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Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 24, 2013
It's Nov. 7, 1936, and Jane Alice Peters officially bids adieu to her birth name and hello to the moniker known to the world as Carole Lombard. The February 1937 issue of Hollywood magazine would also commemorate the legal move, showing her (wearing the same hat you see in today's avatar) with Super read more
'Motion Picture,' May 1941: The Gables as gagsters
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 23, 2013
Whether or not you agree that Clark Gable was the great love of Carole Lombard's life, it's obvious that they enthralled the public during the nearly six years of their romance/marriage. Not only were each major stars with larger-than-life looks, but both were popular in the film community for their read more
Ann and David, 'Majestic' in Big D
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 22, 2013
The last of Carole Lombard's films to be released during her lifetime was the 1941 marital comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with Robert Montgomery, where David and Ann Smith discover that for a bizarre legal reason, they're technically not married; hilarity ensues as David tries to woo Ann back. A rare art read more
'Motion Picture,' February 1941: What the stars see in the stars
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 21, 2013
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable had just returned to California from a stay in Washington and Baltimore when they arrived to take part in a benefit for Greek war relief on Jan. 8, 1941. But a noted fan magazine was on the verge of printing an article predicting how their lives would fare that year.In read more
Three more from the 'baseball guy'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 20, 2013
Yesterday's entry included a Carole Lombard memorabilia item from an eBay seller known as "baseballguy1." He's currently selling three other Lombard pics, and here they are -- beginning with this jovial shot of Carole, Clark Gable and Garson Kanin, who directed Lombard in "They Knew What They Wanted read more
A sound reception for three more p1202s
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 19, 2013
Whenever a new Carole Lombard Paramount p1202 photo is uncovered, it's cause for celebration. And today, we have three of them -- including one of the most unusual shots in the collection:It's p1202-726, from 1934 (the outfit Lombard's wearing ties it to "We're Not Dressing"), but who's that person read more
'Hollywood,' June 1937: How will the Gable-Lombard romance end?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 18, 2013
A few days before Carole Lombard and Clark Gable attended a boxing match at Los Angeles Wrigley Field on May 28, 1937, Hollywood magazine's June 1937 issue -- with mutual friend Myrna Loy on the cover -- hit newsstands, and Clark and Carole were part of the cover, too:Of course, we know it ended wit read more
Two from Pathe days, plus a swimsuit shot
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 17, 2013
Three more pictorial goodies from eBay are the topic of today's entry regarding Carole Lombard memorabilia. We'll start with a relatively demure Pathe portrait of the 20-year-old Lombard from 1929, cl-139, almost certainly taken by the studio's William E. Thomas:The previous autumn, Lombard had play read more
Lombard's last 'To Be' a Criterion choice
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 16, 2013
Ernst Lubitsch played a major role in Carole Lombard's development as an actress. As head of production for Paramount in the mid-1930s -- the only director of note to wield such influence -- he helped elevate Lombard to the top tier of that studio's stars after it hadn't known what to do with her fo read more
'Hollywood,' January 1937: Carole Lombard betrays herself
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 15, 2013
Yes, the title sounds ominous -- might it have something to do with Carole Lombard's out-of-character prickliness with the press pertaining to matters Clark Gable? -- but actually, this is a positive piece regarding Lombard's personality, coming off her critical and popular triumph in "My Man Godfre read more
Lombard, Raft and 'Rumba'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 14, 2013
"Rumba," Carole Lombard's second (and final) film with George Raft, tends to get lost in her cinematic shuffle, probably because it's not very good (in addition to being a rather weak followup to their more successful dance film "Bolero"). That look Lombard gave in the photo above was probably repli read more
Hooray for 'Hollywood' (magazine, that is)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 13, 2013
Why are we cheering? Because Hollywood magazine is the latest classic-era fan magazine to be placed online -- virtually every issue from 1934 to 1943 now is available (http://mediahistoryproject.org/fanmagazines/). For Carole Lombard fans, this means access to more stories about her and interviews read more
A trio of 'newsettes'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 12, 2013
A trio of what, you say? Well, think of a souvenir program or herald distributed at movie theaters during the classic era in conjunction with a film being shown, such as "True Confession" (in which Carole Lombard is shown above with Una Merkel) or two of Carole's other movies making the rounds in ea read more
What stars will shine in August? Now we know
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 11, 2013
Turner Classic Movies has announced its August schedule, and with it the channel's lineup for the 2013 edition of Summer Under the Stars. Carole Lombard isn't one of the honorees -- and probably won't be until TCM can acquire the viewing rights to some of her more obscure Paramount titles (most of t read more
Just what's so gay about being a divorcee?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 7, 2013
Life after divorce seemed so easy for Carole Lombard. It was an amicable one, and some were predicting that she and William Powell would soon get back together. (Both of them knew better, of course.) But a year after the split, Carole told a fan magazine that life as a divorcee was no bed of roses:A read more
Of Carole and Capra
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 6, 2013
Above is a publicity still from "The Swim Princess," one of the two-reelers Carole Lombard made for Mack Sennett. What makes it distinctive is who wrote this silent's story -- a Sennett employee who, like Lombard, would go on to fame in the 1930s. His name? Frank Capra, who played a significant role read more
Doing the 'Bolero' at the 'Picture Show'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 5, 2013
"Bolero" ranks among Carole Lombard's most sensual films, and not only because there's an extended scene of her dancing in lingerie and stockings. Carole had a genuine chemistry with co-star George Raft, both on screen and in bed (Lombard told close friends that in a purely sexual sense, Raft was th read more
She's got her thinking cap on
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 4, 2013
Add another newcomer to the roster of Carole Lombard Paramount p1202 portraits. This one's p1202-1002 from 1934, showing a cerebral Carole below her flower-laden chapeau, finger on her cheek.Interesting image -- and this 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" original can be yours if you win an auction at eBay. Bidding be read more
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (and Mr. Foster, too)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 3, 2013
Today, we examine two publicity photos from Carole Lombard movies -- one among her least seen, despite having a fellow legend as co-star, the other a relatively obscure comedy. First, here's Carole from 1931's "I Take This Woman," nestled in the arms of Gary Cooper:The photo, from Germany, measures read more
Movie Classic, September 1936: Goofy at 'Godfrey'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 2, 2013
For sheer screwball fun, few films rival "My Man Godfrey." And it probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that for Carole Lombard and the rest of the "Godfrey" crew, it was as much fun for them to make as it is for us to watch.That's evident from reading an article in the September 1936 i read more