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What's playing at the Roxy? The scent of 'Orchids'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 10, 2017
Specifically, "No More Orchids," Carole Lombard's second loanout to Columbia. By now she was the rare actress who felt comfortable working with the often boorish, routinely reviled Harry Cohn. And why not? While Cohn's crass persona was the antithesis of Paramount's patriarch Adolph Zukor, Lombard r read more
What's playing at the Roxy? The scent of 'Orchids'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 10, 2017
Specifically, "No More Orchids," Carole Lombard's second loanout to Columbia. By now she was the rare actress who felt comfortable working with the often boorish, reguarly reviled Harry Cohn. And why not? While Cohn's crass persona was the antithesis of Paramount's patriarch Adolph Zukor, Lombard re read more
Sizing things up for classic blondes
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2017
It's an understatement to say that Carole Lombard looked lovely in a swimsuit. But numerically, how well did she fill one? And how did she compare with other blondes noted for their cinematic sex appeal?We may have an answer. A site I just discovered, http://classicblondes.com (which lists itself as read more
Sizing things up for classic blondes
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2017
It's an understatement to say that Carole Lombard looked lovely in a swimsuit. But numerically, how well did she fill one? And how did she compare with other blondes noted for their cinematic sex appeal?We may have an answer. A site I just discovered, http://classicblondes.com (which lists itself as read more
Home (a real one)!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 25, 2017
OK, so it's not a posh mansion on Hollywood Boulevard and William Haines didn't design the furnishings, but today I do now have something in common with Carole Lombard -- a home in Los Angeles.After a year and a half of being in assorted shelters, I have found housing through a charitable program. I read more
Home (a real one)!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 25, 2017
OK, so it's not a posh mansion on Hollywood Boulevard and William Haines didn't design the furnishings, but today I do now have something in common with Carole Lombard -- a home in Los Angeles.After a year and a half of being in assorted shelters, I have found housing through a charitable program. I read more
At home with Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 17, 2017
Carole Lombard invites you to her famed Hollywood Boulevard home (at 7953, to be precise), where she resided from 1934 to 1936. We've checked it out a few times before...but here's a room we haven't seen before, one presumably designed by William Haines, who did the rest of the place:It's Paramount read more
At home with Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 17, 2017
Carole Lombard invites you to her famed Hollywood Boulevard home (at 7953, to be precise), where she resided from 1934 to 1936. We've checked it out a few times before...but here's a room we haven't seen before, one presumably designed by William Haines, who did the rest of the place:It's Paramount read more
Tonight in LA, party like it's 1929
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 9, 2017
There are all sorts of Carole Lombard-related "holy grails" from her brief yet momentous life, but one I've never brought up is the absence (for now) of images from her teenage days as a dancer at the Ambassador Hotel's iconic Cocoanut Grove.Lombard, then a starlet at Fox, regularly competed in danc read more
Tonight in LA, party like it's 1929
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 9, 2017
There are all sorts of Carole Lombard-related "holy grails" from her brief yet momentous life, but one I've never brought up is the absence (for now) of images from her teenage days as a dancer at the Ambassador Hotel's iconic Cocoanut Grove.Lombard, then a starlet at Fox, regularly competed in danc read more
Carole and canine (well, one of them)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 7, 2017
Carole Lombard loved animals, dogs among them. At one time or another, she owned a Pekingese named Pushface (above), a dashchund called Commissioner and a Malamute titled Basco (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/692163.html). Now, meet yet another member of Carole's canine menagerie. Ladies and g read more
Carole and canine (well, one of them)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 7, 2017
Carole Lombard loved animals, dogs among them. At one time or another, she owned a Pekingese named Pushface (above), a dashchund called Commissioner and a Malamute titled Basco (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/692163.html). Now, meet yet another member of Carole's canine menagerie. Ladies and g read more
Have some ice cream!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 2, 2017
Just as Carole Lombard did back in the day (I believe this was shot on the set of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"). I thank my Facebook friend Crystal Kalyana Pacey for finding this delightful image of Carole, one I've never seen before. read more
Have some ice cream!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 2, 2017
Just as Carole Lombard did back in the day. (I initially believed this was shot on the set of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," but it's more likely from her previous film for RKO, "They Knew What They Wanted.") I thank my Facebook friend Crystal Kalyana Pacey for finding this delightful image of Carole, one I've read more
A month from now, get 'Under the Stars'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 1, 2017
Six years ago, that's how Turner Classic Movies in the U.S. promoted Carole Lombard's day in its Summer Under the Stars schedule. She's not in the rotation this year (Lombard last appeared in 2014), but here's who is:1 Marilyn Monroe2 Ray Milland3 Lon Chaney Sr.4 Claire Trevor (TCM Backlot m read more
A month from now, get 'Under the Stars'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 1, 2017
Six years ago, that's how Turner Classic Movies in the U.S. promoted Carole Lombard's day in its Summer Under the Stars schedule. She's not in the rotation this year (Lombard last appeared in 2014), but here's who is:1 Marilyn Monroe2 Ray Milland3 Lon Chaney Sr.4 Claire Trevor (TCM Backlot m read more
Au revoir to the header (thank you, Photobucket -- not!)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 30, 2017
One popular element fans of Carole & Co. have been used to for years is lost, for now, and not of my own volition.The Carole Lombard header photographs which have opened this site for several years no longer are available, as Photobucket, the image-hosting service where I've stored those pictures, n read more
Au revoir to the header (thank you, Photobucket -- not!)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 30, 2017
One popular element fans of Carole & Co. have been used to for years is lost, for now, and not of my own volition.The Carole Lombard header photographs which have opened this site for several years no longer are available, as Photobucket, the image-hosting service where I've stored those pictures, n read more
Are today's romantic comedies too "bromantic"?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 29, 2017
When Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray made the romantic comedy "Hands Across the Table" for Paramount in 1935, it was designed -- and sold -- as a movie for general audiences. Of course, at the time, that largely described the American filmgoing public.As we know, that isn't the case anymore. There read more
Are today's romantic comedies too "bromantic"?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 29, 2017
When Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray made the romantic comedy "Hands Across the Table" for Paramount in 1935, it was designed -- and sold -- as a movie for general audiences. Of course, at the time, that largely described the American filmgoing public.As we know, that isn't the case anymore. There read more