Carole Lombard

[Tomasso]

And that's one of my favorite photos of her! :eusa_clap

I concur, Had! What a lovely image.

 

[Flivver]

Carole Lombard is one of my all-time favorites! In my opinion, she was probably the most beautiful actress of the golden era...and the most fun-loving as well. Gable was a lucky man to have been married to her, even if only for a short time.

BTW, there was a good biography of her in "Films in Review" magazine. I'll post the exact issue later.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Enjoyed Lombard in Swing High, Swing Low (1937). Lousy print of this movie, but both Lombard and Fred MacMurray (who was never better, not counting Double Indemnity; The Caine Mutiny; and The Apartment) were really good together.

 

[Diamondback]

And that's one of my favorite photos of her! :eusa_clap

Woulda been better if she'd been able to fly, but still... there's just something about a dame and a plane...

 

[Nathan Dodge]

I've been enjoying The Carole Lombard Glamour Collection and two films from that set stand out for me: Hands Across the Table and Love Before Breakfast. Especially the former, featuring one of Carole's best performances, IMO. I'd seen it before but this time she and the film resonated with me. Lombard teams with Fred MacMurray here, yet the "kismet" moment is when William Demarest (later Uncle Charlie on My Three Sons) has a brief (but hilarious!) scene with Fred, which I won't spoil for anyone...Fun movie, and Ralph Bellamy's character has a great apartment!

 

[DeeDub]

Pardon me if this is in poor taste, but I ran across a website a while back with photos and detailed facts about the crash site where Carole Lombard died. It's at http://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/Other_Areas/Lombard/Lombard.htm

I found it very moving to see remnants of the plane still there. I'd like to hike up there one day to pay my respects.

And, btw, My Man Godfrey is one of my favorite films with two of my favorite stars.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Wasn't she Old Man Kennedy's (the Ambassador's) girlfriend that he was gonna leave Rose for and got her pregnant and all?????

No - that was Gloria Swanson, as was already noted. But I don't think she got pregnant. She did when she was married to Wallace Beery and he gave her something to induce miscarriage (I guess his feeling was couldn't have the little wife sitting around home pregnant and then looking after a child, when she could be working and raking in the dough, right?). And man...is that like the weirdest pairing in Hollywood until Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley? Liza Minelli & David Gest?

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Wearing the diamond and ruby clips Clark Gable gave her--I've been looking for costume versions of these for years

Tried to PM you, Imoldfashioned, but your mailbox is full. In any event - ask and ye shall receive - click here

They've got replicas of various pieces of jewelry stars wore (women and men), so if you've got a favorite celebrity with a favorite piece of jewelry, you might find it here. We're debating right now what Bette Davis item to get for a friend who's a huge fan and looks amazingly like Davis in the late 40s & 50s.

 

[dhermann1]

Little known fact about Carole Lombard: Many people said that the true love of her life was crooner Russ Columbo. He was accidentally killed in a freak accident involving a loaded gun in 1934, age 26.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

A very nice Carole Lombard site. Pictures, vintage articles, pithy postings. Swell all around.

IMO, Lombard's the most photogenic woman of the Golden Age of Hollywood. I find other stars of the era to be prettier, but they just don't photograph as well as she does.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Carole Lombard is TCM's "Star of the Month" for October, 2008.

Monday, October 6, 2008:


8:00pm Twentieth Century (1934)
A tempestuous theatrical director tries to win back the star he created and then drove away.
Cast: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-91 mins

9:45pm Hands Across the Table (1935)
A manicurist uses her beauty and emery board to snag a rich husband.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-80 mins, TV-G

11:15pm Nothing Sacred (1937)
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-74 mins, TV-PG

12:45am Lady By Choice (1934)
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Cast: Carole Lombard, May Robson, Walter Connolly. Dir: David Burton. BW-76 mins, TV-G

2:15am Gay Bride, The (1934)
A gold digger tries to get ahead by marrying a succession of ill-fated racketeers.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-80 mins, TV-G

Oct. 13, 2008:
8 p.m. – “My Man Godfrey” (1936)
10 p.m. – “No Man Of Her Own” (1932)
11:30 p.m. – “Fools For Scandal” (1938)
1 a.m. – “Swing High, Swing Low” (1937)

Oct. 20, 2008:
8 p.m. – “The Eagle And The Hawk” (1933)
9:15 p.m. – “Brief Moment” (1933)
10:30 p.m. – “Virtue” (1932)
11:45 p.m. – “No More Orchids” (1932)
1 a.m. – “The Racketeer” (1929)

Oct. 27, 2008:
8 p.m. – “To Be Or Not To Be” (1942)
10 p.m. – “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (1941)
midnight – “Vigil In The Night” (1940)
1:45 a.m. – “In Name Only” (1939)

 

[Nathan Dodge]

This Monday!

*BUMP*

Monday, October 6 begins TCM's Carole Lombard Star of the Month features, with some of the lovely Lombard's best films starting right away:


8:00pm Twentieth Century (1934)
A tempestuous theatrical director tries to win back the star he created and then drove away.
Cast: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-91 mins

9:45pm Hands Across the Table (1935)
A manicurist uses her beauty and emery board to snag a rich husband.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-80 mins, TV-G

11:15pm Nothing Sacred (1937)
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-74 mins, TV-PG

12:45am Lady By Choice (1934)
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Cast: Carole Lombard, May Robson, Walter Connolly. Dir: David Burton. BW-76 mins, TV-G

2:15am Gay Bride, The (1934)
A gold digger tries to get ahead by marrying a succession of ill-fated racketeers.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-80 mins, TV-G

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Wasn't she Old Man Kennedy's (the Ambassador's) girlfriend that he was gonna leave Rose for and got her pregnant and all?????

No - Kennedy's mistress was Gloria Swanson and Rose refused to give him a divorce since they were such staunchly Irish Catholic.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Lux Radip theatre "My Man Godfrey"

If I remember correctly Carole Lombard & William Powell reprise their roles for the "Lux Radio Theatre" afterwards Cecil B DeMille chats to Carole about the new Ranch she is building, you can listen here, do join its such grand entertainment

http://www.zootradio.com/

 

[scotrace]

The book Gable & Lombard (Harris, 1974) isn't bad and has a good bit about both. Very few Hollywood bios are anything but mediocre and this is no different, but it's a quick read.