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Pre-Code eroticism, plus flip your lids for Clark and Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 24, 2012
Carole Lombard bares her shoulder in this alluring portrait now available via eBay, but what else do we know about it? The seller says of "this sultry view": "Posing in a flapper-style art deco gown and giving a smoldering look over her shoulder, this dates to around her appearance in 'Supernatural' read more
Picture Play, April 1933: She's a smooth operator
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 23, 2012
What adjectives might one have used in early 1933 to describe Carole Lombard? "Sleek," "sexy," "alluring"? All those definitely would have applied. But one more came to the fore in that April's issue of Picture Play, yet another snapshot of the era from that fan magazine (http://carole-and-co.livejo read more
Being negative...and also for 'No Man'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 22, 2012
This stunning image, Carole Lombard in Paramount p1202-264 (from 1932), is actually an original studio 8" x 10" negative in excellent condition. (The seller notes its vintage status by saying the number was "Written with raised black ink on the bottom right corner" (which, of course, would appear wh read more
One of the ladies in 'Ladies' Man'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 21, 2012
Here's a Carole Lombard Paramount portrait that's not a part of the p1202 series, specifically because it was used in the publicity package of the 1931 film "Ladies' Man," in which Carole appears with soon-to-be husband William Powell and soon-to-be longtime friend Kay Francis ("1301," listed in the read more
Have a paradise cocktail with Bill and Kay
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 20, 2012
Kay Francis is honored with 24 hours of her films Tuesday in Turner Classic Movies' "Summer Under The Stars" (in both the U.S. and Canada), and while neither movie she made with Carole Lombard -- "Ladies Man" (above) or "In Name Only" -- is being shown, two of her pairings with William Powell are on read more
A 'Virtue'-ous photo
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 19, 2012
"Virtue," in which Carole Lombard is shown with Mayo Methot, is arguably Carole's best role prior to "Twentieth Century." (Both movies were made at Columbia, which at the time handled Lombard more carefully than her home studio of Paramount.) Now a rare artifact from that film is up for auction at e read more
Proof beyond 'oomph'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 18, 2012
More evidence of George Hurrell's photographic genius, noted in yesterday's entry -- that's Carole Lombard, of course, but who's in the portrait next to her? An actress named Ann who had some success, particularly at Warners, but never quite cracked the top tier of stardom her talent deserved. No, w read more
More Hurrell magic, in book form
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 17, 2012
This is one of many portraits of Carole Lombard taken by George Hurrell, the man whose work deservedly has come to define classic Hollywood glamour photography. We've written on him in the past (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/65576.html, http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/390982.html, http:/ read more
The frocks of '31
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 16, 2012
1931 was the year Carole Lombard (shown in Paramount p1202-136) graduated from starlet to leading lady, although true stardom wouldn't come for another three years. However, she already was known for her way with fashion, and a fan magazine that year took advantage used that skill for a two-page pho read more
Carole to Connie: In November, your star will shine
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 15, 2012
Carole Lombard: Hey, Connie, it's been more than two years since I saw you!Constance Bennett: Yeah, even here in Hollywood heaven our paths don't cross that much.Lombard: Well, do you remember the last time we chatted? (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/320567.html). The one where we both had Oct read more
Four photos for the price of one
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 14, 2012
Four Carole Lombard photos said to be vintage are being sold as a unit at eBay, headed by this charming Paramount image, p1202-716, which looks to be from 1934 and was probably taken at her new Hollywood Boulevard house. The three others are more common to collectors, but are of interest, too:From 1 read more
So, what's your definitive Lombard film?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 13, 2012
If you had to show one Carole Lombard film to someone who had never seen any of her movies, which one would you choose?Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle film critic and classic movie historian (his pre-Code tomes "Complicated Women" and "Dangerous Men" are must-reads for anyone interested in tha read more
That other famous Clark and Carole car
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 12, 2012
Cars played an intriguing part in the Carole Lombard-Clark Gable relationship. The best-known one, of course, was the beat-up jalopy Carole had painted with hearts and sent to Gable as a gag gift (curiously, I've never seen a photo of the vehicle). But another automobile had a key role, and believe read more
Is she turning her back on us?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 11, 2012
Yes, but in a fashionable way.I was alerted to this Carole Lombard portrait by Carole Sampeck of The Lombard Archive, who commented, "Doesn't this look like the outfit she wore to the Los Angeles GWTW premiere?"Indeed it does, although even without those hints the top photo has a definite RKO-era fe read more
Two for the music
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 10, 2012
Two relative rarities of sheet music from Carole Lombard movies are now available at eBay. First, one from the film shown above -- Lombard's lone film at MGM, 1934's "The Gay Bride," and its big production number, "Mississippi Honeymoon":The cover of this sheet is more interesting than either the so read more
Some August '33 extras
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 9, 2012
So much was going on in Carole Lombard's life in August 1933 that our entry from Monday couldn't fit it all in. Today, we'll handle the spillover, beginning with a Travis Banton-related item written by Alice L. Tildesley, whose writing we've previously run (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/21228 read more
Right pics, wrong year
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 8, 2012
That's a photo of Carole Lombard with her scooter. Charming pic, but where's it from? Thankfully, it has a snipe, so we have an answer:It's from "Made For Each Other," Carole's first excursion into drama after several years of comedies, and it's among five vintage photos from Selznick International read more
Cataloguing fashion
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 7, 2012
The average American woman of the mid-1930s may have fantasized about being Carole Lombard and having your wardrobe (onscreen, at least) designed by fashion maven Travis Banton (shown with Carole in Paramount p1202-961), but in real life, she could do the next best thing and make her own film-inspir read more
Looking back: August 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 6, 2012
For Carole Lombard, the dominant theme of August 1933 took place several hundred miles from Hollywood, at the Cal-Neva resort on Lake Tahoe, where she had been for a good deal of July, biding her time until she could claim Nevada residency and divorce William Powell. While Carole generally kept to h read more
Did Lindsay learn from Lombard?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Aug 5, 2012
For all of Lindsay Lohan's troubles, give her credit for trying to emulate (some may say rip off) her legendary predecessors. A few years ago, she paid tribute to Marilyn Monroe by replicating her famed final photo shoot. She's portraying Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie about that icon's relationship read more