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Sold! The story of a gown
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 19, 2014
Recently, I've thought about this image of Carole Lombard in the context of its near-replication as part of a transportation mural at Union Station in Los Angeles, my likely future home (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/21500.html). But there's more to it...not in Lombard's pose, but in what she read more
Set pieces
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 18, 2014
I don't have the specifics on this portrait of Carole Lombard fine-tuning her appearance on a soundstage, but judging from her hairstyle, it's either from her Pathe period or early on at Paramount. It's one of two photos of Lombard on the set; here's the other one, definitely from later on in her ca read more
Mission (apparently) accomplished
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 17, 2014
Will you settle for one happy Carole Lombard fan? It appears all systems are go for my move to an apartment in Los Angeles; all the remains now are the specifics (dates, etc.). While nothing will be finalized before I leave to go east today, I've been assured by the person overseeing the property th read more
My last full day in LA (for now)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 16, 2014
Much of my time in Los Angeles has been spent like Carole Lombard's, except I've never had a luxurious dressing room and Carole never worked with a cell phone. I've been taking care of just about everything I can in order to pin down that apartment, because about 24 hours from the time I write this, read more
Ever so close, and closer, and closer...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 15, 2014
Well, I'm nearly at the point where I'll have something in common with Carole Lombard -- a Los Angeles address. (But unlike the former Jane Alice Peters in that photo at the city Hall of Records in late 1936, I have no plans to change my name.) I cleared another hurdle today as far as documents were read more
The waiting indeed is the hardest part
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 14, 2014
Tom Petty was right, so I'm guessing somewhere along the way he was sweating out whether he could move into a new apartment. (Today, of course, his holdings may well include a few apartment buildings.) The place I'm eying in Los Angeles as home base for Carole Lombard and classic Hollywood research read more
Keep those fingers crossed
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 13, 2014
I'm hoping that in a few days, my reaction will echo that of Carole Lombard...because I think my chances are good that I finally am going to land an apartment in Los Angeles.I won't tell you much more right now -- I've been wrong before about these things -- but the vibes I'm getting from the meetin read more
Hands across the table, Los Angeles style
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 12, 2014
Carole Lombard played a manicurist at a posh New York hotel in the 1935 romantic comedy "Hands Across The Table." This morning, I was in that sort of environment, only in downtown Los Angeles. Not at the hotel I'm currently in, but in one Lombard knew well -- the Biltmore, at Pershing Square:That ho read more
Greetings from LA (again)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 11, 2014
I have returned to Los Angeles to resume my apartment search; that's the good news. The bad news is that my hotel, while wonderful (the room features a refrigerator and freezer, great for an insulin-storing diabetic), lacks wi-fi, and thus I'm typing this entry on one of two hotel computers; the oth read more
In 'Transit,' in a big way
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 10, 2014
We don't have much left of "Marriage In Transit," Carole Lombard's first film by her new screen name, made at Fox in early 1925 when she was all of 16 years old, yet looking sufficiently mature to portray a character getting married (to star Edmund Lowe) and thus apparently several years older. The read more
Such nice, bright colors
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 9, 2014
True color portrait photography arrived just in time to take advantage of Carole Lombard. Relatively few such photos were made of Carole during her relatively brief life, and while the question, "What was the first color picture taken of Lombard?" may not be as hotly debated as what was the first ro read more
Oval-shaped stardom
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 8, 2014
For fans of Carole Lombard and other stars of classic Hollywood, tobacco cards long have been a popular collectible, such as the famed Garbaty series from the early years of Nazi Germany, from which Lombard's 1936 card is shown above (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/205341.html). This entry con read more
Get your kicks in Kingman this August
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 7, 2014
Carole Lombard's wedding to Clark Gable was conducted with such stealth that, to my knowledge, no photos exist of either the actual ceremony or their visit to Kingman, Ariz., where the marriage took place on March 29, 1939. But to get from Los Angeles to Kingman, Clark and Carole almost certainly dr read more
Unauthorized, but honest
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 6, 2014
The reputations of Carole Lombard's films change through the decades. Some are viewed as classics from day one ("My Man Godfrey"), others gradually rise to classic status after an iffy reception at the start ("To Be Or Not To Be"), others initially perceived as programmers soon are seen as more than read more
Romantic comedy redux: A look back at the blogathon
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 5, 2014
The Romantic Comedy Blogathon officially is over, and first of all, I wish to thank Lara Gabrielle Fowler of Backlots (http://backlots.net/) for helping to coordinate everything. Second thanks, of course, go to the bloggers who contributed items from May 1 to 4; a total of 26 entries arrived. In cas read more
A voyage to 'Screenland,' 1931
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 4, 2014
Carole Lombard's presence in Screenland magazine during 1931, now available through the Media History Digital Library (http://mediahistoryproject.org/) can be divided into three parts. Look for her during the first four issues of the year and you'll come up empty -- no real surprise since in late 19 read more
Lombard looks rather 'husky' (but you'd be wrong)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 3, 2014
That's because the dog Carole Lombard is posing with (and the reference is to the dog, not Lombard) technically isn't a husky at all, but a Malamute. His name is Basco, something we learn from the snipe on the back:More information about the photo is on the rest of the reverse:The photo was from the read more
For 75 years in LA, in Union (Station) there is strength
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 2, 2014
Whomever the woman was that Clark Gable signed that autograph for (and there's a good chance Carole Lombard signed for her, too) must have felt in the presence of royalty -- but riding a transcontinental train in the heyday of rail travel could make just about any commoner feel titled. On long-dista read more
The Romantic Comedy Blogathon: 'Lady By Choice' (1934)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 1, 2014
At last, it's here -- the Romantic Comedy Blogathon, co-sponsored by Carole & Co. and Lara Gabrielle Fowler's splendid site, "Backlots." (See Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray from "Hands Across The Table" above?) It appears we will have several dozen entries participating in this endeavor before it read more
'Fools' in linen
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 30, 2014
Carole Lombard may have been shown laughing on the set of "Fools For Scandal," but it's safe to say she wasn't doing much of it when the reviews and box-office reports came in. Arguably the hottest actress in the industry at the start of 1938, her lone film for Warners proved both an aesthetic and c read more