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Celebrating the Glamour of Crime at FASHION IN FILM OF TCMFF 2024
GlamAmor Posted by on Apr 23, 2024
Thanks to all who came to the 7th annual Fashion in Film of TCMFF at the Hollywood Heritage Museum last week! As always, it was a delight to spend time with you and share my insights into some of the movies from this year's programming. We delved into the stories behind the style - of both men and w read more
Another p1202: Glamour in a gown
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 28, 2020
Uncovering yet another Carole Lombard p1202 rarity is always a delight, and that holds true for this one. It's Paramount p1202-1301, advertised by its seller as "Original Striking 1936 Gown High Drama Art Deco Glamour Photo Carole Lombard."Yes, it's striking, with some sort of Lombard dramatic glamo read more
'30s glamour: Rediscovered, new and restored
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 2, 2019
With improved technology enabling full-color photography to be reproduced on a mass scale, the beauty of Carole Lombard and other celebrities was captured like never before. Her cover picture on the March 29, 1936 New York Sunday News magazine must've wowed its millions of readers.But others chose - read more
Glamour out of fashion
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 22, 2019
We often note how timeless Carole Lombard was, and that's accurate; in many ways, her sensibilities are remarkably modern. At the same time, we must admit that a Lombard born in the late 1980s or early '90s would probably have a mindset far removed from her actual self. Growing up with substantially read more
Lounging in glamour, classic Hollywood style
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 21, 2019
A few months back, the Huffington Post website issued an entry showing Carole Lombard and other stars in loungewear and such that in its words, "made tasks as mundane as ironing or talking on the phone look glamorous." Or, as in the image above, standing atop a box transformed into a goddess-like pl read more
Two original samples of glamour, circa 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 6, 2019
Introducing the latest member of my Carole Lombard Paramount p1202 collection, now some several hundred strong...p1202-335.From the number, I'm guessing it to be from early to mid-1933. Lombard looks very imposing in that gown, perhaps one of the reasons Paramount saw her more as a clotheshorse than read more
Vintage glamour, backed in linen
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 8, 2018
This is a promotional still for "Ladies' Man" (1931), Carole Lombard's second Paramount collaboration with William Powell, and they were married a few months after its release. It's not hard to see how Lombard's beauty attracted him -- she was elegant.The picture, a vintage linen-backed original, no read more
For the cause of glamour, Carole gets 'framed'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 26, 2018
No, not "framed" as in jailed, which her Helen Bartlett character (shown with Fred MacMurray, playing her husband, Kenneth Bartlett) was in the 1937 Paramount comedy "True Confession." Rather, we're referring to this kind of framed -- and even then it's not real:What do we mean by "not real"? Well, read more
Yep, that's glamour!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 11, 2015
The seller describes this as a "1930s glamour photo postcard" of Carole Lombard, and who are we to argue? It's gorgeous, probably from sometime in the mid-1930s, and from the font used for her name, it looks to be from Germany's famed Ross-Verlag company (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/52279.h read more
Yep, that's glamour!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 11, 2015
The seller describes this as a "1930s glamour photo postcard" of Carole Lombard, and who are we to argue? It's gorgeous, probably from sometime in the mid-1930s, and from the font used for her name, it looks to be from Germany's famed Ross-Verlag company (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/52279.h read more
Lombard vintage glamour, and saluting a man who lived long and prospered
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 27, 2015
That's Walter Byron alongside Carole Lombard in a publicity still from the 1932 Paramount film "Sinners in the Sun." It's one of seven vintage photos of Carole, all 8" x 10" gelatin-silver glossies, being offered in two groups. Other pics in this batch, all in fine to very fine condition, are this o read more
A Lifestyle Clash: Rock vs. Glamour
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Dec 5, 2014
A Lifestyle Clash: Rock vs. Glamour
Typical Me: Black Milk Clothing leggings, AllSaints treads, & a black leather bag
I'm going to ask you a question in the hopes that you can clear something up for me ...
How is it possible that someone who grew up having Korn as their favourite band read more
Milking some glamour, plus a word from 'Mom'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 30, 2014
Even before hitching to Clark Gable as her second husband, Carole Lombard showed the public her sudden fondness for rural life through a series of Paramount publicity photographs taken at the San Fernando Valley ranch she owned in 1937. (It's probably some subdivision now.) Above is p1202-1589, whic read more
'Modern Screen,' May 1938: Whatever happened to...glamour?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 10, 2014
It's the spring of 1938, and Carole Lombard is the star of the hour following two hit movies, "Nothing Sacred" and "True Confession," not to mention a highly visible romance with the technically still-married Clark Gable. So it's no wonder she's sipping a soda and gracing the cover of that May's iss read more
The Public Enemy*: the Crime Flick with No Glamour?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 31, 2014
Having attacked James Cagney in a previous post, but seen few of his films, I thought I owed it to him to watch one of his hits. I found The Public Enemy on a streaming site and rec list (thanks, John!) and was instantly sucked into this understated gem.
The hyperbolic title of the film suggests it read more
The Public Enemy*: the Crime Flick with No Glamour?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 31, 2014
Having attacked James Cagney in a previous post, but seen few of his films, I thought I owed it to him to watch one of his hits. I found The Public Enemy on a streaming site and rec list (thanks, John!) and was instantly sucked into this understated gem.
The hyperbolic title of the film suggests it read more
Glamour: a Reminder
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on May 27, 2014
Hollywood, California, 59 years ago today: Miss Edith Head revels in her own personal fabulousness - and (as was its wont) Life was there.
Oh, I know, I know - she couldn't sketch, she couldn't drape, she couldn't sew. But the fact remains that she made the stars look good, and some of read more
Glamour: a Reminder
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on May 27, 2014
Hollywood, California, 59 years ago today: Miss Edith Head revels in her own personal fabulousness - and (as was its wont) Life was there.
Oh, I know, I know - she couldn't sketch, she couldn't drape, she couldn't sew. But the fact remains that she made the stars look good, and some of read more
Book Review--George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 16, 2013
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992
Mark A. Vieira
2013, Running Press
Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits, photographer and writer Mark Vieira's 1997 tribute to the glamour photography legend has long been one of my favorite books. It was my first experience with the "smart" coffee t read more
Book Look! George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits by Mark A. Vieira
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Dec 5, 2013
Book Look! George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits by Mark A. Vieira
Author Mark A. Vieira's latest offering.
First, let me say this off the bat: I always look forward to Mark A. Vieira's books. They're compelling, they're beautiful and they're wonderfully written. I don't own all his read more