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Put away that pasta, Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 13, 2018
Carole Lombard tries to eat her spaghetti correctly at dinner. And guess who's alongside her, ready to provide guidance?None other than Charles Laughton, her co-star in the 1940 film "They Knew What They Wanted," an adaptation of Sidney Howard's prize-winning play from the 1920s. (Since Laughton was read more
Carole, Selznick and another book
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 12, 2018
It's 1938, and word is Carole Lombard's being considered for the lead in an adaptation of a popular book whose film rights were purchased by David O. Selznick.No, not that one.While the producer focused much of his attention on the mega-property "Gone With The Wind," where he's shown with Lombard, C read more
Variations on a theme
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 11, 2018
Stunning image of Carole Lombard, doncha think? It's just been put on sale at eBay. But if you miss out, don't fret -- another pic, a slightly different pose from the same session, also is available:From the coding (which doesn't appear to be Paramount's) and more importantly the clothing, I'm guess read more
A lady with drive: Of Lombard and her license
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 10, 2018
In the 1928 Mack Sennett short "The Campus Vamp," coed Carole Lombard, still a teenager when this was made, is shown driving a car. It wasn't anything new for her, if information from her California driver's license replacement form is to be believed.Take a look:Lombard was applying for a new licens read more
Heralding, en espanol
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 9, 2018
Carole Lombard's films, such as "White Woman," were among the many movies that used heralds -- small two-sided printouts -- to promote the releases. They were used in other languages, too, as the following three Spanish-language heralds, all from films released in 1934 (two years before Spain's Civi read more
Something 'new' in the p1202
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 8, 2018
Discovering a heretofore unseen (by me, at least) Carole Lombard p1202 photo is akin to finding buried treasure. And so it is with the pic above, officially p1202-407 from early 1933.Even better, more information on the photo is on its back:P1202-407BACK TO SATIN. Black as ebony, simple and sleek, i read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'No One Man'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 7, 2018
After a hectic first half of 1931, things quieted down for Carole Lombard in the second half. Marriage to William Powell and a few illnesses (including one that prevented her from participating in the screen adaptation of Broadway's "The Greeks Had A Word For It" (the last word was changed to "Them" read more
A happy 110th, Carole!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 6, 2018
As you likely know, today is the 110th anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth. (I say that rather than saying it's her 110th birthday because few of us hit the century mark, much less go a decade beyond it.) I've now been a fan of Lombard's for nearly as long as the 33 years, three months and 10 days read more
A sucker for these Lombard pix
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 5, 2018
That's a very stunning Carole Lombard photo, dated from 1939, early in her tenure at RKO. We know its source because of the description on the back:The same seller, from Australia, has this pic of Carole enjoying a lollipop while taking a break from work:This looks to be from late 1940 for several r read more
This month, TCM loves those 'Funny Ladies'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 4, 2018
As Carole Lombard learned from her work at Mack Sennett on, there's something delightfully subversive -- and sexy -- about a woman who makes people laugh. And women who have made their mark in such endeavors are saluted this month at Turner Classic Movies.Your hosts for the event are frequent TCM co read more
Portuguese, please
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 3, 2018
Carole Lombard was at her peak of popularity in 1937. Coming off what would be her lone Academy Award nomination for "My Man Godfrey" and gaining headlines for her romance with unhappily-married Clark Gable, she'd come a long way from the all-purpose fashion plate people perceived her as at the star read more
'Photoplay,' September 1934: Lombard, the lady with something extra
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 2, 2018
Carole Lombard was never perceived as a queen of millinery, unlike fellow actress (and later Hollywood columnist) Hedda Hopper. However, Carole's taste in hats, as well as other accessories, was noted in this page in the September 1934 issue of Photoplay, a page that now looks rather "alternative" i read more
Could Carole star again...via hologram?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 1, 2018
Carole Lombard appeared in glorious three-strip Technicolor in 1937's "Nothing Sacred." Several of her black-and-white films have been colorized, such as "My Man Godfrey."But in the near future, could Carole return to the big screen in an entirely new project, even though she's been dead for more th read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'I Take This Woman'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 30, 2018
We close the book on Carole Lombard's busy first half of 1931 today by examining "I Take This Woman," her first of two pairings with Gary Cooper, in our series "Cinematic Sundays":The film, Carole's fifth of '31, was issued at roughly the time a star actor said "I take this woman" to Lombard in real read more
Having 'Film Fun' with Lombard in lingerie
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 29, 2018
I hope it isn't sexist to say that the pre-Code Carole Lombard looked lovely in lingerie, as that screengrab from "No Man Of Her Own" makes evident. Blessed with a sleek figure, fantastic legs and an alluring smile, Carole exuded sex appeal while barely trying.Now another image of Lombard in underga read more
Carded, and complete
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 28, 2018
It's been a while since we discussed Carole Lombard tobacco cards, such as this 1933 Player's Cigarettes set where she's flanked by Gertrude Lawrence and Myrna Loy. (As this is in alphabetical order, it may be uncut.) Now another cigarette card collection is available -- one from Germany in 1931, th read more
Lombard painted, 'Mom' returns, 'Murphy' revives
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 27, 2018
Carole Lombard served as the guest editor for the April 1936 issue of Screen Book, which we've previously reviewed (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/672326.html, https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/672670.html). Today, we're focusing on the cover, a delightful portrait of Carole by noted arti read more
Carole -- caught in a 'starry' crossfire?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 26, 2018
These are nervous times for Carole Lombard fans. That's because her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard......has as its immediate eastward neighbor this star:And in case you haven't heard, actor-comedian Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in a Pennsylvania p read more
Much 'Todo' about Carole in Mexico
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 25, 2018
Carole Lombard visited Mexico more than a few times, especially for racing and gaming action at the Agua Caliente resort. I have no idea how fluent she was in Spanish -- though Los Angeles even then had a significant Mexican population -- but I'm guessing she at least was passable in the language.Fa read more
'Memories' are made of this
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 24, 2018
Was it possible for a Carole Lombard fan to feel nostalgic about her while she was still alive? Sure it was. By the latter half of the 1930s, the film industry had turned the corner with the switch to sound, then the clampdown on many of Hollywood's more libertine aspects. To many in 1937, movieland read more