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Genre
  
Biography, Drama, Romance

Music director
  
Michel Legrand

Writer
  
Barry Sandler

Language
  
English

5/10
IMDb

Director
  
Sidney J. Furie

Initial DVD release
  
April 6, 2004

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
February 11, 1976 (1976-02-11) (New York City, New York)

Cast
  
James Brolin
(Clark Gable),
Jill Clayburgh
(Carole Lombard),
Allen Garfield
(Louis B. Mayer),
Red Buttons
(Ivan Cooper),
Joanne Linville
(Ria Gable),
Melanie Mayron
(Dixie)

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Tagline
  
They had more than love...they had FUN!

Gable and lombard


Gable and Lombard is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Sidney J. Furie. The screenplay by Barry Sandler is based on the romance and consequent marriage of screen stars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. The original music score was composed by Michel Legrand.

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Synopsis

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The pair meet at a Hollywood party, where rugged leading man Gable eschews evening wear and screwball comedian Lombard arrives in an ambulance that wrecks his car. They argue. He threatens to spank her. She punches him on the jaw. The two clearly dislike each other, and intensely so, but as fate conspires to bring them together again and again, they begin to admire each other and fall in love.

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The fly in the ointment is Gable's second wife Ria. MGM executive Louis B. Mayer fears any publicity about his affair with Lombard will jeopardize Gable's career, and since he's the studio's most valuable player, Mayer becomes protective of his star. Gable and Lombard fish, play practical jokes on each other, laugh, fight, and have fun making up. His wife finally grants him a divorce, and the two wed. The happily ever after ending is thwarted when Lombard is killed in a plane crash while promoting the purchase of defense bonds during World War II.

Principal cast

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  • James Brolin – Clark Gable
  • Jill Clayburgh – Carole Lombard
  • Allen Garfield – Louis B. Mayer
  • Red Buttons – Ivan Cooper
  • Joanne Linville – Ria Gable
  • Melanie Mayron – Dixie
  • Ross Elliot – Lombard's Director
  • Morgan Brittany – Vivien Leigh
  • Principal production credits

  • Producer – Harry Korshak
  • Original Music – Michel Legrand
  • Cinematography – Jordan Cronenweth
  • Production Design – Edward C. Carfagno
  • Costume Design – Edith Head
  • Critical reception

    In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film

    Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times described the film as a "mushy, old-fashioned extravaganza" and added,

    Variety called it

    Time Out London says,

    TV Guide awarded it one out of a possible four stars, calling it

    References

    Gable and Lombard Wikipedia
    Gable and Lombard IMDbGable and Lombard Roger EbertGable and Lombard themoviedb.org