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Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Born into a wealthy family, Lombard was raised by her single mother. She made her screen debut in A Perfect Crime ...
TWA Flight 3 was a twin-engine Douglas DC-3-382 propliner, registration NC1946, operated by Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New York, New York, to Burbank, California, in the United States, via several stopovers including Las Vegas, Nevada. [1] On January 16, 1942, at 19:20 PST, fifteen ...
Once filming began, Gable and Turner continued their friendly working relationship. Filming was suspended for a month after Gable's wife, actress Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash. Gable was permitted to take leave from filming for a period of bereavement, and the studio almost scrapped the film.
Aug. 15—In the 1940s, Clark Gable was the King of Hollywood. Millions of people around the world knew and loved him from his iconic roles in films like "Gone With the Wind," "Mutiny on the ...
World War II Victory Medal. Signature. William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. Often referred to as the "King of Hollywood", [2] he had roles in more than 60 films in a variety of genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man.
Three members of the Nelons, a Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame quartet and the chairman of the board overseeing the Georgia Department of Corrections, were among seven people killed in a ...
The Turner-Gable films' successes were often heightened by gossip-column rumors about a relationship between the two. [83] In January 1942, she began shooting her second picture with Gable, titled Somewhere I'll Find You; [84] however, the production was halted for several weeks after the death of Gable's wife, Carole Lombard, in a plane crash ...
A couple died after their plane crashed in a field Sunday in northwest Kansas, officials say. David Allen, 78, and his wife, 79-year-old Jeanne Allen, both from Elbert, Colorado, were killed in ...