If nothing else, 1935’s Mutiny on the Bounty answers the burning question: What does Clark Gable look like without a mustache? The decision to shave off his facial trademark was a difficult one, but producer Irving Thalberg and Gable relented to conforming with historical accuracy, as Gable’s character, HMS Bounty executive officer Fletcher Christian, would never have been permitted facial hair in 18th century England’s Royal Navy.

Shot at MGM’s Culver City studios (for interiors) and around Santa Barbara and Monterey, California (for seafaring scenes), the historical epic was one of the costliest ever for the era, with a budget of $2 million ($50 million today) “due to the large cast of name players, the length of time in production and the expense entailed” in shooting the ship scenes

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