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The Lombard stamp campaign is on!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 22, 2019
Facebook friend and fellow Carole Lombard fan Brian Lee Anderson announced today the 2019 U.S. postage stamp nomination for her has officially been submitted to an advisory committee for review and final approval.Each of us can participate in the campaign. Send letters to: Here's a sample letter, on read more
A 'little' more on Monroe from Morgan
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 21, 2019
One of my favorite Carole Lombard books, "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star," was authored by British Facebook friend Michelle Morgan.(Full disclosure: I aided Morgan in her research, and am one of two people the book is dedicated to.) Now she's back with a volume on a favorite subject of hers. read more
A new, free way to Rom-Com Fest
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 20, 2019
We're officially three months away from the inaugural Rom-Com Fest in Los Angeles, a celebration of the genre Carole Lombard popularized with films such as "The Princess Comes Across." Part of the event includes a script competition, but after sending my feature "Stand Tall!" to them......I since ha read more
Good morning, Iowa -- Clark and Carole are married!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 19, 2019
The somewhat secretive nature of the relationship between Carole Lombard and Clark Gable may explain why no photos exist from their wedding ceremony of March 29, 1939. (The photo above was taken the following day, when the couple met reporters.) * First, they exchanged vows in Kingman, Ariz., far fr read more
The musical side of Carole in 'Jeopardy!'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 18, 2019
We send best wishes to Alex Trebek, whose "Jeopardy!" reverse-quiz show has been a constant site of Carole Lombard cultural references (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/44141.html, https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/859935.html). But look at that stunning photo above, Paramount p1202-681, th read more
For San Simeon, a centenary of sorts
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 17, 2019
Neither Carole Lombard nor her two actor husbands, William Powell or Clark Gable, were strangers to the central California opulence in San Simeon popularly known as Hearst Castle. (Bill and Carole are shown near the main entrance in 1931.) This year marks a milestone for the landmark, as it was 100 read more
The stamp campaign begins
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 16, 2019
Has Carole Lombard ever been featured on a postage stamp? The answer is "yes," from some unlikely places. In 2007, we discovered she was on stamps issued in obscure former Soviet republic of Karakalpakia (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/53110.html), and two years later, we learned the tortured read more
Salmon and smiles 'Before Breakfast'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 15, 2019
Like Carole Lombard's "The Princess Comes Across" slightly later in 1936, "Love Before Breakfast" shows her in a capable comedy mood with hints of future greatness yet to come. (Such "My Man Godfrey" greatness would take place on the same Universal lot where "Breakfast" was filmed.) To promote "Brea read more
Script girl
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 14, 2019
Carole Lombard's 1934 film "Now And Forever" has a few interesting things going for it. For one thing, it teams her with Gary Cooper for the second (and last) time. For another, it's her only pairing with Shirley Temple, just before the moppet became the biggest child star in movie history.And we le read more
See you in court
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 13, 2019
It's Aug. 18, 1933, and Carole Lombard -- now officially a Nevada resident following six weeks' time in the Silver State -- prepares to file for divorce from William Powell, her husband of little more than two years. Most celebrities going through the procedure dissolved the knots in Reno, but contr read more
From the heartland to Hollywood heights
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 12, 2019
There probably are many reasons Carole Lombard and Clark Gable developed such a romantic rapport, even if sparks didn't immediately ignite during the lone film they made together, 1932's "No Man Of Her Own." Lombard's roots were in Indiana, Gable's in adjacent Ohio and each carried a Midwestern sens read more
Clark and Carole as a couple
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 11, 2019
It's mid-April 1936, and the romance between Carole Lombard and Clark Gable is heating up Hollywood. So what if Gable's already married to the much older Ria Langham? Their lack of passion is no secret to the public.I'm not certain whether they're attending is a boxing match, a ballgame or whatever. read more
Stany stands up for writers
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 10, 2019
As far as I know, this is the only image of Carole Lombard and Barbara Stanwyck, taken on Thanksgiving 1936 at Barbara's ranch in the San Fernando Valley. They were friends, each at the time romantically linked to Hollywood heartthrobs they later married (Lombard to Clark Gable, Stany to Robert Tayl read more
Carole packs a punch in Danish (again)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 9, 2019
"Nothing Sacred," Carole Lombard's Technicolor laughfest, was popular across the globe, no matter what language audiences spoke. One of those languages was Danish, as we discovered two months ago when a program that may have been from a 1948 re-release was advertised on eBay (https://carole-and-co.l read more
'Twentieth Century' as the comedy of life
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 8, 2019
Carole Lombard's only overlap of pre-Code and screwball comedy, "Twentieth Century," enabled her to evolve from featured player to bona fide star. But this sophisticated Broadway satire had different titles in other countries whose citizens didn't know the Twentieth Century was the name of a fabled read more
Bob and Fay, part 2: Wray and Riskin go West(wood)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 7, 2019
Of late, it may seem as if this Carole Lombard site has been hijacked by Fay Wray and Robert Riskin. If so, we're willing accomplices, since their daughter, Victoria Riskin, recently released a well-reviewed biography of her actress mother and screenwriter father.Tuesday night, I met Victoria at a W read more
So, what did she think about Hollywood?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 6, 2019
It's 1935 and Carole Lombard, a favorite of fan magazines for her blend of beauty and outspokenness, is a frequent subject for interviews. One of them has this tantalizing title......"What Carole Lombard Thinks About Hollywood." It's from someone named Marcella Burke and begins on page 40 of the Aug read more
A Swede-looking cover
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 5, 2019
Carole Lombard's "I Take This Woman" wouldn't premiere in Sweden until Jan. 2, 1932, but eight months earlier she already was known there. For proof, check out the cover of this Swedish magazine from April 19, 1931 -- a stunning image of Lombard I've never seen anywhere:The illustrated publication, read more
Riskin-Wray: A blogathon past and a Film Forum future
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 4, 2019
Carole Lombard and Robert Riskin, a Hollywood couple that almost was, are shown at an event with a Hollywood couple that became legendary -- Irving Thalberg, left, next to wife Norma Shearer. Years later, screenwriter Riskin married a renowned actress, Fay Wray:We've been discussing Riskin and Wray read more
Hollywood, Romanian style
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 3, 2019
When it comes to Romania and classic Hollywood, it's hard not to think of horror a la Transylvania, such as Carole Lombard's genre spin in "Supernatural." But in the spring of 1938, when Lombard was at her global apex following "Nothing Sacred" and "True Confession," she was popular there, too.A Rom read more