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A Touch of Stardust: A Novel Kate Alcott Double Day Release Date: 2/17/15 I approached A Touch of Stardust with caution, because I am always wary of novels that fictionalize the lives of my movie idols. As Carole Lombard and Clark Gable are among my first silver screen loves, I felt especially on g read more

Hello Readers, It’s January 15th, the anniversary of the eve of Carole Lombard’s tragic death from the airline crash on Potosi Mountain on Friday, January 16th, 1942. I thought I would post a tribute to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the day that Carole Lombard fulfilled her read more

It's been ages since I did an induction for my Hall of Fame and it occurred to me that Carole Lombard, my favorite actress had not been inducted yet. My oh my, that has to be corrected. Carole's achievements include winning a Montie for Best Actress for her performance in My Man Godfrey and win read more

You know I had to post about my all time favorite actress, Carole Lombard! I may have slacked off on blogging over this past summer but leave it to Carole to get me going again. TCM is honoring her today with several of her films and while I will missed them, I have been posting about her all day l read more

Another poster called attention to an item for sale on eBay CLARK GABLE SIGNED AUTO CAROLE LOMBARD ESTATE DOCUMENT ROLLS ROYCE W/COA 1942. The seller incorrectly lists that the document pertains to a Rolls Royce. The document is in fact a settlement from Lombard's estate in the amount of $3.51 for read more

Today, Turner Classic Movies' Summer Under The Stars torch is passed from William Powell to his one-time wife, Carole Lombard, the third time she's been a SUTS honoree. Here is the schedule, along with my comments on each film (since the card is nearly similar to what TCM ran in 2011, I'm largely re read more

Do you keep chickens?Hens been on your mind lately? Carole Lombard and Edmund the Rooster In the mid-1930s Carole Lombard, then just dating Mr. Clark Gable, had an assortment of pets, including dogs and cats, some of them rescues. She also had some ducks, a hen named Jessie and a rooster named read more

By Fritzi Kramer on April 4, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Ah, those roaring twenties! While the fringed dress was not as common as Halloween costumers would have you believe, they did exist. Of course, a real 1920′s befringed dress was a marvelous confection of swinging silk, a real thing of beau read more

In November 1936, about the time Carole Lombard entered the Los Angeles Hall of Records to officially change her name from Jane Alice Peters, Bernarr Macfadden's Liberty magazine ran a story about her, focusing not so much on her career as an actress but her personal -- heck, romantic -- life.We ran read more

Due to the book’s recent publication I’m reposting my original review I’ll republish this review during the holidays when a special 250 copies are released, and again in January when the book is officially available, yet I’m writing on it now.  Why?  Because Fireball is a gri read more

Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 Robert Matzen GoodKnight Books, 2013 In order to properly tell the story of the 1942 death of 22 passengers in TWA flight 3, a crash that has endured in memory because one of them was the glamorous film star Carole Lombard, author Robert Matzen s read more

I’ll republish this review during the holidays when a special 250 copies are released, and again in January when the book is officially available, yet I’m writing on it now.  Why?  Because Fireball is a gripping, harrowing, and ultimately upsetting biography about Lombard and the tragic read more

I’ll republish this review during the holidays when a special 250 copies are released, and again in January when the book is officially available, yet I’m writing on it now.  Why?  Because Fireball is a gripping, harrowing, and ultimately upsetting biography about Lombard and the tragic read more

In celebration of the great talent that was Carole Lombard on the anniversary of her birthday, here are two Lux Radio Theater productions in which Carole reprised roles she portrayed on the silver screen.  These are among the best radio shows I’ve heard – hope you enjoy them. “In read more

(Image via Wikimedia Commons) On October 6, 1908, an average American couple by the names of Frederick and Elizabeth became parents to a baby girl. They already had two sons. They named their family’s new addition Jane Alice Peters, but she would later become known as Carole Lombard, the queen read more

On this day in 1908, in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jane Alice Peters was born. She later became known as Carole Lombard, one of the most famous and beloved film performers in cinema history. Carole Lombard is my favorite actress of all time. Explaining why someone or something is your fa read more

On this day in 1908, in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jane Alice Peters was born. She later became known as Carole Lombard, one of the most famous and beloved film performers in cinema history. Carole Lombard is my favorite actress of all time. Explaining why someone or something is your fa read more

The news is out as the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Champion, Carole Lombard returns to compete in The Lombard Cup, leading a team of 20 other classic movie actresses against Team Veronica (as in Veronica Lake) of Journeys In Classic Film. Carole will face off against Veronica in the very fi read more

“I’ve lived by a man’s code designed to fit a man’s world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman’s first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.” -Carole Lombard If anyone ever made the most of life, it was “Hoosier Tornado” Carole Lom read more

Weekend Movie Re-cap: Carole Lombard Marathon Carole Lombard in all her glory (& many feathers). I had a little bit of a Carole Lombard move marathon this past weekend! I wasn't in the best of moods owing to the fact that a pesky migraine refused to subside for much of Saturday and Sund read more