Joan Crawford asked for him as co-star in Dance, Fools, Dance (Harry Beaumont, 1931) and the public loved him manhandling Norma Shearer in A Free Soul (Clarence Brown, 1931) the same year. He made his talking film debut as an archetypal villain named Brett in the Western The Painted Desert (Howard Higgin, 1931), starring William Boyd. After several failed screen tests, Gable was signed in 1930 by MGM's Irving Thalberg. Maria Franklin Gable), also about 17 years older than him. In 1930, Gable and Dillon divorced and a year later, he married Maria Langham (a.k.a. He gave an impressive appearance as the seething and desperate character Killer Mears in the Los Angeles stage production of The Last Mile. He received good reviews in Machinal (1928). He moved to New York City, where Dillon sought work for him on Broadway. While Gable acted on stage, he became a lifelong friend of Lionel Barrymore. However, he was not offered any major film roles, so he returned to the stage. He appeared as an extra in silent films between 19. In 1924, with Dillon's financing, they went to Hollywood, where she became Gable's manager and first wife. She also trained him to lower his voice and attain better body posture, attributes that that were instrumental in contributing to his later success and eventual iconic status. His acting coach Josephine Dillon, 15 years his senior, paid for him to have his teeth repaired and his hair styled. He toured in stock companies, worked oil fields and sold ties. At 16, he quit high school, went to work in an Akron, Ohio, tire factory, and decided to become an actor after seeing the play The Bird of Paradise. His father then returned to take him back to Cadiz. When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania, where he stayed until he was two. He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. William Clark Gable was born in 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. 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 best-known role as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939). He often portrayed down-to-earth, bravado characters with a carefree attitude, and was seen as the epitome of masculinity. With his natural charm and knowing smile, Clark Gable (1901-1959) was 'The King of Hollywood' during the 1930s. Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. The sharp edged look of the FONDARE wheel does a great job keeping up with the BMW’s futuristic design lines.German postcard by F.J. The spokes and face where painted to match the body of the car perfectly, while the barrels and lips took on the responsibility of color matching the accents. This i8 came to them with a silver paint job along with some blue accents that take their inspiration from the M-series logo. Our friends at Butler tire got their hands on one of these rockets and fitted it with a set of completely custom Forgiato FONDARE-ECL. The i8 is so good, that the boys at Top Gear chose it over the M4, and they NEVER chose a car over the M4. It’s so fast, that it inches ahead its sibling, the 400 plus horsepower M4. With a hybrid powertrain that puts out a combined 357 horsepower, the crazy efficient, ultra-light, and super sleek i8 makes its way from zero-to-sixty in only 4.4 seconds. What this low drag helps the BMW do is move. The quarter panels channel the air so efficiently, that the i8 achieves a drag coefficient of just 0.26, besting the Ferrari F430’s 0.34. It looks like air, not hands or computers sculpted the car – every bit of the surface has wet look to it, as if the car is alive. Although the front has the familiar kidney front end, that’s about where the similarities to the rest of the BMW fleet end.įrom the front to the back, BMW went all out. We haven’t seen styling this wild and attention grabbing since the Lamborghini Diablo. When the i8 hit dealer floors, there was no doubt a lot of eyes glued to the futuristic new supercar from BMW.
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