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Stylish, from whatever year
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 11, 2019
Here's Carole Lombard from relatively late in her Paramount career, p1202-1385. We know that because of the p1202 number (seemingly from 1936) and a date at the bottom -- yet that date is 1938, by which time she had left the studio:Moreover, whomever inscribed this on the back wrote "Now And Forever read more
Learn about Lubitsch, via a Vulture
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 10, 2019
There they are, my favorite classic Hollywood actress and director, Carole Lombard and Ernst Lubitsch, in preparation for "To Be Or Not To Be" on the United Artists lot in 1941.While many fans of the Golden Age are aware of Lubitsch and his "touch," there still are numerous movie buffs unfamiliar wi read more
Drink in the Derby
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 9, 2019
Who's alongside Carole Lombard and Clark Gable at this 1937 Hearst Castle costume party? None other than two-time Lombard co-star Gail Patrick ("Rumba" and "My Man Godfrey") and her husband, Los Angeles restauranteur Robert Cobb of Brown Derby fame. (Cobb later owned the Pacific Coast League's Holly read more
A Francis tentet? Oh, Kay!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 8, 2019
Carole Lombard is shown with Kay Francis in one of the two films they made together, "Ladies' Man" (Paramount, 1931). Tomorrow, Turner Classic Movies in the U.S. is showing 10 of Kay's films, although neither "Ladies' Man" nor her other collaboration with Carole ("In Name Only," RKO, 1939) is among read more
Form-fitting fashion
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 7, 2019
This is Carole Lombard in Paramount p1202-649, taken during 1933 when she was better known for what she wore (and how she wore it) than for any inherent acting ability (although glimpses of the greatness to come already were evident in films such as "Virtue," "No More Orchids" and "No Man Of Her Own read more
Anyone going to the TCMFF?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 6, 2019
The 10th Turner Classic Movies Film Festival is set for next week, about ten blocks east of the Hollywood Boulevard house Carole Lombard called home in the mid-1930s.While I'm not officially attending this year's festival, I plan to soak in the atmosphere and meet people during this annual celebrati read more
A very fine vintage Coop and Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 5, 2019
Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper's first co-starring assignment, Paramount's 1931 drama "I Take This Woman," is celebrated in this stunning vintage still, 8" x 10" and in very fine condition. Its back shows several stamps revealing its status:Want to add this image of two legends to your collection? I read more
Saluting a pair who preserved film history
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 4, 2019
For decades, the 1931 Carole Lombard-Gary Cooper drama "I Take This Woman" had been out of circulation and feared lost. But a 16mm print was found in the late 1990s, followed by one in 35mm. Both have been rehabilitated and exhibited, enabling fans of both iconic performers to see them in action.Two read more
Covering Carole's 'Confessions'? Nope, merely passionate pulp
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 3, 2019
Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount, "True Confession," was thus named in order to be similar to the popular magazine of that era, True Confessions. In fact, an ersatz version of the mag was created for promotional purposes:Apparently another tie-in was to have Lombard appear on an actual True read more
The letter for Lombard I wrote
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 2, 2019
As you probably know, the campaign for Carole Lombard to get a commemorative U.S. postage stamp -- an honor previously awarded numerous Hollywood legends -- is in full swing. I hope you'll join many others in sending your letter of support to the address above.Towards that end, I sent my letter toda read more
For a 'Brief Moment,' no (April) foolin'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 1, 2019
Of Carole Lombard's five releases for Columbia, "Brief Moment" arguably is the lowest on the figurative totem pole. It lacks the career-changing screwball importance of "Twentieth Century," the pre-Code rawness of "Virtue," the glimpses of the Carole yet to come in "No More Orchids" or the maternal read more
Stamp-ing a card to boost the campaign
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 31, 2019
Believe it or not, some years ago, these Carole Lombard postage stamps were actually issued.In Australia. A nice honor (though to be fair, I don't know how Australia selects postage stamp subjects), but it's one Carole has yet to receive from her home country. We Americans can change that.As we've p read more
'Breakfast' in sepia
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 30, 2019
"Love Before Breakfast" showed Carole Lombard in full comedy mode, a few months after the success of "Hands Across The Table" showed she was a star ascendant in that genre and that "Twentieth Century" was no fluke. While not a huge hit for Universal (it'd have to wait until "My Man Godfrey" in the f read more
To Carole and Clark, a happy 80th anniversary
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 29, 2019
Today marks the 80th anniversary of Carole Lombard's second marriage, to iconic leading man Clark Gable. (They're shown the following day at their soon-to-be home in Encino, where they met a huge corps of reporters.)This was a big deal to the moviegoing public, arguably the biggest marriage of Holly read more
A black eye for 'Big News'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 28, 2019
It's among the most famous of Carole Lombard film images: the black eye her character Kay Colby accidentally received in "Love Before Breakfast." But did you know it's not her only movie to include such a scene? And this time, she wasn't the victim, merely a bystander.It's from her 1929 Pathe film " read more
One legend of Life photographs another
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 27, 2019
For someone as vivacious and iconic as Carole Lombard, her cover portrait on the Oct. 17, 1938 issue of Life magazine appears strangely subdued. It's a different side of the star, captured by one of the 20th century's most celebrated photographers -- Alfred Eisenstaedt, along with arguably his most read more
Up pops a 'Devil' of a screenplay
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 26, 2019
For Carole Lombard, the first few months of 1931 were a whirlwind.It's no secret that the early 1930s, before the Screen Actors Guild gained power, were grueling for actors. (Think of Joan Blondell, who appeared in thirty-five films -- some as a star, others in supporting or bit parts -- between 193 read more
TCMFF at 10: Celebrating a festival's geekish roots
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 25, 2019
Here I am near Carole Lombard's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the 2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Finances, or lack thereof, have prevented me from attending another -- even though I now live in Los Angeles -- but thousands of others continue to make the pilgrimage to Hollywood read more
She didn't board this 'Gambling Ship'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 24, 2019
Carole Lombard and Cary Grant teamed up in 1932's "Sinners In The Sun" (Grant's second feature), then had their only co-starring assignment seven years later in the drama "In Name Only."But did you know Carole and Cary nearly worked together on another production? (And no, we don't mean "The Eagle read more
For a Bennett blogathon, preparing to turn on the 'Power'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 23, 2019
I've signed up for yet another blogathon, one for an actress who was part of a fabled acting family. She made one film with Carole Lombard, a little-remembered silent comedy early in their careers where both had bit parts (that's Carole above from the movie).The actress who's the blogathon subject? read more