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Cinematic Sundays: 'Ladies' Man'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 23, 2018
As we've previously noted, once Carole Lombard returned from filming "Fast And Loose" at Paramount's New York studios in the fall of 1930, it put the newly-signed actress to work. Did it ever. Four films with Carole as a principal cast member were released in the initial months of 1931, and the last read more
'Don't call him Chet.' Don't call him Warner, either
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 22, 2018
Here's an advertised clipping of Carole Lombard on eBay, but what film is it from and who's with her? According to the caption from an unnamed, undated fan magazine, it's from "Sinners In The Sun" (meaning the pic almost surely is from 1932) and the man in question is Chester Morris. ("Don't call hi read more
'Screenland,' December 1937: Take a 'Sacred' trip
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 21, 2018
Earlier this week, we alerted you to a Blu-ray reissue of Carole Lombard's only three-strip Technicolor feature, the 1937 comedy "Nothing Sacred" (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/938111.html). Now we've uncovered a fanmag piece from about the time of its release.It's from the December 1937 Scr read more
'A Perfect Crime'-solving job
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 20, 2018
This is likely the initial image that comes to mind when you think of Carole Lombard's first film (made as Jane Alice Peters), "A Perfect Crime," released in the spring of 1921. That's because this still of her with Monte Blue, and a few others, are all we have from the movie, long since lost. (It's read more
But wait...there's more! (Carole on Blu-ray, that is)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 19, 2018
If you, the Carole Lombard fan, were thrilled to learn the particulars yesterday of the "My Man Godfrey" Blu-ray that's just been released, well, as Al Jolson said, you ain't heard nothin' yet.In mid-November -- roughly five weeks after the 110th anniversary of Lombard's birth -- two more Blu-rays o read more
Today, 'Godfrey' turned blu(-ray)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 18, 2018
Today's one worth celebrating for Carole Lombard fans. That's because arguably her best-known film (and only Oscar-nominated performance), "My Man Godfrey," is back on DVD -- this time in a new blu-ray version from the Criterion Collection. (A traditional DVD version also is available.)Both versions read more
In the heartland, keeping the cinematic spirit alive
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 17, 2018
Carole Lombard poses in costume on location in Napa, Calif., in 1940 for the drama "They Knew What They Wanted." It was released later that year, and in December played the now-defunct Liberty Theater in Exeter, Pa., a bit west of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre:Fortunately, many old movie houses have sur read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'Man Of The World'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 16, 2018
Tracking Carole Lombard movies from the first half of 1931 is rather confusing. Paramount released five titles of her during those six months, including two with William Powell, whom she'd marry in late June. We're reviewing "Man Of The World" as this week's entry in "Cinematic Sundays.""Man Of The read more
From the photographer of her final session
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 15, 2018
When it comes to Carole Lombard, veteran photographer Robert Coburn (who took many portraits of Rita Hayworth at Columbia) is best known for shooting what would be her final session on New Year's Eve, 1941. But he took other photos of Carole for "To Be Or Not To Be," including this publicity still w read more
Carole covers Romania
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 14, 2018
By the summer of 1936, Carole Lombard's first film for Universal, "Love Before Breakfast," had made its way to Europe. The Internet Movie Database reports it opened in England on April 15, Portugal on May 19, Hungary on June 11 and Spain on July 18. IMDb doesn't provide any premiere date for Romania read more
Book reviews in the news
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 13, 2018
Carole Lombard must've heard two books that feature her received glowing reviews today. Here's the lowdown:First up, Michelle Morgan's "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star." OK, so this bio is two years ago, but some classic Hollywood buffs are only now learning about it. (Better late than never. read more
Carole and Mary, a proposed publication portrait and a switch to blonde
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 12, 2018
In recent years, we've noted Carole Lombard had a friend in 1930s actress Mary Carlisle, but didn't have any photographic proof even after the last surviving WAMPAS Baby Star (an award given to up-and-coming actresses by West Coast film marketers) died at age 104 early on Aug. 1.Now, thanks to the p read more
Swingin' high, and low, on the set
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 11, 2018
It isn't as well remembered as many of Carole Lombard's other performances (for reasons we'll explain later), but "Swing High, Swing Low" was perhaps her biggest hit at Paramount. In fact, it was the studio's most profitable film for all of 1937, not to mention the only movie Carole made where she s read more
Carole quintupled, en Espanol
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 10, 2018
How did I miss this Carole Lombard image all these years?I never knew about it until yesterday, when this made the rounds of the Facebook site "Clark Gable: Original King of Hollywood" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/163547547571479/), administered by FB friend Jean Hunter. Needless to say, I was read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'Up Pops The Devil'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 9, 2018
Carole Lombard and Norman Foster were re-teamed (along with Skeets Gallagher) in "Up Pops The Devil" following their success in early 1931's "It Pays To Advertise." It's this week's entry in our "Cinematic Sundays" series.While "It Pays To Advertise" was adapted from a 1914 play, "Up Pops The Devil" read more
Lombard, a 'Sinner' under the Italian 'Sun'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 8, 2018
Carole Lombard's film "Sinners In The Sun" premiered in the U.S. in May 1932, but much of the rest of the world didn't see it until 1933, according to the Internet Movie Database. For example, its premieres in Sweden and Turkey weren't until the final week of May 1933.As movies often do, its title w read more
Photos in your best Pinterest
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 7, 2018
Carole Lombard was among the most photographed actresses of her era, and though she lived but 33 years -- with roughly half of that life spent posing for professional picture-takers, such as Sir Cecil Beaton, above, in 1931 -- thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of Lombard images can be found, nea read more
Well, hello officer...and goodbye, Burt
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 6, 2018
With pal Zasu Pitts as passenger, Carole Lombard says hi to two unidentified policemen on motorcycles in a scene from Carole's lone film for MGM, "The Gay Bride" (1934). The seller states the pic is an original, although there's no date stamp that testifies it's a vintage. Here's what's shown on the read more
Stylish, indeed
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 5, 2018
RKO's Fred Hendrickson rarely is credited among the great Carole Lombard portrait photographers, but he took some fine pics, such as the one above. Another, possibly from the same 1940 session since Carole's hairstyle is similar, now is up for auction at eBay:This image, CL-206 (one I've never seen read more
Jack Oakie with a 'White Woman'?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 4, 2018
Jack Oakie made two films with Carole Lombard, "From Hell To Heaven" (from which a publicity still is shown) and "The Eagle And The Hawk" (like Cary Grant, he had no scenes with Carole). If Oakie's remembered today, it's for his turn as a Benito Mussolini type in Charlie Chaplin's 1940 classic "The read more