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What's a divorce between friends? (But hurry!)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 20, 2014
Here's a Carole Lombard-William Powell pic I've never seen before...and thanks to a snipe on the back, we know much more about it:It appears to be from September 1933, a month after their divorce, at tennis matches in Los Angeles...and as the caption notes, they had been seeing quite a bit of each o read more
Goodies galore
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 20, 2014
"Do I look stylish or what?" Carole Lombard appears to be saying, and by 1932 standards, the answer unquestionably is "yes." It's Paramount p1202-341, part of an array of relatively obscure Lombard images from the same seller who is offering the photo of Carole at a tennis tournament that was part o read more
Time to take in some tennis
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 19, 2014
We've seen photos showing Carole Lombard playing tennis (legend has it she was among the best female players in the film community). We've seen photos showing Carole watching tennis, perhaps to notice something she could add to her game. Here's one more pic from the latter camp:To borrow a lyric fro read more
Next month, Florida's home of the fountain of Young
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 18, 2014
As in Loretta Young, shown below offering best wishes to Carole Lombard, who was serving as guest editor for the April 1936 issue of Screen Book. Loretta's daughter-in-law, Linda Lewis, and her husband, Christopher Lewis, have done yeoman work in promoting her fine career and achievements, such as i read more
A comedy riot and a fighting priest
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 17, 2014
With scenes such as this, no wonder Carole Lombard's breakthrough film, "Twentieth Century," was promoted as "a comedy riot" when it hit theaters in the spring of 1934. But where does the "fighting priest" come in? With the guy posting "repent" stickers aboard the Twentieth Century train? To the Pas read more
A TV channel you may want to Get
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 16, 2014
"Brief Moment" was one of five films (Carole Lombard, shown with Gene Raymond) made for Columbia, and there's a good chance it could be among the movies that will be seen on a channel that premiered last month...GetTV is a digital multicast network owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which uses it read more
Showing off her style, horizontally or vertically
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 15, 2014
This stunning picture of Carole Lombard must have been used to promote "Twentieth Century." After all, just glance at that outfit of hers -- how could it not evoke this?Well, the pic at the top may evoke that Columbia film thanks to the leopard print, but guess which studio sent it out?Carole's home read more
Later this month, see two stars from Indiana
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 14, 2014
OK, so one's from Indiana the state, the other from Indiana the town. No matter -- it's Carole Lombard (from Fort Wayne, Ind.) and James Stewart (from Indiana, Pa.), starring in 1939's "Made For Each Other." It will be playing in the latter's hometown at 1 p.m. March 29 and 30 at the Jimmy Stewart M read more
A lot of ('I Take This) Woman'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 13, 2014
It's rather weird to consider that perhaps the least viewed of Carole Lombard talking features (all of which have survived) is one where her leading man is another bonafide Hollywood legend. She and Gary Cooper co-starred in the 1931 Paramount drama "I Take This Woman," and only a 16mm print that be read more
So you want to pattern yourself after Carole...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 12, 2014
You now have three chances to do so, as a trio of vintage Hollywood Pattern designs with Carole Lombard on the package are up for auction at eBay. Lots of fun for those of you who adore 1930s fashion.First up is a new one for us, Hollywood Pattern 1374:While it's a misses frock, to be fair, it's pro read more
If you want to play with a full deck, hurry
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 11, 2014
We've shown this image of Carole Lombard before, as part of a queen of diamonds tandem with fellow Paramount player Tallulah Bankhead on a playing card commemorating the 1932 summer Olympics in Los Angeles (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/524175.html). That "full deck" reference isn't a referen read more
'Screen Play,' March 1937: A romantic romp with Clark and Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 10, 2014
Hardly anyone viewed Carole Lombard as a home-wrecker when she began being seen publicly with Clark Gable in 1936, even though Gable was legally married. It was no secret that Clark and second wife Ria hardly had any social contact, and in the eyes of the public, Carole was an ideal mate for him.One read more
'Silver Screen,' April 1935: Planes, trains and Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 9, 2014
For many of us, seeing an image of Carole Lombard with an airplane provokes a feeling of unease, knowing her ultimate fate. But it's no secret Lombard was comfortable with the fairly new field of air travel, going so far as to take a few flying lessons in 1935 (the year this photo was taken) before read more
Programming 'Breakfast' in Uruguay
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 8, 2014
"Love Before Breakfast," the first of two films Carole Lombard made for Universal in 1936, was a considerable success -- not just in the U.S. and Canada, but among audiences around the world. As proof, here's a copy of a program issued for it by a theater in Montevideo, Uruguay:"Breakfast" opened he read more
Two pics from Carole's Heritage
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 7, 2014
No, Carole Lombard isn't rehearsing a scene from a planned remake of Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush," although she had been interviewed by Chaplin for the female lead back in her teens (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/125415.html). The man next to her is director Garson Kanin, and this has so read more
This will be a blogathon 'Made For Each Other'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 6, 2014
This site is planning to participate in yet another blogathon, one dedicated to the man you see with Carole Lombard in the photo above. He's James Stewart, of course, so it's only appropriate the blogathon's title is as straight to the point as Jimmy himself...As you can see, the blogathon is sponso read more
Look what they'll do to my lot, Pa (then again...)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 5, 2014
On another day in Hollywood heaven, Clark Gable was golfing with good pal Jean Harlow. Just after Harlow shot from the fourth tee, a piercing sound, loud as a thunderclap, jolted them:"Noooooooooooooooo!""I know who that is," Clark said, snapping his fingers and rematerializing in front of Carole Lo read more
Plastic surgery vs. plastic people: Kim and Goldie's trial by Internet
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 4, 2014
Above is a photo of 16-year-old Carole Lombard, part of a lobby card for her 1925 Fox film "Marriage In Transit." At first glance, you wouldn't think it has a connection to the following pictures, taken at Sunday night's Academy Awards:But there is. During and after the Oscars, both 81-year-old Kim read more
'No One Man' hits the beach...well, sort of
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 3, 2014
Among the more obscure movies in the Carole Lombard canon, "No One Man" -- released by Paramount in early 1932, and the first film where Lombard received top billing -- apparently isn't very good, if critics' reviews are indicative. (I've never seen it; Universal owns the rights to this and much of read more
From Lombard to Lawrence, custodians of cool
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 2, 2014
Over the years, my mind has toyed with the concept of a Carole Lombard biopic -- one with a script that would do justice to both her personality and her life in a way that the 1976 film "Gable And Lombard" simply didn't. And key to any such endeavor would be casting the right actress to portray Caro read more