Premise: William Clark Gable ( February 1 , 1901 -- November 16 , 1960 ) was an American film actor , often referred to as `` The King of Hollywood '' or just simply as `` The King '' . Gable began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926 , and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931 . The next year , he landed his first leading Hollywood role and over the next three decades he became a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures . Gable won an Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night ( 1934 ) , and was nominated for leading roles in Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 ) and for his arguably best-known role as Rhett Butler in the epic Civil War drama Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) . Gable also found success commercially and critically with films such as Red Dust ( 1932 ) , Manhattan Melodrama ( 1934 ) , San Francisco ( 1936 ) , Saratoga ( 1937 ) Boom Town ( 1940 ) , The Hucksters ( 1947 ) , Homecoming ( 1948 ) , and The Misfits ( 1961 ) , which was his final screen appearance . Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of the time . Joan Crawford was his favorite actress to work with , and she was partnered with Gable in eight films . Gable 's final film , The Misfits ( 1961 ) , united him with Marilyn Monroe ( also in her last screen appearance ) . Gable is considered one of the most consistent box-office performers in history , appearing on Quigley Publishing 's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll 16 times . He was named the seventh-greatest male star of classic American cinema by the American Film Institute . Frank Morgan ( born Francis Phillip Wuppermann ; June 1 , 1890 -- September 18 , 1949 ) was an American character actor . He is best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player and as the title character in The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) . Hattie McDaniel ( June 10 , 1895October 26 , 1952 ) was an African American stage actress , professional singer-songwriter , and comedian . She is best known for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , the first Academy Award won by an African American entertainer . In addition to acting in many films , McDaniel was a radio performer and television star ; she was the first black woman to sing on radio in the United States . McDaniel has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood : one at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to radio and one at 1719 Vine Street for acting in motion pictures . Jean Harlow ( born Harlean Harlow Carpenter ; March 3 , 1911 -- June 7 , 1937 ) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s . Harlow was signed by director Howard Hughes , and her first major appearance was in Hell 's Angels ( 1930 ) , followed by a series of critically unsuccessful films before she signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932 . Harlow became a leading lady for MGM , starring in a string of hit films including Red Dust ( 1932 ) , Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ) , Reckless ( 1935 ) , and Suzy ( 1936 ) . She had become one of the biggest movie stars in the world by the late 1930s , often nicknamed the `` Blond Bombshell '' and the `` Platinum Blonde '' ; she was also popular for her `` Laughing Vamp '' movie persona . The American Film Institute ranked her as the 22nd greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema . Lionel Barrymore ( born Lionel Herbert Blythe ; April 28 , 1878 -- November 15 , 1954 ) was an American actor of stage , screen and radio as well as a film director . He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul ( 1931 ) , and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra 's 1946 film It 's a Wonderful Life . He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM 's nine Dr. Kildare films , a role he reprised in a further six films focussing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare . Margaret Brainard Hamilton ( December 9 , 1902 -- May 16 , 1985 ) was an American film character actress best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's classic film The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) . A former schoolteacher , she worked as a character actress in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image . The Wicked Witch of the West was eventually ranked number four in the American Film Institute 's 2003 list of the 50 Best Movie Villains of All Time , making her the top-ranking female villain . Saratoga (film) . The film stars Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in their sixth and final film collaboration , and features Lionel Barrymore , Frank Morgan , Walter Pidgeon , Hattie McDaniel , and Margaret Hamilton . Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23 , 1897 -- September 25 , 1984 ) was a Canadian actor who starred in many films , including How Green Was My Valley , Mrs. Miniver , The Bad and the Beautiful , Forbidden Planet , Advise & Consent , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , Funny Girl and Harry in Your Pocket .
Hypothesis: Saratoga includes actors.
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