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Some 'Supernatural' happenings on Blu-ray
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 10, 2019
Here's news to cheer, not chill, Carole Lombard fans: "Supernatural" (1933), her lone foray into the horror genre, will get a Blu-ray video release from Kino Lorber. (Many thanks to Dan Day Jr. of The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog -- he's a Chicago White Sox fan, hence its name -- for the information.)B read more
'Her name was Carole, she was a showgirl...'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 9, 2019
I've never seen "The Girl From Nowhere," Carole Lombard's 1928 short for Mack Sennett, but the shot above is definitely from that movie, as her outfit is identical to what's on this poster: Now, another visual artifact from the film has cropped up. While Lombard -- even at her maximum reported heigh read more
Carole avec les Quebecois
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 8, 2019
Translated from the French, it means "Carole with Quebecers," a reminder that Lombard was (and is) beloved by both Francophone and Anglophone Canadians.For proof, here's a 2002 Quebec biography of her:These six full pages of clippings are in excellent condition, and for their protection are placed i read more
Portuguese, if you please
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 7, 2019
It's early 1931, and Paramount is pushing Carole Lombard, whom it signed to a long-term contract the previous summer. Not only is she making seductive stills such as this one, p1202-98, but the studio is including her in an array of films -- "It Pays To Advertise," "Up Pops The Devil," "Man Of The W read more
Lombard-Laughton mixup #2, Anna and Allison's 'Mom'-shell and happy 88th, Mamie!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 6, 2019
Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton teamed for two films nearly seven years apart. One was "They Knew What They Wanted," made for RKO in 1940. But here's where confusion sets in.This currently is available at eBay, and yesterday the seller advertised it:There's just one problem: It's not from "They read more
Happy 100th, United Artists!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 5, 2019
That's Carole Lombard in a late 1941 publicity pose, away from the set of what would be her final film, "To Be Or Not To Be." The dark comedy from Ernst Lubitsch enabled Lombard to complete the "circuit" of the era's eight major Hollywood studios -- and the last of these celebrates its centennial to read more
A vintage pic, but bigger and better
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 4, 2019
After an underwhelming Super Bowl, Carole Lombard returns with a new version of a portrait we've seen before -- Paramount p1202-1632. But my previous online pic of it was considerably smaller:The number "1632" indicates it was from late in Lombard's seven-year run at the studio. This is confirmed by read more
On Super Sunday (go Rams!), two for the 'Ladies'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 3, 2019
It's a rainy winter morning here in Los Angeles and were she here today, Carole Lombard certainly wouldn't have the top down. It's Super Bowl Sunday, the contemporary American corporate celebration of overkill, and for the first time in 35 years, LA has a dog in the fight -- the recently returned Ra read more
'See you in church': Mrs. Powell's Bible pops up on eBay
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 2, 2019
Small-town librarian Carole Lombard is shown in church with gambling city slicker Clark Gable (whose character is romantically pursuing her) in this scene from their only film together, 1932's "No Man Of Her Own."At the time this was made, Carole was linked to William Powell (though their marriage w read more
From a former date's daughter, an 'incomparable' tribute
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 1, 2019
It's "Carole & Co." tradition in recent years to open each entry with an image of Carole Lombard, and she's here in this one, albeit atop a bookcase. The man is someone she once dated, famed screenwriter Robert Riskin. What makes this pic remarkable is that it was taken at his home studio, Columbia, read more
How about supper at Sardi's?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 31, 2019
Above is Carole Lombard in a fan-photographed still at Sardi's on Hollywood Boulevard, taken between Feb. 9, 1933, when the West Coast branch of the famed New York restaurant opened, and Nov. 1, 1936, when fire destroyed it. The eatery's design was pure streamline 1930s:Initially, it was open 24 hou read more
Fox is fading away; will Paramount follow?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 30, 2019
"To Be Or Not To Be" filled Carole Lombard with pride for numerous reasons. It finally enabled her to work with director Ernst Lubitsch (born 137 years ago yesterday). It attacked fascism and Nazism as World War II ravaged Europe. And as it was a United Artists production, it let her complete the ci read more
'Sacred' in Sweden
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 29, 2019
It was 81 years ago Thursday that Carole Lombard fans on the European continent saw her in three-strip Technicolor for the first time if the Internet Movie Database is accurate. That's the day (Jan. 31, 1938) that "Nothing Sacred" premiered in Sweden, some 20 days after IMDb states the satiric roman read more
So, who was Diane Ellis?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 28, 2019
This entry is about Carole Lombard (right) and Diane Ellis (shown in Cine-Mundial's December 1929 issue), school friends in Los Angeles who beat the odds and gained success in their hometown movie industry. Both were at Pathe in 1929 (they're shown above in the talkie "High Voltage"), dismissed from read more
Something "dull" about Lombard?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 27, 2019
It's not an adjective Carole's regularly tagged with, certainly not regarding her personality. So, just what's "dull" about the above picture?Well, let's check its backside:Since I couldn't make hide nor hair of it, I contacted the seller, who put up a new version...which is when I finally released read more
Six in sepia from a revived 'Godfrey'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 26, 2019
Carole Lombard's passing in 1942 didn't prevent her films from being reissued, just as they were during her lifetime. And as more of her titles lapsed into public domain, some were picked up and revived by independent producers.One was "My Man Godfrey," which was brought back to theaters in 1948 by read more
More 'Marriage In Transit,' this time in French
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 25, 2019
In yesterday's entry, we noted Carole Lombard's first film under her name, "Marriage In Transit," has been presumed lost since a first at the Fox archives in 1937. But one place it might be uncovered is...France.That's because in January 1926, the magazine Le Film Complet did a two-page spread on it read more
A gown for a wedding she'd really didn't have, from a film we can't see
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 24, 2019
Carole Lombard was closer to 16 than 17 when she modeled this wedding gown on the Fox Studios lot for the 1925 film "Marriage In Transit." Here's the pic in full:Lombard wore the gown during the film, as another still shows:She later disparaged the movie -- or at least her performance in it -- and w read more
Photographed as a photographer
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 23, 2019
Came across this Carole Lombard image of her on the shooting side of a camera nearly a month ago, one somebody marked as being from 1938. I thought nothing of it at the time, until coming across this yesterday: Moreover, the pic, from David Trimboli, had this snipe on the reverse:"Carol Lombard, Pat read more
The Smiths return to the lobby
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 22, 2019
Several days ago, we noted two vintage lobby cards from Carole Lombard's 1941 marital farce "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" were on sale at eBay. As it turns out, so is another, one with considerable differences.Whereas the other two listed only co-stars Lombard and Robert Montgomery, this one also credits sever read more