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Get in 'style' with the TCM Classic Film Festival
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 6, 2012
We knew Carole Lombard's 1937 screwball gem "Nothing Sacred" was going to be part of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival -- now we know when it will run, along with the entire event schedule. "Nothing Sacred" will be shown at 3 p.m. Friday, April 13 at Multiplex 3 of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. It's p read more
Hunting down two photos
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 5, 2012
Carole Lombard as outdoorswoman is the theme of this photo. The seller believes it to be from 1941, as it's from United Artists, which produced Lombard's last film, "To Be Or Not To Be"; however, UA also distributed Selznick International product, so this may be from a few years earlier.A closeup of read more
Renovating, planned right: Paramount's Hollywood Project
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 4, 2012
In "To Be Or Not To Be," Carole Lombard, Jack Benny and the Warsaw cast of "Hamlet" seek refuge from enemy bombs in the theater basement after the Nazis invade Poland in September 1939, igniting World War II. Now, the studio where that Ernst Lubitsch masterpiece was filmed has been attacked from wit read more
A few from the RKO years
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 3, 2012
Three photos of Carole Lombard from her time at RKO (1939 to early 1941) have surfaced on eBay. First, this stunning pic showing Lombard in white, standing between two pillars, along with the snipe on the back:The photo, from the summer of 1939, came from Hearst's International News Service syndicat read more
Swingin' high (and low) in Albany
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 2, 2012
"Swing High, Swing Low" may not be Carole Lombard's finest film for Paramount (though it has its charms), but it may have been her most popular vehicle at the studio. In fact, it was Paramount's top moneymaker for all of 1937.Some of that money may have been made at a theater in Albany, N.Y., named read more
Star of the month: Day, for a week
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 1, 2012
Carole Lombard made one movie with Bing Crosby, the 1934 Paramount musical "We're Not Dressing," and was an avid fan of his music. But imagine if Lombard -- who really wasn't much of a singer -- had somehow possessed Crosby's musical talent, in addition to her cinematic skill and dazzling beauty? Wh read more
Of Carole and cigarettes
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 31, 2012
This glamorous portrait of Carole Lombard, from the December 1935 cover of the Spanish-language film magazine Cine-Mundial, would be infinitely more glamorous to many were it not for what she's holding in her hand...a cigarette. Like many of her time, Lombard was a smoker -- something that today mig read more
Screen Book, October 1938: Hiding out from Hollywood?
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 30, 2012
To commemorate the 73rd anniversary of Carole Lombard's marriage to Clark Gable this week, the fine site DearMrGable.com reprinted a story that ran in the October 1938 issue of Screen Book, whose cover that month just so happened to feature Gable along with Myrna Loy from their latest film, "Too Hot read more
Vote for Carole!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 30, 2012
Since last we left some nine hours ago, Carole Lombard has rallied somewhat against Ginger Rogers in the Silents/1930s final of the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, whittling a 26-10 deficit down to 35-30 as of 10:30 a.m. (Eastern). Keep the momentum going! If you haven't voted yet, do s read more
For Carole and Clark's anniversary, three pictorial presents
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 29, 2012
It was 73 years ago today that Carole Lombard and Clark Gable eloped -- something most observers expected once Gable received a divorce from his second wife, Ria Langham -- and took their marriage vows in Kingman, Ariz. As far as I know, no pictures of Carole and Clark on their actual wedding day ha read more
Crawford conquered -- now time to face Ginger!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 29, 2012
It took Carole Lombard some 87 years, but she finally beat Joan Crawford -- not in a dance contest at the Cocoanut Grove, but in the semifinals of the Silents/1930s bracket of the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney.Crawford got the first vote Sunday night, but from then on, it was all Carol read more
Two vintage p1202 for you
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 28, 2012
The beauty of mid-thirties Carole Lombard is on full display in two Paramount portraits up for auction through eBay. We'll kick things off with p1202-1432, along with a crop of the back of the photo:We see that the photo was received on Oct. 1, 1936, but it didn't run until the March '37 issue of a read more
'The Lot' to be concerned with
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 27, 2012
Flirty sales girl Carole Lombard looks stunned after Buddy Rogers spurns her advances in "My Best Girl," the 1927 Mary Pickford comedy in which a teenaged Lombard had a small, unbilled part. Now, the lot where that scene was filmed is being threatened with substantial changes that would undermine mu read more
Two stunning pics, plus a fast start in the tourney
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 26, 2012
First of all, some good news for Carole Lombard fans: She's off and running, with a 28-7 lead over Joan Crawford as of midnight (Eastern) in one of the Silents/1930s semifinals in the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. (In the other match, Ginger Rogers has a 26-13 edge over Greta Garbo.) read more
Beating Loy makes Lombard seem 'sweet 16'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 25, 2012
The news broke just after 10 p.m. (Eastern) Saturday, and Carole Lombard got the word right from the source."I beat Myrna, 187-166, you say? I win the 'Funny Ladies' division?...Yessss!...And next up for me is Crawford, starting really late Sunday or really early Monday? I'll be ready. Thanks for th read more
Party with Carole, Marlene, Lili and Errol
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 25, 2012
Many of you may understandably be tiring of our coverage of the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney (and Carole Lombard's participation in it), but we aren't ignoring other topics -- memorabilia, for instance. Here's a photo we've run before, but never at such outstanding size and clarity:Th read more
Back to the Grove: Carole vs. Joan has begun!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 25, 2012
Carole Lombard and Joan Crawford are battling again -- but this time, their competition isn't taking place at the Cocoanut Grove in the mid-1920s, but in cyberspace today (http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com). And they aren't dancing, but vying to reach the finals of the Silents/1930s bracket of the read more
Lombard vs. Loy: Down to the wire!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 24, 2012
Things keep escalating to incredible heights in the two finals of the Silents/1930s bracket of the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. In the "Funny Ladies" division, as of midnight (Eastern), top seed Carole Lombard has a 136-128 lead over second-seeded Myrna Loy in a battle that's gone ba read more
The final hours...we need your vote!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 24, 2012
As this is written, Carole Lombard has a 161-154 lead over Myrna Loy with under nine hours left to vote (http://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com) in the "Funny Ladies" finals of the Silents/1930s bracket of the 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Go vote -- the deadline is 10 p.m. (Eastern). read more
Carole vs. Myrna: Nip and tuck
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Mar 23, 2012
To call the Carole Lombard-Myrna Loy "Funny Ladies" final a thriller would be an understatement. As of midnight (Eastern), top-seeded Lombard has a 67-63 edge over #2 Loy; the lead has switched numerous times, and neither lady can pull away from the other. So Team Carole is resorting to the oldest t read more