Life Lessons: Clark Gable
How often have rumors or innuendos played a part in your life and changed what you might do in any situation? How vulnerable are we as people to hearing something about ourselves, or someone we love?
We all have heard of the great love affair between Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. But the true course of love, any love, doesn't always run smoothly. The truth was that Clark Gable had issues with commitment and monogamy.
Shortly before she died, this beloved film star went on a trip to sell war bonds to help her country during World War II. Clark was supposed to go, but did not want to. Carole, ever the patriot, went alone instead. At the time, Clark Gable was making a film with beautiful Lana Turner. Carole had heard rumors about Clark and Lana and their relationship on the set "Honky Tonk."
Carole, Carole's mother, and agent had finished their war bond tour, and Carole was getting ready to head home. She had done the war bond drive by train, but she was in a hurry to fly home because of the rumors of Clark and Lana. Her mother, a numerologist, begged her to not fly home. But Carole was determined to find out what was going on with her marriage and her husband.
On the tarmac, a coin was tossed to see whether Carole, her mother and agent would fly or take a train home. Unfortunately, Carole won the toss of the coin, and the three of them went aboard the flight.
Sometime, a few hours later, somewhere over Nevada, Carole's plane went down. All aboard were killed. It was Clark Gable himself, driven by Spencer Tracy, who went to the Nevada area to look for his wife, only to learn that she had died in this crash.
Whether Clark was having an affair with Lana Turner was unimportant. Clark learned a tragic lesson of life. Our actions have consequences, and if we believe rumors, we sometimes can take impulsive actions, which should not be taken. Clark Gable matured after this. He joined the Armed forces and became a hero in World War II. He never recovered from the loss of his beloved Carole, and their relationship, I believe, is a lesson for all of us. To appreciate what we have, and perhaps not take chances when we don't have to.
We all have heard of the great love affair between Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. But the true course of love, any love, doesn't always run smoothly. The truth was that Clark Gable had issues with commitment and monogamy.
Shortly before she died, this beloved film star went on a trip to sell war bonds to help her country during World War II. Clark was supposed to go, but did not want to. Carole, ever the patriot, went alone instead. At the time, Clark Gable was making a film with beautiful Lana Turner. Carole had heard rumors about Clark and Lana and their relationship on the set "Honky Tonk."
Carole, Carole's mother, and agent had finished their war bond tour, and Carole was getting ready to head home. She had done the war bond drive by train, but she was in a hurry to fly home because of the rumors of Clark and Lana. Her mother, a numerologist, begged her to not fly home. But Carole was determined to find out what was going on with her marriage and her husband.
On the tarmac, a coin was tossed to see whether Carole, her mother and agent would fly or take a train home. Unfortunately, Carole won the toss of the coin, and the three of them went aboard the flight.
Sometime, a few hours later, somewhere over Nevada, Carole's plane went down. All aboard were killed. It was Clark Gable himself, driven by Spencer Tracy, who went to the Nevada area to look for his wife, only to learn that she had died in this crash.
Whether Clark was having an affair with Lana Turner was unimportant. Clark learned a tragic lesson of life. Our actions have consequences, and if we believe rumors, we sometimes can take impulsive actions, which should not be taken. Clark Gable matured after this. He joined the Armed forces and became a hero in World War II. He never recovered from the loss of his beloved Carole, and their relationship, I believe, is a lesson for all of us. To appreciate what we have, and perhaps not take chances when we don't have to.
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