71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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The woman who married Clark Gable

Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Ireland
Synopsis

George is a Londoner who has made his home in 1930's Dublin, through marriage to a Catholic, Mary. His wife ia placid enough until one day he decides to grow a moustache.

By coincidende the couple sees the Hollywood epic, San Francisco. Mary becomes obsessed with the slight similarity between her protestant husband and the faithless "Blackie", Clark Gable's character. George is at first excited by mary's new interest in him, then becomes confused when she gets carried away with the fantasy, and is finally disgusted by the charade which the ar eboth playing.

The Woman Who Married Clark Gable takes an imaginative humorous view of the power of cinema to affect ordinary peoples lives. A night at the movies can lead one to ask for a little bit more out of life.

Director
Thaddeus O'Sullivan (Ireland)
Running Time
28 m.
Country
Ireland
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