The box office team of Clark Gable and Jean Harlow at MGM was pure gold. They appeared together in a total of six films for MGM. In reality, Gable and Harlow were just close friends and never romantically involved. The platinum blonde Harlow was Gable’s gal pal at the studio. He always called her “The Baby” as did everyone else at MGM. But the chemistry between them was magic. Tragically the teaming came to an end on June 7, 1937 when Harlow died unexpectedly at the age of 26 from kidney failure. Gable was utterly devastated by Harlow’s untimely death.
THE SECRET SIX (1931)
MGM
Director: George Hill
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Clark Gable
RED DUST (1932)
MGM
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp
HOLD YOUR MAN (1933)
MGM
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Barbara Barondess
CHINA SEAS (1935)
MGM
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley,
Hattie McDaniels
WIFE VS SECRETARY (1936)
MGM
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson, James Stewart, Gloria Holden
SARATOGA (1937)
MGM
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Cliff Edwards, Hattie McDaniels
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