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Carole Lombard is shown near the Indiana State Capitol on Jan. 15, 1942, as she helped kick off the inaugural war bond rally of World War II. It would be her last full day on earth, as the following evening she and 21 others -- including her mother, Elizabeth Peters, and MGM publicist/chaperone Otto read more

Discovering new publicity stills of Carole Lombard -- particularly of her Paramount p1202 series from 1930 to 1938 -- is always a thrill for me, and today I added another to my online family.It's p1202-748 (above), from late 1933 or early 1934, showing Carole looking over her shoulder, wearing a flo read more

Farmageddon has so many sci-fi TV and movie references it’s hard to keep track. The whole thing feels like an homage to E.T. as far as the story—an alien (“voiced” by Amalia Vitale; voicing means making noises in Farmageddon, there’s no dialogue) gets stranded on Earth and makes friends with read more

What would it be like to travel back in time? This is a fantasy most children indulge in thinking about but for Paul ( Michael McVey ) and Fiona ( Pheona McLellan ) it becomes a reality when they meet Professor Wagstaff ( Patrick Troughton ) on the way to school one day.  The professor has in read more

This ad for Carole Lombard's "Safety In Numbers" ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 13, 1930 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/930067.html). We know it to be Lombard's initial film for Paramount, but not everyone does. This slide on eBay is proof:It's listed as a slide for MGM studios, read more

Barry Newman in Vanishing Point. Rural car chase movies were a staple at drive-in theaters in the 1970s, where you could view Grand Theft Auto, Eat My Dust, and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. The most famous of these films is arguably Vanishing Point, which was released in 1971. Unlike the aforementioned read more

"Made For Each Other" signaled a significant shift in Carole Lombard's career, as she chose to set aside her status as an ace comedienne to show she could pull off dramatic roles. Top-billed over up-and-coming James Stewart when this was released in January 1939 (that would change by year's end, as read more

Like many classic film fans, I’m becoming increasingly nervous about the status of physical media in our cultural landscape. A couple of years ago, I contemplated thinning my DVD/Blu-ray collection. Now I’ve decided to keep everything and save space by organizing everything into binders read more

Carole Lombard and William Powell's divorce was approved in Nevada on Aug. 18, 1933, so it hardly was "new" when this publicity photo, Paramount p1202-1135, was issued in early 1936:But the marking on the back refers to something listed as "New Divorce, The." Huh?Nothing in Carole & Co. files refers read more

Author Michele Giuttari was for a time a top cop in Florence, and led investigations including that of the celebrated Monster of Florence serial killings. In his Afterword to this, his debut novel, Giuttari admits that his hero, a Florentine top cop called Michele Ferrara, is an idealized version o read more

This is my contribution to the Wedding Bells Blogathon hosted by the always elegant Annette at Hometowns to Hollywood. Click here to immerse yourself in more cinematic wedded bliss. Who is Sylvia? The elegant Sylvia I love a good Hollywood true true-love story. Lucy & Desi, Larry & read more

This entry is part of the Carole Lombard Memorial Blogathon, co-hosted by this site and "In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood" (https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/the-carole-lombard-memorial-blogathon-is-here/). I apologize for its relative lateness, but my (thankfully minor) heart read more

Happy New Year, y’all! Now that we’re in a new year, the countdown to the 2020 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival is on! And you know what that means – time for another installment in my ongoing, year-round coverage of the 2019 event! Today, I’m shining the spotlight on two of my favorite film-view read more

Three Enchanting Ladies I know, it’s January 17 already, but I first wanted to wish you a very happy new year 2020! Imagine; the 20s! That’s pretty cool, no? And this will be my first blog post of the year, a way to start it in beauty. For my discussion today, we have to go back in time a little, read more

We've previously run this Carole Lombard Paramount still, p1202-1272, but knew little about it -- until this version appeared, with a snipe on the rear:The wording in close-up:Gray chiffon, plenty of beautiful bare back, a brooch in star sapphire -- it's by all means "ethereal." The photo was issued read more

A slow-starting but eventually mesmerizing tale of writer’s block, identity theft, the nature of memory and the purpose of fiction. The fact that the narrator is a successful novelist called Delphine and is clearly based on de Vigan herself has led some to believe this is autobiography rather read more

This is admittedly nitpicky, but the title cards of Blood on the Moon are a bit jarring as the white-lettered names all but disappear into the sliver of light stretching across the otherwise black canvas of the screen. Thus, I missed out on about a fourth of the names in the cast. Opening credits a read more

The majority of movies have to fight to earn our allegiance. However, Yesterday really does have a foolproof premise because, from the outset, it can bank on a viewership who will already have memories crowded with the Beatles and as the Fab Four play a key role in the story, you already have a huge read more

It's possible that by the end of next week, someone could acquire seven Carole Lombard movies on DVD...and pay less than a dollar for each film. (Before shipping and handling, of course).OK, the DVDs in question date from 2005 and 2006, respectively -- but they're apparently in good shape. Several o read more

Are Christian comics better or worse since Archie Gets a Job! (from 1977)? The comic promotes a combination of functional illiteracy and profound ignorance, not to mention encouraging teasing of people’s appearances, particularly fat-shaming. Just like Jesus, no doubt. The comic’s all about Archie read more