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Article: TNT's Clark Gable profile rekindles classic movie star flames.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- February 1, 1996
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This is not particularly surprising in an age of ``Ace Ventura'' flatulence jokes. Or during a cockeyed time when Demi Moore sexes up and lobotomizes ``The Scarlet Letter.''
So for an enjoyable flashback to a simpler, more elegant Hollywood, you might want to seek out TNT's ``Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome'' (7 p.m. Sunday).
Hollywood hasn't produced many stars larger than the man who would become Rhett Butler, forever deposited in our shared movie memory bank alongside Garbo, Cagney, Bogart and a few others. Narrated by Liam Neeson (``Rob Roy''), this latest edition of TNT's series of occasional movie star biographies is a lively, clip-filled tour of ...