{"id":264,"date":"2023-11-11T07:40:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T15:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debrahartsellgable.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2023-11-11T07:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T15:40:33","slug":"the-filming-of-idiots-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debrahartsellgable.com\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"The Filming of Idiots Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he started filming IDIOT\u2019S DELIGHT in the fall of 1938, Clark Gable had just signed on the dotted line to play Rhett Butler in GONE WITH THE WIND but had time to kill before filming started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clark was leery of the role in IDIOT\u2019S DELIGHT. He had seen the play when it had been in Los Angeles, with Alfred Lunt in the role, and knew it required singing and dancing, neither of which he was confident in doing. 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