While it is no big deal for today’s starlets to give birth out of wedlock, Hollywood in the ‘30s was not quite as forgiving. Take for example the case of Loretta Young, Clark Gable, and their lovechild, Judy Lewis.

Loretta Young was fresh off an affair with Man’s Castle co-star Spencer Tracy when she signed on to film The Call of the Wild with Clark Gable. Maybe it was the wilderness setting of Mount Baker, Washington or maybe it was just Gable’s intrigue with Tracy, but Gable and Young’s immediate connection soon turned into a full fledge affair. Clark was still married to Rhea Langham, but continued to date Young even after the filming was over.
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