Showing posts with label Clark Gable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clark Gable. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Loretta Young, photo colorized by Alex Lim

Colorized a vintage photo of Hollywood actress and 1947 Oscar best actress winner Loretta Young (1913 - 2000) for her role in The Farmer's Daughter. She may well be best known for having fathered Clark Gable's daughter, Judith Lewis Young.  The two had affair as romantic leads of the 1935 Call of the Wild.  Young was a beautiful siren at 22 and Gable was already a dashing screen idol at 34 already married to another woman (Maria Langham). 

The affair and the resulting love child was kept under raps as Loretta did not want to damage her career or Gable's. Twentieth Century Pictures learned about the pregnancy and pressured her for an abortion. Young, a devout Catholic, did not accede and the child, born on Nov 6, 1935  was passed off as adopted. But few in Hollywood were fooled as Judith bore a strong resemblance to Gable, and her true parentage was widely rumored in entertainment circles. 




Sunday, October 8, 2017

Clark Gable and his 1936 Duesenberg SJ Convertible

Colorized a photo of Clark Gable in his 1936 Duesenberg convertible with body works customized by Bohman & Schwartz.  This car was quite well-preserved to this day. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch0OqM5m3vc&feature=youtu.be

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Colorized Joan Crawford & Clark Gable in 1931 Possessed

Acclaimed as one of the most electrifying love teams of all time, here are Joan Crawford & Clark Gable (minus the moustache), colorized for their promotional stills in the 1931 film "Possessed" Joan would star opposite Clark in 8 movies between 1931 and 1940, the most of any actress, and fueled rumors that they were having extramarital affairs with each other, but they remained just good friends. (Never mind that Clark did screw every leading lady he appeared with.) After Clark's wife Carole Lombard died in a 1942 plane crash, Joan took her place in the move "They all Kissed The Bride" and Clark went on to serve the US Military throughout the rest of WWII justr to get his mind off his tragedy.