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Apartment hunting begins, and it's time for Dodger baseball
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 9, 2014
Again, greetings from Los Angeles, where in my dream to excavate more research on Carole Lombard and classic Hollywood, I am hoping to relocate sometime later this year. Today I had my first apartment visit, a converted 1920s hotel in Koreatown (or, to pun on the title of an old Fifth Dimension hit, read more
A morning stroll through the Walk of Fame
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 8, 2014
The last time I genuinely experienced the Hollywood Walk of Fame was in September 1996, and much has changed since then; Carole Lombard's star, for instance.It's still on Hollywood Boulevard, slightly east of the Hollywood Roosevelt where she spent plenty of time with both Russ Columbo (at the Cineg read more
Say hello to Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 7, 2014
Apologies to Billy Joel, but I have arrived in Los Angeles, specifically at the Motel 6 on Whitley Street, just north of Hollywood Boulevard. It's the same venue I stayed at during my first trip to LA nearly 25 years ago, only then it was a hostel.The trip will blend business and pleasure -- tomorro read more
A 'Lady By (Choice' Collection)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 6, 2014
You already can obtain Carole Lombard's last of five films for Columbia, 1934's "Lady By Choice," as part of the three-movie "Carole Lombard In The Thirties" collection -- but if you want only that film, you now have that option.Sony Pictures Choice Collection, a manufacture-on-demand program, issue read more
California, here he comes
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 5, 2014
Unless I'm fantasizing (or hallucinating), I won't be seeing Carole Lombard poolside in a few days. I will, however, be in the town she called home for more than a quarter-century of her life (save for some brief time she spent in Beverly Hills), as come Monday, I'll arrive in Los Angeles and stay t read more
The aural unveiling of William Powell
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 4, 2014
A few months after working with William Powell on "Man Of The World" in early 1931, Carole Lombard married him, no doubt entranced by his urbane voice. Powell, as Roger Ebert would describe decades later, "is to diction what Fred Astaire is to dance."But few moviegoers were aware of that voice unles read more
Until it happens, this'll have to do
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 3, 2014
One area of Carole Lombard's career that's frustrating to research is her Mack Sennett period. Unlike the rest of her silent-era output, nearly all her films from this era have survived; that's the good news. The bad news is that relatively few are in circulation, and they've yet to be assembled int read more
Carole and Cary, kissing for Cromwell
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 2, 2014
Whom do you envy more: Carole Lombard, for passionately kissing Cary Grant, or Grant, for doing likewise with Lombard? (Either way, we all should be so lucky.) Director John Cromwell isn't taking sides in this debate -- he's watching the pair go at it, making sure it's a successful take for RKO's "I read more
Hollywood's in San Diego, and Lombard's a puppet
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 1, 2014
No, this isn't a joke in the waning hours of April Fool's Day, although as you can see, Carole Lombard was animated (sort of; her figure was immobile) for the Technicolor opening credits of "Nothing Sacred." But more than two years before that film's release in November 1937, Carole apparently was r read more
Again, feel your oats
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 31, 2014
When Carole Lombard and Clark Gable went hunting together in search of duck or pheasant, one wonders whether they had this for breakfast on those chilly mornings in the wild:Good old Quaker Oats, a rise-and-shine staple for generations. And a few years earlier, many Americans could have Carole and C read more
Looking back: March 1934
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 30, 2014
Just as Carole Lombard stretched out her arms for this pose in Paramount p1202-646, so was she stretching -- both professionally and personally -- in March 1934, about the time this portrait was taken. Now more than half a year following her divorce from William Powell, Lombard was asserting herself read more
Two ways to celebrate the 75th
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 29, 2014
This attractive portrait of Carole Lombard with Clark Gable -- who were married 75 years ago today -- can be yours via eBay. It's an image I've never seen before, not an original but an 8" x 10" printed on professional stock. It sells for $9; as of this writing, five copies are available. If interes read more
Tomorrow, a matrimonial milestone
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 28, 2014
Saturday will mark the 75th anniversary of Carole Lombard's marriage to Clark Gable...a bit of Hollywood history that didn't take place in Hollywood, or even in California. Rather, it occurred in Kingman, Ariz., a small town within reach of Los Angeles on the fabled Route 66. (Bobby Troup's famous s read more
Carole of the curves, or Lombard of the legs?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 27, 2014
Which was it? During her days with Mack Sennett, Carole Lombard herself probably didn't care, since either helped distract audiences from that scar on her cheek she suffered in an auto accident of a few years back. Sennett encouraged the curves, which legend says Carole got from eating bananas, to b read more
Touring LA with a TCM twist
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 26, 2014
Barring a time machine or magic, those attending the TCM Classic Film Festival next month in Los Angeles won't see Carole Lombard -- and they won't see the short-lived West Coast version of Sardi's, the Hollywood Boulevard restaurant where this mid-1930s candid was taken. But there are memories of t read more
Carole gets carded
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 25, 2014
No, not for that. Carole Lombard (shown with then-husband William Powell and Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Truex) not only was 24 when that shot (the photo!) was taken in January 1933, and it was taken at Agua Caliente in Mexico. (In fact, Lombard probably was never asked for proof of age for drinking even afte read more
The curious cases of Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 24, 2014
Above is a stunning pic of Carole Lombard -- an honest-to-goodness color photo, no less -- from the November 1935 issue of Hollywood magazine...but perhaps you're not a memorabilia collector, or don't wish to shell big bucks for a copy. Thanks to an eBay seller, you can do the next best thing, thou read more
Ordering a double
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 23, 2014
Many Carole Lombard fans believe she possessed a particular sort of magic...but the power to duplicate herself? Who does she think she is -- Jeannie? Samantha? Sabrina? And which one is the "evil" twin?If you've never seen that particular pic of Carole x 2, there's probably two good reasons. First, read more
'Made' to beat the heat in Cincinnati
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 22, 2014
This role, with James Stewart in "Made For Each Other," would be as close as Carole Lombard ever came to experiencing motherhood. But her sudden, unfortunate passing would be sometime in the future for audiences in the first few months of 1939...and after Carole's marriage to Clark Gable in March, c read more
A classic film festival full of family
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 21, 2014
Eighty years ago next month, Carole Lombard moved into the house most solely identified with her at 7953 Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Fairfax Avenue on the verge of the Hollywood Hills. About a mile and a quarter east of that legendary home is the center of cinematic history then, and now:It's read more