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Breathtaking transparency
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 26, 2020
Carole Lombard had the good fortune to become popular just as color portrait photography took hold, as in the photo above used for the January 1940 cover of Photoplay. Later that year, Lombard posed for another shot in color, an image few if any have heretofore seen. Take a look at this, and you'll read more
Not just the ad...the entire issue
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 25, 2020
In Sunday's entry (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/1072215.html), we noted several pages of an ad for Carole Lombard's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" were available. We weren't completely sure of the source, but now we know of at least one place where it ran......the trade magazine Motion Picture Herald, read more
'Stand Tall!' -- what a concept!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 24, 2020
Hope you've had a good weekend; I know I have. It has to do with something Carole Lombard knew a lot about -- screenplays. Specifically, with something I received Friday night:Yes, at the LA Under The Stars Film Festival, the award for feature screenplay -- most original concept went to my "Stand Ta read more
'This is romance. This is devotion. This is love.' Hitchcock style, that is.
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 23, 2020
Carole Lombard had built a reputation for unpredictability over the years. So in the fall of 1940, it shouldn't have beenthat much of a surprise that after four consecutive dramatic films, she'd return to comedy -- her most popular genre -- by calling on the master of suspense to direct her.Alfred H read more
'Dressing' with plenty of 'oomph'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 22, 2020
"We're Not Dressing" is an atypical Carole Lombard vehicle, in that* It's really a Bing Crosby film, complete with hits for him to sing. She was merely his leading lady. * The supporting cast is strong for a movie of Carole's -- Ethel Merman, Leon Errol, a young Ray Milland, even George Burns and Gr read more
The (literally) colorful origin of 'Screen Guide'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 21, 2020
This probably is what comes to mind after hearing the name Screen Guide magazine: A cover showing a black-and-white illustration on a red backdrop, such as the above of Carole Lombard from November 1937.But the magazine began in a decidedly different fashion, as this cover from August 1936 makes cle read more
Clark and Carole candidly, plus Mimi on 'Mom'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 20, 2020
Imagine having Wesley Ruggles' job...watching iconic figures such as Carole Lombard and Clark Gable go through their love scenes in 1932's "No Man Of Her Own." (Hey, somebody's got do it, right?) Ruggles -- younger brother of actor Charlie Ruggles -- directed two other Lombard films, the '34 dance e read more
Choose your royalty
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 19, 2020
Readers of the New York Sunday News magazine got a special treat in August 1938 -- Carole Lombard on the cover. OK, not that special; a film star more often than not graced the cover in state-of-the-art color, since in 1930s America, screen stars were de facto royalty.And speaking of royalty, look w read more
The subtle side of Pathe Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 18, 2020
Chances are this is the image your mind's eye conjures up when "Carole Lombard" and "Pathe stills" are mentioned: A racy photo, invariably by William E. Thomas, with Lombard revealing lots and lots of skin, though no nudity.The truth was more complicated, as it normally is. Thomas could capture both read more
Friday night, Colleen, Keswick and I 'Stand Tall!' under the stars
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 17, 2020
Carole Lombard examines a script ("Swing High, Swing Low," as it turns out). As a screenwriter, I'd love to get A-list talent to align my way and work on a feature I've written.I'll take a giant step towards achieving that dream Friday night, when I participate in the annual LA Under the Stars film read more
Lombard and Powell visit a recast 'Road House'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 16, 2020
About 7 1/2 years ago, I played "casting director" with Carole Lombard, shown above in Paramount p1202-274. (And no, we're not referring to said "couch"; after Carole responded to that with her inventive invective, I'd be singed to a crisp.) Instead, I was participating in this......"The Great Recas read more
Meet the newlyweds, America
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 15, 2020
It's March 30, 1939, the day after Carole Lombard and Clark Gable put all the speculation to rest and finally married in neighboring Arizona, not long after they were given the legal ability to do just that. Now back in California, it was time to meet the Hollywood press...although many of them stil read more
Cinematographers give their leading ladies visual valentines
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 14, 2020
Step aside, Geena Davis, and let Carole Lombard fire her bow and arrow in our tribute to Valentine's Day. Hope you are having a good day; I'm certain these two people are:At left, one of my favorite actresses, Anna Faris, 43, who with Allison Janney heads the terrific ensemble of my favorite sitcom, read more
A 'Breakfast' NSFW?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 13, 2020
I still don't know the story behind this racy pose of Carole Lombard, having breakfast in a bathtub for the 1941 comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." There was no way on earth that pic (and two others) were going to be used in RKO publicity, and she knew it. Might it have been a favor to director and close fr read more
'Sacred,' en espanol
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 12, 2020
"Nothing Sacred" enabled Carole Lombard fans to see her for the first time in glorious three-strip Technicolor -- and in the screwball comedy genre she was so beloved in. Now we have proof her appeal transcended languages.This is a Spanish-language pressbook for "Nothing Sacred." It apparently is co read more
TCM links Lombard to Oscar
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 11, 2020
OK, so Carole Lombard never won an Academy Award. That's not stopping Turner Classic Movies from including her in its 31 Days Of Oscar celebration tomorrow night.At 8 p.m. (Eastern), TCM will show the 1942 Ernst Lubitsch classic dark comedy "To Be Or Not To Be," whose only Oscar nomination came for read more
The Academy Museum is on the horizon
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 10, 2020
It's hard for me to believe that more than half a decade, in the second half of 2014, I glimpsed that iconic, glittering gown Carole Lombard wore in "My Man Godfrey." I saw in several times, in fact -- part of the popular exhibit "Hollywood Costume."It was held at the old May Co. department store bu read more
The driver who changed Lombard's life
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 9, 2020
One of the most pivotal events of Carole Lombard's life is one we still know relatively little about...and we're referring to the automobile accident in the mid-twenties that may have led to the end of her brief period at Fox.Both items are from the Los Angeles Times of October 1927 (the 13th and 15 read more
A last-minute option not taken
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 8, 2020
Carole Lombard is shown near the Indiana State Capitol on Jan. 15, 1942, as she helped kick off the inaugural war bond rally of World War II. It would be her last full day on earth, as the following evening she and 21 others -- including her mother, Elizabeth Peters, and MGM publicist/chaperone Otto read more
Gorgeous Googie architecture, if not quite built like Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 7, 2020
Carole Lombard's Lily Garland, lingerie saleslady turned Broadway star, ponders life in the pre-Code screwball classic "Twentieth Century"...though I'm guessing many of you were distracted by Lombard's/Lily's luscious leg, wrapped in a shiny silk stocking. Ah, the power of hosiery.So when this pic c read more