Not Even Remotely the Bomb It's Reputation Suggests | Gable and Lombard

Enjoyable Movie But Could Have Been Better | Gable and Lombard | James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh

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	• Gable and Lombard James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh Universal Studios, 2004 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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Before Streisand there was Gable and Lombard!!

Interesting look at Gable and Lombard played by Brolin pre Barbra an Jill pre Unmarried Woman perhaps! Gotta Love these Chezzy Made for TV biographies great companion piece to The Jayne Mansfield Story, Bud and Lou, Bogie, Luci and Desi Before the Laughter, The Rosemary Clooney Story.

Not Even Remotely the Bomb It's Reputation Suggests

The critical lambasting this film received on it's initial release in 1976 is inexplicable. Though certainly not a classic love story it is most definitely above average. The film's only failing that I can see are some slapstick moments that fall flat. Where it succeeds is in the scenes of intimacy between Gable and Lombard. James Brolin is more than adequate as Clark Gable and Jill Clayburgh is absolutely radiant as Carole Lombard. The chemistry between the two is palpable which makes the relationship believable. At times I lost sight of the fact that these were two of the most famous celebrities in America and that they were ordinary people in love. The film also contains a terrific turn by one of my favorite character actors, Allen Garfield, as Louis B. Mayer. Now if only they would release on DVD another Hollywood bio released in 1976, "W.C. Fields and Me", with Rod Steiger. Trivia note: Clayburgh hosted "Saturday Night Live" at the time of this film's release and took part in a parody of the film, "Grable and Lombard".

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Enjoyable Movie But Could Have Been Better

This is a really enjoyable film to watch but it contains many inaccuracies. Lombard comes across as a foul mouthed, ill educated woman when she was the opposite. Lombard was very much a thinking woman who was a devout New Deal Democrat who earned the admiration for FDR and Eleanor. Duesenberg driving Gable (He owned 4!) although a gifted actor was never a Hollywood intellect like Lombard, Frederic March, Edward G. Robinson and other activist actors of the day. Many people hated James Brolin in this film but I think in 1976 he was the best choice. I did not like Clayburgh as Lombard. I am shocked that Hollywood has not made a real epic movie about the couple. This 1976 TV movie and a French Documentary seem the only information on this iconic couple of Hollywood's golden era. This may be due to the fact after Lombard's death Gable never spoke publicly about his late wife except one time in 1943 when he along with Lombard's brothers and Louis B. Mayer went to christen the Liberty Ship "Carole Lombard".

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-APR-2004
Media Type: DVD

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