Gable and Lombard (1976) [360p]

[The love story of Carole Lombard & Clark Gable | Hollywood’s Iconic Couple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khORMrd9XO8)

Ho boy, did Roger Ebert sidekick Gene Siskel not like this one!

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gable_and_Lombard#Critical_reception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gable_and_Lombard#Critical_reception)

>*The film is “Gable and Lombard,” with two young actors imitating two of Hollywood’s most famous stars. The alleged purpose of the film is to tell us the ill-fated love story of Clark Gable and his third wife, actress Carole Lombard. But less than five minutes into the film one realizes the romance is simply a cover story. What the makers of “Gable and Lombard” really are trying to do is revive the film career of Clark Gable.*

>*Most everyone would agree that if time could be stopped, and if Gable were alive today and in his prime, he would still hold box-office appeal. Well, that is the idea here: have Gable make another Gable picture after he’s dead.*
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>*Now, if this project hits, it could have profound Implications throughout the film business. Studios could tell today’s overpaid actors—McQueen, Minnelli, Newman—to take a hike. Costume and make-up departments would become the stars. The studios could begin creating new vehicles for Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy, and not have to worry if Barbra Streisand’s going to throw a tantrum. How about “Casablanca, Part II,” starring Lee Majors as Bogie and Lindsay Wagner as Ingrid Bergman? Possibilities are endless.*