Clark Gable: Tormented Star
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Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2014.
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David Bret., & David Bret|AUTHOR. (2014). Clark Gable: Tormented Star . Quarto Publishing Group USA.

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David Bret and David Bret|AUTHOR. 2014. Clark Gable: Tormented Star. Quarto Publishing Group USA.

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David Bret and David Bret|AUTHOR. Clark Gable: Tormented Star Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2014.

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David Bret, and David Bret|AUTHOR. Clark Gable: Tormented Star Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2014.

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Bret also reveals how Gable's wartime 'heroics', which saw him promoted through the ranks from Private to Major in less than a year, were no more than an elaborate publicity stunt. Like an earlier paternity suit, it was an exercise dreamed up by studio chief, Louis B. Mayer to promote and protect Gable's image.

After ending an affair with Ben Maddox in 1942, Gable seems to have 'gone straight', from which point Bret moves into more familiar territory, focusing on Gable's great movies including Gone With the Wind and on his affairs with Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner and other famous stars. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, Bret pulls no punches in this star-studded story of Gable's life, told with candour and panache.
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