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Fay Wray and Robert Riskin, The Blogathon: 'Virtue' & 'The Wedding March'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 2, 2019
"Virtue," Carole Lombard's first loan-out from Paramount (made for Columbia in 1932), unveiled a tougher side to this 23-year-old ingenue than had heretofore been seen. Playing a former New York prostitute who hides her past from her cab-driving husband, Lombard shows a complexity not present in her read more
Lombard as best dressed, and stellar screenwriting feedback
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 1, 2019
"I can't imagine a duller fate than being the best-dressed woman in reality. When I want to do something, I don't pause to contemplate whether I'm exquisitely gowned. I want to live, not pose!"That's among Carole Lombard's best-known quotes... but one nevertheless guesses she secretly felt honored i read more
This feline actor was the cat's meow
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 28, 2019
Carole Lombard, cat lover, posed with an unnamed black feline in a publicity still for "Supernatural" (1933). Two years later, a white cat (named Whitey, natch) was her character's pet in "Hands Across The Table" (below).But did you know that one cat appeared in four of Carole's movies? I didn't unt read more
A set where 'Nothing' was 'Sacred'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 27, 2019
Was the set of "Nothing Sacred" the wackiest of any Carole Lombard feature? You can make a good argument on its behalf. Lombard, now with the rep as the queen of screwball following her triumph in "My Man Godfrey" the year before, was back for more. This time, she was directed by fun-loving "Wild Bi read more
Book it, Victoria!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 26, 2019
It's a very special day for the daughter of the man Carole Lombard dated, Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin......and the noted actress he eventually married, Fay Wray.Today, Victoria Riskin's book about her pair of famous parents is released:It's already received rave reviews from the likes o read more
A fashionable portrait of Mrs. Smith
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 25, 2019
Carole Lombard's next-to-last film, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," not only marked her return to comedy but the opportunity to show off her well-known fashion sense for the first time in a while. Unlike her two previous movies, she didn't wear a nurse's outfit ("Vigil In The Night") or a waitress ("They Knew W read more
Some more on rom-coms
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 24, 2019
Hours from the Academy Awards, which Carole Lombard (shown above with Fred MacMurray in "True Confession") probably is monitoring from Hollywood heaven, thoughts on my favorite genre, the romantic comedy:Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman wrote Friday that "Isn't It Romantic" (https://carole-and-co read more
The horizontal Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 23, 2019
No, Carole's not like this......or this......but this (love that sly look on her face(:What's "horizontal" about this isn't so much Lombard as the shape of the image. Most solo fashion stills taken during the Golden Age were vertical images; horizontals were few and far between. This was taken for R read more
Carole, Will and Leslie at the polo grounds
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 22, 2019
No, not the fabled New York ballpark (which baseball fan Carole Lombard may have visited during her 1930 stay in NYC), but a real polo field, the Uplifters Fields in Santa Monica. During the glory days of Hollywood, the sport was popular with the film set. On May 21, 1934, a team of actors defeated read more
A Lombard-Columbo diary, and a rockin' 50th anniversary history
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 21, 2019
The Russ Columbo-Carole Lombard saga didn't end with his mysterious death in 1934, her fatal airplane crash in 1942 or the death of his mother in 1944. (She had a severe heart condition, and family decided not to tell her Russ was dead, but instead was touring the world. While alive, Carole aided th read more
'Ethereal,' indeed
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 20, 2019
It's Carole Lombard Paramount p1202-1274, and we also can tell it's from 1935. Thankfully, this photo also has a snipe on its back:Can't read it? Here it is, magnified:It's ethereal, all right, but then again most of Travis Banton's outfits for Carole were. As for the film listed, note "Hands Across read more
Oh MoMA, some finds from the Fox
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 19, 2019
As "Fox" fades out of sight as a film studio where Carole Lombard worked (she's seen above with Warner Baxter in 1930's "The Arizona Kid"), there's good news for fans of the fabled studio whose cinematic assets are headed to Disney. Alas, Lombard -- who made several silents for Fox in 1925, then ret read more
A still FOR a film, but not FROM one
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 18, 2019
This is Carole Lombard's RKO portrait CL-264, from "They Knew What They Wanted." No, not really. Her character in the 1940 drama, Amy, dressed like this......and this......and this:Hardly the glamour type, right?Getting back to the vintage portrait of Mrs. Gable at the top, it's 8" x 10", single-wei read more
A second glance at a September 'Shado'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 17, 2019
And no, that's not a misspelling. We're referring to Shadoplay, the short-lived, low-priced sibling of its legendary sister fan magazine, Photoplay. Shadoplay began publication in early 1933 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/484371.html). While the 10-cent mag promised the same level of sophist read more
Old-school romcoms, and a spin on the genre today
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 16, 2019
Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery "battle" on the set of their romantic comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," in theaters 78 years ago today. Audiences cheered Carole's return to comedy after several dramas, and the in-and-out genre now known as "romcoms" appears back in again. "Crazy Rich Asians" did far b read more
Lombard, Lukas, linen
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 15, 2019
I've never before seen this still from Carole Lombard's first top-billed feature, "No One Man" (Paramount, 1932). It shows her dancing with future Academy Award winner Paul Lukas (1894-1971). Not only is it in nearly excellent condition, but it's linen-backed and measures 7.75" x 9.75".The good news read more
Happy Valentine's Day, and a 'new' p1202 to love
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 14, 2019
Happy Valentine's Day, as Carole Lombard plays Cupid and shoots a love arrow your way. Someone apparently created this two years ago in a job well done. And here's something else to adore: A heretofore unseen (at least by me, and I've searched Lombard images for decades) photo from Paramount's p1202 read more
Romancing the screen in '32 (the sequel)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 13, 2019
The Carole & Co. entry for Aug. 4, 2013 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/622410.html) featured Lombard on the cover of the April 1932 issue of Screen Romances. Four inside page illustrations also ran:The issue again is available on eBay; is it the same copy? Look at the cover (seen here at an read more
Of June and moon and rom-coms...
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 12, 2019
While romantic comedies have been part of Hollywood's cinematic diet since Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray starred in 1935's "Hands Across The Table" -- heck, the genre dates back to silent days -- to many current moviegoers, rom-coms (a newer term) began 30 years ago with "When Harry Met Sally," read more
'Dressing' with Bing
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 11, 2019
Carole Lombard, like many of Paramount's leading ladies of the mid-thirties, became a co-star for up-and-coming singer Bing Crosby. (About the only two not called upon for such chores were Marlene Dietrich and Claudette Colbert.) Lombard's vehicle was "We're Not Dressing," from early 1934, and two v read more