood. A good friend of his, al menseco, changed his mind and while gable was fighting overseas during wwii, he had the ranch kept. Carole lombard sent a telegram to president roosevelt on behalf of gable expressing. Lombard joked, god knows i love clark gable, but hes the worst lay in the town. Spreckles and john clark gable kay and clarks son and clark s only legitimate child, who was born four months after the actors death continued to live at the ranch until 1973, at which point it was sold to developers. This neighborhood being known as clark gable estates, i looked for a sign stating so but didnt find one. The house where clark gable lived with carole lombard at 4543 tara drive in encino although when they moved in, the official address was 4525 petit drive. Inside the passionate, tragic marriage of clark gable and carole lombard. Clark gable and carole lombards first home youtube.