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Lombard at home? Czech it out!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 1, 2014
We learned in the February 1937 issue of Motion Picture that Carole Lombard was adjusting quite well to the Bel-Air home she'd moved into the year before (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/595574.html). And word got out...as far away as Czechoslovakia, where Harry Lang's story was translated into read more
Shuffling the deck to find a fourth queen
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 28, 2014
We're in Hollywood heaven, where Ginger Rogers is paying a visit to good friend Carole Lombard.Carole: Glad you came through when I asked you to come over, but where the heck is Irene Dunne?Ginger: Irene had to back out...she's rehearsing for an upcoming recital.Carole: (peeved) Recital? Recital? Je read more
A nice pattern to follow
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 27, 2014
Carole Lombard's status as a style leader made her a natural to be one of the stars featured by the Hollywood Pattern company, a division of Conde Nast, and this vintage pattern is currently up for sale at eBay:It looks to be from the mid-1930s; Lombard is labeled with Paramount Pictures, so it's pr read more
Well-schooled in 'Hollywood'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 26, 2014
Carole Lombard wouldn't be a Hollywood magazine cover subject until October 1932, but the previous year -- the March 1931 issue, to be precise -- the fan mag, via an Otto Dyar portrait, made her part of its inside cavalcade of pics:The story of her origins doesn't quite hold up (if anyone told Carol read more
Looking back: February 1934
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 25, 2014
Carole Lombard would spend much of February 1934 working on two films...first, the Paramount musical comedy "We're Not Dressing" with Bing Crosby, then what would be the most pivotal film in her career, "Twentieth Century," where her performance -- matching vaunted co-star John Barrymore stride for read more
'Silver Screen,' January 1936: Interviewed there, answered that
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 24, 2014
It's the latter part of 1935, and Carole Lombard is riding high with her first full-fledged, top-billed Paramount success in "Hands Across The Table." As a result, Silver Screen magazine contacts writer Elizabeth Wilson and asks her to interview her for an upcoming story set to run in its January 19 read more
My Carole is a...centerfold?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 23, 2014
As we all know by now, Carole Lombard was not averse to being the subject of what we might call, er, sensual photography, such as the image above taken by William E. Thomas. But when I read an ad for an eBay item that promised a "Wonderful Carole Lombard centerfold," I did a double take. Had Carole read more
'Hollywood,' December 1938: Her aim is true
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 22, 2014
By late 1938, Carole Lombard's passion for skeet shooting was well known to the public (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/169756.html), and that December, Hollywood magazine used it as the basis for a one-page photo spread, as seen above.That wasn't the only place in the magazine to find Carole. read more
'Hollywood,' December 1937: Facing the rumor mill
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 21, 2014
According to Hollywood magazine in its December 1937 issue, this photo of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable at a tennis tournament in Los Angeles squelched rumors they had called it a day. Elsewhere in that issue, Lombard discussed the topic with writer Edward Churchill, and her tone was sort of a prec read more
Ready to honeymoon in Hawaii
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 20, 2014
When both newlyweds are actors, they should know how to properly pose for the camera, and Carole Lombard and William Powell don't disappoint as they give press photographers what they were looking for only hours after their wedding. The couple were aboard the oceanliner Malolo, heading to Hawaii and read more
From the p1202 files, two vintage visions in white
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 19, 2014
Few things more please Carole Lombard memorabilia hunters than finding (to them) previously unseen Paramount p1202 portraits, poses that prove her prowess as one of the beauties of classic Hollywood. That's the case above with p1202-570, likely snapped during 1933 with Carole stunning in a white gow read more
A 'Weekly' dose of 'Breakfast'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 18, 2014
"Love Before Breakfast" was the first of two movies Carole Lombard (shown above with Preston Foster) made at Universal, both released in 1936, and while over the years its renown has been eclipsed by the later "My Man Godfrey," it's nonetheless a fun film and a fine example of Lombard's sudden starp read more
'Screen Book,' April 1936: Carole guest edits, part 2
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 17, 2014
The second half of our review of Carole Lombard's work as guest editor of the April 1936 issue of Screen Book includes a telegram from a friend of hers in the industry who'd held a similar chore on a previous issue:Armed with such encouragement from Ginger Rogers, Carole went to work. And work she d read more
'Screen Book,' April 1936: Carole guest edits, part 1
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 16, 2014
Nearly five years ago, I did an entry on the April 1936 issue of Screen Book, where Carole Lombard served as the fan magazine's "guest editor" (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/213419.html). We'll examine this more thoroughly today and tomorrow.Here's what the table of contents looked like, comp read more
Stuck without power? You could use some 'High Voltage'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 15, 2014
By now, the worst is over for most of you in the eastern U.S. who endured the weather earlier this week and perhaps lost power. But things could be worse -- you could have been like Carole Lombard and her cinematic cohorts, stranded in a chilly building in the middle of nowhere with barely enough fo read more
What to do on a Valentine's Day in LA
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 14, 2014
Yes, Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery remind us that today is Valentine's Day (those of you in the eastern U.S. are forgiven if you've forgotten; you've been too busy shoveling snow), but if you're at the other end of the country -- specifically the nation's second-largest metro area -- you've g read more
A blogathon for the baddies
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 13, 2014
Greetings from snowy Charlottesville, Va., which, unlike the Adirondacks experienced by Carole Lombard's character in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," isn't used to this sort of stuff...at least not this much of it. About eight inches has fallen in central Virginia as of this writing (with a few inches more to c read more
An uncommon pose, and vintage sexy
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 12, 2014
It's always nice to come across a Carole Lombard pose I've never seen before, and this surely qualifies. Wish I could tell you more about it, but there are no markings or snipe on the back and from the shade and design of her hair, I'm guessing this comes from between 1932 and 1934. The half-smile c read more
A legendary last link leaves us: RIP Shirley Temple Black
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 11, 2014
An era of sorts ended Monday with the passing of Shirley Temple Black at age 85. Shown above with Carole Lombard in 1934's "Now And Forever," Temple -- then six -- was the last surviving co-star of a Lombard film. (A few bit players still may be with us.) "Now And Forever," which also starred Gary C read more
A truly sweet Lombard souvenir
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 10, 2014
William E. Thomas took some of the most sensual photos of Carole Lombard while she was at Pathe Pictures in the late 1920s, and another portrait of Lombard from her Pathe days (most likely taken by Thomas) has surfaced. However, this one's designed in support of a different sort of sensuality......s read more