 She was pursued romantically by Clark Gable, as well as by Ernest Hemingway.In 1938 she met Howard Hawks, the noted film director, who was immediately smitten with her and did everything he could to persuade her to marry him, despite the fact he was already married to Athole Shearer, the sister of actress Norma Shearer.Three years later, after his divorce from Athole, they were married.