A Bad Dream

Credit TheProfaneAngel What happened to Clark Gable after the death of Carole Lombard in January 1942 Many say that Clark was never the same. In honor of Carole, he volunteered for the Army Air Corps in August of that year, rising to the rank of Captain and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was discharged in 1945. Visibly aged, he returned to the screen that year to much fanfare. He continued making films through the late 1940 s, but his career never regained its previous status. In 1949, he married Lady Sylvia Ashley, but the marriage was ill fated. They divorced in 1952. In 1954, he parted ways with MGM, his home studio for over twenty years. Around that time, he reconnected with a former flame, Kay Williams. They married in 1955.