Saratoga includes actors.
The film stars Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in their sixth and final film collaboration , and features Lionel Barrymore , Frank Morgan , Walter Pidgeon , Hattie McDaniel , and Margaret Hamilton.
William Clark Gable -LRB- February 1 , 1901 -- November 16 , 1960 -RRB- was an American film actor , often referred to as `` The King of Hollywood '' or just simply as `` The King ''.
Gable began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926 , and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931.
The next year , he landed his first leading Hollywood role and over the next three decades he became a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures.
Gable won an Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night -LRB- 1934 -RRB- , and was nominated for leading roles in Mutiny on the Bounty -LRB- 1935 -RRB- and for his arguably best-known role as Rhett Butler in the epic Civil War drama Gone with the Wind -LRB- 1939 -RRB-.
Gable also found success commercially and critically with films such as Red Dust -LRB- 1932 -RRB- , Manhattan Melodrama -LRB- 1934 -RRB- , San Francisco -LRB- 1936 -RRB- , Saratoga -LRB- 1937 -RRB- Boom Town -LRB- 1940 -RRB- , The Hucksters -LRB- 1947 -RRB- , Homecoming -LRB- 1948 -RRB- , and The Misfits -LRB- 1961 -RRB- , which was his final screen appearance.
Frank Morgan -LRB- born Francis Phillip Wuppermann ; June 1 , 1890 -- September 18 , 1949 -RRB- was an American character actor.
Hattie McDaniel -LRB- June 10 , 1895October 26 , 1952 -RRB- was an African American stage actress , professional singer-songwriter , and comedian.
She is best known for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind -LRB- 1939 -RRB- , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , the first Academy Award won by an African American entertainer.
Jean Harlow -LRB- born Harlean Harlow Carpenter ; March 3 , 1911 -- June 7 , 1937 -RRB- was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s.
Harlow became a leading lady for MGM , starring in a string of hit films including Red Dust -LRB- 1932 -RRB- , Dinner at Eight -LRB- 1933 -RRB- , Reckless -LRB- 1935 -RRB- , and Suzy -LRB- 1936 -RRB-.
The American Film Institute ranked her as the 22nd greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema.
Lionel Barrymore -LRB- born Lionel Herbert Blythe ; April 28 , 1878 -- November 15 , 1954 -RRB- was an American actor of stage , screen and radio as well as a film director.
He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul -LRB- 1931 -RRB- , and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra 's 1946 film It 's a Wonderful Life.
He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM 's nine Dr. Kildare films , a role he reprised in a further six films focussing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare.
Margaret Brainard Hamilton -LRB- December 9 , 1902 -- May 16 , 1985 -RRB- was an American film character actress best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's classic film The Wizard of Oz -LRB- 1939 -RRB-.
A former schoolteacher , she worked as a character actress in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image.
The Wicked Witch of the West was eventually ranked number four in the American Film Institute 's 2003 list of the 50 Best Movie Villains of All Time , making her the top-ranking female villain.
Walter Davis Pidgeon -LRB- September 23 , 1897 -- September 25 , 1984 -RRB- was a Canadian actor who starred in many films , including How Green Was My Valley , Mrs. Miniver , The Bad and the Beautiful , Forbidden Planet , Advise & Consent , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , Funny Girl and Harry in Your Pocket.
