Who directed the Clark Gable film “Strange Interlude”?
Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio to William Henry “Bill” Gable, an oil-well driller,[2][3] and Adeline (née Hershelman), who was of German and Irish descent.[4] He was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate. His original name was probably William Clark Gable, but birth registrations, school records and other documents contradict one another. “William” would have been in honor of his father. “Clark” was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother. In childhood he was almost always called “Clark”; some friends called him “Clarkie,” “Billy,” or “Gabe”.[5] When he was six months old, his sickly mother had him baptized Roman Catholic. She died when he was ten months old, probably of an aggressive brain tumor. Following her death, Gable’s father’s family refused to raise him as a Catholic, provoking enmity with his mother’s side of the family. The dispute was resolved when his father’s family agreed to allow Gable to spend time with his mother’s Catholic brother, Charles Hershel
Strange Interlude Directed by Robert Z. Leonard Written by Eugene O’Neill (play) Starring Norma Shearer, Clark Gable Cinematography Lee Garmes Editing by Margaret Booth Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) 1932 Running time min. Country United States Language English Strange Interlude is a 1932 American romantic drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, and is based on the play Strange Interlude by Eugene O’Neill. Plot Gordon Shaw was a flyer who was shot down and killed during World War I. Nina would have married him before he left, but her father forbade the marriage. Charlie is a friend, but Nina does not love him and he is too timid- too shy – to tell her the way that he feels about her. Sam is her husband and her love disappears after the ceremony when she finds out that there is mental illness in his family and that there can be no children. To have the child she wants, but cannot have with Sam, she has a secret affair w
