Parnell
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The film Parnell, released in 1937, was directed by John M. Stahl and starred Clark Gable as the 19th-century Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell. Myrna Loy played Parnell's mistress, Katie O'Shea. The movie is described as a lavish biopic but a plodding drama, and it was Gable's biggest box-office failure. Charles Stewart Parnell himself was a prominent Irish Nationalist and a member of the British Parliament who led the struggle for Irish Home Rule in the late 19th century. His political career was significantly impacted by the proof of his adultery with Katherine O'Shea, whom he later married.12
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