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Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 6, 2018
In my nearly 11 years of running "Carole & Co.," not to mention several decades of Carole Lombard fandom, I've run across all sorts of things connected to her -- for example, an award named in her honor by West Coast theater owners whose apparent sole recipient was actress Virna Lisi (https://carole read more
Clark reflects on Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 5, 2018
Prematurely losing a spouse is never easy, and we react to it in different ways. While Clark Gable (shown here with Carole Lombard in February 1940 after their return from a brief vacation) married twice more following her death in 1942, she held a permanent place in his heart.That became evident to read more
Carole + Chester in (West) Chester, getting some 'Sun'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 4, 2018
"Sinners In The Sun," released in the summer of 1932, is from a time in Carole Lombard's career where you'd like to zap yourself back in time to the Paramount lot, grab a studio executive by his collar and say, "Don't you realize what you've got here?" (Trouble was, at this time Carole herself proba read more
'The Girl' draws nearer
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 3, 2018
The author who gave us the well-received biography "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star" (for which I aided in research, in the interest of full disclosure) is back in print, exploring a favorite subject of hers.Michelle Morgan, perhaps best known for her series of books on Marilyn Monroe, such a read more
A comedy with Carole and Cary? Could it have been?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 2, 2018
They are the actress and actor most associated with the beloved genre of screwball comedy (apologies to others, such as Claudette Colbert and William Powell), but how many screwballs starred Carole Lombard and Cary Grant? The answer...zero.Had it not been for Lombard's premature passing, she and Gra read more
77 years of raising 'Kane'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 1, 2018
Carole Lombard's two years at RKO produced a few good films and several notable friendships. One was with Lucille Ball, who for the rest of her life cited Carole as a comedic influence...and perhaps she had something to do with Lucy's business sense as well. Another was with a multimedia genius seve read more
Carole, Gwen and a one-year wonder
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 30, 2018
This 1930 photo shows Carole Lombard with someone who would gain renown in costume design, although these days she's not as well remembered as Edith Head, Irene or Adrian -- Gwen Wakeling (1901-1982). While Wakeling never designed for a Lombard film, she frequently worked with Cecil B. DeMille. Lomb read more
Her 'Picturegoer' sales pitch
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 29, 2018
By today's meritocratic standards, Carole Lombard didn't have much of an education. She had no college degree; heck, she dropped out of Fairfax High School in Los Angeles during her junior year (not uncommon during the 1920s). But she nevertheless was a smart, well-read woman with a clear sense of s read more
A trio of 'Picturegoers'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 28, 2018
Unlike their American counterparts, most British film magazines such as Picturegoer were weeklies, not monthlies, enabling Carole Lombard (shown in the Dec. 4, 1937 issue) and other stars to appear on their covers more frequently. (A question to Michelle Morgan or any other UK readers: Is there any read more
Happy 90th, City Hall!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 27, 2018
It's Nov. 5, 1936, two days after the election, and Carole Lombard is in the process of becoming...Carole Lombard. The former Jane Alice Peters completes her name change before Superior Court Judge Fletcher Bowron, then poses for another picture:The event took place at the Hall of Records in the Los read more
For the cause of glamour, Carole gets 'framed'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 26, 2018
No, not "framed" as in jailed, which her Helen Bartlett character (shown with Fred MacMurray, playing her husband, Kenneth Bartlett) was in the 1937 Paramount comedy "True Confession." Rather, we're referring to this kind of framed -- and even then it's not real:What do we mean by "not real"? Well, read more
Of celery and cigarettes: Dieting for flapperdom
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 25, 2018
It's easy to think of Carole Lombard as a trend-setter, given her film stardom and influence on women -- not just as an actress but in terms of style, behavior and so much more. But on the other hand, she in turn was influenced by societal changes; it was a two-way street.For example, as her teen ye read more
Lombard's rosy flower power
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 24, 2018
Isn't that a remarkable photo of Carole Lombard (the October 1939 cover of Movie Life)? This full-color portrait is stunning -- and now, thanks to fellow Lombard fanatic Brian Lee Anderson, I know quite a bit more about a crucial part of this picture......the flowers.According to Anderson, these ros read more
Cinematic sex-change: Give a Lombard film a gender flip
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 23, 2018
Carole Lombard's work on screen and personality off it has inspired ensuing generations of actresses, particularly those whose forte is comedy. Now, one of them is remaking a signature film from another...but with a twist.In 1987, Goldie Hawn (top) starred in "Overboard," playing a wealthy heiress w read more
"State"-ing the case to restore a classic: See it next Sunday
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 22, 2018
At times, it's hard to guess which downtown theater palaces hosted premieres of Carole Lombard films such as "To Be Or Not To Be" (above). But since it was a United Artists production, chances are good that it opened in downtown Los Angeles at this theater at 7th & Broadway, shown in 1938:Note that read more
A voyage 'In Name Only' to New York, August 1939
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 21, 2018
It would mark the only co-starring of screwball comedy titans Carole Lombard and Cary Grant...and yet, "In Name Only," Lombard's first film at RKO, was instead a heartfelt drama, with Kay Francis -- hired at Carole's urging -- completing this romantic triangle. That the story semi-paralleled Lombard read more
A screwy batch of Smiths
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 20, 2018
Ah, what one goes through in screwball comedy! Carole Lombard, all wet after being caught in a downpour while on a World's Fair ride, can vouch for such travails in this pic from "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," her return to comedy following three years in dramatic roles better received by critics than the gene read more
A twin bill for a 'Ladies' Man'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 19, 2018
Carole Lombard's second film with William Powell, "Ladies' Man," made in the spring of 1931, proved she still had a ways to go as an actress. She tries to keep up with the more experienced Powell and Kay Francis, but can't quite do it. Thankfully, Bill and Kay carry the load, which for Lombard was a read more
Louella: Carole and Clark are off to 'Saratoga'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 18, 2018
By the fall of 1936, the world knew Carole Lombard and Clark Gable were, as they say, an "item." He was MGM's most popular star; she was rising in the Hollywood pantheon due to her comic ability, then on display in the Universal hit "My Man Godfrey." OK, technically Clark was married to a woman cons read more
At a Lombard photo shoot...
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 17, 2018
Imagine zapping yourself back to the 1930s (or 1931, as Cecil Beaton is in this case), attending a photo shoot of Carole Lombard. What would it be like?Let legendary photographer George Hurrell describe it to you: "Carole was one of my favorite subjects. She could be carrying on like Faust one minut read more