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Informal elegance
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 8, 2014
Here's yet another example of Carole Lombard looking fabulous without looking fancy, in Paramount portrait p1202-1127, probably from early 1936. It's an original, as witnessed from the stamp on the back, a vintage gelatin silver single-weight portrait measuring 8" x 10" in fine condition.Think you'v read more
Matinees in style with our man Travis
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 7, 2014
Travis Banton is one of the somewhat unsung heroes of the Carole Lombard look. He was chief fashion designer at Paramount during nearly all of Carole's seven-plus years there, and Lombard liked his work so much that he helped design costumes for films she made at several other studios.One of those f read more
To Carole, on her 106th
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 6, 2014
Dear Carole Lombard:I hope you're having a joyous 106th anniversary of your birth today. I celebrated in my own way by visiting your crypt at Forest Lawn in Glendale...the first time I've been there in more than 25 years. Entering the Sanctuary of Trust at the Great Mausoleum -- and yes, I came reve read more
'Screenland,' December 1934: The latest about Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 5, 2014
"Lady By Choice," co-starring May Robson and Walter Connolly, was Carole Lombard's latest film in the fall of 1934, when that December's issue of Screenland hit the newsstands. It included a somewhat freewheeling interview with Carole, taken that September while she was visiting New York:Some though read more
'Get' even more Lombard this month
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 4, 2014
You may be aware that "Made For Each Other" is among the eight Carole Lombard films that Turner Classic Movies will air on Monday to commemorate the 106th anniversary of her birth (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/727768.html). But that's not the only channel where you'll find it that day. The 1 read more
A Pathe that was (and wasn't) taken
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 3, 2014
If Carole Lombard is wearing a V-neck sweater with a rooster logo above her left breast, it means that 1) when it was taken, she was known as Carol Lombard, and 2) any Carole & Co. entry that uses it relates to her time at Pathe Pictures in late 1928 and much of '29.And that's the case here, as we e read more
March into history at next year's TCM Classic Film Festival
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 2, 2014
Why are we leading off this entry with photos from Carole Lombard's films "The Eagle And The Hawk" (top) and "Bolero"? Well, it has something to do with this...Turner Classic Movies has announced the dates for next year's TCM Classic Film Festival -- and if you're worried that the dates will conflic read more
Three from the Continent
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 1, 2014
That continent being Europe, of course. and here's Carole Lombard putting fifty million Frenchmen (OK, so the male population of France isn't quite that number) under her spell. After all, she is "Une blonde en Amerique!", and Europeans view American blonde beauties -- then and now -- as larger-than read more
Looking tasty in ranch dressing
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 30, 2014
Carole Lombard looks out over her Encino ranch while dressed in an outfit meant to call to mind her upcoming role in "They Knew What They Wanted," much of which was set in the California countryside. We learn from the back of the photo that it was taken by RKO's Alex Kahle......and that it was part read more
More on next Sunday's event in Fort Wayne
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 29, 2014
Carole Lombard flashes the "V" for victory sign at a war bond rally at the Indiana state capitol in Indianapolis on Jan. 15, 1942 -- the last full day of her life. On the 16th, Lombard, her mother Elizabeth Peters, MGM press agent Otto Winkler and 19 others died in a plane crash in Nevada.We've alre read more
Simply seductive negativity, and a sensational end to a no-hitter
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 28, 2014
Over the years, Carole Lombard posed for many a come-hither portrait, but this ranks with the best of them. From that sensual glance in her eyes to several inches of stockinged ankle, this pose defies any mortal man to resist her siren song. And indeed, many wouldn't resist -- provided Lombard hadn' read more
'Motion Picture,' July 1934: Springing a surprise
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 27, 2014
As spring turned to summer in 1934, Carole Lombard indeed sprang a surprise to movie fans. Heretofore known as an attractive actress of no perceived distinction, this clotheshorse had suddenly transformed herself into a comedic dynamo in "Twemtieth Century" (which will air next Saturday night on Tur read more
Smoke 'em if you've got 'em
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 26, 2014
Back in the day, long before the Surgeon General's report, Carole Lombard smoked cigarettes; at the time, the vast majority of American adults did. It was deemed to exude an air of sophistication -- at least that was the (mis)information tobacco companies provided through incessant advertising.Above read more
For Friday, lots and lots of (pre-Code) Loretta
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 25, 2014
Few of you may remember this, but three weeks ago Friday, Turner Classic Movies showed Carole Lombard (shown with Mayo Methot) in "Virtue" (1932), one of the first movies in its series of 24-hour pre-Code marathons the channel is airing this month. That was the only Lombard movie on the 66-film sche read more
Oh brother, it's time to wed
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 24, 2014
When Carole Lombard married William Powell in 1931, her brothers Frederic and Stuart Peters attended the ceremony; a year later, when Stuart got hitched, the Powells returned the favor. On the snipe, this Paramount photo, taken by Irving Lippman, identifies all the parties:I'm sure some of you with read more
So you want to get negative?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 23, 2014
Well, you can, at least where Carole Lombard is concerned -- but you're going to have to pay the price.That image above, Paramount p1202-783 where Carole wears a sun hat while leaning against a post and showing off those marvelous Lombard legs, is available as a negative. According to the seller, th read more
Had she lived...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 22, 2014
This is said to be the last photo ever taken of Carole Lombard, shown with her mother on Jan. 15, 1942 following the war bond rally that night in Indianapolis. Roughly 24 hours later, both of them, along with MGM press agent Otto Winkler, would be victims of a plane crash in Nevada.But suppose thing read more
For her birthday weekend, Carole to the ninth power
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 21, 2014
We're slightly more than two weeks away from the 106th anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth on Oct. 6, and that weekend Turner Classic Movies is celebrating with nine, count 'em, nine of her movies.OK, the first film scheduled wasn't really designed as a Lombard tribute, but we'll throw it in anywa read more
Of hedgehogs and Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 20, 2014
Carole Lombard poses with (from left) co-star Fred MacMurray, director Mitchell Leisen and Paramount mogul Adolph Zukor on the set of the 1937 musical "Swing High, Swing Low." If any or all of them were zapped into the Hollywood of 2014, they might appreciate many of the technical advances that dazz read more
A really late-era p1202, with special guest star...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 19, 2014
Until this morning, I believed this sultry image -- Paramount p1202-1719 -- was the last image of Carole Lombard Paramount ever issued in its p1202 series, which had dated back to soon after she arrived at the studio in 1930. But it turns out I was wrong...and I almost missed it. And, for that, you read more