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This exhibit is for those who think Young (as in Loretta)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 9, 2013
While many of us await a possible Carole Lombard exhibit at The Hollywood Museum later on this year (nothing is etched in stone, but plans continue), the museum has other promotions to whet the appetite of those with love for classic Hollywood. And one of them opens today."Loretta Young: Hollywood L read more
A pair of 'Fools' hit Argentina
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 8, 2013
If "Fools For Scandal" had exhibited anywhere near the charm that leads Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravet show in this publicity still, it wouldn't rank as one of Carole's most disappointing movies. But while the front is printed in English, the back displays where it was circulated:It's from Warner read more
Feel the 'Power' of silents this Saturday
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 7, 2013
As in "Power," the 1928 Pathe comedy featuring Carole Lombard (on loan from Mack Sennett) in a small role (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/552812.html), as well as Joan Bennett in her movie debut. If you're in the Bay Area, you can check it out at a venue that drips with cinematic history.It's read more
A (mostly) negative auction today!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 6, 2013
No, it's not like giveaway checkers (although wouldn't the concept of an auction where you were paid the highest amount to take an item be fun?). It's an auction held today by Heritage Auctions (I apologize for such short notice), in which five of the six Carole Lombard items available are nitrate n read more
Motion Picture, April 1935: She's ultra-fashionable
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 6, 2013
Carole Lombard's fashion sense had been well-known in Hollywood circles for several years, but it wasn't until the mid-thirties, when the likes of "Twentieth Century" elevated her profile, that it echoed among the general public. In the first few months of 1935, she began to be seen on the "best dre read more
A magazine on thin ice
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 5, 2013
Yet another alluring portrait of Carole Lombard...but what makes this one a bit unusual is where and when it was printed. First, the where, as indicated by the language of the caption:It's in German. Now, the when:January 1933. The magazine is Revue des Monats ("Revue of the Month"), an entertainmen read more
Harlow power(point)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 4, 2013
Elizabeth Yeaman, Hollywood Daily Citizen, April 27, 1931:"[Lowell] Sherman is first moving over to the United Artists lot where he has been borrowed by Samuel Goldwyn to direct 'The Greeks Had a Word For Them.' This is the Zoe Akins play now current on Broadway under the title of 'The Greeks Had a read more
'Up Pops' two more Glassner originals
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 3, 2013
The Lester Glassner collection, which has yielded all sorts of wonderful Carole Lombard reprint photos in recent months, is now unveiling a number of vintage pics, including the one above of Carole and Norman Foster from 1931's "Up Pops The Devil." To be honest, I cropped the above to focus on the i read more
From the fan mags, January 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 2, 2013
Sometime soon, we intend to resume our "looking back" series, which ended in October with a glance at October 1933. For now, we have a new Carole Lombard feature, where we peruse fan magazines for Carole tidbits. We presently have three magazines to cull from -- Motion Picture, Photoplay and Picture read more
Two to ring in 2013
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 1, 2013
For a Carole Lombard fan, what better way to kick off the new year than to see some rare images? That's what we're doing today, first of all with the pic above, yet another original from the famed Lester Glassner collection. To prove it's an original, here's what the back looks like:It's from Movie read more
Tennis, anyone?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 31, 2012
Not too many more hours after this is written, the world we inhabit will experience something it hasn't seen in more than a quarter-century -- and no, it has nothing to do with the "fiscal cliff" under debate on Capitol Hill. Rather, it will be the arrival of 2013...marking the first time since 1987 read more
A pair of early Paramount portraits
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 30, 2012
Two portraits of Carole Lombard, probably taken to promote her first film at the studio, 1930's "Safety In Numbers," are now available via eBay.First is the above photo, an original vintage picture from the renowned Lester Glassner collection; the seller promises more Lombard originals in the future read more
Making a 'True Confession' in Westwood
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 29, 2012
For those of you in the Los Angeles area whose appetite for Carole Lombard films is never whetted, good news. Next Sunday, Lombard's last film for Paramount, the 1937 comedy "True Confession," will be shown at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater as the second half of a screwball double bill beginning at 7 p read more
Elegance...and not just 'In Name Only'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 28, 2012
Elegance was the dominant theme of Carole Lombard's publicity portraits for RKO when she joined the studio in 1939. Yes, she occasionally was photographed in casual wear, but at age 30 and now a genuine top-tier star, she could call the shots (pardon the photographic pun) in a way she never could at read more
Deux 'pressbooks,' en francais
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 27, 2012
"White Woman" and "In Name Only" wouldn't appear to have much in common other than starring Carole Lombard, but in today's entry they do, because pressbooks for both are available. Mind you, to best appreciate both books it would help to have at least a smattering of knowledge of French, because tha read more
Plan to roam to Rome next August?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 26, 2012
Rome, N.Y., that is, site of the annual Capitolfest, which bills itself as "Central New York's 35mm silent and early talkie film festival." Capitolfest 11 is set for Aug. 9 to 11, 2013, and the featured star is none other than Carole Lombard, as we learned a few months ago (http://carole-and-co.live read more
A Christmas Carole (and company), part 3
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 25, 2012
For the past two years, our Christmas Day entry has featured a Carole Lombard holiday photo along with several Christmas-themed pics from her friends and contemporaries. We continue that tradition this year, with the Lombard image one from 1927 or '28, when she was working for Mack Sennett and Pathe read more
So slim, so blonde, so lovely
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 24, 2012
It's three Carole Lombard photos in one as part of this rotogravure montage from 1933. (Actually, the term "rotogravure" is usually synonymous with newspapers; this sepia image measures 8.25" x 11.25", and I'm going to guess this came from a magazine.) The dominant photo was taken by Eugene Robert R read more
Motion Picture, April 1931: Hollywood vs. the Corn Belt
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 23, 2012
Calls for censorship eventually led to strict enforcement of the Production Code not long after Carole Lombard's breakthrough film "Twentieth Century" (from which the above promotional photo was rejected by Joseph Breen) was released in the spring of 1934. Some censorship came from state boards (htt read more
Motion Picture, February 1931: Those picture-house pests
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 22, 2012
This week, we've run some Carole Lombard items from the online archive of Motion Picture magazine, and here's more good news on that front: It's now part of the Media History Digital Library, alongside Photoplay, Picture Play and other publications. Just go to http://mediahistoryproject.org/fanmagaz read more