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A "Stand Tall!" (virtual) casting call
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 24, 2020
Does Carole Lombard appear a bit ambivalent about the showgirl outfit she's wearing in the 1928 Pathe part-talkie "Show Folks"? Maybe so, but if you've ever had ambitions of being in show business, I'm going to give you a chance.I'm proud to announce that a month from now -- Saturday, Oct. 24 -- I'm read more
One more Pathe and a new p1202, too
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 23, 2020
In our recent listing of photos Carole Lombard made at Pathe, we inadvertently omitted the one above -- cl-18, probably taken near the end of 1928. The 20-year-old starlet makes for a fine "sleeping beauty," doncha think?We've also uncovered a new Lombard Paramount p1202 portrait, specifically p1202 read more
A potpourri of Pathe portraits, part 2
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 22, 2020
Something like this probably is the mental image Carole Lombard fans conjure when one mentions her photos for Pathe: A sensual shot taken by William E. Thomas, where the starlet -- just out of her teens -- shows off plenty of skin in a racy environment.But note there's no "cl-xx" number listed, so y read more
A potpourri of Pathe portraits, part 1
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 21, 2020
Meet Carole Lombard's Pathe cl-181, a photo of her I'd never seen before today. It's been quite some time since we examined these late 1920s images, but they played a significant role in redefining Carole (or, as the studio referred to her, "Carol") from the fun-loving, swimsuit-clad Lombard of the read more
Some "Sacred" bunk
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 20, 2020
Carole Lombard's 1937 Technicolor comedy "Nothing Sacred" was infused with a huge dosw of cynicism, no surprise considering the caustic Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay, aided by the likes of Algonquin Round Table wit Dorothy Parker. Hecht, a former newspaperman, attacked the gullibility of the press read more
Carole and James
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 19, 2020
Carole Lombard and James Stewart would team for only one movie, "Made For Each Other," but they worked several times on radio and had fine chemistry in both mediums. Here they are in a few photos Alfred Eisenstaedt took for Life magazine in 1938:I have no doubt they would have worked together a few read more
Read the "Rumba," everybody
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 18, 2020
"Rumba," Carole Lombard's second dance film with George Raft, was released at the start of 1935 (it premiered Feb. 8, to be precise), but in many ways it ended an era for her. "Rumba" was arguably her last second-tier vehicle for Paramount; the four that followed not only were productions tailored f read more
Before Carole could run, Bebe swam
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 17, 2020
Is "Run, Girl, Run" the best-known of Carole Lombard's Mack Sennett comedies? You can make a valid argument on its behalf; parts of it were used in Robert Youngson's 1958 compilation "The Golden Age Of Comedy," it shows Carole a few years removed from her days as a fleet champion athlete at Virgil J read more
Yet more Carole clippings
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 16, 2020
Two days ago, we ran an entry alerting readers to a potpourri of Carole Lombard items on sale at eBay. Today, we visit another memorabilia site, etsy, which has Lombard stuff of its own available.The collection is of about 20 Carole clippings, most of which are from the early to mid-1930s (see above read more
Was "The Other Man"..."What They Wanted"?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 15, 2020
Many Carole Lombard fans know that several of the movies she made initially had different titles. For example, during pre-production, "In Name Only" was first known as "The Kind Men Marry." United Artists toyed with the idea of naming "To Be Or Not To Be," a sophisticated dark Ernst Lubitsch comedy, read more
Odds and ends for Lombard fans
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 14, 2020
If you collect Carole Lombard memorabilia, some good news for you. A grab bag of 10 different Lombard items is on sale at eBay.Here they are, more or less individually:Seeing Carole with a cigarette in her mouth instantly ages the picture by 2020 standards -- and despite what another photo caption r read more
Bidding adieu to Mr. Powell
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 13, 2020
When William Powell died at 91 in early March of 1984, people became aware of the answer to an overlooked Hollywood trivia question -- "Clark Gable was Carole Lombard's second husband. Who was her first?" After all, Powell had largely been out of the public eye for nearly three decades after making read more
A trio of intriguing pics
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 12, 2020
Carole Lombard poses with her beloved dachshund Commissioner in this 1938 color portrait taken by John Engstead. Great shot, though I'm a bit miffed for the doxie's sake that Engstead couldn't work his entire face in.That's one of three new Lombard images we have for you. Next up, also from '38 (May read more
'No One Man,' just one old script
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 11, 2020
"No One Man" marked Carole Lombard's first top-billed production, released by Paramount in early 1932 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/942614.html). Despite two solid co-stars in Paul Lukas (seen above) and Ricardo Cortez in yet another ill-fated antagonist role, the film drew tepid reviews u read more
Heaven's stage to Dame Diana: You're needed
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 10, 2020
Peter Cushing, who'll be Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month for October, worked with just about everybody. In "Vigil In The Night" (1940), only his fourth film, Cushing has a scene with Carole Lombard's lead character, British nurse Anne Lee. Nearly three decades later, Cushing moved to the me read more
Happy 100th, KNX!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 9, 2020
It would be wrong to say Carole Lombard grew up with radio; the Peters family she was part of probably didn't own a radio set until she was in her early teenage years. But while it then wasn't considered as attractive a career option as motion pictures -- after all, people only heard you, didn't see read more
Carole and Clark conquer Atlanta
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 8, 2020
It's been more than eight decades since Carole Lombard and Clark Gable visited Atlanta for the world premiere of "Gone With The Wind," the Civil War epic in which Clark played the role of a lifetime as Rhett Butler. One wonders what the couple would think of the debate on whether "GWTW" glorifies sl read more
Another p1202 mystery
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 7, 2020
The p1202 series of photos taken of Carole Lombard during her seven-year tenure at Paramount (p1202 was Carole's player number at the studio) tantalize collectors, such as p1202-1420 above. There apparently are more than 1,600 of them. Unfortunately, no complete catalog of such pics is known to exis read more
'Herald' Carole at her career peak
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 6, 2020
It's early in the 1937 holiday season, and if you're Selznick International, you feel you have a winner on your hands in Carole Lombard's Technicolor comedy "Nothing Sacred." It's done quite well at the Manhattan showplace, Radio City Music Hall, so you promote it with a two-page trade spread:The pu read more
A few new pics, and au revoir, Anna
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 4, 2020
A few Carole Lombard photos new to me are on today's docket, such as this beach photo from 1929 of Lombard and Pathe stablemate Diane Ellis. We've previously run other pics of the pair:Diane was Carole's best friend at Pathe; school pals at Virgil Junior High in the early '20s, they appeared togethe read more