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Carole's got yet another admirer
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 28, 2011
Over the years, more than a few show business performers have cited Carole Lombard as an influence, including Julie Newmar and Teri Garr. Now, add one more talented star to the list.Christine Ebersole has won a Tony Award (like Newmar), has regularly appeared on TV, and her films have included "Toot read more
Another 'Godfrey' publicity artifact
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 27, 2011
Our entry two days ago featured a trade publication ad for "My Man Godfrey," the Carole Lombard-William Powell comedy that hit movie screens in the fall of 1936. We now have another item that shows how Universal promoted this release, which turned out to be a big hit for the reorganized studio (by t read more
There May yet be an Academy museum
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 26, 2011
The closest Carole Lombard ever came to working in a department store was this scene from "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." But in the not too distant future, Lombard and others from filmdom's Golden Age "may" be honored in a building that once housed a fabled department store.It's the old May Co. building on Wil read more
'Herald'-ing 'Godfrey'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 25, 2011
You remember me, right? Well, I'm back with entries for "Carole & Co.", and we're going to start with one concerning arguably Carole Lombard's most famous film, "My Man Godfrey." This pertains to advertising for the film in the Sept. 5, 1936 issue of the trade paper, "Motion Picture Herald":The cove read more
A pretty portrait and a high (and low) slide
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 22, 2011
Here's a fairly rare, but lovely, Carole Lombard Paramount portrait, p1202-594, probably from about 1933. Not sure who took it -- maybe Eugene Robert Richee, possibly Otto Dyar -- but it captures Carole at her most captivating. It's up for auction at eBay; I'm assuming it's not original, since the s read more
Clark Gable and Judy Lewis ....
Carole & Co. Posted by cinemafan2 on Oct 22, 2011
In 1960 shortly before he died, Clark Gable signed his last will and testament. In it he pointedly disavowed any living children. Thus he disowned and disinherited his only living child, a daughter named Judy that he fathered with Loretta Young in 1935. (Subsequently, a son, J read more
Ever enchanting at eBay
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 21, 2011
It's been a few days since we examined eBay for new items of Carole Lombard memorabilia, and look at what just came up -- an exquisite portrait of Carole from the early 1930s. While there is no snipe on the back, there is a stamp with this information:This "incredible photograph of the ever enchanti read more
You(Tube) can now see all of 'Hollywood'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 20, 2011
Carole Lombard, shown first in a lobby card for her first role as a female lead in Fox's 1925 "Marriage In Transit" and then as a supporting player in the 1928 Pathe feature "Show Folks," was at best a peripheral figure in silent cinema. Even if the automobile accident that put her career on hold fo read more
Designing man, part 3: Travis Banton, Photoplay, June 1936
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 19, 2011
To paraphrase old-time radio announcers, "...And now, the exciting conclusion of 'Trials And Triumphs Of A Hollywood Dress Designer,' starring Travis Banton." And also, finally, Carole Lombard (shown above in chic black from the May 1936 issue of Photoplay).The last of this three-part series comes f read more
Searching for the Holy Grail ....
Carole & Co. Posted by cinemafan2 on Oct 19, 2011
Finding a photo of Jean Harlow and Carole Lombard together has been termed by Vince as finding a Holy Grail.Well I found one of Jean Harlow and the Clark Gables together with Clark in his robe and slippers. Both women are attending him. read more
Designing man, part 2: Travis Banton, Photoplay, May 1936
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 18, 2011
A white chiffon gown and a salmon pink negligee are modeled by Carole Lombard in the May 1936 issue of Photoplay. Both outfits were designed by Travis Banton, subject of a three-part series in the magazine, "Trials And Triumphs Of A Hollywood Dress Designer." Yesterday, we examined Banton's arrival read more
Designing man, part 1: Travis Banton, Photoplay, April 1936
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 17, 2011
This lovely image of Carole Lombard, taken by James Doolittle, is among the first true color photographs ever issued of her; it's from the April 1936 issue of Photoplay...and perhaps not coincidentally, its designer happened to be featured in the magazine that month, the first of an illuminating thr read more
Holidays on the horizon
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 16, 2011
Every fall, it seems I forget I have this Carole Lombard picture in my collection -- but not this year. In order to help you with your classic Hollywood Halloween celebrations, I offer you this pic, complete with carved-out pumpkin and mask. (I'm guessing it was from her Pathe period, though it well read more
Get set for Jean's set (at last!)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 15, 2011
Hard to believe it's been more than 5 1/2 years since Universal Home Video released the "Carole Lombard Glamour Collection," a set of six films -- none of which were all that well known to casual movie buffs at the time. (Universal gave Marlene Dietrich and Mae West similar treatment.) The Lombard c read more
Some things from eBay
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 14, 2011
The recent Carole Lombard blogathon, and a few other things, have prevented us from examining Lombard goodies now available via eBay, so we'll look at a few today -- starting with this vintage picture taken of Carole by Tom Kelley, a noted photographer who came into his own in the 1940s and is best read more
Looking back: October 1932
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 13, 2011
James Cagney, shown here with Carole Lombard and Bing Crosby, figures prominently in the Lombard saga of October 1932 -- again for a loanout Carole didn't want to make.The year before, Lombard declined to go to Warners to co-star in "Taxi!" with Cagney -- Loretta Young eventually got the part -- bec read more
Something Blu(-ray)...actually, 'Nothing (Sacred)'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 12, 2011
If Carole Lombard knew what had happened over the years to "Nothing Sacred," one of her favorite films (and top performances), she probably would want to slug somebody. This David O. Selznick production was released in three-strip Technicolor (the first comedy feature to receive such treatment), but read more
Carole plays the publicist
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 11, 2011
Over the years, we've run several entries regarding that week in July 1938 when Carole Lombard became the publicist for Selznick International Pictures, about a year after making "Nothing Sacred" at that studio and before she was to begin work on "Made For Each Other." There's been a story Lombard g read more
'Carole-tennial(+3)!' blogathon: A wrap-up
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 10, 2011
"Carole-tennial(+3)!", the first Carole Lombard blogathon, has come to a close, and applause is warranted to all of you who participated -- including those whose entries came on the final day:* John at "Pretty Sinister Books" details perhaps Lombard's most atypical film, her 1933 foray into the occu read more
'Carole-tennial(+3)!' blogathon: After day 3
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 9, 2011
We are in the homestretch of "Carole-tennial(+3)!", the four-day blogathon honoring the 103rd anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth this past Thursday. Several more entries were presented to us Saturday, and here's the lowdown:* Ivan G. Shreve Jr. of the phenomenal site "Thrilling Days Of Yesterday" read more