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Book news that's downright Amazon-ian
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 31, 2015
Above is one of my very favorite portraits of Carole Lombard, one that's probably familiar to some of you as on the rear dust jacket cover of Larry Swindell's 1975 book "Screwball," which probably remains the best known Lombard biography. I show it here because we've just received more news on an up read more
Book news that's downright Amazon-ian
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 31, 2015
Above is one of my very favorite portraits of Carole Lombard, one that's probably familiar to some of you as on the rear dust jacket cover of Larry Swindell's 1975 book "Screwball," which probably remains the best known Lombard biography. I show it here because we've just received more news on an up read more
Motherly love
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 30, 2015
I think it safe to say that no woman meant more to Carole Lombard than her mother, Elizabeth Peters -- and Carole always insisted that much of the beauty she possessed was inherited from the woman known as "Bess." This photo, which appears to be from 1932 or 1933 judging from Lombard's appearance (l read more
Motherly love
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 30, 2015
I think it safe to say that no woman meant more to Carole Lombard than her mother, Elizabeth Peters -- and Carole always insisted that much of the beauty she possessed was inherited from the woman known as "Bess." This photo, which appears to be from 1932 or 1933 judging from Lombard's appearance (l read more
Clark and Carole's clippings. Lots and lots of clippings.
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 29, 2015
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were photographed together thousands, if not tens of thousands, of times during their courtship and marriage. And it seems as if quite of few of these images appear in two sets of clipping packages now up for auction at eBay. These were bought from the estate of Kay Ga read more
Clark and Carole's clippings. Lots and lots of clippings.
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 29, 2015
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were photographed together thousands, if not tens of thousands, of times during their courtship and marriage. And it seems as if quite of few of these images appear in two sets of clipping packages now up for auction at eBay. These were bought from the estate of Kay Ga read more
Lombard and a lollipop
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 28, 2015
No one ever took Carole Lombard for a sucker...but that didn't mean she couldn't occasionally enjoy one. Here she is with a lollipop on the set of "In Name Only" early in 1939, an image that's autographed:That's a bit hard to read; fortunately, the names she inscribed this to are on the back:So just read more
Lombard and a lollipop
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 28, 2015
No one ever took Carole Lombard for a sucker...but that didn't mean she couldn't occasionally enjoy one. Here she is with a lollipop on the set of "In Name Only" early in 1939, an image that's autographed:That's a bit hard to read; fortunately, the names she inscribed this to are on the back:So just read more
This is dedicated to...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 27, 2015
That Carole Lombard on the cover of the Dec. 4, 1937 issue of the British film magazine Picturegoer -- and author Michelle Morgan announced on her Facebook site today that "The postman just brought me my first ever Carole Lombard cover. Picturegoer 1937, with an article inside too!"That article is a read more
This is dedicated to...
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 27, 2015
That Carole Lombard on the cover of the Dec. 4, 1937 issue of the British film magazine Picturegoer -- and author Michelle Morgan announced on her Facebook site today that "The postman just brought me my first ever Carole Lombard cover. Picturegoer 1937, with an article inside too!"That article is a read more
A lobby card for 'Breakfast'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 26, 2015
Here's a lobby card for the first of two movies Carole Lombard made for Universal in 1936, "Love Before Breakfast." Although Preston Foster is ostensibly the film's leading man, that's Cesar Romero shown with Carole on the 11" x 14" card.This is deemed in near mint condition and is up for auction at read more
A lobby card for 'Breakfast'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 26, 2015
Here's a lobby card for the first of two movies Carole Lombard made for Universal in 1936, "Love Before Breakfast." Although Preston Foster is ostensibly the film's leading man, that's Cesar Romero shown with Carole on the 11" x 14" card.This is deemed in near mint condition and is up for auction at read more
Three shots of 'High Voltage'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 25, 2015
"High Voltage," released in the spring of 1929, was Carole Lombard's first all-talkie, and as we've quipped before, it hardly lives up to its name, though it's really no better (or worse) than most of its early sound contemporaries. But at the time, talking films were such a novelty to audiences tha read more
Three shots of 'High Voltage'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 25, 2015
"High Voltage," released in the spring of 1929, was Carole Lombard's first all-talkie, and as we've quipped before, it hardly lives up to its name, though it's really no better (or worse) than most of its early sound contemporaries. But at the time, talking films were such a novelty to audiences tha read more
A youthful Lombard with a Brazilian beat
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 24, 2015
Four issues of the Brazilian movie magazine Cinearte from the late 1920s -- all featuring photos of Carole Lombard in her late teens or at age 20 -- are currently on sale at eBay. (All the magazines are in Portuguese, of course.) That includes Carole on the April 1929 cover, as seen above. It's in v read more
A youthful Lombard with a Brazilian beat
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 24, 2015
Four issues of the Brazilian movie magazine Cinearte from the late 1920s -- all featuring photos of Carole Lombard in her late teens or at age 20 -- are currently on sale at eBay. (All the magazines are in Portuguese, of course.) That includes Carole on the April 1929 cover, as seen above. It's in v read more
Moore, with Mr. Powell and his ex
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 23, 2015
His "ex" being Carole Lombard, of course, but the "Moore" is that woman shown with William Powell, Grace Moore. Known as the "Tennessee Songbird" and a one-time star of the Metropolitan Opera, she was Columbia Pictures' version of Jeanette MacDonald, although she never quite had similar cinematic su read more
Moore, with Mr. Powell and his ex
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 23, 2015
His "ex" being Carole Lombard, of course, but the "Moore" is that woman shown with William Powell, Grace Moore. Known as the "Tennessee Songbird" and a one-time star of the Metropolitan Opera, she was Columbia Pictures' version of Jeanette MacDonald, although she never quite had similar cinematic su read more
A honeymoon souvenir
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 22, 2015
Carole Lombard had two husbands and one honeymoon. That came with William Powell in mid-1931, a ship voyage to Hawaii. Carole would fall ill there, in retrospect perhaps a sign that their relationship would be more successful as friends than as lovers. Perhaps that's why Lombard wasn't all that insi read more
A honeymoon souvenir
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 22, 2015
Carole Lombard had two husbands and one honeymoon. That came with William Powell in mid-1931, a ship voyage to Hawaii. Carole would fall ill there, in retrospect perhaps a sign that their relationship would be more successful as friends than as lovers. Perhaps that's why Lombard wasn't all that insi read more