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'Sacred' water
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 21, 2019
Carole Lombard spent quite a bit of screen time in or around water in 1937. Here, she's at Lake Arrowhead with co-star Fred MacMurray; not long before that, Carole found herself in a far less placid aquatic environment for "Nothing Sacred." Want proof? Take a look at these two pics. First: Then, aft read more
A fateful document
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 20, 2019
This is Carole Lombard in late 1936, signing documents in Los Angeles officially adopting that name from her birth moniker of Jane Alice Peters. Little more than a year and a half later, she'd sign another document...one that would come into play much sooner than she may have thought.It's informatio read more
A screenwriter and his 'Extracurricular Activities'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 19, 2019
Screenwriters today will never be able to squire Carole Lombard around Hollywood as Robert Riskin did in 1935. Nearly none will equal him by winning an Academy Award for one of their scripts.But while such lofty achievements are beyond their grasp, the current crop of screen scribes can make a decen read more
Pictured at an exhibition: Carole meets Thelma...in San Diego
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 18, 2019
This isn't the first time we've run this rare photo of ill-fated comedic legends Carole Lombard and Thelma Todd, but now we have some new information about it.First, the description: Lombard, standing, and dancer-actor-future U.S. senator George Murphy greet Todd and her mother who are in a sedan ch read more
Only hours to go!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 17, 2019
Why is Carole Lombard shown with publicity maven Russell Birdwell and a typewriter? As a reminder that there's not much time left to help me in the inaugural Rom Com Fest screenwriting competition. This is the final day.My romantic comedy feature scripts, "Fugitive Sweetheart"......and "Stand Tall!" read more
Cheers to a 'Virtue'-ous Carole, for a 'Brief Moment'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 16, 2019
I've watched "Virtue" several times, but I don't recall seeing Carole Lombard's reformed streetwalker character Mae imbibing, as she does here. However, we know the photo is associated with that film, probably for promotional purposes, for several reasons: * There's a Columbia ID in the lower le read more
Contract-ing Carole for '39
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 15, 2019
For Carole Lombard, 1939 meant much more than marrying Clark Gable. Her film career, in flux after the critical and popular drubbing "Fools For Scandal" received in the spring of 1938, now took off in a different, dramatic direction. Proof of that can be found in two contracts she signed with a new read more
Three days left to help a scribe
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 14, 2019
My writing self (shown via this Carole Lombard pic) re-emerges today, as I ask your help in the inaugural Rom Com Fest's screenplay competition.A celebration of the genre that Lombard, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Cary Grant and so many others helped establish in the Golden Age -- one that remains pop read more
Remembering Doris Day
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 13, 2019
I've never read anything saying Doris Day was a Carole Lombard fan in her youth, but it wouldn't surprise me if she had been. They shared many qualities: An innate sunniness, a brilliant comedic sensibility, appeal to both genders, love for animals.Day, who died this morning at 97 of pneumonia, was read more
For a 'Harlow' costume party, why not dress like Lombard?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 12, 2019
Not much of a photo to be sure, but when you want a joint image of Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow, you don't have much choice. From left are Walter Winchell, Harlow, Russ Columbo, Lombard and Jimmy Fidler in a 1934 photo from the July 1935 issue of Radio Mirror (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com read more
All hail Carole, Hoosier royalty!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 11, 2019
Carole Lombard appears rather regal in this Paramount publicity still for "The Princess Comes Across," doesn't she? So what if her character isn't really Swedish royalty at all but showgirl Wanda Nash from Brooklyn, trying to parlay her ruse into a Hollywood contract while enabling Lombard to impers read more
Showing off the 'Show Folks'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 10, 2019
Now sure how I overlooked this Carole Lombard rarity...but I uncovered it just in time. This photo features Carole with the rest of the cast of the 1928 Pathe backstager "Show Folks" (she's seated at lower right, revealing some leg). The 7" x 9" pic, which I've never seen before, has an opening bid read more
A hair-raising, er, hair-pulling picture
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 9, 2019
For much of "True Confession," the relationship between Carole Lombard's Helen Bartlett and co-star Fred MacMurray's attorney husband Ken Bartlett is pretty mellow. But when pathological liar Helen stretches the truth a bit, things can get, well, fairly hairy...Any doubting Thomases should examine t read more
The Rom Com Fest lowdown: Schedule, ticket info and more
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 8, 2019
Good news for those of us who get a kick out of romantic comedy, just as Carole Lombard and John Barrymore did in "Twentieth Century" 85 years ago: Next month in Los Angeles, the genre will be celebrated with the inaugural Rom Com Fest, specifically from June 20-23.Variety even publicized it yesterd read more
Tonight, meet cute on TCM
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 7, 2019
Many Carole Lombard fans and readers of Carole & Co. are fans of Turner Classic Movies as well, so there's a good chance you probably know what'll be on the channel later today. In case you don't, though, it's a tribute to that staple of romantic comedies, the "meet cute."The term refers to a distin read more
She's back, and single!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 6, 2019
When this photo of Carole Lombard was taken on the steps of the Carson City (Nev.) courthouse on the morning of Aug. 18, 1933, she was technically married to fellow actor William Powell. That would change come afternoon when she was granted a divorce after two-plus years of marriage.Having establish read more
Some pics for a Sunday
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 5, 2019
On this Cinco de Mayo, a few Carole Lombard pics for you. First, the one above, said to be from 1937. I know nothing about why Carole is shown with a camera; does anyone know more?Next, this from the Picture Show Annual of 1933 (http://www.archive.org/stream/pictureshowannua00amal_6#mode/1up), thoug read more
'Screen Guide,' February 1942: A 'hermit wife' in her final days
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 4, 2019
This photo of Carole Lombard with servicemen was taken at the Salt Lake City rail station on Jan. 13, 1942, during a stopover on her journey to Chicago aboard the City of Los Angeles train. If she passed by the newsstand, she may have seen this magazine with good friend Myrna Loy on the cover (sans read more
'Both celebrities.' But who's he?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 3, 2019
Carole Lombard, we'd recognize anywhere, even with that marcelled hairstyle tying the photo to the early 1930s. But who's the man she's with? Fortunately, this is a Paramount publicity photo with a snipe, so we have an answer on the back:Can't read it? A closeup:Note the absence of a reference to th read more
Happy 80th, Union Station!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 2, 2019
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable (shown here in December 1940 boarding an eastbound train as they traveled to Washington and later Baltimore) were no stranger to rail travel; each regularly used it for transcontinental trips. But at the time of their marriage in late March 1939, if they or other Angel read more