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Yet another blogathon, this for Riskin and Wray
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 21, 2019
I've been contributing Carole Lombard-related entries to several blogathons recently, including one of Eugene Pallette last month for the "What A Character!" blogathon and one last week on Lombard's activities in 1938 for a blogathon dedicated to Hollywood happenings that year. Now, time for another read more
More where that came from
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 20, 2019
Yesterday's entry dealt with three lobby cards for Carole Lombard's "Made For Each Other." That same seller has six other vintage lobby cards from four of her films, including Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 marital farce "Mr. & Mrs. Smith": This pictures Carole with co-star Robert Montgomery. It's an excel read more
These lobby cards were 'Made For Each Other'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 19, 2019
Carole Lombard closed out 1938 -- the subject of a current blogathon -- by filming "Made For Each Other" with up-and-coming James Stewart at Selznick International, although this blend of comedy and drama (with far more emphasis on the latter) would be released until early 1939.Three vintage lobby c read more
The 'Made In 1938' blogathon: For Carole, more action off-screen than on
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 18, 2019
For Carole Lombard, 1937 arguably marked her artistic apex, at least on screen. She began the year still enveloped in critical hosannas from "My Man Godfrey," and ended '37 with not one but two hit comedies: The Technicolor "Nothing Sacred" from Selznick International and "True Confession" from Para read more
Lombard's lessons in living: One example
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 17, 2019
Yesterday, the 77th anniversary of Carole Lombard's death, we noted she was an inspiration to subsequent generations. And here's an example of that, from a longtime Facebook friend:_______________________________________Carole Lombard: What she represents, 77 years on... by Tally HaugenAnother anniv read more
Some thoughts on Carole's angel day
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 16, 2019
This portrait of Carole Lombard was painted by Charles Binger in 1936, and to me seemed a good way to open this commemoration of the 77th anniversary of her passing. This is the 12th such entry I've written since beginning Carole & Co. in mid-2007, and as I've often stated, they're never easy to wri read more
First a moot point, then a new pic
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 15, 2019
Before making an entry on any Carole Lombard autographed picture up for auction, I invariably consult with my preferred authority on this topic, longtime friend Carole Sampeck. No one today knows Lombard's signature (and its validity) better than she does.So after seeing this advertised on eBay, I s read more
Lobby card? Press guide cover? You decide
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 14, 2019
Is "Vigil In The Night" Carole Lombard's best dramatic performance? It's surely her most intense, as under George Stevens' direction, she plays a no-nonsense English nurse in a role where she demands to be taken seriously. It was a far different Lombard from the one audiences enjoyed seeing, which m read more
77 years ago yesterday...
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 13, 2019
...Carole Lombard left Los Angeles for what would be the last time.This photo apparently was taken at Union Station on Jan. 12, 1942 -- that's certainly the outfit Lombard wore on her productive but ill-fated war bond tour -- but who's the man with her? I have since learned he's Howard D. Mills, sta read more
Ready, aim, fire!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 12, 2019
Carole Lombard, ever the athlete, showed off her prowess in many ways. One of them was through skeet shooting, which she learned from the youthful Robert Stack, long before he became an actor.She also impressed the likes of "True Confession" screenwriter Claude Binyon (https://carole-and-co.livejour read more
A 'new' pic from RKO
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 11, 2019
This image of Carole Lombard knocked me out the instant I saw it at the CAROLE LOMBARD !!! Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/groups/421288827952473/). An inquiry about it disclosed it's from an RKO shoot in 1940 (photographer unknown) and was issued as CL-94:Enjoy. read more
Scooting with Carole, and (at last) a new ep for 'Mom'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 10, 2019
In 1938, Life magazine's Alfred Eisenstaedt took an array of Carole Lombard photos for a cover feature which ran that Oct. 17. One of them showed Carole on a scooter moving about the Selznick International lot, where she was filming "Made For Each Other."But several other of his scooting images have read more
Keep searching for silents
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 9, 2019
Carole Lombard was a mere girl of 16 when she made "Hearts And Spurs" with Buck Jones in 1925. Seen it? Probably not, since in 1937 it and other nitrate negatives of silents she made at Fox were destroyed in a vault fire. None of Lombard's films where she was more than an extra made before her 1926 read more
Some inspiration, from Carole (and Michelle)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 8, 2019
One of the best books about Carole Lombard is my Facebook friend Michelle Morgan's "Carole Lombard: Twentieth Century Star" (for which, it must be added, I assisted her in research and am one of two people it is dedicated to).In her blog today, she noted that we're nearing the anniversary of Lombard read more
Serving up some Danish...is 'Nothing Sacred'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 7, 2019
Combine Carole Lombard in Technicolor glory with a funny, acerbic script from Ben Hecht, and it's easy to see why "Nothing Sacred" was a huge American hit in late 1937. And while it's frequently said today that movie comedy doesn't travel well, that wasn't the case in Lombard's time. "Nothing Sacred read more
Two original samples of glamour, circa 1933
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 6, 2019
Introducing the latest member of my Carole Lombard Paramount p1202 collection, now some several hundred strong...p1202-335.From the number, I'm guessing it to be from early to mid-1933. Lombard looks very imposing in that gown, perhaps one of the reasons Paramount saw her more as a clotheshorse than read more
#NationalScreenwritersDay: Saluting a guy named Jo
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 5, 2019
Aside from starring Carole Lombard, what does this ("Lady By Choice, 1934)" ......have in common with this ("Made For Each Other," 1939)?The answer: The same man wrote both screenplays, as well as many others. And since this is #NationalScreenwritersDay, where we honor the purveyors of cinematic mag read more
'Movie Life,' June 1939: Carole and Clark's wedding, plus Olivia on the cover
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 4, 2019
In late March 1939, the rumors became reality: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable tied the knot. And Hollywood fan magazines went to work.Since Clark and Carole sped off to Arizona to marry discreetly, no publication had pix of them saying "I do." But when these movie titans returned to Los Angeles and read more
A new photo, tres cheek
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 3, 2019
This Carole Lombard photo looked new to me when I first saw it..- and when I found it had a Paramount p1202 number (1345) and that it didn't match anything in my Lombard collection, my thoughts were happily concerned.Alas, all I know about it is that number and an estimated date when it was issued ( read more
Let's get small! Restoring classic Hollywood in miniature
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 2, 2019
Not the most glamorous photo of Carole Lombard by a long shot -- she's got something on her mind, and she's clearly not in the best of moods -- but the Hollywood street she's walking on sometime in the late 1930s is being re-created.In miniature, that is.Truth be told, this reproduction, depicting H read more