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Playing the Palace...and the Roosevelt, too
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 20, 2015
To officially mark her return to comedy in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Carole Lombard used the first day of shooting at RKO to capitalize on a quote attributed to director Alfred Hitchcock: "Actors are cattle." So what did Carole do? The September 1941 issue of Hollywood magazine supplies the answer:Lombard read more
Playing the Palace...and the Roosevelt, too
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 20, 2015
To officially mark her return to comedy in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Carole Lombard used the first day of shooting at RKO to capitalize on a quote attributed to director Alfred Hitchcock: "Actors are cattle." So what did Carole do? The September 1941 issue of Hollywood magazine supplies the answer:Lombard read more
A variety of vintage
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 19, 2015
Carole Lombard shares a jail cell with Fred MacMurray in a publicity still from her final Paramount film, "True Confession" (1937). It's one of several original stills from Lombard movies up for auction. Need proof it's genuine? Check out the back, and the advertising stamp dated Oct. 4 of '37:The p read more
A variety of vintage
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 19, 2015
Carole Lombard shares a jail cell with Fred MacMurray in a publicity still from her final Paramount film, "True Confession" (1937). It's one of several original stills from Lombard movies up for auction. Need proof it's genuine? Check out the back, and the advertising stamp dated Oct. 4 of '37:The p read more
More thoughts on Gable, Young and that pregnancy
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 18, 2015
Several days have passed since a story electrified the classic Hollywood community regarding new possible revelations on what happened between Clark Gable (shown here at a tennis tournament with Carole Lombard before they married) and Loretta Young that led to her secretly giving birth to daughter J read more
More thoughts on Gable, Young and that pregnancy
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 18, 2015
Several days have passed since a story electrified the classic Hollywood community regarding new possible revelations on what happened between Clark Gable (shown here at a tennis tournament with Carole Lombard before they married) and Loretta Young that led to her secretly giving birth to daughter J read more
Classic Hollywood, viewed through posters
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 17, 2015
That's a Spanish-language poster for Carole Lombard's Universal film "Love Before Breakfast," which as you can tell is a nearly literal rendering of the one-sheet Universal used in the U.S.: The Spanish version is among quite a few original movie posters to be auctioned off via Bonham's this Monday, read more
Classic Hollywood, viewed through posters
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 17, 2015
That's a Spanish-language poster for Carole Lombard's Universal film "Love Before Breakfast," which as you can tell is a nearly literal rendering of the one-sheet Universal used in the U.S.: The Spanish version is among quite a few original movie posters to be auctioned off via Bonham's this Monday, read more
Attention, Asta: You've got a rival
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 16, 2015
With one pawprint, Carole Lombard's beloved Pekingese, Pushface, joined the ranks of canine actors over the winter of 1935-1936. Pushface played a small role on the big screen in Universal's Lombard vehicle, "Love Before Breakfast." (Was its salary dog treats?)Watching the proceedings are director W read more
Attention, Asta: You've got a rival
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 16, 2015
With one pawprint, Carole Lombard's beloved Pekingese, Pushface, joined the ranks of canine actors over the winter of 1935-1936. Pushface played a small role on the big screen in Universal's Lombard vehicle, "Love Before Breakfast." (Was its salary dog treats?)Watching the proceedings are director W read more
'Noting' Lombard's first Paramount director
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 15, 2015
"Safety in Numbers" marked Carole (then Carol) Lombard's debut at Paramount. Hired as one of the four chorus girls squiring heir-to-be Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Lombard didn't win him at the end. But while she lost that battle, she won the war, or should I say a long-term Paramount contract, thanks to read more
'Noting' Lombard's first Paramount director
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 15, 2015
"Safety in Numbers" marked Carole (then Carol) Lombard's debut at Paramount. Hired as one of the four chorus girls squiring heir-to-be Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Lombard didn't win him at the end. But while she lost that battle, she won the war, or should I say a long-term Paramount contract, thanks to read more
'Wanted': A novel approach
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 14, 2015
"They Knew What They Wanted" released in the fall of 1940, would be Carole Lombard's last excursion into drama...but because of global conflict, much of the world not under Axis rule didn't get a chance to see it right away. In Sweden, for example, it didn't open until Jan. 19, 1942 -- three days af read more
'Wanted': A novel approach
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 14, 2015
"They Knew What They Wanted" released in the fall of 1940, would be Carole Lombard's last excursion into drama...but because of global conflict, much of the world not under Axis rule didn't get a chance to see it right away. In Sweden, for example, it didn't open until Jan. 19, 1942 -- three days af read more
Carole! George! 'Bolero'! 'Rumba'! Dance, dance!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 13, 2015
Great news for you dancing fools out there (and I say that affectionately): the two dance films Carole Lombard made with George Raft, the 1934 hit "Bolero" and 1935's less-successful "Rumba," now are on DVD -- in a 2-for-1 package, in fact. (I refer to these as dance films rather than musicals since read more
Carole! George! 'Bolero'! 'Rumba'! Dance, dance!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 13, 2015
Great news for you dancing fools out there (and I say that affectionately): the two dance films Carole Lombard made with George Raft, the 1934 hit "Bolero" and 1935's less-successful "Rumba," now are on DVD -- in a 2-for-1 package, in fact. (I refer to these as dance films rather than musicals since read more
A new perspective on a scandal
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 12, 2015
It's almost a certainty that while Carole Lombard was romantically linked and later married to Clark Gable, she was aware that he had sired a daughter out of wedlock by actress Loretta Young. But new revelations over the nature of that conception put the story in an unsettling new light, one that ha read more
A new perspective on a scandal
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 12, 2015
It's almost a certainty that while Carole Lombard was romantically linked and later married to Clark Gable, she was aware that he had sired a daughter out of wedlock by actress Loretta Young. But new revelations over the nature of that conception put the story in an unsettling new light, one that ha read more
A hint of things to come
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 11, 2015
At first glance, you might think that's a charming portrait of Carole Lombard in the early to mid-1930s...but you'd be wrong. Heck, when this was taken, she wasn't known as Carole Lombard, but Carol. It's from 1929, while she worked at Pathe.I thought this may have been taken by William E. Thomas, P read more
A hint of things to come
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 11, 2015
At first glance, you might think that's a charming portrait of Carole Lombard in the early to mid-1930s...but you'd be wrong. Heck, when this was taken, she wasn't known as Carole Lombard, but Carol. It's from 1929, while she worked at Pathe.I thought this may have been taken by William E. Thomas, P read more