No Man Of Her Own

MGM loaned Clark Gable to Paramount for this picture and may have wished they hadn't, as it turned out better than had been expected and made a bundle for the Melrose Avenue lot that the Culver Cityites didn't reckon on. A deft blend of comedy, action, and romance, NO MAN OF HER OWN brought Gable and Lombard together for the first time, a union that would result in their happy marriage several years later. Mackaill is a bombshell whose job it is to lure high rollers into crooked card games with her beau, Gable. MacDonald is a New York City detective who has been trying to get the goods on Gable and is rapidly amassing enough dope on the gambler to run him in. Gable...