Clark Gable

Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 —November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio to William H. Gable and Adeline Hershelman. Gable had German ancestry from both sides of his family tree; his maternal grandfather, John Hershelman, was German, as were Gable's paternal great-great-grandparents, Johan Philip Frankenfield and Catharine Haupt. When he was six months old, his sickly Catholic mother had him baptized Roman Catholic. She died when he was ten mon ...

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Clark Gable - Feature films. White Man (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Declassee (1925) The Merry Widow (1925) The Plastic Age (1925) North Star (1925) The Johnstown Flood (1926) One Minute to Play (1926) The Painted Desert (1931) The Easiest Way (1931) Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) The Finger Points (1931) The Secret Six (1931) Laughing Sinners (1931) A Free Soul (1931) Night ...

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Clark Gable, Clark Gable - Filmography, Clark Gable - Feature films, Clark Gable - Documentaries and short subjects, Clark Gable - Trivia

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1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1940s - Events and trends. The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in history. So consequential was this event and its brutal aftermath that it laid the foundation ...

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Going Topless or "Bare chested" refers to the state of not wearing any clothes above the waist, exposing the entire torso. It is also known as "stripped to the waist", or "being shirtless". The term "topless" is usually only applied to women. It is much more common for men to be bare chested than women, since in many cultures it is considered inappropriate (and in many places it is illegal) for a woman to reveal the breasts. The movement in Northern America to remove these restrictions is known as topfree equality. Tople ...

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1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). It was the first year and start of the of the 20th Century. 1901 - Events. 1901 - January-March. January 1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. (Zero-ists' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide). January 1 - ...

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Anita Page is an American film actress. Born Anita Pomares on August 4, 1910, in Flushing, New York, Page entered films in A Kiss For Cinderella 1925, and after a few small but well received parts, was offered a contract with MGM Studios. MGM moulded her into one of their biggest female stars of the silent era, pairing her with such popular actors as Ramon Novarro and William Haines. Her performances in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) opposite Joan Crawford, and The Broadway Melody (1929) opposite Bessi ...

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The United States Army Air Forces, or USAAF, was a part of the U.S. military during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. United States Army Air Forces - History. Prior to the start of World War II, the USAAF was known as the U.S. Army Air Corps, or USAAC. The USAAC was a corps-level, subsidiary organization within the U.S. Army, and had little autonomy. Due to the efforts of several key USAAC officers and the changing political ti ...

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Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts The cinema of the United States, although it is sometimes simply referred to as Hollywood does not refer only to the film industry of the United States of America. Other modes of production like documentary film or exper ...

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• Cinema of the United States - Golden Age of Hollywood
• Cinema of the United States - Changing realities and television's rise
• Cinema of the United States - The 'New Hollywood' or Post-classical cinema
• Cinema of the United States - Rise of the blockbuster
• Cinema of the United States - Independent film
• Cinema of the United States - Rise of the home video market
• Cinema of the United States - Notable figures in U.S. film
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Dead Like Me is a Showtime television comedy-drama created by Bryan Fuller about a group of grim reapers in Seattle, Washington, USA. The stories are told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old girl George Lass, who died and became a grim reaper in the pilot episode. The title is probably a reference to Black Like Me. Grim reapers, or simply reapers, are portrayed as an integral part of the cycle of life and death, removing the souls of people shortly before they die and escortin ...

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• Dead Like Me - Cultural references
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For the number 1960, see 1960 (number). 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1960 - Events. 1960 - January. January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9-11 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Reserve bank and Commonwealth Bank are created January 21 ...

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Yousuf Karsh, CC (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was one of the world’s most renowned portrait photographers. Yousuf Karsh - Biography. Karsh was born in Mardin, Turkey. At the age of 14, he fled with his family to the safety of Syria to escape persecution after the Armenian Genocide six years earlier. Two years later, young Yousuf was sent to live with his uncle George Nakash, a photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Karsh attended school there briefly and assisted in his uncle’s studio. Nak ...

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Abercrombie & Fitch is a specialty retailer encompassing four concepts: Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie (Abercrombie Kids), Hollister Co., and Ruehl no.925. The merchandise is sold in retail stores throughout the United States, in catalogs, and online. As of 2005, the company operated 366 Abercrombie & Fitch stores in all U.S. states (except Wyoming) and in the District of Columbia. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. - History. During the beginning of the 20th century, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. was ...

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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 movie quotes in American cinema. The American Film Institute revealed the list in 2005 in a 3-hour television program on CBS. The program was hosted by actor Pierce Brosnan and had commentary from many Hollywood actors and filmmakers. A jury consisting of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians selected "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," said by Clark Gable in the Civil War epic Gone with the ...

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1932 in film - Academy Awards. Best Picture: Grand Hotel - MGM Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are no 'Best Actor' or 'Best Actress' awards for 1932 films. The 1931-32 awards went to 1931 films. 1932 in film - Movies released. Movies released in 1932 include: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis American Madness, starring Walter Huston, dir ...

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Belita Jepson-Turner (October 25, 1923 - December 18, 2005) was an Olympic skater and film actress. Belita, as she was known, skated for Britain in the 1936 Olympics. During the 1940s she appeared in about 10 highly profitable low-budget productions, such as Lady, Let's Dance (1944) and Silver Skates (1943). As an actress she appeared with Clark Gable in Never Let Me Go (1953), and played opposite Charles Laughton in The Cherry Orchard. In 1956 she retired from skating and three ...

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A moustache (sometimes spelt mustache in the United States) is an outgrowth of hair above the upper lip. Other common vernacular names are stache, tache, tash and mo. Most men with a normal or strong beard growth must tend it daily, by shaving the hair of the chin and cheeks, to prevent it from soon reverting to a full beard. This necessity has engendered the invention of quite a wide variety of accoutrements designed for the care of a gentleman's moustache, including moustache wax, moustache ...

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1960 in film - Top grossing films. North America Ben-Hur Can Can Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Operation Petticoat Suddenly, Last Summer The Apartment Solomon and Sheba On the Beach 1960 in film - Academy Awards. Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Including:

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The Shriners, or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, are an Order appendant to Freemasonry. Until 2000, one had to complete the Scottish Rite or York Rite degrees of Masonry to be eligible for Shrine membership, but now any Master Mason can join. The Shrine was established in New York City in the 1870s as the fun part of the Masonic movement. The group adopted a theme of the Middle East and soon established "Temples" meeting in "Mosques" across the continent. Another Masonic group, the Mysteri ...

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Brentwood is a district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States. Located at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, Brentwood is bordered by Pacific Palisades on the west, Santa Monica on the south and southwest, West Los Angeles on the southeast, Bel-Air on the northeast, Westwood on the east, and Sherman Oaks on the north. The district is bounded by the San Diego Freeway on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, the Santa Monica city limits on the west, and the ridgeline of the Santa Monic ...

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Prior to the start of World War II, the USAAF was known as the U.S. Army Air Corps, or USAAC. The USAAC was a corps-level, subsidiary organization within the U.S. Army, and had little autonomy. Due to the efforts of several key USAAC officers and the changing political times, the Air Corps obtained greater organizational independence on June 20, 1941. Renamed the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and considered a separate arm of the Army, the new USAAF had an equal "voice" with the Army and Navy. Unite ...

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United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces - History, United States Army Air Forces - The sixteen Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces - List of air forces, United States Army Air Forces - Air Force independence, United States Army Air Forces - Notable people who served in the USAAF, United States Army Air Forces - Badges of the Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces - Sources

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