In the shadows of her illustrious career, Loretta Young harbored a closely guarded secret that she carried to her grave. This revelation, unveiled in a posthumous biography, sheds light on the Academy Award winner's hidden truth, shattering the pristine image she meticulously crafted on and off the screen. For the first time, Young publicly acknowledges giving birth to a child in 1935, a product of a fleeting affair with her co-star, Clark Gable, during the filming of "Call of the Wild."