Tea, Scones and Gardens Book Club: Clark Gable

Clark Gable arrived in Hollywood after a rough-and-tumble youth, and his breezy, big-boned, everyman persona quickly made him the town’s king. He was a gambler among gamblers, a heavy drinker in the days when everyone drank seemingly all the time, and a lover to legions of the most attractive women in the most glamorous business in the world, including the great love of his life, Carole Lombard. Join us as we delve into this well-researched and revealing biography

Image: Clark Gable and Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931), directed by Robert Z. Leonard. © 1931 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.