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Some 16mm home movies. Some special 16mm home movies...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 25, 2015
...as in Clark Gable and Carole Lombard home movies. You've probably seen some of these images before on documentaries about the couple, or perhaps as extras on DVDs starring one or the other. But now, the personal home movies of the Gable household -- featuring highlights of his marriage to Carole, read more
For Lombard and Barrymore, what a ride
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 24, 2015
The (figurative) train ride "Twentieth Century" wasn't an altogether new experience for John Barrymore; he long had been accustomed to getting good reviews (even if some weren't quite as universal as what he received here). But for Carole Lombard, used to being considered little more than a clothesh read more
More demure than 'sexy,' but nonetheless beautiful
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 23, 2015
I'm not certain whether I've run this photo of Carole Lombard before -- I have a feeling I have, though at this stage of the day I really have no desire to check. All I know is that this pic probably is from between 1932 and 1934 (I'm pretty certain the "C" in the lower right-hand corner stands for read more
'Nothing Sacred,' including Bruins and Trojans
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 22, 2015
No, Carole Lombard isn't ruminating about the just-concluded Academy Awards (perhaps it's the rain pelting Los Angeles at the moment this is written, but my normally-clear signals to Hollywood heaven can't discern her thoughts on who won and lost). It's a shot from "Nothing Sacred," and that's the s read more
In Hollywood on Oscars eve
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 21, 2015
We're less than 24 hours away from this year's Academy Awards -- and they're a long way removed from the ceremonies Carole Lombard attended. For one thing, the event's predominant media coverage will come from television, not radio, print or newsreels. For another, they've been stationed in one spot read more
A picture palace, UK style
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 20, 2015
It's mid-August 1933, and Carole Lombard stands on the steps of the courthouse in Carson City, Nev., as she gets a divorce from William Powell. And as Hollywood columnists attempted to figure out whom her next husband might be, little did they -- or she, for that matter -- know the answer could be f read more
Carole, avec les Quebecois
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 19, 2015
Carole Lombard's character, film star Kay Winters, was said to have worn this outfit in Paris in the otherwise lackluster "Fools For Scandal," but during the 33-plus years on earth, the real-life Lombard never visited a largely French-speaking area. She may have gone hunting with Clark Gable in west read more
Clark and Carole's story is now in podcast form
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 18, 2015
The romance-turned-tragedy between Hollywood icons Carole Lombard and Clark Gable has been told through books (including the new novel "A Touch of Stardust"), movies and other media. Now the story is available as a podcast.Slightly more than a month ago -- specifically on Jan. 13, near the 73rd anni read more
'Stardust' has arrived...and so have the plaudits
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 17, 2015
It looks in this photo as if Carole Lombard is getting ready to address the crowd (and a radio audience) at the Atlanta premiere of "Gone With the Wind" in December 1939 -- even though her involvement with the movie was being the wife of its lead actor. But she knew this was an important night, not read more
Six from 'No Man,' and RIP Lesley Gore
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 16, 2015
If you're a fan of "No Man Of Her Own," the 1932 Paramount which would turn out to be the lone cinematic co-teaming of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, some good news: Six stills from the film are up for auction at eBay, including the one above, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-1932-CAROLE-LOMBARD-No read more
'Herald'-ing 'Swing High, Swing Low'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 15, 2015
Riding the momentum of Carole Lombard's two earlier successes with Fred MacMurray, not to mention her huge Universal smash with "My Man Godfrey," Paramount pulled out all the stops in early 1937 to promote her upcoming film with Fred, "Swing High, Swing Low" -- so much so that it ran a four-page spo read more
Love in linen, plus losing two LA legends
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 14, 2015
From Carole Lombard's early days at Paramount (from the hairstyle and background, it was taken no later than 1931), here she is in a mellow yet studious pose. It's an actual vintage photo, trimmed and measuring 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" with linen backing and in very good+ condition:This image definitely is a read more
Wearing a cloche hat without 'Virtue'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 13, 2015
Carole Lombard may have portrayed a reformed streetwalker in the 1932 film "Virtue," but we never see her "turning tricks"; indeed, our first view of her character Mae is aboard a commuter train where she'll be shipped off to Danbury, Conn., but she gets off at the 125th Street station in upper Manh read more
The (Claudette) Colbert report: Get 'Frightened' on Friday
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 12, 2015
Relatively little has been written over the years about the relationship between Carole Lombard and her Paramount cohort, Claudette Colbert (seen here with Carole at the famed Venice Pier party in June 1935). Perhaps it was because they rarely vied for the same roles, but more likely it was because, read more
Gold + tomato = ?, plus love in (silent) transit
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 11, 2015
It's "a new color combination," or at least that's what Paramount tells us. OK, so we can't immediately discern that from this black and white portrait, but the snipe on the back reveals all:We also know this photo is from 1933 because of the copyright date at the bottom, but since it has no p1202 m read more
Some photos on a Sunday afternoon
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 10, 2015
When I moved to southern California last year, my friend Carole Sampeck of The Carole Lombard Archive congratulated me on coming out to the West Coast, noting I now could see areas she knew through her eyes (even if I had to re-imagine such sights some 75, 80 or 90 years earlier).Sunday, I did a bit read more
Carole, plus Carroll's neighbors
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 9, 2015
We know Carole Lombard (with Clark Gable) was at the Dec. 26, 1938 premiere of the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard, and we know she was among the celebrities whose oversized signatures were on concrete slabs that hung from the theater wall......but did you ever wonder which other celebritie read more
'Hollywood,' October 1934: A toast, a letter, a response
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 8, 2015
We ran this full-page photo of Carole Lombard, in much smaller form, as part of an entry in November 2011 (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/461559.html), noting it was part of the October 1934 issue of Hollywood magazine that was being auctioned on eBay. The issue again is available, but this ti read more
Carole gets carded, again
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 7, 2015
Carole Lombard, shown here in her new Hollywood Boulevard house in 1934, probably never had her own business card; as a film star, with most of her needs taken care of by the particular studio where she worked at the moment, she really had no need for one -- especially since the vast majority of tho read more
Honoring a honeymoon that never happened
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 6, 2015
We all know that Carole Lombard and Clark Gable married in Kingman, Ariz., on March 29, 1939, then met the press the following day at Lombard's Los Angeles home. Well, maybe not everybody...The story that Clark and Carole had their honeymoon at the Oatman Hotel has been exposed as myth. They returne read more