Clark Gable, a star like no other. Mr Gable is of course most well known for his portrayal of charismatic and strong-willed southern gentleman Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind. We wanted to explore some of Gable’s other legendary screen performances in this episode and we chose two movies made near the beginning and end of his film career. It Happened One Night (1934) is one of only three films to ever win all five major Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Gable gives a fantastic performance in this pre-Code comedy. Director Frank Capra would comment later that this was the one opportunity that Gable had to truly be himself on screen. The next film Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) is a gripping submarine thriller, The Hunt for Red October of the fifties. Gable plays a submarine captain who loses his vessel in unexplained circumstances when fighting the Japanese in WWII in a section called the Bungo Straits. Determined to avenge his loss, Gable usurps Burt Lancaster as the commander of a new submarine and defies orders not to return to the dangerous section of ocean.