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This is a day that invariably brings joy to my life...the anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth. It was 107 years ago today in Fort Wayne, Ind., that Jane Alice Peters entered the world......and though she was on this mortal coil for not even one-third of a century, she certainly left her mark -- no read more

Murder, My Sweet will never sparkle on the screen. It's made of muck and sleaze, and it'll stay that way, but it is darkly grand in a sharp new Blu-ray release from Warner Archive. This quintessential film noir was crooner Dick Powell's stab at another screen life. He knew he was getting too loose read more

Carole Lombard and ex-husband William Powell may have teamed up for comedy magic in "My Man Godfrey," but it wasn't always universally hailed as a screwball classic. For proof, look at the comment written on the back of the above photo:MY MAN GODFREY (1936)A celebrated comedy, now seeming a bit stri read more

Carole Lombard and ex-husband William Powell may have teamed up for comedy magic in "My Man Godfrey," but it wasn't always universally hailed as a screwball classic. For proof, look at the comment written on the back of the above photo:MY MAN GODFREY (1936)A celebrated comedy, now seeming a bit stri read more

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) and a Morbid Anniversary: Poe Fest Part 2 04 Sunday Oct 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1940s, Cinema, Drama, Edgar Allan Poe, Horror, PoeFest, Romance ≈ 3 Comments Tags1940s, Documentary read more

  I recently facinated viewed gruff speaking Aldo Ray in  pseudo noir picture NIGHTFALL (1957) Directed by Jacques Tourneur . The way this fellow moved with economy of motion, stood tall, and what was so important in pictures of that day is that he wore his clothes well. Ray never actually pla read more

vt Those Bedroom Eyes US / 91 minutes / color with some bw / Hearst, Polone, NBC Dir: Leon Ichaso Pr: Kimberly Myers Scr: Deborah Dalton Cine: Jeffrey Jur Cast: Tim Matheson, Mimi Rogers, William Forsythe, Carlos Gomez, Carroll Baker, Nina Jones, Susie Spear, Johnny Popwell, Challen Cates, Deborah H read more

Starting tomorrow and continuing through the month of October, TCM will partner with Women in Film Los Angeles to focus on the women behind the camera with their much-anticipated Trailblazing Women programming. Spanning from the earliest days of cinema to the present day, TCM and WIF will present read more

As part of my Carole Lombard research for this blog, I peruse plenty of portraits of the lady, some of which I think I've seen before (but, since there's no Paramount p1202 or other studio tag, I can't completely confirm that I have). However, I'm nearly 100 percent certain I've never seen the pic a read more

As part of my Carole Lombard research for this blog, I peruse plenty of portraits of the lady, some of which I think I've seen before (but, since there's no Paramount p1202 or other studio tag, I can't completely confirm that I have). However, I'm nearly 100 percent certain I've never seen the pic a read more

Barbara Britton was an American film and television actress best known for her western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for her two-year tenure as inquisitive amateur sleuth Pam North on the television series “Mr. and Mrs. North”.   Barbara Britto read more

In the past, we've frequently discussed Hollywood Pattern, a division of Conde Nast which published dress patterns identified with Carole Lombard and other film stars in the 1930s. Now, another fascinating artifact of the company has come up for auction at eBay.It's a standee, measuring 14" x 22", s read more

In the past, we've frequently discussed Hollywood Pattern, a division of Conde Nast which published dress patterns identified with Carole Lombard and other film stars in the 1930s. Now, another fascinating artifact of the company has come up for auction at eBay.It's a standee, measuring 14" x 22", s read more

UK / 55 minutes / bw / Leontine, Grand National Dir & Pr & Scr: Ronald Drake Story: Gathering Storm (1948 play) by Gordon Glennon, itself based on Envy My Simplicity (1943) by Reyner Barton Cine: Jack Asher, Phil Grindrod Cast: Susan Shaw, Laurence Harvey, Trader Faulkner, Laurence Naismith, read more

This photo from John Miehle has caused all sorts of controversy among Carole Lombard fans. It's one of a group of items that's part of an auction to be held next week by Profiles in History (http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=profilesinhistoryauctions&hash=item1a054c885a&item=111758051418&_from=R40 read more

This photo from John Miehle has caused all sorts of controversy among Carole Lombard fans. It's one of a group of items that's part of an auction to be held next week by Profiles in History (http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=profilesinhistoryauctions&hash=item1a054c885a&item=111758051418&_from=R40 read more

I Lost it at the Video Store: A Filmmakers' Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press, 2015 What video stores and the proliferation of videos did was to democratize access to movies and film history. -Tim Blake Nelson There were once video stores I'd gone to so often that I'd me read more

Yep, that's the familiar image of Carole Lombard holding a farm animal -- but what makes this photo special is that it's autographed by Carole. The inscription: “More power to you Delores in your clever make-up, love Carole.”This 10 1/4" x 13 1/4" pic, from lot 444 and with a starting bid of $400, read more

Yep, that's the familiar image of Carole Lombard holding a farm animal -- but what makes this photo special is that it's autographed by Carole. The inscription: “More power to you Delores in your clever make-up, love Carole.”This 10 1/4" x 13 1/4" pic, from lot 444 and with a starting bid of $400, read more

Earlier this month, we reprinted a feature on Carole Lombard and clothes from the June 1932 issue of Modern Screen (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/817111.html). Little did I know that back in 1991, someone named Sandra Vanderpool -- who apparently is well known for her work with paper dolls -- read more