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Carole, doing it '(Film) Weekly'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 14, 2018
Carole Lombard's good looks and sparkling personality made her a favorite of magazines -- not just Hollywood fanmags, but publications far beyond American shores. One of these was the British magazine Film Weekly; above is its cover from Aug. 5, 1932.This and two other Film Weekly issues with Carol read more
With a horse, cow and Bull
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 13, 2018
In the latter half of the 1930s, Carole Lombard's image became decidedly more rustic. It may have been tied into her romance with Clark Gable, an emigre from small-town Ohio who discovered the hunting and fishing life MGM publicists suggested he pursue worked for him.Anyway, Lombard rented a ranch read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'The Arizona Kid'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 12, 2018
Among Carole Lombard movies, "The Arizona Kid" occupies a unique status. It's her last film for Fox, where her film career had effectively begun half a decade earlier before it was halted following an auto accident; it's her final western; and it marks the last time she portrayed a "heavy," or antag read more
Tarantino makes Paramount pinch-hit for Columbia
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 11, 2018
Carole Lombard probably enjoyed plenty of things about her several loan-outs to Columbia Pictures from her home base of Paramount (such as for 1932's "Virtue," above). For one thing, Columbia and Harry Cohn generally gave Lombard better material than she got at Paramount, where she was interchangeab read more
'Supernatural' at several sizes
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 10, 2018
"Supernatural" is one of several Carole Lombard movies that's genre hokum (that could also be said of "White Woman," made later in 1933). The silly horror story deals with the transfer of the soul of an executed murderess (Vivienne Osborne) into the body of a socialite (Lombard). Carole's competent read more
Some odds and ends from '29, part 2
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 9, 2018
The Carole Lombard of 1929 was a fascinating character, making her debut in talkie picture stardom in three films from the Pathe studio. The year had highs and lows, and today we'll examine some of them from newspapers in the second half of '29 after looking at the first half last week (https://caro read more
Making Oscar popular?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 8, 2018
On another day in Hollywood heaven, and we check in on Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, as Carole peruses her laptop. There's a look of dismay on her face._________________________________________Carole: They must be joking!Clark: Who is "they," and what's the joking?Carole: The "they" is a little th read more
To the power of 'Puffblicity'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 7, 2018
One of Carole Lombard's gifts was an instinct on how to effectively promote herself, as she proved in July 1938 when she spent a week handling publicity for Selznick International Studios (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/17287.html). Not only was it a good experience seeing "how the other half read more
A museum with lots of laughs from Lucy's hometown
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 6, 2018
Lucille Ball -- born 107 years ago today -- was a good friend of Carole Lombard while both were at RKO in 1939 and 1940. (Ball honored her with this reference on an episode of "Here's Lucy.") I sense they would be thrilled that Lucy's hometown of Jamestown, N.Y., is paying tribute to what bolstered read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'The Racketeer'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 5, 2018
"The Racketeer," the third and last of Carole Lombard's talkie features for Pathe (though, as is studio custom, she's listed as Carol), was released in early November 1929 -- by which time she may no longer have been on Pathe's roster. (Legend has it, although it's never been fully confirmed, that n read more
A large-scale 'Lost' poster, now found
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 4, 2018
This is Paramount p1202-374a, Carole Lombard from 1932. Pretty sultry, eh?Now imagine it blown up to poster size. Well, the good news is you don't have to imagine, because this enlarged image actually exists.This, measuring an eye-popping 24" x 36", was created in 1987 to promote a volume of classic read more
When Photoplay celebrated eight months of Flagg day
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 3, 2018
Carole Lombard posed for many artists' illustrations during her brief life, but I'm guessing the drawing above held special significance for her. Not merely because of its rendering -- attractive, subtle, understated -- but because it was done by the man who drew this:The "I Want You" Uncle Sam recr read more
'Show Folks,' mais oui
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 2, 2018
"Show Folks," an early Pathe part-talkie backstager from 1928, has Carole Lombard in an atypical unsympathetic role as a gold-digging dancer. Released that October (the month she turned 20), it's more a curiosity than anything else. But an intriguing piece of Lombard memorabilia related to the film read more
RIP, Mary Carlisle
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 1, 2018
Not many people remain who knew Carole Lombard. This morning, we lost one of the few who did. Mary Carlisle, an actress at Paramount during the 1930s and a friend of Carole's and other 1930s legends, passed away at 2:20 (Pacific) at age 104. Carlisle indeed was a "favorite of the fans," as reflected read more
Know the (pre-)Code today on TCM
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 31, 2018
"Virtue," Carole Lombard's first film for Columbia in 1932, probably is the closest she came to a movie that fits the classical definition of "pre-Code." She portrays Mae, a woman of suspect morals who disregards New York City officials and stays in town after her conviction for prostitution. Howeve read more
Some odds and ends from '29, part 1
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 30, 2018
The Carole (oops, Carol) Lombard of 1929 was an actress in transition, although in Hollywood's rapid rush from silents to talkies that was true for nearly all of the industry. Add that Lombard turned 21 that October and was enjoying her first sustained taste of life as a leading lady, and you can un read more
Cinematic Sundays: 'Big News'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 29, 2018
"Big News," where Carole Lombard portrayed a newspaper reporter, is the second of her movies profiled in our new weekly feature, "Cinematic Sundays."The film was Lombard's second all-talkie for Pathe. (As in all her work for the studio, she was listed as "Carol.") She plays reporter Margaret Banks, read more
Getting in some 'Sun'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 28, 2018
As its title suggests, "Sinners In The Sun" provided Carole Lombard the opportunity to show off her form in a swimsuit. But her character, a model, has a fashion angle as well. A still from the 1932 film I'd never seen until yesterday makes it evident.Lombard is in a dress factory, where she's being read more
Again, an (autographed) Pathe featured player
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 27, 2018
Have I ever ran this Carole Lombard image before? I'm not certain I have, though it's apparently been part of my cloud collection since at least January. It's from her Pathe period (1929), most likely taken by William E. Thomas, listing her as one of the studio's "featured players." What's especiall read more
Here comes summer -- 'Summer Under The Stars,' that is
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2018
OK, so it's been a few years since Carole Lombard was part of Turner Classic Movies' unofficial high holy days, "Summer Under The Stars." (She last appeared in 2014; the image above promoted her appearance in 2010.) No matter -- this year's lineup is the usual TCM blend of favorites and first-timers read more