Posters by Clark Gable

A Chronology of Clark Gable Movie Posters 1931-1961.

William Clark Gable (1901-1960) was born in CadizOhio.

He won a Best Actor Oscar for It Happened One Night (1934) and was Oscar nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Gone With the Wind (1939).

Gable was married 5 times. His third wifeactress Carole Lombarddied in a plane crash in 1942.

Dubbed "The King of Hollywood" Gable is officially credited with appearing in 67 moviesthis hub showcases poster art from 32 of those movies.

Hell Divers (1931) Directed by George W. Hill. 109mins.

Wallace Beery - CPO H.W. 'Windy' Riker
Clark Gable - CPO Steve Nelson

Also starring Conrad NagelDorothy JordanMarjorie Rambeau and Cliff Edwards.

A loose remake of What Price Glory? (1926).

IMDB rating 6.4

Red Dust (1932) Directed by Victor Fleming. 83mins.

Clark Gable - Dennis Carson
Jean Harlow - Vantine

Also starring Gene RaymondMary Astor and Donald Crisp.

Gable and Jean Harlow appeared in six films together this was their second and most famous.

Remade as Mogambo in 1953also starring Gable.

Selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2006.

IMDB rating 7.3

Dancing Lady (1933) Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. 92mins.

Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow
Clark Gable - Patch Gallagher

Also starring Franchot ToneMay RobsonRobert Benchley and Fred Astaire.

Musical based on a novel by James Warner Bellah.

Fred Astaire's movie debut.

IMDB rating 6.7

It Happened One Night (1934)Directed by Frank Capra. 105mins.

Clark Gable - Peter Warne
Claudette Colbert - Ellie

Also starring Walter ConnollyRoscoe KarnsJameson Thomasand Alan Hale.

Columbia Studio's biggest hit at the time.

The first film to win the top five major Oscar awardsonly two other films have achieved this feat - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) andThe Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Nominated for 5 Oscars winning 5 - Best PictureBest DirectorBest ScreenplayBest Actor (Clark Gable) and Best Actress (Claudette Colbert).

Tagline - Together for the first time!

IMDB rating 8.2

Manhattan Melodrama (1934) Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. 93mins.

Clark Gable - Edward J. Gallagher
Myrna Loy - Eleanor Packer
William Powell - Jim Wade

Also starring Leo CarrilloNat PendletonGeorge Sidney and Mickey Rooney.

The first of 14 films pairing Myrna Loy with William Powell.

Oscar Winner for Best Screenplay.

IMDB rating 7.0

The Call of the Wild (1935) Directed by William A. Wellman. 95mins.

Clark Gable - Jack Thornton
Loretta Young - Claire Blake

Also starring Jack OakieReginald OwenFrank Conroy and Katherine DeMille.

Based on the novel by Jack Londonfirst published in 1903.

Tagline - An Epic Novel..... An Epic Picture!

IMDB rating 6.9

China Seas (1935) Directed by Tay Garnett. 87mins.

Clark Gable - Alan Gaskell
Jean Harlow - China Doll
Wallace Beery - Jamesy MacArdle

Also starring Lewis StoneRosalind RussellC. Aubrey SmithRobert Benchley and Akim Tamiroff.

Adventure film based on the book by Crosbie Garstin.

IMDB rating 6.9

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Directed by Frank Lloyd. 132mins.

Charles Laughton - Captain Bligh
Clark Gable - Fletcher Christian

Also starring Franchot ToneHerbert MundinDonald CrispHenry Stephenson and Movita as Tehani.

Adapted from the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hallpublished in 1932which was based on real events - the mutiny on the HMS Bounty in 1789.

One of the biggest hits of the 1930s.

Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh ranked #19 on the American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Villains list.

Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Director (Frank Lloyd)Best ScreenplayBest Actor (Charles Laughton) and Best Actor (Clark Gable)winning 1 - Best Picture.

Tagline - Clark Gable as the daring mutineer in the screen's most exciting adventure story!

IMDB rating 7.8

Wife vs Secretary (1936) Directed by Clarence Brown. 88mins.

Clark Gable - Van Stanhope
Jean Harlow - Helen 'Whitey' Wilson
Myrna Loy - Linda Stanhope

Also starring May RobsonGeorge Barbier and James Stewart.

The 4th of seven films Gable made with Myrna Loy.

IMDB rating 7.0

San Francisco (1936) Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. 115mins.

Clark Gable - Blackie Norton
Jeanette MacDonald - Mary Blake
Spencer Tracy - Father Mullin

Also starring Jack HoltJessie Ralphand Ted Healy.

Based on real events - the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 which destroyed most of the city and killed over 3,000 people.

Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best PictureBest Director and Best Actor (Spencer Tracy) winning 1 - Best Sound.

Tagline - It started out like any other day!

IMDB rating 7.2

Saratoga (1937) Directed by Jack Conway. 92mins.

Clark Gable - Duke Bradley
Jean Harlow - Carol Clayton

Also starring Lionel BarrymoreFrank MorganWalter PidgeonUna MerkelCliff Edwards and Hattie McDaniel.

Romantic comedy.

