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Sign in, Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 12, 2015
Here's an autographed photo of Carole Lombard now on sale at eBay. The signature appears genuine, and according to the seller, the image measures 5.5" x 7" -- a size more associated with pictures for autographs than for publicity stills sent out to newspapers or fan magazines.There's no p1202 number read more
All about the Benjamin: 'Fireball' strikes gold!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 11, 2015
We've known for some time that "Fireball," Robert Matzen's thorough account of Carole Lombard's ill-fated Flight 3 on Jan. 16, 1942, was a winner. Now we have genuine proof."Fireball" won the gold award for biography at the Benjamin Franklin Awards, given by the Independent Book Publishers Associati read more
All about the Benjamin: 'Fireball' strikes gold!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 11, 2015
We've known for some time that "Fireball," Robert Matzen's thorough account of Carole Lombard's ill-fated Flight 3 on Jan. 16, 1942, was a winner. Now we have genuine proof."Fireball" won the gold award for biography at the Benjamin Franklin Awards, given by the Independent Book Publishers Associati read more
Collegiately Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 10, 2015
Return with us now to those halcyon days of raccoon coats, football games with leather helmets and good-natured campus hijinks, with Carole Lombard -- playing the college student she never was in real life -- the sweetheart of any fraternity. Yes, it's the 1920s, and three of Mack Sennett's silent-e read more
Collegiately Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 10, 2015
Return with us now to those halcyon days of raccoon coats, football games with leather helmets and good-natured campus hijinks, with Carole Lombard -- playing the college student she never was in real life -- the sweetheart of any fraternity. Yes, it's the 1920s, and three of Mack Sennett's silent-e read more
That's no park bench
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 9, 2015
This Carole Lombard image is up for auction at eBay, and it's headlined "Carole Lombard...Park Bench." To the untrained eye, one well might think that's Lombard sitting on a park bench in wintertime, a building behind her.Turns out that's not a park bench; it isn't even an exterior shot. It's from L read more
That's no park bench
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 9, 2015
This Carole Lombard image is up for auction at eBay, and it's headlined "Carole Lombard...Park Bench." To the untrained eye, one well might think that's Lombard sitting on a park bench in wintertime, a building behind her.Turns out that's not a park bench; it isn't even an exterior shot. It's from L read more
For my 3,000th entry, returning a compliment
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 8, 2015
Above is one of my very favorite Carole Lombard photographs, taken in 1939 or 1940 near the Encino ranch she shared with second husband Clark Gable. The joy on her face is simply spellbinding, a sign all is right with her world.Today, I share that sort of feeling, because I'm reaching a milestone. T read more
For my 3,000th entry, returning a compliment
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 8, 2015
Above is one of my very favorite Carole Lombard photographs, taken in 1939 or 1940 near the Encino ranch she shared with second husband Clark Gable. The joy on her face is simply spellbinding, a sign all is right with her world.Today, I share that sort of feeling, because I'm reaching a milestone. T read more
Carole Lombard, on the 'Virtue' of smoking*
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 7, 2015
(*This entry is not endorsed by the Surgeon General's office.) Then again, it was 1932 and Lombard, like most of us at the time, didn't know any better. Smoking made you look chic and sophisticated -- or so we thought -- so it's understandable Carole would wish to purvey such a feeling in a publicit read more
Carole Lombard, on the 'Virtue' of smoking*
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 7, 2015
(*This entry is not endorsed by the Surgeon General's office.) Then again, it was 1932 and Lombard, like most of us at the time, didn't know any better. Smoking made you look chic and sophisticated -- or so we thought -- so it's understandable Carole would wish to purvey such a feeling in a publicit read more
Play ball!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 6, 2015
If I'm running that photo of Carole Lombard tossing out the first ball at a Pacific Coast League game at Los Angeles Wrigley Field in 1938, then you know baseball season is here. This afternoon, I was at Dodger Stadium -- as were about 55,000 others -- to see the boys in blue outlast the San Diego P read more
Play ball!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 6, 2015
If I'm running that photo of Carole Lombard tossing out the first ball at a Pacific Coast League game at Los Angeles Wrigley Field in 1938, then you know baseball season is here. This afternoon, I was at Dodger Stadium -- as were about 55,000 others -- to see the boys in blue outlast the San Diego P read more
From Carole, Easter greetings
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 5, 2015
In the (secular) spirit of the season, here's a rather serene portrait John Engstead took of Carole Lombard, presumably from 1940 -- this looks to be the outfit Lombard wore as the waitress Amy in that year's "They Knew What They Wanted" -- which apparently is a celebration of either Easter or sprin read more
From Carole, Easter greetings
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 5, 2015
In the (secular) spirit of the season, here's a rather serene portrait John Engstead took of Carole Lombard, presumably from 1940 -- this looks to be the outfit Lombard wore as the waitress Amy in that year's "They Knew What They Wanted" -- which apparently is a celebration of either Easter or sprin read more
A card worth Czech-ing out
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 4, 2015
Even though it's technically not of "Carole Lombard" at all, but her Czech alter ego of sorts, "Carola Lombardova." It's said to be 8 x 11 cm, which would make it 3.15" x 4.33" -- far smaller than the image you see on your desktop. (And no, I haven't the faintest clue what the "96" in the lower righ read more
A card worth Czech-ing out
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 4, 2015
Even though it's technically not of "Carole Lombard" at all, but her Czech alter ego of sorts, "Carola Lombardova." It's said to be 8 x 11 cm, which would make it 3.15" x 4.33" -- far smaller than the image you see on your desktop. (And no, I haven't the faintest clue what the "96" in the lower righ read more
Reflections from a journey up a mountain
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 3, 2015
It's been said this was the last photo ever taken of Carole Lombard -- and if so, it's appropriately with her mother, Elizabeth Peters, perhaps the most important influence in her life. This was taken on the evening of Jan. 15, 1942 following a war bond rally at Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis; rou read more
Reflections from a journey up a mountain
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 3, 2015
It's been said this was the last photo ever taken of Carole Lombard -- and if so, it's appropriately with her mother, Elizabeth Peters, perhaps the most important influence in her life. This was taken on the evening of Jan. 15, 1942 following a war bond rally at Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis; rou read more
'To Be' a stunning portrait
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 2, 2015
We don't know whether Carole Lombard saw this sublime publicity portrait for "To Be Or Not To Be" in finished form before she left Los Angeles for that fateful eastward journey on Jan. 12, 1942. To call it "exquisite" would be an understatement; its elegance conveys a new approach for Lombard, perha read more