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The great p1202 swimsuit mystery
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 9, 2019
"THIS IS AN AMAZING PHOTO!" states the seller of this Carole Lombard eBay item, and few fans would disagree. It's a simply luscious, leggy look at Lombard in a swimsuit, and that come-hither stare from her would reduce any man (and more than a few women!) to an emotional puddle. She's nearly otherwo read more
'Lux' flux: The Smiths are bumped by a 'Stand-In'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 8, 2019
This is how we expect to see David and Ann Smith (Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard) -- as a bickering couple really to rip into each other. (You'd be too, if you just discovered that a bizarre legal technicality has rendered their marriage null and void, enabling Ann to throw David out of the Ma read more
A fashionable time travel trip
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 7, 2019
Carole Lombard looks her usual stylish self in this 1939 fan magazine photo promoting her upcoming film "The Kind Men Marry" (a title soon altered to "In Name Only"). But note who designed it and where it came from -- a tag from a suit supplies the answer:It's the legendary "Irene" (Irene Lentz Gibb read more
Carole at 'home'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 6, 2019
An attractive image of Carole Lombard in the early '30s, which looks to be at home (is William Powell working on a movie?). However, a look at the entire photograph proves it isn't:It's Carole, in character as upstate New York librarian Connie Randall, entertaining guest Babe Stewart (Clark Gable), read more
'So, what's the delivery fee?'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 5, 2019
Honestly, I have no idea why Carole Lombard is on the phone from her Paramount dressing room. Did Hollywood restaurants deliver in 1935, which apparently was when this photo (p1202-1164) was made? Whatever, it's a fascinating image of Carole away from work in front of the (motion picture) cameras. O read more
Go West, if you Mae, with this auction
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 4, 2019
Carole Lombard is pictured on the Paramount lot in the mid-1930s...but had it not been for the actress below, the studio's fortunes -- and hers -- might have been considerably different.Is it an overstatement to say Mae West saved Paramount? Perhaps, but it's no doubt that her films, released at the read more
In praise (yes, praise!) of Harry Cohn
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 3, 2019
For the vast majority of Carole Lombard fans, "Twentieth Century" was the pivotal film of her career. While not a huge hit, it did sufficient business and was seen by enough people and critics to realize that this actress -- generally perceived as a clotheshorse of little distinction -- had comedic read more
A 'Supernatural' Rainbow on the South Side
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 2, 2019
Carole Lombard's "enthusiasm" for the hokum that is "Supernatural" is made apparent in this seance scene, where she probably wishes some magic could transport her to a place other than the Paramount lot. Perhaps a few blocks north on Gower Street to Columbia, where Harry Cohn's one-time Poverty Row read more
Here's how Lubitsch did it
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 1, 2019
Carole Lombard didn't have much time to savor the afterglow, but she called working on "To Be Or Not To Be" the best filmmaking experience she'd had in her career. And a book on its director discusses it and other classic Hollywood masterpieces he made.That director, of course, is Ernst Lubitsch, wh read more
Get ready for SUTS, the 2019 version
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 31, 2019
That's how Turner Classic Movies promoted Carole Lombard when she was part of its Summer Under The Stars lineup for 2011; she's appeared in SUTS, its annual August celebration of classic Hollywood, two other times, in 2006 and 2014. Perhaps she'll return in a year or two (it would help if TCM acquir read more
Collecting scraps, and plenty of them
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 30, 2019
Above is part of a Carole Lombard scrapbook sold at eBay in January 2015 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/756332.html). She's part of a large-scale scrapbook now up for auction, featuring at least two pictures of her.Let's isolate and enlarge those images of her:The seller knows his or her stu read more
'New' p1202s worth a look
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 29, 2019
Huh? What are "p1202s," you ask? As many Carole Lombard fans know, p1202 was the "player number" she was assigned by Paramount after she signed a contract with the studio in 1930, used for publicity stills not necessarily associated with Paramount films she was making. Above, the one that started it read more
Happy birthday, Bill! TCM presents plenty of Powell (and lots of Loy, too)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 28, 2019
This photo is likely the last time Carole Lombard and William Powell were pictured together in public. The former couple are seen dancing sometime in 1940 at Ciro's on the Sunset Strip. The nightclub opened that Jan. 31, and earlier that month Powell -- 16 years older than Lombard -- had married Dia read more
Back from the ranch
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 27, 2019
Two years before marrying Clark Gable and buying an Encino home and ranch, Carole Lombard had a ranch of her own elsewhere in the San Fernando Valley. However, her recent rustic ways aren't on display in this publicity still, Paramount p1202-1481:This photo shoot resulted in numerous released poses, read more
It's time for 'Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2019
Imagine seeing Carole Lombard and Clark Gable in an adjoining car in Hollywood some 80 years ago, and that you were a fan equipped with a camera. Your resume might be this -- a casual image catching both stars in a jovial mood. "Yeah, it's us," they might tell you before going on their merry way.Thi read more
Carole + Coop x 5
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 25, 2019
Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper, shown above in May 1933, have been gone for more than half a century, but each still has legions of fans. Which is why both Lombardians and Cooper campers should be thrilled at this news: Five still photos of them from their two movies together are available at eBay. read more
'Hollywood,' August 1936: Getting ready for 'Godfrey'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 24, 2019
"My Man Godfrey," the landmark screwball comedy that reunited Carole Lombard with ex-husband William Powell, premiered on Sept. 6, 1936; this ad ran in the September 1936 issue of Hollywood magazine. But in the previous month's issue -- which hit newsstands early in July -- Universal's push for the read more
It's back, and cheap (for now)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 23, 2019
Above is Carole Lombard's Paramount p1202-1478, taken by Eugene Robert Richee about 1936. We've run this image before, but another version of it just surfaced at eBay:As you can tell, this one is vintage and shows its age. Here's how the seller describes it:"1st generation silver gelatin. In fine co read more
Portuguese portraits
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 22, 2019
In America in September 1932, Carole Lombard was in the midst of making her second film for Columbia, "No More Orchids"; her first loan-out to Harry Cohn's studio, "Virtue," would be released the following month. But overseas, she was known as an up-and-coming Paramount player, more acclaimed for he read more
Sexy, yes. Original, yes. Columbia, (mostly) no.
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 21, 2019
In the 12-plus years I've run Carole & Co., I've made my share of mistakes. Fortunately for me, many of them can be fixed through editing. However, it's reassuring to know I'm not the only one.The photo above currently is up for auction at eBay; the item's header is "SEXY CAROLE LOMBARD ORIGINAL COL read more