Review: Clark Gable:  A Complicated Man:
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 26, 2013
This quick ebook by Charles River Editors is fascinating.  The authors remind readers that even people of great wealth and fame can experience awful tragedy and loss.It is amazing how much one can learn in one of these short books.  The photos included add so much to the narrative.  However, one photo is mismarked.  Just before Chapter 4:  "Gable Tackles 1930's Hollywood," there is a photo of Clark Gable and it indicates the female lead is Jean Harlow.  It is actually Mary Astor with Clark Gable in RED DUST.In looking over the photos, it is obvious that Clark Gable `grew' into his persona.  As a young adult, he displayed none of the easy charm of later years (see photo in Chapter 2:  Breaking Away).This book spent several pages describing the ins-and-outs of GONE WITH THE WIND.  The details are absorbing and sometimes surprising.Perhaps the greatest benefit of this book is to explain Gable's popularity; he combined the action hero with the ability to do comedy in one terrific body.