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Yesterday's entry included a Carole Lombard memorabilia item from an eBay seller known as "baseballguy1." He's currently selling three other Lombard pics, and here they are -- beginning with this jovial shot of Carole, Clark Gable and Garson Kanin, who directed Lombard in "They Knew What They Wanted read more

Rachel at All Night Knits has awarded my blog another honor! This time, it is the Super Sweet Blogging Award. I am very excited to receive this. Thank you so much! Now, let’s get down to business. The rules: 1. Thank the Super Sweet Blogger that nominated you. 2. Answer 5 Super Sweet questio read more

Whenever a new Carole Lombard Paramount p1202 photo is uncovered, it's cause for celebration. And today, we have three of them -- including one of the most unusual shots in the collection:It's p1202-726, from 1934 (the outfit Lombard's wearing ties it to "We're Not Dressing"), but who's that person read more

You know when you are going along minding your own business, thinking of cake or butterflies or something, and someone tells you this: It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. This annoys me. I’m sorry but I don’t like my emotions and facial expressions dictated by strangers. And, read more

As Young as You Feel (1951). Is a comedy film starring Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, and David Wayne, with Marilyn Monroe in a small role. Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He decides to impersonate the president of the parent company and arrives at his old pla read more

As promised, more Carole Lombard images now available via eBay, beginning with this one, Lombard looking sleek and stylish (albeit with furs), befitting the heiress she portrayed in the 1932 Columbia film "No More Orchids":Heritage Movie Posters, which is selling the item, describes it as: "Vintage read more

In yesterday's entry about some new Carole Lombard images, I announced, "We’ll run three of them today and save the other three for tomorrow." Well, that isn't going to happen...because we have four more photos for you to enjoy (and bid on, if you so desire).The first one is above; it's said to be read more

Not long ago, we ran an entry that included a cover story from the May 1935 issue of Movie Classic on how Carole Lombard became Hollywood's best-dressed star. Either that article drew a strong response from readers or the editors were major Lombard fans, because Carole was the subject of two more pi read more

Carole Lombard is nearing the top prize at the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. As of 8 p.m. (Eastern) Friday, Lombard had extended her lead over Bette Davis in the finals to a surprising 51-22, outpolling Davis 11-6 over the previous 24 hours. With the title match ending Sunday, she see read more

With voting now under way in the finals of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney (Carole Lombard needs your vote against Bette Davis, and you can cast your ballot for Carole at http://poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com), we thought we'd turn our attention to some wonderful news for those read more

Carole Lombard is glad to finally capture the roses. After two years of finishing runnerup in the 1930s bracket, she broke through to win in the 2013 version of the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Lombard beat a game challenger and good friend, Barbara Stanwyck, by a 36-27 count.But things a read more

A lot of news in this installment of News From the Lake.  We’ll discuss an upcoming Hollywood biopic, some TCM news, a few Universal films to be on the watch for, and FOX revealing some more manufactured on demand DVDs. Rock Hudson is set to receive the red carpet treatment with a Hollywood read more

"He no nuts! He's CRAZY!!!" From INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM Spoken by Ke Huy Quan as Short Round "Pass the marmalade....will you, Elizabeth?" From THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Spoken by Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein "You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?" From T read more

"He no nuts! He's CRAZY!!!" From INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM Spoken by Ke Huy Quan as Short Round "Pass the marmalade....will you, Elizabeth?" From THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Spoken by Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein "You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?" From T read more

This is a series of posts this month wherein I will focus on Disney films. For more on my background with Disney films and about the timing of this focus please read the introductory post here. One of my more recent revisits in the Disney library were the two Rescuers films. There are a few interes read more

We've run that cover of Carole Lombard from the January 1937 issue of Picture Play several times in the past, but never at such a size. But now we can, because nearly five years of that Street & Smith's publication -- from January 1934 to October 1938 -- have been placed online, thanks to New York's read more

Another couple of quick notes on preservation efforts that have crossed my desk today: On the other end of the country from my previous post, the 2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation will be kicking off this Saturday, March 1, at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles.  As the director of the Festiva read more

Another couple of quick notes on preservation efforts that have crossed my desk today: On the other end of the country from my previous post, the 2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation will be kicking off this Saturday, March 1, at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles.  As the director of the Festiva read more

Like this picture that I got in the mail, today! Don't they look like they want to tear each other's eyes out?! And by that, I mean tearing... other things... and jokes I can't make myself make about Jeanette Anna and Gene. Because that's weird. Nope, too late, already popped up in my mind. We'll sa read more

Starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef with director Sergio Leone, this Spaghetti western is the second film in the “Dollar Trilogy.” The film opens with two bounty hunters, and in two separate instances we quickly realize their skill in bagging their man. However, when a notorious ou read more