No Man of Her Own (1932 film)

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No Man of Her Own
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Produced by Albert Lewis
Written by Benjamin Glazer
Edmund Goulding
Milton Herbert Gropper
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Starring Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Cinematography Leo Tover
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) December 30, 1932
Running time 85 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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This article is about the 1932 comedy film. For the unrelated 1950 film, see No Man of Her Own.

No Man of Her Own is a 1932 light comedy film starring Clark Gable and Carole Lombard as a married couple in their only film together, several years before their legendary marriage in real life. The movie was directed by Wesley Ruggles.

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Crooked gambler Babe Stewart leaves Manhattan for the small town of Glendale when his ex-mistress, Kay Everly, threatens to expose him. There he tries to seduce librarian Connie Randall, who refuses him until he flips a coin and agrees to marry her. Back in New York, Babe loses at cards to his partners Vane and Vargas in order to evade Detective Collins, a friend of Babe's most recent victim. Unsuspecting, Connie wakes Babe for work each morning and he is forced to spend his days on Wall Street. His subterfuge works until Connie discovers his marked deck and shuffles the cards before an important game, causing Babe to lose. Angry at Connie's meddling, Babe plans a trip to Rio de Janeiro for some big money and sends Connie back to Glendale. Realizing his love for her, however, he gives himself up to Collins for a ninety-day jail sentence. When Connie returns to New York, pregnant, for Babe's homecoming from Rio, she learns the truth, and the couple embraces. (Courtesy TCM).

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Marion Davies is to thank for this film, as she encouraged MGM to make a trade of Gable for Bing Crosby, whom was the only person she wanted for her next project. And it was such that Gable was sent to Paramount studios to work on a project of his choice until Crosby was finished with his picture with Davies. Gable looked over the scripts and the only one that interested him slightly was the script for No Man of Her Own. Temperamental star Miriam Hopkins was originally offered the lead, but balked at the idea of Gable receiving top billing, and demanded another project. Lombard, who was a rising star on the Paramount lot, but still relegated to roles that placed her second fiddle to her male counterparts, was sent to replace Hopkins. During filming, Gable and Lombard were entirely indifferent to one another, with Lombard in a foul mood due to her recent and unsavory loan out to United Artist. She spoke of it with her usual colorful vocabulary that Gable was not certain he approved of. No romantic relationship ensued during the making of this picture with Lombard still married to actor William Powell and very much in love. While Gable was still married to socialite Ria Langham, he could not say that he was in love, but he was certainly not interested in Lombard. He was not so distant from Lombard, however, that he did not give her a nickname, calling her "Ma" as his character did in the film. She retaliated by calling him "Pa." On the last day of filming, Gable presented Lombard with a pair of ballerina slippers with a card attached that said, "To a true primadonna." Lombard got him back when she presented him with a large ham with his picture on it. Gable kissed her goodbye and they did not stay in touch as Gable found Lombard to be bawdier than he was willing to handle and Lombard found Gable to be overly conceited. It was not until four years later that their romance began to take off.

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