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The Gables, henpecked
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 8, 2019
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable's move to ranch life in Encino in 1939 grabbed the attention of the Hollywood press. It helped matters that the couple had not one, but two studios promoting them -- MGM, which naturally focused on Gable......and RKO, Lombard's new filmland address. It ran a series on read more
Next month, Hop(per) to it at the 'What A Character!' blogathon
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 7, 2019
Just because I'll be co-hosting a blogathon (on Carole Lombard, of course) in slightly more than three months doesn't mean I can't participate in others. In November, I'll do just that.This event is so considerable that it's co-hosted by three blogs -- Outspoken & Freckled (https://kelleepratt.com/ read more
A happy 111th to Carole!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 6, 2019
Today marks the 111th anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth in Fort Wayne, Indiana. While the parents of Jane Alice Peters (her birth name) probably had all sorts of aspirations for her when she entered this world, chance are becoming a "movie star" wasn't one of them. Nor did those dreams include H read more
Ability through disabilities
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 5, 2019
There are many wonderful Carole Lombard anecdotes. One of my favorites concerns Pat Drew, a studio electrician severely injured (he lots a leg) when a plane crashed in Miaaouri in the mid-thirties. She made it part of any film contract she signed that Drew be involved in production. As a writer note read more
Horsing around on her ranch
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 4, 2019
Even before marrying Clark Gable, Carole Lombard was attracted to farm life. In 1937, she found a ranch in the San Fernando Valley where she kept her beloved Palomino gelding mare Pico, and discovered it was also a good refuge from hectic Hollywood. Now, three samples of bucolic Carole -- all origin read more
Lombard, lengthwise
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 3, 2019
Carole Lombard cut a commanding figure while standing, and cropping said figure only added to her allure. The photo above provides proof, and now I've come across two more examples of a vertical Carole.Neither of these are up for auction or sale; they're simply examples of Lombard in that sense. Enj read more
'30s glamour: Rediscovered, new and restored
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 2, 2019
With improved technology enabling full-color photography to be reproduced on a mass scale, the beauty of Carole Lombard and other celebrities was captured like never before. Her cover picture on the March 29, 1936 New York Sunday News magazine must've wowed its millions of readers.But others chose - read more
When the Smiths came to Radio City
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 1, 2019
If you worked at a New York-area newspaper in early 1941 -- and at the time, there were about a dozen dailies in Manhattan, Brooklyn and other boroughs, not to mention scores of weeklies -- there's a good chance this Carole Lombard photo came across your desk.It's RKO CL-258, an image I've never see read more
Who's chosen what for the blogathon (September update)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 30, 2019
If you wanted to write about "My Man Godfrey" as part of January's recently-announced Carole Lombard Memorial Blogathon, you're a bit too late for the scavenger hunt. Two bloggers -- Cinema Cities and Karavansera -- have already claimed that movie, thus reaching our imposed quota per topic. (The lat read more
A postcard, a pic and a watermark
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 29, 2019
A nice image of Carole Lombard (then again, nearly all of them are). This one's from a British postcard -- here's the back......which is derived from Paramount p1202-587, likely from 1933. Here it is, albeit with a watermark:In contrast to the cropped postcard, this image -- taken from a vintage neg read more
Re-('Modern') Screen'-ing Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 28, 2019
No, Carole Lombard didn't put on an act, and not only was that part of her style, it's one reason her popularity endures some 85 years after this Modern Screen story about her hit newsstands:Lombard's lack of pretense made her popular with both the entertainment community and the filmgoing public, e read more
Acting 'Fast And Loose' with a linen-backed rarity
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 27, 2019
I've analyzed Carole Lombard still images for decades, and can safely say I've never come across the one above before. The seller of this eBay item claims it's from her Paramount film "Fast And Loose" (the only movie Lombard ever made in New York, at what then was the studio's East Coast building in read more
Some blogathon particulars
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 26, 2019
Can it safely be said that Carole Lombard appears appropriately goddess-like in that still above, Paramount p1202-199? I believe it to be taken in early 1932, as Travis Banton draped some cloth over Carole, transforming her from mere mortal to something ethereal.Now that you've seen that image, why read more
Carding Carole (and a not-so-little blonde goddess)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 25, 2019
Like any good blogger, I promote my product. And while Carole & Co. has been up since June 13, 2007, many Carole Lombard fans still aren't aware of it. (I have more than 1,450 Facebook friends, and another 200-plus members through LiveJournal.) So I hype the site through business cards.But now I hav read more
Of Hitchcock and his cattle
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 24, 2019
Carole Lombard was an admirer and close friend of director Alfred Hitchcock, so much so that when she married Clark Gable and they bought a home in Encino, she rented her Bel-Air residence to the British emigre. Did that mean she was immune from Hitch's notorious mind games with actors? Far from it, read more
'Mom' is turning seven, and Bob (hearts) who?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 23, 2019
Had Carole Lombard lived into the post-World War II era, might she have pursued a career in the new medium of television, as her RKO stablemate Lucille Ball did to spectacular success? Both "Fireball" author Robert Matzen and I believe so; each of us conjecture the path she might've taken in TV (htt read more
Glamour out of fashion
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 22, 2019
We often note how timeless Carole Lombard was, and that's accurate; in many ways, her sensibilities are remarkably modern. At the same time, we must admit that a Lombard born in the late 1980s or early '90s would probably have a mindset far removed from her actual self. Growing up with substantially read more
Carole & Coop: 'I Take' these pictures
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 21, 2019
Two original Paramount publicity stills from the 1931 Carole Lombard-Gary Cooper feature "I Take This Woman" now are available via auction at eBay.First, this shot of the ordinarily rough-hewn Coop breaking into Manhattan socialite Carole's dance with her partner:It's trimmed to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4", and read more
Announcing a 'banner' blogathon
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 20, 2019
How many of you remember the "Carole-tennial +3!"? That's what I called my Carole Lombard blogathon in October 2011, the 103rd anniversary of her birth, back when I was in my mid-50s and was a copy editor in Virginia. Nearly eight years have passed since I hosted it; now I'm effectively in my mid-60 read more
'Life' goes to a Lombard movie
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 19, 2019
"Swing High, Swing Low," the third of four teamings of Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, received a big push from Paramount. (And it paid off -- the film became the studio's biggest moneymaker for all of 1937.) Part of it included an ad in the new media sensation, Life magazine, which debuted the p read more