Band of angels movie clark gable

Clark gables son is born clark gables son is born clarks only son, john clark gable, was born on march 20, 1961 to kay williams gable in the same hospital clark died in five months earlier. Starting with the birth of a nation 1915, american civil warthemed films have flowed steadily onto movie screens. Band of angels was made 18 years after gone with the wind, but gable doesnt look, act, or dress much differently from his rhett butler persona. It is like seeing the other side of rhett butler, a very dark side.

Joan crawfords birthday joan crawfords birthday joan crawford was born was born lucille fay lesueur in san antonio, texas on march 23. The viewers introduction to gables character, for one, is of a us bully from the wesavedtheworld 1950s. Of course, the movie, made for a presumptively overwhelmingly white. Sensitivity to racial issues in movies has had some time to settle, but gone with the wind still receives its fair share of scorn for promoting outdated attitudes. Wary of period films after flopping in the costume drama parnell 1937, gable at first declined the role of rhett butler in david o. Clark gable full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Band of angels is a very old movie what about slavery. Clark gable clark gable gone with the wind, tragedy, and later films. Clark gable is hamish bond whose professional lineage varies as the film progresses. Hamish owns multiple properties and treats all his slaves with dignity, and indeed has raised rauru sidney poitier as a son, but amantha remains unsure what hamish wants from her. The script is not free of a few groaners, and some of the characterizations call for some endurance. Clark gable hollywood legend actor band of angels movie print. Clark gable gone with the wind, tragedy, and later films.

But what the earlier film captures in casting, detail, and overall production quality, band of angels exaggerates to garish proportions. Clark gables role as hamish bond is a twofold character with a very valid message of what was in error during the civil war both with the confederacy and the union. The legendary clark gable is plantation owner hamish bond, who has a secret past of slave trading. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Band of angels dvd movie buy it now at cd universe.

Band of angels dvd academy award winners clark gable and sidney poitier star with yvonne decarlo in this story of an aristocratic young woman who falls from theheights of southern society to the absolute bottomand of the forbiddenlove that redeems her in a band of angels. Gable out does himself as hamish bond, and sidney poitier, who plays bonds son as we find out carries the movie. I think a barking dog could have played jo van fleets part just as successfully, and the daughtersinlaw are all caricatures, except for eleanor. Band of angels 1957 with clark gable and yvonne decarlo. Band of angels movie 1957 clark gable, sidney poitier video.

Band of angels is a 1957 romantic drama film set in the american south before and during the american civil war, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by robert penn warren. Band of angels certainly had the potential to be an important film, but it became mired in melodrama by the screenwriters and wound up as a failure. He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in a wide variety of genres in a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent band of angels online on moviefone. The film seems like a missed opportunity and apparently audiences at the time felt the same way as it was the clark gable film that lost the most money. The viewers introduction to gable s character, for one, is of a us bully from the wesavedtheworld 1950s. Band of angels is a movie with a central theme comparable to a historical novel based on fact.

Her widower father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and he sends her to the best schools. Band of angels 1957 stream and watch online moviefone. Clark gable hollywood legend actor band of angels movie. William clark gable february 1, 1901 november 16, 1960 was an american film actor, often referred to as the king of hollywood. Band of angels is a 1957 romantic drama film set in the american south before and during the american civil war, based on the. Band of angels is an unusual 1950s melodrama with a fairly good cast. Clarke gable movies such as this show me how paradoxic love is. On the train ride back to hollywood, in january we heard the news of carole lombards death. Clark gable s son is born clark gable s son is born clark s only son, john clark gable, was born on march 20, 1961 to kay williams gable in the same hospital clark died in five months earlier. Jan 29, 2016 watch band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney poitier movie hd movie trailers on dailymotion. Selznicks production of the margaret mitchell best seller, gone with the wind 1936.

The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or god, to give him that. But where gone with the wind explored the effects of the civil war on a formerly privileged southern girl, emphasizing yankees vs confederates, band of angels is all about race. I was a little surprised when i dived into the credits and found our old friend bob steele first noted in the burgess meredith line from of mice and men 1939. At the beginning he is a wealthy plantation owner and retired merchant captain. Clark is wasted here in a role pretty much any runofthemill actor could have handled. Band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney. Living in kentucky prior to the civil war, amantha starr is a privileged young woman. I dont consider this movie to be so much a romantic story as it is a story about forgiveness and the hope of a new and better era. Band of angels 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. I had about 100 different reactions when i first saw this scene. See more ideas about clark gable, movie posters and classic movies. Clark gables role as hamish bond is a twofold character with a. Image detail for clark gable and carol lombard who apparently loved each other dianapowell. Based on a novel by robert penn warren, this southern potboiler stars yvonne decarlo as amantha starr, the daughter of a wealthy louisiana plantation owner.

Band of angels certainly had the potential to be an important film, but it became mired in melodrama by. If you have read gone with the wind you know clark gable was not scripted to play rett as margaret wrote of him. Band of angels movie 1957 clark gable, sidney poitier. While it is not nearly as ambitious as its predecessor it is still an unusual offering for a film about the antebellum south made in 1957. Rent band of angels 1957 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Sep 03, 2019 starting with the birth of a nation 1915, american civil warthemed films have flowed steadily onto movie screens.

The film is too often compared to gone with the wind, for obvious reasons. In the 1970s his encino, ca, estate was subdivided and turned into a very upscale tract development called clark gable estates. Band of angels dvd movie video at cd universe, in an attempt to carry on in his great rhett butler tradition, gone with the wind star clark gable once again flexes. Posted in fireballrelated and tagged band of angels louisiana, clark gable band of angels, clark gable civil war, clark gable gone with the wind, fireball carole lombard, fireball robert matzen, lombard gable, lombard screwball, louisiana film locations, twa flight 3 lombard on july 9, 2014 by rmatzen. Eventually a romance develops between them and he offers her freedom, but she. The legendary clark gable is plantation owner hamish bond, who has a secret. Although parnell is usually mentioned as being clarks worst and most critically panned film, technically band of angels lost more money and received far worse.

Band of angels 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A tale of redemption and forgiveness set in the old south, this is way worth your time. Band of angels 1957 im continuing on the patric knowles lines that i first pickedup in episode 2 chisum. Watch band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney poitier movie hd movie trailers on dailymotion. Aug 03, 20 the film seems like a missed opportunity and apparently audiences at the time felt the same way as it was the clark gable film that lost the most money. Band of angels 1957 starting with the birth of a nation 1915, american civil warthemed films have flowed steadily onto movie screens. Twenty years later came this return to the antebellum south, starring rhett, um, i mean, clark gable.

Band of angels 1957 official trailer clark gable, sidney poitier movie hd. I never knew that african slaves got packed into ships like sardines until i saw the miniseries roots, yet in this movie clark gable reveals the shameful story of how africans were captured sometimes with the help of other africans and. Band of angels hamish bond 1957 the king and four queens dan kehoe 1956. Clark gable basically plays a 1957 version of rhett butler albeit with a black son poitier. Echoes of gone with the wind are heard in this lavish allstar production, particularly in the performance of clark gable and the lush melodies of max steiner who wrote the score for gwtw.