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Closing out with Clark and Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 31, 2013
As I write this, some of you (notably in New Zealand) have already welcomed 2014. Our way of wishing a happy new year for all is to show an array of rarely-seen images of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, part of a collection of about 60 Lombard pics (most with Gable) that are on sale for prices rangi read more
A star turn coming up in January
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 30, 2013
One of the benefits I've received after administering this site for several years is that Carole Lombard has forwarded me transcripts of conversations she's had with other stars in that magical world known as Hollywood heaven. I've been able to share discussions Carole has had with Myrna Loy (http:/ read more
Three stars at the club
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 29, 2013
I've had this image of Carole Lombard with Eric Blore and Paul Lukas in my online collection for several years, but didn't know much more about it. Now I do, as a vintage photo of this trio (albeit in a slightly different pose) has surfaced on eBay.The bad news is obvious: This photo is not in the b read more
Looking back: December 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 28, 2013
As one might guess, the biggest news concerning Carole Lombard in December 1933 was her latest release, "White Woman," the potboiler with Charles Laughton set in the Malayan jungle. Paramount played up the exotic angle in its advertising, such as this from the Dec. 3 Uniontown (Pa.) Daily News-Stand read more
In a 'Weekly' array of stars
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 27, 2013
Film Weekly, a British movie magazine, ran Carole Lombard as its cover subject on June 13, 1931. Nearly a year later, it used her again, apparently from the same photo session:Interesting to see "Ladies' Man" cited -- I don't have a date it premiered in the UK, but it opened in Portugal in May 1932, read more
A colorful thing we nearly missed
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 26, 2013
In October 2011, we ran the above portrait of Carole Lombard by James Doolittle -- among the first true color photos of her -- from the April 1936 issue of Photoplay to help kick off a three-part series the magazine ran on designer Travis Banton, who came up with that outfit (http://carole-and-co.li read more
A merry Christmas from the Gables
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 25, 2013
Perhaps somewhere there is a photo of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable in Christmas gear, but if one exists, I've never seen it. (Carole probably retired her elf outfit the day she left Pathe, and the mind figuratively chuckles over the concept of her husband in a Santa suit.) So we'll settle for this read more
Of autographs and travel plans
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 24, 2013
Whether as part of a photo or signed separately, autographs of Carole Lombard are among collectors of her memorabilia's most sought-after items. But anyone prepared to shell out big money to get one (and the signature of a celebrity who's been gone for more than 70 years will require as such) had be read more
'Swing High, Swing Low' across the pond
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 23, 2013
"Swing High, Swing Low," Carole Lombard's third of four films made with Fred MacMurray, isn't particularly well-remembered today (perhaps because it's both lapsed into the public domain and no complete 35mm print has survived), but it was Paramount's biggest moneymaker for all of 1937. That was a pr read more
'Silver Screen,' August 1934: Protecting those precious curves
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 22, 2013
Her one-time nickname "Carole of the curves" may have been more applicable to the late 1920s, but although Carole Lombard's body had streamlined from shapely to sleek, it still awed many -- especially in a skin-tight gown such as seen above. It was crucial for her and other stars of the day to retai read more
Lombard 'Factors' in some lipstick traces
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 21, 2013
Many movie stars of the 1930s relied on cosmetics legend Max Factor to look their best professionally and personally, and Carole Lombard was among them. That's why she gave him this autographed photo, signed "For Max Factor Cordially, Carole Lombard."In return, Factor used the stars to boost his gro read more
Hollywood Park, headed for the finish line
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 20, 2013
The photo above shows Carole Lombard and Clark Gable at the racetrack in 1940; Clark looks as if he just picked a winner and is getting ready to cash in his ticket, though I'm not sure what Carole's reaction is. But the track isn't Santa Anita, where the Gables were frequently seen, but another sout read more
An appropriate thought from Clark Gable
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 19, 2013
I've just returned from my mother's funeral, which was held today; she died a week ago at age 93. She had a full, substantial life as a wife, mother to three children, employee in a variety of jobs and inspiration to others. The other day, I saw this quote from Clark Gable at the DearMrGable.com Fac read more
'Movie Classic,' October 1934: Even movie stars must rest
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 17, 2013
The early autumn of 1934 was a tumultuous time for Carole Lombard, but if your only exposure to her was via the Movie Classic issue from that October, you'd never have known it. Carole was grieving over the sudden, shockingly accidental death of Russ Columbo on Sept. 2, but there's a reason it wasn' read more
Four with Clark, one with Fred
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 16, 2013
An eBay seller has 38 photos of Carole Lombard -- almost all of them with Clark Gable -- available at the time of this writing. None are originals, but all are 8" x 10" and printed on professional photographic paper. Most of them, including the five we are profiling, can be bought outright for $19.9 read more
'Radio Guide,' January 15-21, 1939: Preparing to play 'The Circle' game
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 15, 2013
You'd never know it from that serious pose, but Carole Lombard had every right to be excited as 1939 began. After all, she knew she'd soon start a highly-publicized endeavor with a certain C.G. No, not that one... ...this one:Here, let the snipe on the back of Carole's photo explain it all for you:Y read more
Two 'Sacred' posters with plenty of punch
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 14, 2013
"Nothing Sacred" is as physical a screwball comedy as Carole Lombard ever made...and that element pitting her against co-star Fredric March is highlighted in two posters from that production now on sale at eBay. First, this "fight card" poster:The poster measures 14" x 22" (the top portion is blank read more
For a 'Brief Moment,' a pressbook
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 13, 2013
"Brief Moment," released in the fall of 1933, is no classic in the Carole Lombard filmography, but it's a masterpiece compared to the material she got the same year at her home studio of Paramount. Harry Cohn liked working with her (and she was one of the few actresses in the industry who reciprocat read more
'Silver Screen,' September 1937: A cinematic hazing
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 12, 2013
Carole Lombard wasn't quite the cinematic neophyte when she made the western programmer "Hearts And Spurs" with Buck Jones in 1925. Heck, it wasn't even her first film for Fox; that would have been "Marriage In Transit" earlier in the year. Plus, of course, there was that supporting part in 1921 for read more
An initial look at 'Movie Life'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 11, 2013
As leaves fell to the ground in autumn 1937, Carole Lombard would soon hit screens -- in Technicolor -- pretending to be ill in "Nothing Sacred," at a time when her career was at her healthiest, and when a new film magazine hit the newsstands, called... ...Movie Life (that's Ginger Rogers on the cov read more