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Clark Gable Trivia
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- He was voted the 21st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.
- He was voted the 8th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
- Gable's first two wives -- Josephine Dillon and Ria Langham -- were 14 and 17 years older than he was.
- His wife Sylvia Ashley was born Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes in 1904. She was the widow of Douglas Fairbanks. Her first husband was Lord Anthony Ashley (they divorced November 28, 1934), her third husband Lord Stanley of Alderney, and her fifth husband Prince Dimitri Djordjadze (whom she married in 1954 and stayed married to until her death). She died June 29, 1977. Her grave stone refers to her as "Princess Sylvia Djordjadze."
- When he was first cast in It Happened One Night (1934) opposite Claudette Colbert, he told director Frank Capra that he would give the role a shot, but if things weren't going well after a few days, he would leave the production.
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