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TCM salutes the glorious Glenda
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 2, 2018
It wasn't Marie Wilson's fault that Carole Lombard's only film for Warner Brothers, the comic misfire "Fools For Scandal," was arguably the worst starring vehicle of her career. Rather, it was a bad match of star and studio; in 1938, Warners had no feel whatsoever for screwball, as was made painfull read more
'Screwball' redux, now available
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 1, 2018
Forty-three years ago, the Carole Lombard biography "Screwball" by Larry Swindell was released. It's a solid read, one that can be found today in many libraries, or you can buy it online, often for triple-digit prices.But you do have an alternative. In 2016, "Screwball" was re-issued with this new c read more
Fame, in a mug
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 31, 2018
We've all heard of the Hollywood Walk of Fame (which includes Carole Lombard's star. above), but have you ever heard of the Hollywood Hall of Fame? I haven't, but apparently there was one, and we have proof -- this mug:Here's what the other side looks like:It misspelled director Allan Dwan's last na read more
Something new in the Field(s)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 30, 2018
Over the years, Carole Lombard was pictured with many Hollywood contemporaries, but here's a "teaming" I've never seen before -- Lombard alongside W.C. Fields.Carole and the comic curmudgeon were hardly strangers; both worked at Paramount in the early and mid-1930s and likely crossed paths at one ti read more
Pondering Powell
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 29, 2018
I've been writing quite a bit of late about Carole Lombard's first husband, William Powell. With all the hubbub over Carole's marriage to Clark Gable -- and even her ill-fated romance with Russ Columbo -- Powell tends to be overlooked...just as when great Golden Age romantic comedy actors are mentio read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'No More Orchids'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 28, 2018
While Carole Lombard's first film for Columbia, the adult-themed "Virtue," drew uncertain audience and critical reaction at the time, her follow-up for Harry Cohn's upstart studio in late 1932, "No More Orchids," was a more traditional romance. It's this week's topic at "Cinematic Sundays."Louella P read more
Forced out of the stream by the suits: RIP to FilmStruck
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 27, 2018
Many fans of classic films, such as Carole Lombard's comedy "To Be Or Not To Be," are not in a good mood this weekend. That's because on Friday, WarnerMedia stuck a proverbial dagger into their hearts.FilmStruck, the two-year-old streaming service that was a collaboration between Turner Classic Movi read more
The letter that launched a legend
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 26, 2018
In 1912, Jane Alice Peters turned four years old and resided in Fort Wayne, Ind. That same year, Myrna Williams turned seven in Helena, Mont.Neither could have known a lengthy letter sent that year would impact their lives...or that of a one-year-old in Kansas City named Harlean Carpenter:That year, read more
A different sort of 'Paramount Player'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 25, 2018
Carole Lombard spent more that seven years at Paramount Pictures, and though it could be argued it never fully exploited her talents, she left it in far more successful shape than when she entered in the spring of 1930.But that's not the "Paramount Player" we're discussing today. Rather, it's a toba read more
Modern prints, classic poses
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 24, 2018
How could one not adore this image of Carole Lombard on the ranch she owned about 1937, posing in pajamas with one of her cattle? If it was an original, vintage photo from a classic Hollywood collector or a fan magazine's files, it might go for three figures (plus $100).But the good news for you -- read more
Hollywood's ladies of the night
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 23, 2018
Carole Lombard a streetwalker? Well, she portrayed one ("Mae") in the tough 1932 Columbia pre-Code "Virtue" (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/946397.html). But while Carole never had to ply the trade on the street, she certainly was aware of those who did.The "world's oldest profession" was par read more
Carole, with a clean-shaven Clark
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 22, 2018
Carole Lombard's out on the town with Clark Gable...trouble is, Clark evidently forgot to bring his mustache along. What's going on here?The answer: Marion Davies.In 1936, Davies -- who had left MGM for Warner Brothers the year before (a move where Marion's benefactor, William Randolph Hearst, had h read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'Virtue'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 21, 2018
The last time we examined a Carole Lombard film that wasn't from Paramount as part of our "Cinematic Sundays" series, I was still 62 and the NFL was in the first full weekend of exhibition games. It was Aug. 12, and our subject was Fox's "The Arizona Kid." In today's film, Carole heads a few blocks read more
Roping in those 'Hearts And Spurs'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 20, 2018
The other day, we noted an artifact from one of Carole Lombard's Fox silent westerns with Buck Jones, "Gold And The Girl." Now another item from one of their unfortunately lost collaborations, "Hearts And Spurs," has surfaced. (It would be the only time Lombard would be directed by W.S. Van Dyke, wh read more
Keeping it under her hat
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 19, 2018
This Carole Lombard portrait is Paramount p1202-178, from sometime in 1931, picturing her in a stylish dark hat. I knew of at least two other p1202s taken at that session -- p1202-172......and p1202-174:But a Facebook entry at a Lombard site grouping the "hat" photos revealed the existence of yet an read more
Netflix, leading the rom-com revival?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 18, 2018
If Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery were to magically reappear today (hey, perhaps Bob's daughter Elizabeth could do some Samantha-style conjuring!) and they sought to make another romantic comedy a la "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," you might want to point them in the direction of Albuquerque.The New Mexic read more
'Anarchy' on the Blu-ray
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 17, 2018
It's been a terrific autumn for Carole Lombard video releases. "Nothing Sacred" and "Made For Each Other," her two Selznick-International films which for years languished in public domain hell, were revived in Blu-ray form (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/938111.html). So too was Lombard's scr read more
A Mare (Island) in the Navy
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 16, 2018
"From Hell To Heaven," issued in early 1933, isn't among Carole Lombard's better-remembered films -- it's essentially the "Grand Hotel" formula transferred to a resort on the eve of a major thoroughbred race -- but like many of her movies, it hung around for a while. In fact, it played that June at read more
A silent billhead that speaks volumes
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 15, 2018
Carole Lombard and Buck Jones, shown together in the 1925 Fox western "Hearts And Spurs," had a few things in common. Both were Indiana natives (Jones hailed from Vincennes), both found fame in films and both died violently in 1942. (Jones was among the nearly 500 fatalities at the Coconut Grove nig read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'Sinners In The Sun'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 14, 2018
Carole Lombard continued her ascent amongst the leading ladies of Paramount with "Sinners In The Sun," a romantic drama issued in May 1932. It's this week's entry in our series, "Cinematic Sundays."If "Sinners In The Sun" is at all remembered today, it's for being the second movie made by a Hollywoo read more