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Clark Gable Trivia
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- So durable, he could play the same role in both an original (Red Dust (1932)) with Jean Harlow and Mary Astor, and its re-make (Mogambo (1953)) with Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly.
- Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Trust, on the left hand side, next to Carole Lombard.
- In the summer of 1942, Clark enlisted in the army in honor of his late wife, Carole Lombard. She had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds.
- Pictured on one of four 25¢ US commemorative postage stamps issued on 23 March 1990 honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp features Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind (1939). The other films honored were Beau Geste (1939), Stagecoach (1939), and The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- Interred next to Carole Lombard at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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