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Clark and Carole show their Racing Form
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 28, 2019
Did horses help bring Carole Lombard and Clark Gable together? Maybe so. Each had fondness for the equines, both on the ranch and at the track.We're a few days away from the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita, the legendary and iconic venue in Arcadia that's been immersed in controversy over the past year read more
Two photographic trips 'From Hell To Heaven'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 27, 2019
"From Hell To Heaven" ia yet another indictment of Paramount's use of Carole Lombard. One would like to enter a time machine, journey back to early 1933, march through the famed Bronson gate, find an executive and tell him, "Do you realize what you have here?" They wouldn't for another few years, as read more
Tomorrow, Carole fashionably walks like an Egyptian
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 26, 2019
To Carole Lombard fans in southern California (and there are many): Tomorrow at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, see two of her best performances -- "Virtue," left, and "Twentieth Century" -- in the fifth of six of the series "The Style Of Sin: Pre-Code Film With Kimberly Truhler," hosted by my Fa read more
Darryl F. Zanuck on the star-making machinery, 1936
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 25, 2019
Carole Lombard and William Powell were dazzling theater audiences in Universal's "My Man Godfrey" when a mogul from a rival studio cited them as part of a 1936 trade paper article.20th Century-Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck wrote a piece for the super-sized sixth anniversary edition of The Hollywood Reporte read more
'Becoming Carole Lombard' will be coming next February
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 24, 2019
Carole Lombard is shown at the Biltmore Country Club in Miami in early 1935, where she briefly stayed before visiting the Cuban capital of Havana. It so happens that two instructors with ties to south Florida colleges have made some thoughtful research on Lombard.Back in 2008, Christina Lane of the read more
Should a film poke fun at the Fuhrer?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 23, 2019
How soon they forget! Some 77 years after Carole Lombard starred in Ernst Lubitsch's landmark dark comedy "To Be Or Not To Be," some are wondering whether Nazis (in particular Adolf Hitler) should be made fun of today.A new film -- one adored by audiences -- less so by critics, has sparked debate an read more
Of a 'bruise', and Washington's 'Heart'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 22, 2019
For Carole Lombard and other stars-to-be, "artistic" semi-nudes were popular in the late 1920s. Want proof? Note these poses of Jean Harlow and, of all people, Barbara Stanwyck (in 1926, when she was a showgirl under her birth name, Ruby Stevens):That Lombard image, from Pathe's William E. Thomas (w read more
Hands across the pond, er, table
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 21, 2019
A wonderful souvenir of what may be Carole Lombard's best film at Paramount is up for auction at eBay. It's an 8-page pressbook issued in Great Britain for the 1935 comedy "Hands Across The Table."Nearly six years ago, we created an entry showing the pressbook in full (https://carole-and-co.livejour read more
Focus on a haughty, lovely Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 20, 2019
What's Carole Lombard doing with WIlliam Powell and Gloria Swanson? Since we have the back of this photo, we can find out:Lombard, ex-husband Powell, Swanson and her husband Michael Farmer were at the opera on Oct. 15, 1933 -- two months after Bill and Carole divorced. Wonder if the ex-Mrs. Powell c read more
Carole, Coke and cardboard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 19, 2019
Carole Lombard's considerable consumption of Coca-Cola, shown here in this publicity still from 1935, apparently had paid off for her several years earlier. More than a decade ago, I wrote a Carole & Co. entry (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/199573.html) concerning this image:A closer look re read more
A pensive Paramount portrait
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 18, 2019
This charming Carole Lombard portrait from early 1934, Paramount p1202-659, is now up for sale at eBay. Here's what it looks like without the border:And the bottom of the photo, with the requisite information:The pic measures 8" x 10" and is listed in good condition, with some wear (remember, this i read more
When a studio's survival is Paramount
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 17, 2019
Carole Lombard (shown in a 1936 swimsuit shoot) spent more than seven years at Paramount, and the relationship was, well, complicated. While it ranked among the industry's leaders, the studio never fully utilized Lombard's skills, and most of her signature films were made elsewhere. (Carole wasn't a read more
An auction from Loretta's estate, plus National joy in D.C.
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 16, 2019
Artist Sanniya Harmony created this image of Carole Lombard with two similarly ethereal Hollywood legends, Loretta Young and Marilyn Monroe. We bring this up because Young's daughter-in-law, Linda Lewis, has announced that Julien's is to hold an online auction of many items from Loretta's estate, an read more
A photo raising a 'racket'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 15, 2019
"The Racketeer," the last of three talking features Carole Lombard made at Pathe in 1929, did little to display the Lombard to come in the ensuing decade. Instead, she served as a rather typical leading lady caught up in a tawdry underworld tale starring Robert Armstrong as the title character.A pre read more
For entry #4,000, a photo to Dyar for
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 14, 2019
To Carole Lombard fans: Today marks a milestone at Carole & Co., as this is our 4,000th entry (most of them written by me) since the site began in June 2007. In fact, our last "down" day (one without an entry) was March 31, 2018 -- more than a year-and-a-half ago.So what does the photo above have to read more
TCM Tuesday joy with Powell and Loy
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 13, 2019
Two people close to Carole Lombard, first husband William Powell and good friend Myrna Loy, made for arguably the greatest couple in classic Hollywood history. Turner Classic Movies in the U.S., which runs plenty of Powell and Loy, gives us seven more samples of their cinematic artistry on Tuesday. read more
This 'White Woman' is 86 and still looks fabulous
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 12, 2019
Of course, it helps that it is a publicity still of Carole Lombard for her late 1933 Paramount potboiler "White Woman." She's a nightclub singer in the Malaysian jungle, just married to a Cockney rubber plantation owner (an over-the-top Charles Laughton, in mustache), only to learn that while he's w read more
Reacquainted with an old pattern
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 11, 2019
I know many who enjoy dressing up in 1930s attire worn by Carole Lombard and other stars. Here's a reasonably inexpensive way to pull it off -- use a vintage pattern and make it yourself.We've written extensively on one firm of the era, Hollywood Pattern (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/533166 read more
A Hurrell pic, now with a snipe
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 10, 2019
At the start of the year, I came across this Carole Lombard photo, Paramount p1202-1345, but knew little about it otherwise (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/965465.html). I soon learned it was shot by George Hurrell, and that the "1345" number indicated it was from 1936.Now I know a bit more. read more
Of keybooks and ham: Carole and Clark's early teaming
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 9, 2019
Carole Lombard was given second billing at her home base of Paramount when it acquired Clark Gable from MGM for "No Man Of Her Own"; it was part of the deal to borrow the red-hot star. (And Lombard would've been denied that role had Miriam Hopkins not demanded co-billing -- https://carole-and-co.liv read more