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It's real, it's spectacular...and it'll cost you

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 12, 2015

Autographs are among the most fascinating facets of Carole Lombard collecting -- and one of the areas where the gullible are most susceptible. Unless you do your research, you can wind up shelling out goodly money for a bill of goods.The pic above, of Carole with her beloved horse Pico, is the real read more

81 years ago today...

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 11, 2015

At this time in 1934, Carole Lombard was serving as leading lady for Bing Crosby's latest Paramount musical vehicle, "We're Not Dressing" -- entering competition in theaters with what would be Carole's breakthrough film, Columbia's "Twentieth Century." Here's how the Providence Journal in Rhode Isla read more

81 years ago today...

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 11, 2015

At this time in 1934, Carole Lombard was serving as leading lady for Bing Crosby's latest Paramount musical vehicle, "We're Not Dressing" -- entering competition in theaters with what would be Carole's breakthrough film, Columbia's "Twentieth Century." Here's how the Providence Journal in Rhode Isla read more

Carole and Coop, 'Now and Forever'

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 10, 2015

While many still are hesitant to confer the label "sex symbol" on Carole Lombard, there's no doubt she was among her era's more sexually liberated personalities, and Gary Cooper probably was one of her Hollywood bedroom connections. (I hesitate to use the phrase "conquests" where Carole was concerne read more

Carole and Coop, 'Now and Forever'

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 10, 2015

While many still are hesitant to confer the label "sex symbol" on Carole Lombard, there's no doubt she was among her era's more sexually liberated personalities, and Gary Cooper probably was one of her Hollywood bedroom connections. (I hesitate to use the phrase "conquests" where Carole was concerne read more

La protagonista, el director y el productor

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 9, 2015

Or in other words, the protagonist, the director and the producer (Carole Lombard, John Cromwell and David O. Selznick, respectively). All are shown on the set of her 1939 film "Made For Each Other." And lest you think my subject line strictly is affectation, that's how it was printed on the back of read more

La protagonista, el director y el productor

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 9, 2015

Or in other words, the protagonist, the director and the producer (Carole Lombard, John Cromwell and David O. Selznick, respectively). All are shown on the set of her 1939 film "Made For Each Other." And lest you think my subject line strictly is affectation, that's how it was printed on the back of read more

Lombard, La Roy and linen

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 8, 2015

Another Paramount movie still of Carole Lombard has surfaced, this from her 1932 vehicle "Sinners in the Sun." The other woman shown here, Rita La Roy, probably isn't known by anyone other than truly hardcore classic Hollywood buffs (until now, I admit never having heard of her), but research shows read more

Lombard, La Roy and linen

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 8, 2015

Another Paramount movie still of Carole Lombard has surfaced, this from her 1932 vehicle "Sinners in the Sun." The other woman shown here, Rita La Roy, probably isn't known by anyone other than truly hardcore classic Hollywood buffs (until now, I admit never having heard of her), but research shows read more

Celebrate Mother's Day with Carole and May

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 7, 2015

As you probably know by now, Sunday is Mother's Day (if you don't, there's still time for flowers or gifts!), and the channel get.tv, which airs vintage films (most of them from Columbia), will celebrate with a five-pack of mother-related movies...including "Lady By Choice," a 1934 comedy where Caro read more

Celebrate Mother's Day with Carole and May

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 7, 2015

As you probably know by now, Sunday is Mother's Day (if you don't, there's still time for flowers or gifts!), and the channel get.tv, which airs vintage films (most of them from Columbia), will celebrate with a five-pack of mother-related movies...including "Lady By Choice," a 1934 comedy where Caro read more

The Orson Welles centenary: What 'War of the Worlds' panic?

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 6, 2015

Carole Lombard's life may have been relatively brief, but she nevertheless met or worked with all sorts of fascinating people -- and one of them was born 100 years ago today. Orson Welles was a multicultural threat in theater, radio and film; his out-of-the-box thinking jolted convention.Welles and read more

The Orson Welles centenary: What 'War of the Worlds' panic?

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 6, 2015

Carole Lombard's life may have been relatively brief, but she nevertheless met or worked with all sorts of fascinating people -- and one of them was born 100 years ago today. Orson Welles was a multicultural threat in theater, radio and film; his out-of-the-box thinking jolted convention.Welles and read more

They laughed when she sat down to play? Maybe not

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 5, 2015

I have no idea whether Carole Lombard could play the piano, but if she knew how, it wouldn't surprise me. Chances are that in her Fort Wayne childhood home, and perhaps a few of her Los Angeles residences, a piano was somewhere in the parlor. After all, in the days before radio and television, the p read more

They laughed when she sat down to play? Maybe not

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 5, 2015

I have no idea whether Carole Lombard could play the piano, but if she knew how, it wouldn't surprise me. Chances are that in her Fort Wayne childhood home, and perhaps a few of her Los Angeles residences, a piano was somewhere in the parlor. After all, in the days before radio and television, the p read more

The Shorts Blogathon: 'Run, Girl, Run' (1928) -- Carole, the teenage track star

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 4, 2015

For today's final day of The Shorts Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently, my contribution is a Carole Lombard two-reeler. (Surprised, huh?) It ranks among Lombard's most popular short films, first because it's reasonably funny, second because it shows Carole as active and athletic -- as she is so of read more

The Shorts Blogathon: 'Run, Girl, Run' (1928) -- Carole, the teenage track star

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 4, 2015

For today's final day of The Shorts Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently, my contribution is a Carole Lombard two-reeler. (Surprised, huh?) It ranks among Lombard's most popular short films, first because it's reasonably funny, second because it shows Carole as active and athletic -- as she is so of read more

Mr. and Mrs., and the two sides of love

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 3, 2015

"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" has several distinctions in the Carole Lombard cinematic oeuvre in addition to being directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It's also the only genuine marital farce Lombard ever made (although like many stars of the era, she tried her hand in a radio adaptation of "The Awful Truth," the be read more

Mr. and Mrs., and the two sides of love

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 3, 2015

"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" has several distinctions in the Carole Lombard cinematic oeuvre in addition to being directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It's also the only genuine marital farce Lombard ever made (although like many stars of the era, she tried her hand in a radio adaptation of "The Awful Truth," the be read more

Lombard goes 'Pop' (Art, that is)

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 2, 2015

Carole Lombard was a favorite of artists during her lifetime, as this mid-1930s image of her posing for a portrait by Azadia Newman, wife of director Rouben Mamoulian, makes clear. Several fan magazines used her for cover portraits painted by Marland Stone and other notables of the era.That traditio read more
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