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Myrna on the cover, Carole (and Fieldsie) inside: Now that's 'Modern'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 7, 2019
Over the years, several actresses played Carole Lombard's best friend (think Una Merkel in "True Confession"). In real life, that honor went to Madalynne Field, the statuesque former Mack Sennett comedy cohort who also became Lombard's personal secretary for several years. (She's shown above with Ru read more
February 12 or December 2?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 6, 2019
I've never seen either of these poses of Carole Lombard before, so I'm sort of excited to come across it. But I'm also confused about a few things. The back of the pics, for instance:Find that hard to read? I'll decipher it for you: 235 East 45th Street, New York CitySyndicating prohibitedNot to be read more
Her early success is 'Transit'-ory
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 5, 2019
Jane Alice Peters, now known professionally as Carole Lombard, must have been thrilled in early 1925 when, at a mere 16, she was hired as the leading lady for the Edmund Lowe vehicle "Marriage In Transit" for Fox. And the world was ever so slowly taking notice.We have proof of that, thanks to the Me read more
The answer is oats
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 4, 2019
I frequently check eBay's Carole Lombard files to see what new memorabilia is available. Yesterday, the above item came up...and while the seller knew it was of Carole, he or she drew a blank about its origins:It is indeed either "a display from a store product," or a mail-order giveaway. And said p read more
In less than a month, we 'return' to the '20s
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 3, 2019
Perhaps these images from the Mack Sennett shorts "The Campus Vamp" and "Run, Girl, Run" encapsulate our vision of Carole Lombard in the 1920s -- a fun-loving, athletic co-ed. OK, so the real-life Lombard's formal education ended during her sophomore year at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. No ma read more
On Catalina Island, the last picture show?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 2, 2019
Carole Lombard and Bing Crosby teamed for one movie, the 1934 Paramount songfest "We're Not Dressing," and it was a fun experience for both. Part of this lighthearted twist on "The Admirable Crichton" was filmed on Catalina Island, where the pair played practical jokes on each other. (She yelled to read more
A little time left to pick up a 'New Movie'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 1, 2019
The exuberance Carole Lombard and William Powell had felt on their honeymoon in mid-1931 had largely dissipated two years later. Not replaced by discord, mind you, just a sense that this couple were better friends than lovers. (They would remain that way until Carole's death.) In June 1933, Lombard read more
Her Hollywood house and its intoxicating aura
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 30, 2019
Carole Lombard resided at 7953 Hollywood Boulevard for less than three years (roughly late 1933 to mid-1936), but it became an integral part of the Lombard legend. And why not? Think about her timeline. When the 1930s began, Carole was living with her family, then in 1931 would soon marry, and move read more
The 1932 'meet cute'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 29, 2019
Too often we view "No Man Of Her Own" through the prism of what was to come for Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, which really isn't fair to either the film or to its leads. In 1932, each had other spouses, and while celebrities' marriages are volatile by nature, no one at the time expected them to wi read more
Giving thanks for virtual rail tours back in time
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 28, 2019
A very happy Thanksgiving, but to celebrate today, we're going back to a time long before Carole Lombard met Clark Gable......more than a century. The girl then known as Jane Alice Peters wouldn't be at the ocean with her brothers today; the second leg of the season's first winter storm is hitting L read more
UK Lombard fans: London calling in January with BFI tribute
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 27, 2019
"Vigil In The Night," arguably Carole Lombard's finest dramatic performance, is set in England in the late 1930s. And come January, that nation's British Film Institute will honor her legacy with a London tribute.Thirteen Lombard films will run throughout the month at thr BFI Southbank fourplex, the read more
'Orchids' to this rarity
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 26, 2019
Few would call "No More Orchids" (1932), the second of five films Carole Lombard made for Columbia, a masterpiece. But it surely rates as solid entertainment and at times hints at the comedic brilliance she would show later in the decade (despite a few moments, this really isn't a comedy by any mea read more
A December shaded in Blonde(ll)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 25, 2019
This admittedly isn't much of a picture, but this from the July 1935 Radio Mirror is as close as we've come to the holy grail of a Carole Lombard-Jean Harlow photo together. (They're with broadcasters Walter Winchell and Jimmie Fidler in 1934, as is Russ Columbo.)So if said pic technically solves th read more
On the set during 'Breakfast'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 24, 2019
Universal's "Love Before Breakfast," like its early 1936 Paramount contemporary "The Princess Comes Across," is a solid if unspectacular Carole Lombard film that bolstered her comic credentials in advance of that fall's hit "My Man Godfrey." This photo shows Carole shooting a scene with co-star Pres read more
Isn't this suite? Dubai hotel salutes Carole, and Paramount
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 23, 2019
Carole Lombard's dressing room at the Paramount studios in Hollywood was exquisite, designed with all the comforts a star of the '30s could want. The royal treatment is echoed in a new, luxurious hotel in a place Lombard probably never heard of during her lifetime......Dubai, the city in the United read more
Off the shoulder from Otto
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 22, 2019
This oh-so-sexy portrait of Carole Lombard baring her shoulder was taken by Paramount's Otto Dyar and ran in the April 1931 issue of The New Movie Magazine. We ran a piece about this issue, with Kay Francis on the cover, four years ago this month (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/831129.html).W read more
'Food' to 'Fools' in one fell swoop
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 21, 2019
"The King"? That doesn't look like Clark Gable. And what's Carole Lombard doing with "Food"?It's actually a trade ad from Warners promoting Lombard's next movie, the only one she would make in Burbank. The ad also notes Rodgers & Hart music, which the Lombard and Fernand Gravet characters (he'd rece read more
From an early RKO session
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 20, 2019
Soon after Carole Lombard signed with RKO in early 1939, she worked on a session with studio photographer Ernest Bachrach, no stranger to Hollywood glamour (his prior subjects included Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn). Two samples of that session -- further proof Lombard's style transcended whic read more
After 90 years, mint 'High Voltage'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 19, 2019
It was 90 years ago that Carole Lombard began talking on screen with the otherwise creaky Pathe drama. The tale about a group of bus travelers stranded in a snowstorm isn't much of a movie, but when it comes to artifacts from the film, that's frankly irrelevant.Note this lobby card, for instance:It' read more
Carole's Venice Pier party and a strange coding
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 18, 2019
One of Carole Lombard's social highlights was the June 1935 party she threw at the now-defunct Venice Pier amusement park. There, many of her friends -- famous and anonymous -- had plenty of fun.This pic of Carole, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and Richard Barthelmess is often reprinted from the soir read more