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'Film Pictorial' annual, 1935: Glorify yourself!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 20, 2014
Carole Lombard looked rather glorious decorating the pages of Film Pictorial in its Feb. 27, 1932 issue (even if she was wrongly identified as having a real name of "Carol June Peters"), so it should be no surprise that the British publication used her as an example when it ran a segment called "'Gl read more
'Film Pictorial' annual, 1935: Who's the fairest hair of all?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 19, 2014
Carole Lombard wasn't always blonde throughout her two decades or so on film, but it's the hair shade most associated with her. And how she styled those blonde locks became the subject of a feature that ran in the 1935 annual of the British magazine Film Pictorial, part of a series we'll be running read more
'Picture Play,' April 1938: 'Fools' on the set
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 18, 2014
Carole Lombard had a pretty good batting average where her films was concerned, but if she didn't strike out on "Fools For Scandal," she managed no more than a weak infield popup. She looked gorgeous, but had absolutely no chemistry with leading man Fernand Gravet, was saddled with a meandering scri read more
'Radio Mirror,' November 1937: The wickedest star in radio
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 17, 2014
What's more, Carole Lombard publicly professed her affection for him on the air...multiple times.Who could this Lothario be? What man could inspire such a response from Carole?Truth be told, he wasn't a man at all. Heck, he wasn't even human. He was......Charlie McCarthy, the dummy of ventriloquist read more
72 years after the tragedy, a book
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 16, 2014
The Jan. 16 entry at "Carole & Co." traditionally is the toughest entry to write each year, as it comes on the anniversary of the death of Carole Lombard, her mother Elizabeth Peters, MGM publicist Otto Winkler and 19 others (including 15 Army Air pilots). However, this difficult task is made somewh read more
Following a pattern...three, in fact
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 15, 2014
Regularly being named one of Hollywood's best-dressed women naturally made Carole Lombard someone women wanted to emulate. And it was that aura she and other stars possessed which led a Greenwich, Conn.-based pattern designer, part of the Conde Nast publishing empire, to create designs inspired by L read more
Reincarnating classic Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 14, 2014
Some longtime readers of this site may recall an entry from June 2010, regarding a report that a psychic in Michigan told actress Emma Roberts (right) that she was the reincarnation of Carole Lombard (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/313663.html). I'm not sure if Emma still believes that, but si read more
Herald-ing a 'Rumba' in Baltimore
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 13, 2014
"Rumba," released early in 1935, arguably was the last Carole Lombard film that could be categorized as a "programmer." Now another artifact from that dance vehicle with George Raft has surfaced on eBay -- a herald:Here's the herald in its entirety...And the theater where it was playing? It was call read more
Go west, not-so-young blogger
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 12, 2014
In 1914, six-year-old Jane Alice Peters (whom the world would eventually come to know as Carole Lombard) moved to Los Angeles with her mother Elizabeth and older brothers Frederic and Stuart. In 2014, this writer is hoping to do likewise.The centenary is merely a coincidence; I am at the stage of my read more
'Swing'-in' it with the trumpet king
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 11, 2014
Above is an ad from Life magazine in early 1937 for Carole Lombard's latest movie, "Swing High, Swing Low." Paramount put forth an aggressive advertising campaign for the third teaming of Lombard and Fred MacMurray, and that included its most prestigious venue, the New York Paramount:That's right -- read more
Some 'Info' on the Apple, 'In Name Only'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 10, 2014
It's August 1939, and you've just arrived in New York City, specifically at the Plymouth Hotel on West 49th Street, just east of Broadway. Carole Lombard has a new picture out, "In Name Only" with Cary Grant, and you've got a hankering to see it. But where?As fate would have it, you see Carole's mug read more
When Radio City went Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 9, 2014
At the end of November, we did a salute to CBS' famed Columbia Square complex where Carole Lombard occasionally appeared; now, let's do likewise for the other major radio network at the time, NBC. A few months after CBS opened its new West Coast broadcast home, NBC followed suit, and it was noted on read more
A quintet of stars by the pool
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 8, 2014
Since many of us still are putting up with terribly cold weather, Carole Lombard once again has come to your emotional rescue, wearing a swimsuit to remind us warmth will soon be on its way. (Having legs as good as Lombard's, however, is another matter entirely.) Here's another look at the Lombard l read more
Amidst the wind chill, warm thoughts with William
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 7, 2014
Many of you in English-speaking North America currently are trying to live through the coldest weather most people have experienced in roughly 20 years, so Carole Lombard and William Powell will seek to psychically warm you up with a photo of them setting sail for Hawaii on their honeymoon in June 1 read more
Paying it forward: Lombard to Lucy to Osborne
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 6, 2014
A person's influence on another often lasts beyond their lifetime. Carole Lombard and Lucille Ball became friends on the RKO lot near the end of the thirties, but Lombard had been gone for nearly a decade when she appeared in a dream -- telling her old pal to "go for it" in television -- turning a s read more
'Screen Guide,' December 1938: 'Carole's Blessed Event' (baby!)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 5, 2014
If you've never seen "Made For Each Other," don't let this photo confuse you; Carole Lombard's character does not give birth to triplets. But today, in the last of our five entries showing Carole content from Screen Guide, we visit the December 1938 issue and go behind the scenes of that Selznick In read more
'Screen Guide,' November 1938: Keeping an eye on the ex
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 4, 2014
Whereas the October 1938 issue of Screen Guide contained plenty of Carole Lombard material, its November follow-up was relatively meager. And while Lombard's romance with Clark Gable was making global headlines, and leading people to wonder just what would happen next, this issue's copy examined Car read more
'Screen Guide,' October 1938: Cover-ing an American girl
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 3, 2014
Our look back at Screen Guide issues with Carole Lombard content takes us now to another Carole cover, specifically from October 1938. Lombard now was so popular she could survive the misfire known as "Fools For Scandal"; being romantically linked to Clark Gable obviously helped, but Carole the pers read more
'Screen Guide,' January 1938: Sex or brains, plus the first part of a secret
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 2, 2014
Continuing our examination of Screen Guide magazine with the January 1938 issue, Carole Lombard is shown above, leading a feature called "Sex Or Brains -- Which Makes A Movie Star?" It said that while she was the "Foremost exponent of sex appeal on the screen (at first glance)...what makes her such read more
'Screen Guide,' November 1937: A 'Sacred' battle
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 1, 2014
Happy New Year to all, and we're celebrating with the first of five consecutive days of Carole Lombard-related Screen Guide issues from the late 1930s, in chronological order. Two have Carole on the cover; above is the November 1937 issue.Inside, there's a two-page spread of Carole in the fight scen read more