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"To Be" a tasteful publicity campaign
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 13, 2020
Publicizing a Carole Lombard film traditionally was a delightful challenge for theater owners, and in late 1941, they looked forward to her second comedic comeback movie, "To Be Or Not To Be," directed by no less than Ernst Lubitsch. After Dec. 7 and the attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the U.S. i read more
Reflections in silver
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 12, 2020
This RKO photo of Carole Lombard is from mid-1940, part of a series. We learn more from the snipe on the back, printed with that unique typeface:(I'd love to see the other four photos in the series.)But elsewhere on the back lies a tragic secret:Stamped on the rear is the date "Jan. 18, 1942," meani read more
Another view of the 'Collection'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 11, 2020
Carole Lombard might not be entirely happy to hear how Stephen Danay reviewed "The Carole Lombard Collection I," her recently issued Kino Lorber 3-disc set of early 1930a films, in Under The Radar magazine (http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/carole_lombard_collection_fast_and_loose_man_of_the_w read more
Blonde hair, brunette soul
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 10, 2020
As 1934 drew to a close, Carole Lombard could look back on a year of both personal and professional advancement. She rented a large, highly visible house on Hollywood Boulevard that spring, at roughly the same time her work opposite John Barrymore in the pioneering screwball comedy "Twentieth Centur read more
Praising the 'Collection'; Perry rests his case; and go go Goldie on TCM
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 9, 2020
There's a lot on the table today, and we'll start with word that Kino Lorber's "Carole Lombard Collection I," featuring three of her early 1930s films on Blu-ray (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/1094122.html), was released earlier this week. One critic, Jim Hemphill, has plenty of good things read more
Lombard in publicity 'Bird'-land
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 8, 2020
It's safe to say that Carole Lombard and Russell Birdwell were kindred spirits. Carole cultivated media attention in a crafty, but positive manner dating back to her days at Mack Sennett; Russell was one of the film industry's most knowledgeable and imaginative publicists. It seemed kismet when Lomb read more
A T-shirt that's the cat's meow
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 7, 2020
Despite her legendary status, Carole Lombard has never been much of a posthumous commodity a la fellow Hollywood icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and so on. But for Lombard fans who'd like to visually proclaim their love for her, now you have that chance.Introducing...the Carole Lombard read more
Carole dances back into eBay
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 6, 2020
One could argue "Rumba," from early 1935, was the last Carole Lombard film not to be perceived as an "event." The second of two dance movies she made with hoofer George Raft, it was Paramount's followup to "Bolero," but between production of the two films, the industry re-imposed the Production Code read more
Lombard, Lux take a "Certain" dramatic turn
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 5, 2020
Carole Lombard's second appearance on "Lux Radio Theater" garnered nowhere as much press attention as her first, an adaptation of her 1936 hit "My Man Godfrey" in May 1938 that reunited her with ex-husband William Powell, who was working himself back to health from rectal cancer. But this, airing ne read more
To Louis Armstrong, on his 119th
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 4, 2020
Did Carole Lombard ever meet Louis Armstrong, shown here billed as the musical guest at the Times Square Paramount when "Swing High, Swing Low" was featured in the spring of 1937? While we have no photographic proof, the chances are good that if they didn't meet, she at least may have seen him perfo read more
Olivia gets a special SUTS day
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 3, 2020
Nine Augusts ago, Carole Lombard was part of Turner Classic Movies' annual extravaganza, Summer Under The Stars. (She had an opportunity to participate this year, but lost in a TCM Backlot runoff to Claudette Colbert.) Here's the schedule for the 2020 event:But hold on -- there's been a change in th read more
Meet Bill and Carole, two happy newlyweds
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 2, 2020
It's August 25, 1931, and Carole Lombard and William Powell head back to Los Angeles following their two-month honeymoon in Hawaii. (Lombard fell ill in Honolulu, delaying their return for a while.) Two years from the date this photo was taken, they would no longer be husband and wife -- although th read more
Carole's cottage, up for sale
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 1, 2020
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable pose for the press on March 30, 1939, the day after they married in Kingman, Ariz. Where did this take place? Their ranch in Encino? Nope, it wasn't ready yet, and in 1939, the Valley was a bit removed for much of the Hollywood press corps. Instead, the site was Lombar read more
Powell, Palm Springs...and Gable as a guest
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 31, 2020
This likely is the last time Carole Lombard and William Powell were photographed together, in January 1940 at the new Sunset Strip nightspot Ciro's. Lombard had married Clark Gable the year before, while Powell -- her first husband -- had just married actress Diana Lewis on Jan. 6. Nevertheless, Bil read more
A couple candids of Coop and Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 30, 2020
Was Gary Cooper, shown here with Carole Lombard in 1931's "I Take This Woman," his generation's Warren Beatty? Coop was renowned for his prowess with the ladies, similar to another 1930s Hollywood Lothario, George Raft, albeit in a more upscale manner. Lombard -- who made two films with Cooper -- is read more
For Bill Powell's birthday, a present for his fans
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 29, 2020
Today is the 128th anniversary of the birth of William Powell, my favorite classic era actor, embracing Carole Lombard, my favorite classic era actress, at the time of their honeymoon in June 1931. While their marriage was relatively brief, ending in August 1933, their affection and friendship remai read more
Upon further review...
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 28, 2020
I was feeling so self-satisfied Monday, believing I had helped promote a heretofore unseen photo of Carole Lombard with fellow 1930s legend Fay Wray. Today, reality may have knocked me down a peg (not the first time it's happened, and certainly not the last).Someone sent me this comment:The name sug read more
Carole and Fay, looking fashionable
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 27, 2020
Until today, this image from the August 1931 issue of Motion Picture magazine was the only joint image I knew of Carole Lombard and Fay Wray, then both on Paramount Pictures' roster. But now, I've come across this: It's an 8" x 10" print, not original, and looks to be from the early '30s. I wish I c read more
Godspeed, Olivia
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2020
We rarely open a Carole & Co. entry with an image that isn't of Lombard, but then again we don't have 104-year-old movie legends pass on. Olivia de Havilland, who worked alongside Carole's husband Clark Gable in the 1939 epic "Gone With The Wind," died late Saturday at her home in Paris.Arguably the read more
Lombard memorabilia, at home in Jersey
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 25, 2020
Carole Lombard looks properly rural, holding a dog in the hay at her San Fernando Valley ranch in this 1937 Paramount portrait, p1202-1546. It's one of nearly two dozen Lombard items available at the Motion Picture Arts Gallery in East Rutherford, N.J. (https://mpagallery.com), and sells for $60 (h read more