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An atypical Independence Day
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 4, 2020
It's the 4th of July, but chances are not many of my fellow Americans are feeling all that patriotic this morning. The foes we're facing aren't the Axis powers Carole Lombard raised war bonds against but are, in their own ways, just as nefarious.The coronavirus pandemic has hit the U.S. harder than read more
Bride and groom, at last
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 3, 2020
It's March 30, 1939. Carole Lombard and Clark Gable look exuberant and they are...but despite the front the couple is putting up, they're also extremely tired, an understandable condition considering they had married on the sly the day before in Arizona. Despite the myths you may have heard (https:/ read more
Swing Carole around your neck
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 2, 2020
A Carole Lombard necklace? Why not? This handmade item, with a 2.25" x 3" pendant, is available through etsy for $32.95. Get all the info at https://www.etsy.com/listing/763544725/classic-hollywood-lovers-necklace-carole?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query= read more
Lombard on lists, and a 'nurse's' masked reminder
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 1, 2020
Actress Maria Tura (Carole Lombard) is having an affair with Polish pilot Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack, top), much to the chagrin of her egotistical actor husband Joseph Tura (Jack Benny, bottom) in "To Be Or Not To Be," Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 dark comedy classic and the last film Lombard would m read more
Looking like the real deal, and RIP Carl Reiner
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 30, 2020
While Carole Lombard was generally a generous signer of autographs (I'm certain there were times that was the last thing on her mind), her sadly brief lifetime has made her signature sought-after for decades...and many unscrupulous types have played on that demand; fakes abound. We pointed out one i read more
Back, 'Flirt'-atious, and with a 'Tall' trailer
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 29, 2020
"Carole & Co." is back, after an unexpected 10-day absence not of my own making. What happened? My laptop went kaput -- and unlike pre-coronavirus days, when I could go to a public library or senior center only blocks away, none of us have that option. So I ordered a new model which arrived today; s read more
Hollywood: Returning to production...ever so slowly
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 19, 2020
Even if Carole Lombard had lived to be a centenarian, she never would have had to professionally mimic her nurse Anne Lee in wearing a mask on the set in real life. Yes, there was a flu pandemic in 1918-1919, but Jane Alice Peters wouldn't make her first appearance before movie cameras until early 1 read more
Lombard, a stylish 'Lady' (part-time or by choice!)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 18, 2020
In alternate universes, do Carole Lombard films have different titles? They very well may (and let's also hope that in many of them, Lombard lived the lengthy, substantial life she deserved). We're aware of several times disposed or dissuaded at the last minute -- "The Best People" became "Fast And read more
A virtual video tribute from Indy
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 17, 2020
Carole Lombard's fateful final full day of life, in Indianapolis on Jan. 15, 1942, has been commemorated on YouTube via the Indianapolis Propylaeum, a local non-profit group which I believe has much of the furniture from Lombard's suite at the Claypool Hotel, where she stayed for the war bond rally read more
Lombard and Raft...headed to the horizontal dance?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 16, 2020
If reports are true, Carole Lombard didn't lose her virginity until she was 20, apparently to Howard Hughes (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/11206.html). But though she was relatively late to the bedroom, Carole came to enjoy her sexuality, having an array of partners in ensuing years. (And I' read more
A p1202 so leggy, yet so negative
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 15, 2020
Earlier in the 1920s, Carole Lombard's legs propelled her to victory in junior high and high school track events. By decade's end, those legs lifted her to cinematic triumphs in Mack Sennett comedies and in Pathe publicity stills such as this, where sex appeal was a selling point. By the time she be read more
The great Lombard beauty mystery
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 14, 2020
It wasn't meant as a birthday present for Carole & Co., but we'll view it as one. Sanniya Harmony, who's done scores of gorgeous Lombard collages, issued one yesterday, one I'm happy to share with you. It precedes this mysterious piece about the actress:It's from a fan magazine, apparently in late 1 read more
My blog is now a teenager!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 13, 2020
What do the two portraits of Carole Lombard seen above have in common with this site today? All are in their teenage years.This marks the 13th anniversary of "Carole & Co.", which I like to think of as the little classic Hollywood blog that could. Since June 13, 2007, it's chugged along from norther read more
'Becoming Carole Lombard': My review
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 12, 2020
There have been several Carole Lombard biographies before, but there's never been one quite like this. That's because "Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy" by Olympia Kiriakou is arguably the first volume about her that lifts Lombard into the realm of serious film study. (It's also read more
This Lombard study is very 'Becoming'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 11, 2020
That's small-town librarian Connie Randall (Carole Lombard), dwarfed by her stacks of volumes in "No Man Of Her Own" (1932). In the nearly nine decades since that film was released, Carole herself has been a sole or partial subject of several books, notably "Screwball" by Larry Swindell......"Fireba read more
Dynamite dress, but...
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 10, 2020
These are arguably the two most alluring, form-fitting gowns Carole Lombard ever wore on screen. (Her glittery gown from "My Man Godfrey" is in a slightly different category and isn't shown here.) The one on the bottom, designed by Irene, is from her cinematic valedictory, "To Be Or Not To Be"; her read more
Mrs. Smith tries on another gown
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 9, 2020
When I saw the portrait of Carole Lombard, I thought to myself, "Didn't I run that not long ago?" It turns out I hadn't, and my memory was playing tricks. Here's the photo I was confusing it with:We ran this photo nearly 16 months ago (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/979037.html). It's easy to read more
A postcard pic
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 8, 2020
This Carole Lombard image looks new to me. It's a postcard measuring 3.5" x 5.5". It's in mint condition, but not vintage, as it's said to have been printed in 2000.The seller is from Spain, and bidding starts at $2.98 US. The auction ends at 4:17 p.m. (Eastern) Saturday.If you collect Lombard postc read more
A 'Movie Story,' Etsy style
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 7, 2020
"They Knew What They Wanted," Carole Lombard's last excursion into drama, was an adaptation of Sidney Howard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play that drew reasonably good reviews. While it received a videocassette release in the 1980s, It's hard to track down these days, largely due to rights issues with read more
Further 'war' reporting
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 6, 2020
Among the more famous Carole Lombard fan magazine covers was this from the June 1934 issue of Photoplay, but she has nothing to do with the cover's slogan, "Blondes Plus Curves Mean War." That dealt with three notable European stars, one of which was the cover subject of a rival mag that month...... read more