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Carole Lombard, Mack Sennett army wife?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 24, 2018
When we think of Carole Lombard's work for Mack Sennett, we naturally first consider her starring vehicles such as "Run, Girl, Run" (above). But as part of the Sennett troupe, Lombard made numerous appearances in his two-reelers (and a handful of four-reelers as well).Today, I viewed one of her Senn read more
She's focused on you
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 23, 2018
Interesting pic of Carole Lombard, especially when you look at what she's holding. It's a pair of binoculars. What's she got them for? Bird-watching? The opera? (She occasionally attended with William Powell.) Frankly, she appears a bit bored here, surprising for someone with Lombard's fabled energy read more
From Charlie to Kermit: 100 years of magic on La Brea
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 22, 2018
In the spring of 1924, Jane Alice Peters (aka the future Carole Lombard), 15 and a student at the newly-opened Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, was named its Queen of the May. A scout representing comedy king Charlie Chaplin attended the pageant, was impressed by her beauty, and invited Jane/Caro read more
Much ado about Mrs. Smith
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 21, 2018
I've long maintained that in all of Carole Lombard's films, nowhere was she photographed more lovingly than in her next-to-last movie, the 1941 romantic comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." Director and close friend Alfred Hitchcock, on holiday from his usual suspense fare, makes Carole look iconic (to be sur read more
A pair of Lombard 'Screen Oddities'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 20, 2018
Seeing this image of Carole Lombard -- especially at this time of year -- understandably causes many of her fans to cringe. Yet it should be remembered that when this photo was taken in 1935, Lombard (perhaps inspired by fellow actress Ruth Chatterton, a noted aviatrix) briefly took up flying. While read more
Garbo laughs and Lombard's 'Heaven'-ly
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 19, 2018
"From Hell to Heaven" isn't one of Carole Lombard's better remembered films, for several reasons. A dime-store attempt by Paramount to copy MGM's award-winning "Grand Hotel" -- only this is set at a resort hotel, on the eve of a major horse race -- it doesn't have Metro's star power (when Lombard is read more
'Up Pops' a movieblock. A what?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 18, 2018
There's all sorts of Carole Lombard memorabilia out there, and today, we've uncovered another item. It has to do with her 1931 Paramount film "Up Pops the Devil," co-starring Norman Foster (shown above)...and the item is something that I've never heard of before.What is it, you ask? Well, here's wha read more
A 'message' from Carole, 2018
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 17, 2018
After the contemplation that accompanies every Jan. 16 for Carole Lombard fans, it's time to return to more optimistic fare; I sense Carole herself wouldn't want it any other way.Above is a sign made for Lombard's one-week publicity stint at Selznick International Studios in July 1938. Not only did read more
Some thoughts on her 76th angel day
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 16, 2018
The January 16th entry at Carole & Co. invariably is most difficult for me to write. Not directly for personal reasons -- Carole Lombard left this earth in 1942, more than 13 1/2 years before I arrived -- but what can I write to commemorate this tragedy, one with long-lasting effects upon millions, read more
Artifacts from her final hotel room
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 15, 2018
Today, 76 years ago, Carole Lombard made what would be her last public appearance -- visiting Indianapolis, capital of her home state of Indiana, to rally citizens in the nation's first bond rally of World War II. While America had been building up its readiness since war broke out in Europe in Sept read more
No, it's not Gable and Clayburgh
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 14, 2018
When I first glanced at the eBay pic above, headlined "Carole Lombard Clark Gable 8 x 10 photo," I briefly thought, is this from the failed 1976 biopic "Gable and Lombard"? That's gotta be Jill Clayburgh as Carole, not Carole herself, right? Has someone become really good at Photoshop?But after a mo read more
'Holy camp-fest, Batman! It's special guest villainess Carole Lombard as...'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 13, 2018
(It's March 1966. More than two dozen years after her plane stayed in the air, Carole Lombard -- now 57 and transitioning into work as a character actress when she's not producing films -- gets a call from an old friend she worked with in "Love Before Breakfast.") Carole Lombard: Hello.Cesar Romero: read more
From Dyar, then Glassner, a long line of Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 12, 2018
Nearly 5 1/2 years ago we ran that early Carole Lombard Paramount photo, p1202-25, as an example of the vast collection (more than 250,000 stills) of memorabilia expert extraordinaire Lester Glassner, who died in 2009 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/529026.html). Now, I've come across another read more
Herald-ing Carole by 'Numbers'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 11, 2018
In retrospect, Carole Lombard couldn't have come up with a better way to debut at Paramount than the 1930 musical comedy "Safety in Numbers." After being dismissed at Pathe and doing a one-shot western at Fox, this Buddy Rogers vehicle played to Lombard's strengths at the time: sex appeal (especiall read more
Separating church and State: Reviving a downtown palace
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 10, 2018
We know "A Perfect Crime," the only movie 12-year-old Jane Alice Peters made before becoming Carole Lombard, has been lost for decades after its release in 1921. But it would be fascinating to learn more this production from acclaimed director Allen Dwan -- most notably, where did Jane, her mother a read more
Carole, Myrna, etc. are turning Japanese (I really think so)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 9, 2018
It's often been noted that Carole Lombard was among many American film stars popular in Germany during the 1930s (she's shown above on a German tobacco card), until World War II broke in the fall of 1939 and U.S. films fell out of favor with Nazi authorities. But what's often overlooked is that Lomb read more
If it's '18, it must be influenza
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 8, 2018
Feeling a bit under the weather today, Carole Lombard? (Those of us in southern California literally are, as Los Angeles and immediate environs are seeing their first notable rain in close to a year.) It just so happens LA is undergoing its worst bout of the flu in nearly a century (as is much of Am read more
Rank your list of Lombard films
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 7, 2018
Carole Lombard is wearing black in today's entry (OK, the pic is actually a Paramount portrait from 1933) to show her figurative support for tonight's unofficial theme at the 75th Golden Globes Awards in the wake of the #MeToo movement. (Carole was among Hollywood's leading feminists in the 1930s.) read more
'Life' at the height of Hollywood
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 6, 2018
It's the spring of 1937, and Carole Lombard is riding the crest of popularity with the moviegoing public, much of which reads a magazine that's become a huge success since its debut the previous fall. It's taken the name of a now-defunct humor publication, but its strength is photojournalism. The ma read more
National Screenwriters Day: He wrote for Carole, and so many others
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 5, 2018
Despite her uncharacteristically cropped hair (at least from that angle), that is indeed Carole Lombard on a date with writer Robert Riskin. (And he was coming off a relationship with Glenda Farrell, back in the days when screenwriters' salaries weren't dwarfed by actors'.) Today marks the second an read more