Clark Gable: Tormented Star

by David Bret

Book Overview

Clark Gable was the archetypal Hollywood gentleman, the kind of man red-blooded women lusted after, and who their envious husbands yearned to be. Yet as David Bret reveals, Gable was also bisexual, a facet of his complex persona that was airbrushed out in an age when such men were invariably mocked as effete and lily-livered. Bret recounts Gable's two failed marriages to women who turned a blind eye towards his affairs with men, such as the actors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078672093X
• ISBN13: 9780786720934
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

CLARK GABLE

This book about Clark Gable is a background work about his life. I have heard for years about his bisexuality. The author has done some research on this subject and the result is this book. Many may not like to hear about his sex life but the content is handled discreetly by the author. It makes for interesting reading. The author goes into detail about how Gable handled losing Carole Lombard and how he went to her last stop on the tour before the plane crashed. I enjoyed reading the book. It gives one insight into how the studio system worked in the 1930's/40's, and how Gable and perhaps others felt about working in the system.