![Gable succeeded on-screen because of the promise of force behind the smile—that’s what made the smile knowing… He was like Jack Dempsey in a tuxedo…. Joan Crawford said [being near him made her have] “twinges of sexual urge beyond belief.” (via The Footnotes of Mad Men.)](http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstr5f2BSq1qzzv1yo1_500.jpg)
Gable succeeded on-screen because of the promise of force behind the smile—that’s what made the smile knowing… He was like Jack Dempsey in a tuxedo…. Joan Crawford said [being near him made her have] “twinges of sexual urge beyond belief.” (via The Footnotes of Mad Men.)
