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I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

I think I went into Caught in a Ham with unduly high hopes (I’ve been a Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham since 1983) and apparently I’m enough of a purist to be a little upset Spider-Ham loses out on half his four minute cartoon so it can tie into Into the Spider-Verse. There’s also the read more

Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage (1934) – a star is born On May 24, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized Sometimes it’s hard to believe there was a time when Bette Davis was not a star. Yet, between 1930 and 1933 she was mostly a supporting player read more

Sonja: the White Swan (2019) is a biopic of skating star Sonja Henie, who made records as an athlete and sparkled briefly, but potently as a movie queen in Hollywood musicals. I don’t know enough about this phenomenally successful athlete/actress to be able to say whether it succeeded in telli read more

Nearly a year ago -- June 1, 2018 to be exact -- I discovered a site called "Bizarre LA" (https://bizarrela.com/) dedicated to "photography and forgotten history" of Los Angeles. One entry, dated May 10, 2016, featured "photos and quotes" from Carole Lombard. (It's part of a series saluting notables read more

While I think that it is usually best to go into a film cold in order to enjoy it fully, the work of Austrian filmmaker Norbert Pfaffenbichler benefits from some explanation. His experimental works are accessible, but require preparation. Invest in Failure (Notes on Film 06-C, Monologue 03) (2018), read more

This is Carole Lombard in late 1936, signing documents in Los Angeles officially adopting that name from her birth moniker of Jane Alice Peters. Little more than a year and a half later, she'd sign another document...one that would come into play much sooner than she may have thought.It's informatio read more

Screenwriters today will never be able to squire Carole Lombard around Hollywood as Robert Riskin did in 1935. Nearly none will equal him by winning an Academy Award for one of their scripts.But while such lofty achievements are beyond their grasp, the current crop of screen scribes can make a decen read more

I've watched "Virtue" several times, but I don't recall seeing Carole Lombard's reformed streetwalker character Mae imbibing, as she does here. However, we know the photo is associated with that film, probably for promotional purposes, for several reasons: * There's a Columbia ID in the lower le read more

Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures Jewish Lives Series Adina Hoffman Yale University Press, 2019 Hollywood movies would have been very different without the brilliance of screenwriter Ben Hecht. He not only wrote enduring classics, but in the early days of the talkies gave shape to major f read more

My writing self (shown via this Carole Lombard pic) re-emerges today, as I ask your help in the inaugural Rom Com Fest's screenplay competition.A celebration of the genre that Lombard, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Cary Grant and so many others helped establish in the Golden Age -- one that remains pop read more

Not much of a photo to be sure, but when you want a joint image of Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow, you don't have much choice. From left are Walter Winchell, Harlow, Russ Columbo, Lombard and Jimmy Fidler in a 1934 photo from the July 1935 issue of Radio Mirror (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com read more

For much of "True Confession," the relationship between Carole Lombard's Helen Bartlett and co-star Fred MacMurray's attorney husband Ken Bartlett is pretty mellow. But when pathological liar Helen stretches the truth a bit, things can get, well, fairly hairy...Any doubting Thomases should examine t read more

This is my entry in the Joan Crawford: Queen of the Silver Screen Blogathon, hosted by Pale Writer and Poppity Talks Classic Films. Click HERE for more Joan. "Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophisticati read more

On this Cinco de Mayo, a few Carole Lombard pics for you. First, the one above, said to be from 1937. I know nothing about why Carole is shown with a camera; does anyone know more?Next, this from the Picture Show Annual of 1933 (http://www.archive.org/stream/pictureshowannua00amal_6#mode/1up), thoug read more

This photo of Carole Lombard with servicemen was taken at the Salt Lake City rail station on Jan. 13, 1942, during a stopover on her journey to Chicago aboard the City of Los Angeles train. If she passed by the newsstand, she may have seen this magazine with good friend Myrna Loy on the cover (sans read more

As Maria Tura in "To Be Or Not To Be," Carole Lombard typed a message to save her acting troupe and her fellow Poles in the underground from the Nazis. Now, it's time to rescue Keswick Fletcher and Eloise Kellogg (aka Susan Birch)Who are they? First, Keswick is a scientist who's been kidnapped, and read more

It's been said Carole Lombard could wear nearly anything -- such as a large piece of fabric draped over her by Travis Banton, as seen above -- and make it look great. But it also led to some misconceptions about her fashion beliefs.Take the June 1934 issue of Silver Screen, with Jean Harlow on the c read more