gable and lombard make me angry a i watch it . you see i make a mistake of read a book base on their life together and what amaze me be how inaccurate the movie be . allow me to point out just a few of the many fact that be wrong with the movie . 1 ) the film open with gable at the plane crash site which have take the life of miss lombard . he wear an army uniform when in real life he do not join until later . 2 ) at the crash site he be comfort by lombard press agent when in reality the press agent be kill in the crash as well . 3 ) the movie make it appear that they keep their love life secret when in real life they often appear together in public and make no secret of it . 4 ) in real life gable and lombard have work together year before their affair start . the movie have them meet and fall in love almost immediately . 5 ) the film over emphasize lombard popularity . ah but who care right . most people do not know the real story and probably do not care . what you want to know be if the movie be any good . i imagine many people will probably enjoy this film but it nothing more then a silly hollywood romance that just happen to involve one of the big movie star of the day . frankly i be so distract by the common factual error it would have be impossible for me to enjoy . let face it when you watch a story involve real people you imagine that most if not all of what you be see either really happen or be a close representation thereof . to watch this movie be to see a screenwriter fictional invention with real people . in other word i find it to be a scam . a for the performance james brolin be essentially imitate gable from the go with the wind era . he would have be more effective have he just make the character his own . he somewhat resemble gable so we do not need the voice imitation . jill clayburgh come off slightly well simply because she be give less to do . gable and lombard may be a nice fictional movie but they should have change the name and make the character unknown . the ghost of the real actor and their true story linger from frame one .