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Being negative is part of their Heritage
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 13, 2012
Actually, there's plenty to be positive about in today's entry, beginning with p1202-348, a Carole Lombard Paramount portrait I've never seen before. It derives from an Agfa vintage nitrate negative measuring 7.75" x 9.75", and it's up for bidding at Heritage Auctions, rated in very fine condition.A read more
The exhibit needs a poster, child
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 12, 2012
Lately, I've received inquiries on the status of a planned exhibit on Carole Lombard at The Hollywood Museum (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/490067.html). Since I live on the opposite coast, I thought it best to check with the curator, Darrell Rooney -- the same man whose work led to the p read more
Of 'Orchids' and Mohawks
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 11, 2012
Two Carole Lombard artifacts -- a vintage movie still and a deceptive postcard -- are up for auction at eBay. First, the still of Lombard and Lyle Talbot from 1932's "No More Orchids." Carole plays one of the world's richest women, and from the look on her face down to her shiny, silk-stockinged le read more
Looking back: July 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 10, 2012
Not surprisingly, the dominant story for Carole Lombard in July 1933 wasn't any movie she was in or was going to make, but her domestic life with husband William Powell. That's because during the month, she planned to turn Powell into her ex, as the back of the photo makes clear:The snipe is dated J read more
Foods, fashions, even angels on horseback
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 9, 2012
Carole Lombard was a frequent contributor to Hollywood-themed cookbooks (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/469753.html), and we now have one more recipe she apparently can be credited for. It's from a 64-page booklet issued late in 1935 entitled "Foods And Fashions Of 1936":This particular copy w read more
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable as seen in 1934 in Photoplay Magazine.
Carole & Co. Posted by cinemafan2 on Jul 9, 2012
Carole and Russ in Spring of 1934. "By rumor, it becomes steadier all the time! Carole Lombard was escorted to the banquet by Russ Columbo. They are seen together lots these nights."Carole and Russ in June of 1934.Mr. ans Mrs. Clark Gable in the summer of 1934.Carole and her mother Be read more
Plenty of pre-Codes headed to DVD
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 8, 2012
A week ago Monday, one of Carole Lombard's best early films (and performances), "Virtue," was released on DVD as part of TCM's "Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection" (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/502827.html): But if you're a pre-Code buff, your surfeit of riches is only beginning. On Tuesd read more
Otto W. Winkler
Carole & Co. Posted by cinemafan2 on Jul 7, 2012
Otto W. Winkler was Clark Gable's personal MGM publicist and also a friend. He accompanied Carole and her mother Bess on their fateful war bond tour and perished with them on their returning flight on January 16, 1942.Here is a photo of Winkler with Carole and Clark Gable at the press conf read more
Get your minimum daily dose of glamour...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 7, 2012
...such as Carole Lombard in Paramount p1202-690, taken in 1934. Where's the source of this nourishing beauty? From Paris, down under. No, that's not a geographic error, but a reference to an Australian model, photographer and Internet personality named David Paris (http://www.davidparis.com.au).Par read more
Romantic comedy, by the book
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 2, 2012
It's wonderful to find more people -- especially those born decades after her death -- are discovering not only Carole Lombard (shown peering out the window in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed "Mr. & Mrs. Smith") but romantic comedy in classic Hollywood in general. The writing and acting, even in films read more
Remembering Rutherford Tuesday, and Howard, too
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 1, 2012
Carole Lombard technically wasn't part of "Gone With The Wind" (though, like many other top actresses in the industry, she lobbied for the Scarlett O'Hara role), but through her ties to Clark Gable and producer David O. Selznick, she was a frequent visitor to the set. When the film was a wrap, Lomba read more
Carole and Tallulah, Olympic queens
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 30, 2012
With Carole Lombard sporting an Olympic bob (for the 1932 Olympiad in Los Angeles, http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/393077.html) and the Summer Games in London several weeks away, how about showing Carole (and Tallulah Bankhead) gracing a playing card to commemorate the L.A. Games?The card, whic read more
An award of appreciation
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 29, 2012
Carole Lombard's service to America on what would be the last full day of her life -- Jan. 15, 1942, when she sold more than $2.1 million worth of war bonds at the Indiana State Capitol -- was not forgotten. In 1946, Lombard's widower, Clark Gable, received this from the Treasury Department......alo read more
A happy 100th to Paramount!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 28, 2012
Nice place for a star to relax, isn't it? Carole Lombard likely thought so, too. This is her Paramount dressing room/home-away-from-home in p1202-1159, probably taken sometime in 1935. Of course, Carole spent lots of time around the lot, too, from posing for Hungarian Christmas photos......to partic read more
Posing for fashion from 1936
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 27, 2012
Perhaps the dress clashes with the sofa's upholstery, but it's Carole Lombard in a fashion pose, so who's complaining? This is Paramount p1202-1212, taken sometime in 1936. I'm not certain whom the photographer is, but I do know at least three other shots of Carole in that dress were issued, p1202-1 read more
Clark and Carole out of "the box," part 2
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 26, 2012
Nearly two weeks ago, we ran a batch of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable photos, courtesy of Tally Haugen and what she calls "the box," a huge assortment of Carole clippings from newspapers and magazines (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/519294.html). Now, some more images of the famed couple, beg read more
Russ and Carole "in the box" ....
Carole & Co. Posted by cinemafan2 on Jun 26, 2012
... watching Will Rogers' team play polo in Santa Monica in May of 1934. read more
To the power of soft-focus-glam
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 25, 2012
A new book -- actually, a new version of an old book -- has piqued my interest lately. For this, credit a blog in the Austin Chronicle, where Kimberley Jones writes, "I'm trying this new thing where I spend a couple pages before lights out with 'Hollywood Movie Stills: Art and Technique in the Golde read more
Sign in, Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 24, 2012
After more than five years of running this site, I like to think that by now I have some sort of expertise where Carole Lombard is concerned, but there's still one area where I have some trepidation...and that is regarding autographs. Can I recognize Lombard's penmanship enough to see an obvious fak read more
Lombard for the barflies
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 23, 2012
The 1929 Carole (or, as she was known for most of the year, Carol) Lombard was a different animal from the assured comedic star of the mid-1930s or even the undefined fashion plate of the early '30s. Just coming into her own at Pathe after more than a year with Mack Sennett, Lombard's youthful sex a read more