Feb. 1, 2026

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Question 1: Marking Clark Gable’s birthday, on what exact date was the Hollywood icon born? Question 2: Clark Gable won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for which 1934 romantic comedy opposite Claudette Colbert? Question 3: As Rhett Butler in...

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Question 1: Marking Clark Gable’s birthday, on what exact date was the Hollywood icon born?

Question 2: Clark Gable won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for which 1934 romantic comedy opposite Claudette Colbert?

Question 3: As Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, what famous closing line does Clark Gable deliver to Scarlett O’Hara?

Question 4: Who was the independent producer who shepherded Gone with the Wind to the screen, coordinating its massive production and winning Best Picture?

Question 5: Which member of the Gone with the Wind cast became the first African American to win an Academy Award, and for which role?


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Calarogu Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme

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is Clark Gable's Birthday, Rhet Butler, Gone with the Wind

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and Hollywood's Golden Age? Question one, marking Clark Gable's birthday

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on what exact date was the Hollywood icon born? Question two?

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Clark Gable won his only Academy Award for Best Actor

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for which nineteen thirty four Romantic Comedy opposite Claude at Colbert.

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Question three. As Rhet Butler and Gone with the Wind?

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What famous closing line does Clark Gable deliver to Scarlett O'Hara?

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Question four? Who was the independent producer? Who Shepherd had

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Gone with the Wind to the screen, coordinating its massive

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production and winning Best Picture. Question five? Which member of

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the Gone with the Wind cast became the first African

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American to win an Academy Award and for which role.

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We'll be right back with these answers after this break.

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Welcome back. Question one. When was Clark Gable born? Answer

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February one, nineteen oh one. Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio,

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and rose to fame during Hollywood's Golden Age. His charisma

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and star power earned him the nickname the King of Hollywood.

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Question two, Which film earned Gable his only Best Actor Oscar? Answer?

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It Happened One Night. Gable played reporter Peter Warren in

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Frank Capra's It Happened One Night loan from MGM to

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Columbia Pictures. He ended up starring in a film that

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swept the Big five Oscars, Picture Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay.

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Question three, What is Rhet Butler's famous closing line? Answer Frankly,

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my dear, I don't give a damn. The line, adapted

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from Margaret Mitchell's novel, became one of cinema's most quoted moments.

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Production code censors initially objected to dam but permission was

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granted due to the line's importance. Question four. Who produced

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Gone with the Wind? Answer David O. Selznick. Salznick oversaw

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the adaptation and assembled a team that included multiple directors,

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with Victor Fleming receiving the final credit. The film dominated

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the twelfth Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Question five, Who

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was the first African American Oscar winner from gwt W

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and for what role? Answer Hattie McDaniel for Mammy. Hattie

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McDaniel won Best supporting actress in nineteen forty a historic milestone.

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Her portrayal of Mammy was widely praised and remains a

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landmark in Academy Awards history. That concludes today's five daily

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Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted

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with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.