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Always touched by their presence, dear: Carole, Debbie, Mamie
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 6, 2020
Above is Carole Lombard "singing" in the 1933 Columbia film "Brief Moment"; I put quotation marks around the word because she was dubbed on screen. But Lombard was among several blonde icons whose images influenced a flaxen-haired musical goddess of several decades later.It's Debbie Harry of Blondie read more
Looking back, with a smile
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 5, 2020
Discovering new publicity stills of Carole Lombard -- particularly of her Paramount p1202 series from 1930 to 1938 -- is always a thrill for me, and today I added another to my online family.It's p1202-748 (above), from late 1933 or early 1934, showing Carole looking over her shoulder, wearing a flo read more
All those Loretta lots...here's some more about them
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 4, 2020
We've come across yet another thing Carole Lombard and Loretta Young had in common -- both were spokeswomen for 1847 Rogers Bros. silverware (they also hucked Lux soap, but didn't nearly every Golden Age actress?). And that "Adoration" set Young is advertising is among the items available in the upc read more
Showing off the leggy Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 3, 2020
Carole Lombard knew from the start of her career she had good legs, and as far back as her Mack Sennett days never minded showing them off. She continued to do this into the mid-1930s, as this Paramount image, unfortunately without a p1202 number but similar to other leggy Lombard pics of the era, m read more
Literally lots of Loretta (part 2)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 2, 2020
While we have no photographic proof Carole Lombard and Loretta Young ever met, the latter did autograph a picture for the former when Lombard served as guest editor of the April 1936 Screen Book. (To my Facebook friend Linda Lewis, Loretta's daughter-in-law: Did Lombard's name ever come up during yo read more
Literally lots of Loretta (part 1)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 1, 2020
This artwork by Sanniya Harmony is the closest I've ever come to finding a photo of both Carole Lombard and Loretta Young (as you can tell, Marilyn Monroe is also in the mix). I'm sure Lombard and Loretta met at least once, but their interactions were at best infrequent; the closest may have been in read more
The Smiths are in the lobby
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 31, 2020
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" marked Carole Lombard's return to comedy after more than two years' absence, and it drew a solid response at the box office. This was the Lombard people wanted to see on the big screen.Now, an artifact from that film is available via eBay.It's a lobby card, probably 11" x 14", sai read more
Swingin' high (and low) at the 'Picture Show' -- in color
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 30, 2020
Is "Swing High, Swing Low" perhaps Carole Lombard's most overlooked hit? Released in early 1937, this musical drama with Fred MacMurray -- the only film where Lombard sings for herself, no dubbing done -- became an unorthodox smash (Paramount's biggest money-maker for the entire year). Alas, for sev read more
There's 'Safety In' these original 'Numbers'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 29, 2020
That's Carole Lombard, second from left at top, in "Safety In Numbers," her Paramount debut in the spring of 1930. Carole impressed enough officials at the studio to receive a seven-year contract, a significant bounce-back from her questionable dismissal from Pathe the previous fall.Paramount's publ read more
How Carole got to Union Station
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 28, 2020
Above is the only known photo of Carole Lombard at Union Station in Los Angeles. She's with Howard D. Mills, a local Treasury Department official, as she prepares to board the Union Pacific's "City Of Los Angeles" train on Jan. 12, 1942. Less than 100 hours later, Lombard would be dead.But for more read more
An 'MGM slide,' but from a Paramount pic
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 27, 2020
This ad for Carole Lombard's "Safety In Numbers" ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 13, 1930 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/930067.html). We know it to be Lombard's initial film for Paramount, but not everyone does. This slide on eBay is proof:It's listed as a slide for MGM studios, read more
Riding (and dining) the rails with Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 26, 2020
While we now think of Carole Lombard in terms of the plane crash that claimed her life in 1942, she also was experienced in train travel, as most Americans of her era were. (She's shown arriving at New York's Pennsylvania Station in January 1935.) We now can show you how Lombard rode the rails...wit read more
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Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 25, 2020
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Vacaville valentine: A library offering 'Made For Each Other'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 25, 2020
"Made For Each Other" signaled a significant shift in Carole Lombard's career, as she chose to set aside her status as an ace comedienne to show she could pull off dramatic roles. Top-billed over up-and-coming James Stewart when this was released in January 1939 (that would change by year's end, as read more
'Dressing' in 16mm
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 24, 2020
Stunning still of Carole Lombard, isn't it? Well, yes and no. That's her, all right, but it's not a publicity still, but a frame grab from a 16mm print of her 1934 Paramount musical comedy (a reworking of "The Admirable Crichton")...So, for that matter, are all the images you'll see in this entry, i read more
Some 'Supernatural' things
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 23, 2020
"Supernatural" is an anomaly in Carole Lombard's cinematic canon. Made in early 1933 when neither Paramount nor Lombard herself had yet defined herself on screen (she's shown above in a publicity still with co-star Randolph Scott), it was a drama with elements of horror and the occult, neither of th read more
So what's this about a 'new divorce'?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 22, 2020
Carole Lombard and William Powell's divorce was approved in Nevada on Aug. 18, 1933, so it hardly was "new" when this publicity photo, Paramount p1202-1135, was issued in early 1936:But the marking on the back refers to something listed as "New Divorce, The." Huh?Nothing in Carole & Co. files refers read more
When cattle direct
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 21, 2020
Did Alfred Hitchcock, shown with Carole Lombard on the set of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," actually say "actors are cattle"? No, the iconic director claimed; according to him, he actually said "all actors should be treated like cattle."In late 1940, one of his figurative livestock got the chance to turn the read more
Carole Lombard Memorial Blogathon: Wrapping up the entries
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 20, 2020
The four-day Carole Lombard Memorial Blogathon is complete, and I thank Crystal Kalyana Pacey of "In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood" for her help in running the event -- and coordinating things after my heart attack Wednesday night sidelined me for a few days.The blogathon had but 10 entries read more
Carole Lombard Memorial Blogathon: A sleeper car with an upright story
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 19, 2020
This entry is part of the Carole Lombard Memorial Blogathon, co-hosted by this site and "In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood" (https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/the-carole-lombard-memorial-blogathon-is-here/). I apologize for its relative lateness, but my (thankfully minor) heart read more