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Looking back: April 1934
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 29, 2014
"We're Not Dressing" was the latest Carole Lombard film sweeping the country in April 1934, though that promotional photo above clearly is not a scene from the movie, no matter what the April 27 Altoona Mirror would have you think. (That befuddled image of Bing Crosby, holding the neck of a guitar read more
A display of British 'Virtue'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 28, 2014
"Virtue," one of several Carole Lombard films whose reputations have risen in recent years, is crossing the Atlantic next month to be part of a special retrospective by the British Film Institute.The BFI is holding a 21-film festival, "Hollywood Babylon: Early Talkies Before the Censor," during May, read more
'Screen Play,' February 1935: Now we know everything
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 27, 2014
Slightly more than four years ago, we ran an entry about the February 1935 issue of Screen Play, featuring the story, "What Carole Lombard Knows About Men"...or at least most of it (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/297275.html). Like a cliffhanger, we were kept in suspense, because we had the fi read more
A spokeswoman for 'Silver'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 26, 2014
By 1940, Carole Lombard had become extremely comfortable in radio, regularly appearing on network programs to augment her considerable movie income. And that spring, Carole -- twice a bride -- became associated with a company whose items had become a popular wedding gift...1847 Rogers Bros., which b read more
An abridged 'Diary'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 25, 2014
"My Man Godfrey," perhaps Carole Lombard's greatest comedic performance, was a huge hit for Universal in the fall of 1936 -- and one of the reasons for its success was some clever marketing from the studio. Among its gimmicks was a 3" x 4", 12-page booklet called "Diary Of A Debutante (mostly concer read more
A voyage to 'Screenland,' 1930
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 24, 2014
We noted the other day that the fan magazine Screenland has been added to the online collection of the Media History Digital Library (http://mediahistoryproject.org/). We examined Carole Lombard's presence in the magazine's issues of the 1920s; this time, we'll see how Screenland portrayed her durin read more
Marital wars, Italian style
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 23, 2014
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Carole Lombard's penultimate film and the last released during her lifetime, was a comeback of sorts for Carole, whose recent forays into drama won some applause from critics but relatively little from the public. Under Alfred Hitchcock's direction and lovingly photographed, she read more
The Great Villain Blogathon: C. Aubrey Smith, 'No More Orchids'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 22, 2014
Once Carole Lombard received a seven-year contract from Paramount in 1930, her days cast as villainous roles were more or less over. Not that Lombard had ever played an out-and-out "boo-hiss" type -- she was probably too pretty for such parts -- but in films such as Pathe's "Show Folks" (1928) and F read more
Photos, 'Now And Forever'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 21, 2014
Above are Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper and Shirley Temple in one of two promotional photos from their 1934 Paramount film "Now And Forever." It's being auctioned at eBay, as is this photo of Shirley performing in front of a bunch of kids:That may or may not be Lombard in a rocking chair at right; tha read more
Spend some time in 1920s 'Screenland'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 20, 2014
That's from the October 1935 issue of Screenland, apparently the first time Carole Lombard appeared on the cover of that fan magazine. We note it because the Media History Digital Library has added it to its extensive online library of fan mags, and a considerable run it is, too -- from 1920 to 1960 read more
Their first time together as leads(?)...in Leeds
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 19, 2014
For Carole Lombard fans, "Now And Forever" is probably best remembered today as her lone film with Shirley Temple, on loan to Paramount shortly before her meteoric rise to fame at Fox (which hadn't yet merged with Darryl F. Zanuck's Twentieth Century Pictures at the time this was made in the summer read more
'Essentials Jr.', an August spot -- so what is 'To Be'?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 18, 2014
We're running that rare publicity photo of Carole Lombard and Jack Benny because the film it's promoting, "To Be Or Not To Be" (that pose of them certainly isn't from the movie), will be part of TCM's Sunday night summer "Essentials Jr." series this year. That in itself is welcome; what makes it esp read more
Four photos, speak of {'Up Pops) The Devil'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 17, 2014
"Up Pops The Devil" is among an array of programmers Paramount cast up-and-coming player Carole Lombard in during the first few months of 1931. It's never received any sort of official video or DVD release, nor has it shown up on YouTube. Thankfully, several vintage stills from the film now are up f read more
Size her up!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 16, 2014
So what's the scale of your affection for Carole Lombard: big, bigger or biggest? An eBay seller wants to know, because four Lombard Paramount portraits -- each struck from the original studio negatives, including the one above, p1202-1489 -- are for sale at three different sizes.You can buy an 8" x read more
Homeward bound (but shall return)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 15, 2014
About 12 hours from now, I'll be leaving Carole Lombard and classic Hollywood behind (in a purely geographical sense), as I'll be traveling from Los Angeles to Washington, via Minneapolis-St. Paul. The week I've spent here has been illuminating, making me all the more certain this is where I want to read more
Happy 20th, TCM!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 14, 2014
It was twenty years ago today...and no, Sgt. Pepper had nothing to do with it. On this day in 1994, Turner Classic Movies signed on, appropriately with Ted Turner's all-time favorite movie, "Gone With The Wind," starring Carole Lombard's second husband, Clark Gable.A big deal in retrospect, not so m read more
Making friends at the festival
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 13, 2014
It's been a blast meeting people at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, people wh share my enthusiasm for Carole Lombard in particular and classic movies in general. Had a pair of sustained conversations -- one Saturday evening, the other this afternoon -- with Lara Gabrielle Fowler, read more
Guess who got a Carole & Co. business card?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 12, 2014
It's someone you know and probably like...and a Carole Lombard fan, to boot. If you're in Hollywood this week at the TCM Classic Film Festival, there's a good chance you've seen or met him. He's Ben Mankiewicz, one of Turner Classic Movies' hosts and part of a venerable film (and political) family.F read more
Making an entrance like Myrna
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 11, 2014
Grauman's Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard played an important role in the life of one of Carole Lombard's good friends, Myrna Loy. One of her first jobs in the entertainment industry was as one of Sid Grauman's dancers in the stage shows accompanying films after the Egyptian opened in 1922.I read more
And the festival begins
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 10, 2014
The 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off in earnest today, and I dropped by the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt to be a part of it. (To a point, alas; since I arranged my trip to Los Angeles too late to secure either a pass or media credentials, any showings I see will be on a stand-by basis. But read more