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Carole plays Syracuse, 1930-1931
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 26, 2012
That image of Carole Lombard, looking chic in a French-inspired hat, could be found in the Syracuse Herald of Dec. 8, 1930. As stated several times in the past, I'm a proud native of the Salt City (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/288148.html), and in today's entry, I thought I'd examine adverti read more
Auctioning a study in sepia
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 25, 2012
Edwin Bower Hesser, one of the most famed photographers of his time, used Carole Lombard as a subject several times in the late 1920s. For Carole, roughly at the end of her teens when these photos were taken, it was a symbol that she was moving up in the world, as Hesser had done portraits for some read more
She...is everyday people!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 24, 2012
Sly and the Family Stone's hit "Everyday People" was still three decades in the distance when "Made For Each Other" hit movie screens in February 1939. But as a way of preparing audiences for a different, dramatic side of Carole Lombard, Selznick International Pictures and its renowned publicist, Ru read more
Lombard, the artist's muse
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 23, 2012
Above is Carole Lombard posing for a mid-thirties portrait by Azadia Newman, wife of director Rouben Mamoulian; the painting was to be one of a series of color inserts for a new, upscale magazine called Cinema Arts, but it expired after three issues and this was never printed. In fact, the painting read more
'Figuring' it out
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 22, 2012
Three weeks ago, we kicked off the new year with a September 1933 story in which film mogul Darryl F. Zanuck labeled Carole Lombard one of the "nine queens of Hollywood," noting her domain was having the best figure among actresses (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/474070.html). At about that ti read more
The Hearsts meet the Kanes at the Castle
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 21, 2012
Carole Lombard was among the many filmland friends of William Randolph Hearst (shown with Carole, Clark Gable and director Mervyn LeRoy at one of Hearst's famed costume parties). Lombard had briefly dated one of the mogul's sons in the mid-1920s, and counted Hearst's beloved Marion Davies as a good read more
Carole and Fred go goofy, plus a 'gorgeous' facsimile
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 20, 2012
Imagine trying to explain Carole Lombard to someone for the first time -- the earthborn equivalent of the proverbial "man from Mars" -- and the angle you decide to focus on is her ethereal, luminous beauty. You say that she was considered one of the most stylish and elegant actresses of the Golden A read more
An elegiac farewell
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 19, 2012
As might be expected, the sudden, shocking death of Carole Lombard 70 years ago Monday brought forth all sorts of contemporary tributes. I'm going to run one, both because it's particularly poignant and to honor the man who wrote it -- longtime Los Angeles Times writer Edwin Schallert. He worked at read more
More negativity, a breezy book and censorship fears
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 18, 2012
Not long ago, we noted a vintage Carole Lombard 8" x 10" negative of one of her Paramount publicity photos was being auctioned at eBay. That seller is back with another portrait goodie, this one p1202-980, from sometime in 1934:It's an elegant Lombard, outfit trimmed in fur. The negative is deemed i read more
In French, Finnish...and English
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 17, 2012
Carole Lombard never traveled outside North America during her brief lifetime (unless you don't consider Hawaii, a U.S. territory when she went on her honeymoon with William Powell in mid-1931, part of that continent), but she was nonetheless an international star. Here are two reminders of that, fo read more
Memorializing 70 years
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 16, 2012
This day of the year is invariably my most difficult "Carole & Co." entry to write -- the anniversary of the date Carole Lombard, her mother Elizabeth Peters, MGM publicist/chaperone Otto Winkler and the rest of TWA Flight 3, most of them Army pilots, died when their plane hit a Nevada mountain, ret read more
It's real, and it's cheap (for now)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 15, 2012
Many of you have probably heard the saying, "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't." Then again, every now and then, it is. Here's proof, an item currently up for auction at eBay, with the sole bid as of this writing a mere 99 cents:A lovely portrait with that splendid Lombard smile, plus a read more
Not much time for this one
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 15, 2012
Perhaps I should have gotten to this earlier, but I couldn't make out the p1202 number. Now I have (thanks to the seller), and it's a likable, informal portrait of Carole Lombard (don't you love that smile?) from 1935 -- p1202-1258, to be precise:It's an 8" x 10" original for which no bids have been read more
A big milestone for a 'Big Broadcast'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 14, 2012
Today marks the 104th anniversary of Russ Columbo's birth, and music is the subject of today's entry. Carole Lombard never fancied herself much of a singer, but she did love music. I'm not sure what kind of record collection she had, but from all accounts, she probably owned her share. We know she w read more
'I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own...'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 13, 2012
This image of Carole Lombard in a swimsuit from "True Confession," California's majestic Lake Arrowhead behind her, is the base ingredient for today's topic...paper dolls. For some reason, I'm not sure why, this hasn't been something we've explored in our more than 4 1/2 years at "Carole & Co.", eve read more
A pair of goodies, one 'key', plus 10 years of a locked archive
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 12, 2012
Coming across previously unseen Carole Lombard memorabilia on eBay is always a treat, and here are two more examples. Both are from 1937, when Lombard was at the peak of her box-office power.We'll kick things off with p1202-1620, similar to several other poses in that outfit of the time, but slightl read more
We've got a second home!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 11, 2012
Carole Lombard did her share of changing addresses during her relatively brief life, and we're about to do something similar. However, we're not changing addresses -- merely adding a new one.As many of you may have noticed in recent months, once in a while "Carole & Co." has been unavailable or inac read more
Looking back: January 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 10, 2012
For the second straight day, we're reviewing Carole Lombard from a specific period in history -- this time, our monthly "looking back" entry from 79 years ago and our initial examination of Lombard in 1933. It would be a year of change for her, albeit more personal than professional; Carole was stil read more
Carol closes out '29
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 9, 2012
A few weeks ago, we ran an entry on how Carole Lombard (who, at the time, was almost exclusively referred to as "Carol") was covered in newspapers for the first nine months of 1929, thanks to a new resource we had acquired called the Newspaper Archive. We're going to finish out '29, using both the A read more
Three p1202 debuts, and more
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 8, 2012
During her seven-plus years at Paramount (from mid-1930 to the end of 1937), more than 1,700 photographs of Carole Lombard featuring her p1202 player code were issued by the studio. Over the years, I've seen -- and catalogued -- several hundred of them, and now I can add three more to my list.We'll read more