So Red the Rose (film) bestseller of the same name. So Red the Rose (film) So Red the Rose is a 1935 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Margaret Sullavan, Walter Connolly and Randolph Scott. The Civil War-era romance is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Stark Young. The film did not enjoy great popularity at the box office. Afterward Civil War films were considered box office poison in Hollywood until Bette Davis and Henry Fonda's performance in 1938's "Jezebel," which was a success. This was followed by the overwhelming popularity of "Gone with the Wind" in 1939,
Clark Gable Lewis, and his wife, Linda Lewis, publicly disclosed that Young had told them in 1998 that she had conceived Judy Lewis when Clark Gable raped her. In 1933, Gable was initiated to the Scottish Rite Freemasonry at the Beverly Hills Lodge No.528 CA. In a photo essay of Hollywood film stars, "Life" magazine called Gable, "All man... and then some". Doris Day summed up Gable's unique personality: "He was as masculine as any man I've ever known, and as much a little boy as a grown man could be – it was this combination that had such a devastating effect