Sadly Saratoga was to be Jean Harlow's last moviethe legendary actress died from "cerebral edemaa complication of renal or kidney failure" on June 7th,1937she was only 26.

Tagline - We announce the presentation of Jean Harlow's last picture...a production the whole world has been waiting for.

IMDB rating 6.4

Test Pilot (1938) Directed by Victor Fleming. 119mins.

Clark Gable - Jim Lne
Myrna Loy - Ann Barton
Spencer Tracy - Gunner Morris

Also starring Lionel BarrymoreSamuel S. HindsMarjorie Main andGloria Holden.

The second of three films Gable made with Spencer Tracy.

Nominated for 3 Oscars - Best PictureBest Screenplay and Best Film Editing.

Tagline - The greatest castthe grandest romancethe most amazing adventure thrills ever photographed -- all combined to give you the biggest picture that MGM ever made!

IMDB rating 6.8

Too Hot to Handle (1938) Directed by Jack Conway. 107mins.

Clark Gable - Chris Hunter
Myrna Loy - Alma Harding

Also starring Walter PidgeonWalter ConnollyLeo Carrillo and Virginia Weidler.

Two rival newsreel reporters get romantically involved.

Buster Keaton was an uncredited gag writer on this film.

Tagline - Love Scoops the world's hottest news!

IMDB rating 6.6

Idiot's Delight (1939) Directed by Clarence Bown. 107mins.

Clark Gable - Harry Van
Norma Shearer - Irene Fellara

Also starring Edward ArnoldCharles CoburnJoseph Schildkraut andBurgess Meredith.

Based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by Robert Sherwood.

IMDB rating 6.4

Gone With the Wind (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming. 238mins

Clark Gable - Rhett Butler
Vivien Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara
Leslie Howard -Ashley Wilkes
Olivia de Havilland - Melanie Hamilton
Thomas Mitchell - Gerald O'Hara
Barbara O'Neil - Ellen O'Hara
Evelyn Keyes - Suellen O'Hara 
Ann Rutherford - Carreen O'Hara
Harry Davenport - Doctor Meade
Butterfly McQueen - Prissy
Hattie McDaniel - Mammy

Nominated for 15 Oscars including Best Actor (Clark Gable)Best Supporting Actress (Olivia de Havilland) and Best Music (Max Steiner)winning 10 including Best PictureBest DirectorBest ScreenplayBest Actress (Vivien Leigh) and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel).

Arguably the most famous film in Hollywood's history and for a while it's most successful.

Based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winning novelfirst published in 1936.

Ranked #4 on the AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies list.

Selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 1989.

Tagline - The greatest romance of all time!

IMDB rating 8.2

Strange Cargo (1940) Directed by Frank Borzage. 113mins.

Clark Gable - André Verne
Joan Crawford - Julie

Also starring Ian HunterPeter LorrePaul Lukas and Albert Dekker.

Drama based on Richard Sale's novel "Not Too NarrowNot Too Deep" published in 1936.

IMDB rating 7.0

Boom Town (1940) Directed by Jack Conway. 119mins.

Clark Gable - Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy - Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert - Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr - Karen Vanmeer

Also starring Frank MorganLionel Atwill and Chill Wills.

Based on a story by James Edward Grant published in Cosmopolitan magazine.

One of Gable's biggest hits.

Oscar Nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Special Effects.

Tagline - Where men are rough and tough and like their women the same way!

IMDB rating 7.0

Comrade X (1940) Directed by King Vidor. 104mins.

Clark Gable - McKinley B. Thompson
Hedy Lamarr - Theodore Yahupitz

Also starring Oskar HomolkaFelix BressartEve Arden and Sig Ruman.

Spy / Romance based on a story by Walter Reisch.

The second film pairing Gable with Lamarr in 1940.

Oscar Nomination for Best Screenplay.

IMDB rating 6.2

Honky Tonk (1941) Directed by Jack Conway. 105mins.

Clark Gable - 'Candy' Johnson
Lana Turner - Elizabeth Cotton

Also starring Frank MorganClaire TrevorMarjorie Main and Albert Dekker.

The first of four films starring Gable and Lana Turner.

Tagline - Gable! Turner! Together they give life a new lease on love!

IMDB rating 6.5

Adventure (1945) Directed by Victor Fleming. 135mins.

Clark Gable - Harry Patterson
Greer Garson - Emily Sears

Also starring Joan BlondellThomas MitchellTom Tully and Richard Haydn.

One of the biggest hits of 1945.

Based on the novel "The Anointed"by Clyde Brion Davis.

The poster tagline is perhaps more famous than the movie itself.

Tagline - Gable's back and Garson's got him!

IMDB rating 6.0

The Hucksters (1947) Directed by Jack Conway. 115mins.

Clark Gable - Victor Norman
Deborah Kerr - Kay Dorrance

Also starring Sydney GreenstreetAdolphe MenjouAva GardnerKeenan Wynn and Edward Arnold.

Based on the bestselling novel by Frederick Wakeman.

Deborah Kerr's first American movie.

Tagline - Gable's New Star is Deborah Kerr (rhymes with star)

IMDB rating 6.6

Command Decision (1948) Directed by Sam Wood. 112mins.

