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For much of "True Confession," the relationship between Carole Lombard's Helen Bartlett and co-star Fred MacMurray's attorney husband Ken Bartlett is pretty mellow. But when pathological liar Helen stretches the truth a bit, things can get, well, fairly hairy...Any doubting Thomases should examine t read more

This is my entry in the Joan Crawford: Queen of the Silver Screen Blogathon, hosted by Pale Writer and Poppity Talks Classic Films. Click HERE for more Joan. "Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophisticati read more

On this Cinco de Mayo, a few Carole Lombard pics for you. First, the one above, said to be from 1937. I know nothing about why Carole is shown with a camera; does anyone know more?Next, this from the Picture Show Annual of 1933 (http://www.archive.org/stream/pictureshowannua00amal_6#mode/1up), thoug read more

This photo of Carole Lombard with servicemen was taken at the Salt Lake City rail station on Jan. 13, 1942, during a stopover on her journey to Chicago aboard the City of Los Angeles train. If she passed by the newsstand, she may have seen this magazine with good friend Myrna Loy on the cover (sans read more

As Maria Tura in "To Be Or Not To Be," Carole Lombard typed a message to save her acting troupe and her fellow Poles in the underground from the Nazis. Now, it's time to rescue Keswick Fletcher and Eloise Kellogg (aka Susan Birch)Who are they? First, Keswick is a scientist who's been kidnapped, and read more

It's been said Carole Lombard could wear nearly anything -- such as a large piece of fabric draped over her by Travis Banton, as seen above -- and make it look great. But it also led to some misconceptions about her fashion beliefs.Take the June 1934 issue of Silver Screen, with Jean Harlow on the c read more

Hollywood Boulevard: The calm before the storm Two weeks ago today, I was with my older daughter, Veronica, in sunny Los Angeles, joyfully immersed in the world of cinema (and the circus-like atmosphere that is Hollywood Boulevard) at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. As I look I my window in read more

A Report on the Party and the Guests (O slavnosti a hostech) Directed by Jan Nemec Written by Esther Krumbachova and Jan Nemec 1966/Czechoslovakia Filmove studio Barradonov First viewing/Criterion Channel I liked this scathing allegory on enforced conformity in a Communist State. A group of friends read more

For almost as long as there has been broadcasting, there has been commercial sponsorship. But from the 1930s through the 1960s, sponsors had an unusual amount of power because, through advertising agencies, they owned entire blocks of time on the program schedule and produced their own shows. In thi read more

For almost as long as there has been broadcasting, there has been commercial sponsorship. But from the 1930s through the 1960s, sponsors had an unusual amount of power because, through advertising agencies, they owned entire blocks of time on the program schedule and produced their own shows. In thi read more

I'm guessing this shot of Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and director Frank Capra was taken on the Columbia lot in late 1933 or early '34, when Lombard was making "Twentieth Century" and the other three the future multiple Oscar-winner "It Happened One Night."Carole worked with many read more

A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more

A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more

A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more

A Shock to the System is almost a success. It’s real close. It has all the right pieces, it just doesn’t have enough time at the end to put them away in their new arrangement. Everything’s in disarray because the film changes into a thriller—with a different protagonist—for a while in the read more

And this has nothing to do with Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount (titled "True Confession," no "s"), which put her on the cover in February 1938......and also released a tie-in seen above. Rather, this deals with the April 1936 issue where Carole graced the cover (https://carole-and-co.live read more

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at: Intolerance (1916) Along with my “Silent Superstars” series, I thought it would be fun to dive into the history behind specific films. Let’s start with a look at one of biggest spectacles ever put on film–Intolerance! It is one of the grandest, read more

Of the three talking feature films Carole Lombard made for Pathe (while she was billed as Carol Lombard), "Big News" is probably the least known. A shame, because it's directed by Gregory La Cava some seven years before he and Lombard would reteam for the brilliant "My Man Godfrey." Moreover, it's t read more

Have you ever fallen under the spell of a film? Of course you have, otherwise you wouldn't be here. Certain films and characters have a way of mesmerizing us and drawing us into their world. Count me 100% under the spell of one Margo Sperling, the lady with the missing cat in 1977's "The late Show." read more

A Fera da Cidade (1932) e a gênese da femme fatale The Beast of the City (1932) and the genesis of the femme fatale Podemos traçar as origens de muitos traços dos filmes noir para mais de uma década antes que o primeiro “noir verdadeiro” – “O Falcão Maltês̶ read more