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Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon: Carole's in the news ('Nothing Sacred,' and more)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 21, 2013
Chances are that when you juxtapose the name "Carole Lombard" with the phrase "newspaper film," this is what comes to mind -- "Nothing Sacred," the classic 1937 Technicolor comedy about a journalistic scoop that turns out to be a hoax, and how all parties concerned try to cover up the matter. There, read more
Get in the 'Picture (Play')
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 20, 2013
Last year, we ran an entry about the June 1932 issue of Picture Play, which featured not only the above image of Carole Lombard, but an interview with her as well (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/538356.html):That issue is now on sale at eBay...but before we fill you in on the particulars, how read more
Studio snapshots, '20s style
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 19, 2013
A 16-year-old Carole Lombard, a newly-signed starlet with Fox, must have felt she had achieved a dream when she posed for this portrait in 1925. But much had passed since her "debut" four years earlier when, as Jane Peters, she'd had a small part in "A Perfect Crime":The girl's infatuation with movi read more
'Photoplay,' April 1935: Blonde appeal
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 18, 2013
Ah, the power of blonde, a power Carole Lombard knew well. By 1935, it may have been waning in some corners -- about this time, Central Casting reported that no more than a half-dozen platinum blondes were on its roster, and the princess of platinum, Jean Harlow, was in the process of mutating into read more
'Silver Screen,' April 1934: That funny divorce
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 17, 2013
So what if Carole Lombard and William Powell no longer were married? It didn't keep them from socializing together, as on this night, Oct. 13, 1933 at the Shrine Auditorium, when they accompanied Gloria Swanson and her husband, Michael Farmer to hear Lawrence Tibbett sing -- less than two months aft read more
What they said about 'Gable And Lombard' (not Clark and Carole)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 16, 2013
I don't know if there's some "psychic frequency" that connects mere mortals such as ourselves to the hereafter -- especially the section populated by the classic Hollywood colony -- but just to protect myself, I wish to announce this entry is about "Gable And Lombard," the alleged 1976 biopic of Cla read more
Just a silent reminder
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 15, 2013
Carole Lombard provides proper decoration to promote Mack Sennett's four-reel comic extravaganza, "The Girl From Everywhere," one of Lombard's first films at Sennett. (Note how her face is angled, as part of the hat helps disguise the scar on her left cheek from that 1926 auto accident that ended he read more
Perusing a 'Classic,' circa 1929
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 14, 2013
Another sultry William E. Thomas portrait of Carole Lombard, this time bare-shouldered, provides her sole mention in the May 1929 issue of Motion Picture Classic...although a movie she had a supporting role in, "Ned McCobb's Daughter" (now lost, the most recent Lombard film to suffer that unfortunat read more
The AMPAS museum: From 'May' to 'will'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 13, 2013
All five persons pictured above, shown on the set of "My Man Godfrey" -- from left, Alice Brady, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer, William Powell and Gregory La Cava -- were nominated for Academy Awards for 1936 (for best supporting actress, best actress, best supporting actor, best actor and best direct read more
'Motion Picture,' February 1932: Color that really isn't
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 12, 2013
Nice color picture of Carole Lombard, doncha think? Actually, we should put quotation marks around the word "color," because at the start of 1932, true color portrait photography still was a few years away for magazines. So the editors of Motion Picture used a few tricks in its February issue to mak read more
Making news and being news
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 11, 2013
Screenwriter Robert Riskin often is overlooked among Carole Lombard's beaus, but for a while in 1935 they definitely were what the Hollywood press might call "an item." Here they are at what looks to be a racetrack (the newly-opened Santa Anita, perhaps?), a guess corroborated by info on the back of read more
Lombard and Loy, at their 'Worst'?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 10, 2013
I've often lamented that my two favorite actresses of classic Hollywood, Carole Lombard and Myrna Loy, never made a film together, as their styles (intense Carole, subtle Myrna) would have complemented each other's perfectly. But believe it or not, once they were advertised as cast in the same film. read more
'The New Movie Magazine,' January 1931: Reflecting on beauty
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 9, 2013
What's behind that photo of Carole Lombard from early in her Paramount tenure? The New Movie Magazine of January 1931 may supply an answer. It was among a series of photos of Lombard (still listed as "Carol") showing the latest hairstyles and how to go about wearing them, part of a column called "Fi read more
Heralding Carole from Texas to India
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 8, 2013
"No One Man," "No Man Of Her Own" and "White Woman" were three of Carole Lombard's Paramount releases in 1932 and 1933 -- and heralds for all three films now are up for auction at eBay.No date is given to when it ran, but we do know where it ran -- the Mission Theater in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in t read more
She met two men in Lombard's life
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 7, 2013
With Carole Lombard having left us more than 71 years ago, it's highly unlikely anyone reading this site actually met her. But some of us have done the next best thing, meeting or having talked to people who knew her.One of my Facebook friends, Cynthia Cirile, is a frequent reader of "Carole & Co.", read more
For Carole, in union there was strength
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 6, 2013
Carole Lombard is shown with Will Rogers following a polo match on his field on May 21, 1934. Less than a year earlier, they had something in common -- both were among the newest members of the emerging Screen Actors Guild, according to the Oct. 31, 1933 Motion Picture Daily:Today, we thought we'd e read more
'Photoplay,' April 1932: And the race is on
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 5, 2013
As we see Otto Dyar's portrait of Carole Lombard from Photoplay's April 1932 issue, we note we've at times referred to some of her Paramount cohorts as "stablemates." You'll see more horse-race terms in the following story from that issue, as Cal York examines the 30 entrants -- Lombard included -- read more
Enjoying the great outdoors
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 4, 2013
That's one of the most charming color images of Carole Lombard, presumably taken sometime in 1938 and used for the cover of the New York Sunday News that August 28th. But until now, I was unaware of another photo taken from that session (we know it to be so because Carole's wearing the same outfit), read more
Through a porthole, but apparently not for a 'Brief Moment'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 3, 2013
We haven't checked out Carole Lombard items on eBay for several days, so let's rectify that by examining four stills from four films...or should we make that five?The pic above is the problem. The back of the photo states it's from......"Brief Moment," but anyone who's seen that film (and I presume read more
Time to 'Shado' the 'Sheba Of Shivers'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 2, 2013
Carole Lombard never referred to "Supernatural" as her worst film (she reserved that dishonor for "The Gay Bride"), but had someone asked Carole about her worst movie experience, she almost certainly would have considered "Supernatural" a contender. She was out of her element in the horror genre, li read more