Clark Gable - Brig. Gen. K.C. Dennis
Walter Pidgeon - Maj. Gen. Roland Kane

Also starring Van JohnsonBrian DonlevyCharles BickfordJohn Hodiak and Edward Arnold.

WWII drama based on the bestselling novel by William Wister Haines.

Tagline - Heroescowardsfightersbraggartsliars...and what goes on in their hearts!

IMDB rating 7.2

To Please a Lady (1950) Directed by Clarence Brown. 91mins.

Clark Gable - Mike Brannan
Barbara Stanwyck - Regina Forbes

Also starring Adolphe MenjouWill Geer and Roland Winters.

Racing drama set at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Tagline - MGM's thrill-a-minute romance of a daredevil and a darling!

IMDB rating 6.2

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)Directed by William A. Wellman. 78mins.

Clark Gable - Flint Mitchell

Also starring Ricardo MontalbanJohn HodiakAdolphe MenjouJack Holt and Alan Napier.

Based on the 1947 historical book by Bernardo DeVotowho specialized in the history of the American West.

Filmed on location in the Rocky Mountains.

IMDB rating 6.1

Lone Star (1952) Directed by Vincent Sherman. 94mins.

Clark Gable - Devereaux Burke
Ava Gardner - Martha Ronda
Broderick Crawford - Thomas Craden

Also starring Lionel BarrymoreBeulah Bondi and Ed Begley.

Western romance.

Lionel Barrymore's final movie

Tagline - The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!

IMDB rating 6.0

Mogambo (1953) Directed by John Ford. 116mins.

Clark Gable - Victor Marswell
Ava Gardner - Eloise Y. Kelly
Grace Kelly - Linda Nordley

Also starring Donald SindenPhilip Stainton and Eric Pohlmann.

Big budget remake of Red Dust (1932) filmed in Technicolor.

John Ford and Clark Gable did not get along during filming.

Stewart Granger was originally considered for the lead.

Maureen O' Hara and Lana Turner were considered for the Ava Gardner role.

Nominated for 2 Oscars - Best Actress (Ava Gardner) and Best Supporting Actress (Grace Kelly).

Tagline - Actually filmed by MGM on safari...amid authentic scenes of unrivalled savagery and awe-inspiring splendor!

IMDB rating 6.7

Soldier of Fortune (1955) Directed by Edward Dmytryk. 96mins.

Clark Gable - Hank Lee
Susan Hayward - Mrs. Jane Hoyt

Also starring Michael RennieGene BarryTom Tully and Jack Kruschen.

Based on the novel by Ernest K. Gannpublished in 1954.

Filmed in Hong Kong.

IMDB rating 6.1

The Tall Men (1955) Directed by Raoul Walsh. 122mins.

Clark Gable - Colonel Ben Allison
Jane Russell - Nella Turner
Robert Ryan - Nathan Stark

Also starring Cameron MitchellHarry Shannon and Steve Darrell.

Western based on a novel by Heck Allen.

Filmed in Cinemascope and 4 track stereo sound

Tagline - They don't come any bigger!

IMDB rating 6.7

Run Silent Run Deep (1958)Directed by Robert Wise. 93mins.

Clark Gable - Cmdr. 'Rich' Richardson
Burt Lancaster - Lt. Jim Bledsoe

Also starring Jack WardenBrad DexterDon Rickles and Nick Cravat.

WWII submarine drama based on the bestselling novel by Edward L. Beachpublished in 1955.

Tagline - Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits like a torpedo!

IMDB rating 7.2

Teacher's Pet (1958) Directed by George Seaton. 120mins.

Clark Gable - James Gannon
Doris Day - Erica Stone

Also starring Gig YoungMamie Van DorenNick Adams and Jack Albertson.

Originally written as a romantic drama it was later rewritten as a comedy.

James Stewart and Cary Grant were both considered for the lead role.

Nominated for 2 Oscars - Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Gig Young).

Tagline - Their mixed-up romance adds up to this: GREAT DAY! GREAT GUY! GREAT FUN!

IMDB rating 7.0

It Started in Naples (1960) Directed by Melville Shavelson. 100mins.

Clark Gable - Michael Hamilton
Sophia Loren - Lucia Curcio

Also starring Vittorio De SicaMarietto and Paolo Carlini.

Romantic comedy based on a story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies.

Gable was 33 years older than his love interestSophia Loren.

Filmed on location in NaplesItaly.

Oscar Nomination for Best Art Direction.

IMDB rating 6.0

The Misfits (1961) Directed by John Huston. 124mins.

Clark Gable - Gay Langland
Marilyn Monroe - Roslyn Taber
Montgomery Clift - Perce Howland

Also starring Thelma RitterEli Wallach and Kevin McCarthy.

Clark Gable's last filmthe movie legend died of a heart attack on November 161960he was 59.

It was also Marilyn Monroe's last completed filmthe screen goddess died of a drug overdose in August 5th1962she was 36.

The screenplay was written by American playwright Arthur Miller who was married to Monroe at the time.

DGA Nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

Tagline - Smashing thru the Excitement Barrier!

IMDB rating 7.3