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Article: Clark Gable's son begins film career with new Western
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 2, 1989
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CAVE CREEK, Ariz. John Clark Gable, son of the famous Hollywood
star, is following in the footsteps of a father he never knew.
The 28-year-old son of Clark Gable is co-starring with James
Brolin and Richard Roundtree in "Bad Jim," a Western produced by
Menahem Golan's new 21st Century Film Corp.
The movie has been shooting in the desert plains and arroyos
northwest of Phoenix, and so far young Gable has drawn praise from
his co-stars and his director, Clyde Ware.
"I think he's got a lot of his father in him," Ware said. "He's
never really acted before. He's a race driver."
One recent afternoon before shooting began, Gable sat in front
of a frontier saloon and submitted to a rare ...