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Did Clark Gable Kill the Undershirt?

August 26, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 29 Comments

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert

A bare-chested Clark Gable in It Happened One Night is credited for killing the undershirt industry in the 1930s. But where’s the proof? This post follows evidence to show that while the undergarment industry did worry about Gable as early as 1934, no actual decline in sales can be attributed to a primary source

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Clark Gable, it happened one night, suts 2013, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, undershirts

Claudette Colbert, Her Start, Broadway Success and Earliest Films

September 13, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Claudette Colbert 1939 Rothmans Beauties tobacco card

A biography of Claudette Colbert covering her earliest days as she came to the stage, found Broadway success and transitioned to film. Claudette Colbert from France to New York, up until It Happened One Night (1934).

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra, it happened one night, the barker, The Sign of the Cross, the smiling lieutenant

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