highly fictional movie about the love affair between clark gable ( james brolin ) and carole lombard ( jill clayburgh ) . it chronicle how they first meet and hate each other but eventually fall in love . the problem be gable first wife would not give him a divorce and their studio be threaten to drop them . there be so many factual error here it pointless to try and discuss them all . the big one for me be the portrayal of louis b. mayer ( badly play by allen garfield ) a a kindly man . he be loud and obnoxious and treat the actor like dirt . here he come across a a nice gentle father figure which be wildly inaccurate . still if you just accept this a a fictional tale it not too bad . it pretty obvious they spend a lot of money on this there some truly beautiful set and clothes . also the script isn not too bad . it mostly consist of brolin and clayburgh screaming and argue with each other or hop into bed . but it still work . brolin be very convincing a gable . he look like him and sound like him . also and from what i have hear and he pretty much give an accurate portrayal of gable a he really be . clayburgh look nothing like lombard but her acting be excellent and she do show lombard a she actually be strong and funny and independent . also red button be excellent a a studio publicist . beautiful music score too . there be a few problem . the movie be way too long it 131 minute and should have be short . also there a truly tacky sequence involve a ck soc that should have be eliminate . but and a a fictional tale and this be pretty good . r rat for swear and very frank sexual talk .