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Queen of the '30s! (With more challenges to come)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 28, 2013
Carole Lombard is glad to finally capture the roses. After two years of finishing runnerup in the 1930s bracket, she broke through to win in the 2013 version of the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Lombard beat a game challenger and good friend, Barbara Stanwyck, by a 36-27 count.But things a read more
Only hours to go...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 27, 2013
As of 11 a.m. (Eastern), Carole Lombard leads Barbara Stanwyck, 31-27, in the finals of the 1930s bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, for the right to take the 1940s, '50s and '60s champions for the overall title. Lombard is getting closer to the trophy...but voting closes at read more
It's within reach -- don't let up now
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 27, 2013
As the song goes, the waiting is the hardest part, and so it is for Carole Lombard, as she counts the minutes, the hours in her lavishly comfortable Paramount dressing room. As of midnight (Eastern), with 17 hours to go, Carole has a 30-23 edge over Barbara Stanwyck in the 1930s final of the 2013 Fa read more
The latest on the vote
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 26, 2013
As of 12:30 p.m. (Eastern), Carole Lombard holds a narrow 26-22 lead over Barbara Stanwyck in the finals of the 1930s bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Voting concludes Wednesday, and Carole needs each and every vote she can get to conquer this rival. If you haven't done so read more
An 'audible attraction' (and nice visually, too)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 26, 2013
Pathe's William E. Thomas was arguably the first studio staff photographer who found something magical in a young actress named Carole Lombard (although at Pathe, she was labeled Carol, no "e"). His portraits captured a sensuality in Lombard, just out of her teens -- and while other portrait takers read more
Her first time covering it 'Weekly'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 25, 2013
That's Carole Lombard on the cover of the Nov. 30, 1934 issue of the British magazine Film Weekly. She was as popular a fixture on UK magazine covers as she was stateside. Now, what may have been her first cover appearance for that British publication is available at eBay. It's from Aug. 5, 1932.... read more
Time to vote, Team Carole!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 24, 2013
The finals of the 1930s bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney are under way, and as of 9:30 a.m. (Eastern), Carole Lombard is trailing Barbara Stanwyck, 5-4. Lombard's many fans need to vote one by one to overcome a talented, popular rival who has won her previous matches by imp read more
A century since the Fort Wayne flood
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 24, 2013
Jane Alice Peters, the future Carole Lombard, had just passed her sixth birthday when she, her mother and two older brothers left Fort Wayne, Ind., for California in the fall of 1914. But she had already collected her share of memories there, and one of the most prominent had happened roughly a year read more
Back in the '30s finals again
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 23, 2013
Carole Lombard has reached the finals of the 1930s bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney -- the third year in a row she has done so, thanks to her 39-20 triumph over Joan Blondell. But this is the point where Carole doesn't want history to repeat itself. In 2011, she was defeate read more
Welcome to Paramount, 1931-32
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 22, 2013
It's mid-1931, and career-wise, Carole Lombard has every right to be delighted. She's getting leading lady roles (and plenty of them) at one of the film industry's most distinguished studios. Now we can draw further insight into that studio, and how it planned to present Lombard and other luminaries read more
Advancing -- but now, a new challenge
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 21, 2013
First, the good news: Carole Lombard posted an easier-than-expected 61-21 triumph over Myrna Loy in the finals of the "Funny Ladies" division of the 1930s bracket of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Now, the challenging news: Carole's opponent in one of the 1930s semifinals is none o read more
The latest from Capitolfest
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 20, 2013
Spring is here (why isn't my heart dancing?), and in just a few months, summer will take its seasonal place. And one of the highlights for any Carole Lombard fan (that's her above in Paramount p1202-1153) will take place in Rome, N.Y., this August, as Carole is the featured star at this year's Capit read more
From the 1930s, a look at the good old days
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 19, 2013
Just as every generation gets the misguided belief that it invented sex (believe it or not, there were sexy images long before a 19-year-old Carole Lombard sat for that sultry pose), so it is with the phenomenon called nostalgia. People have been looking back since time immemorial, so it's invariabl read more
Carole colors our world
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 18, 2013
Carole Lombard: My campaign manager is back at work producing banners. Just called him a few minutes ago on my ultra-smartphone, and he says he's waiting on the latest one -- he's doing some outsourcing this year. That was from yesterday's entry, where Lombard was discussing her current battle in th read more
Lombard-Loy: Here we go again
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 17, 2013
The latest from Hollywood heaven:Carole Lombard: Well, Myrna, I guess we're at it again.Myrna Loy: Third straight year, too. Clark Gable: What on earth are you two talking about?Lombard and Loy (simultaneously): The 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Star Tourney!Gable: Oh, you know I stay out of all that. read more
Hurrell, back 'home' in Laguna
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 16, 2013
Arguably the greatest and certainly the best known of the classic era Hollywood portrait photographers, George Hurrell worked his artistry with Carole Lombard on several occasions. Now, this legend is being celebrated in a town where he spent two of his formative years -- Laguna Beach, Calif.Hurrell read more
The (16mm) race is on!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 15, 2013
College track star Carole Lombard gets advice from her coach, Daphne Pollard, in this still from the 1928 Mack Sennett short "Run, Girl, Run." Actually, this image derives from a 16mm print of Robert Youngson's first silent-era compilation, "The Golden Age Of Comedy" (1957), which also featured the read more
So far, so good (but vote!)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 14, 2013
Our latest Carole Lombard 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney banner has restored her to normal size (hey, it's hard to stand on a tennis court when you're 200 feet tall!), but with the second round of voting already begun, it appears Lombard again is looming large over the competition. As o read more
Just a reminder that later today...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 13, 2013
...Carole Lombard returns to action in the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Carole, top-seeded in the "Funny Ladies" division, takes on fourth seed Jean Harlow in a semifinal match. This one won't be easy, and Team Lombard needs to make itself heard by voting. (The other "Funny Ladies" s read more