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26 new pictures of Carole Lombard have been added to the Photo Archives. A couple of candids, a few lobby cards, and more pretty portraits like the one below.

Good morning! Kendra was kind enough to scan and share this April 1941 Screen Guide feature with us. The brief and fluffy piece puts Lombard up against another famous blonde: Carole Landis, who actually changed her first name because of her admiration of Carole Lombard. To my knowledge the two never met but Landis, like Lombard, played a big role in the war effort and spent more time visiting troops than any other actress. Landis visited more than 250 military bases across the United States.

Give it a read and if you want to learn more about Carole Landis I recommend you visit the lovely Carole Landis Online.

UPDATE: I got in touch with one of Landis’ nieces and she has the following to say:

No, they never met. Carole Landis was a huge Lombard fan and had her picture plastered all over her bedroom wall when she was a child. That’s why she chose the stage name Carole. Some sources say she actually chose Carol out of a phone book and then added the “e” to be like Lombard. There is a quote Carole gave when a reporter told her they looked alike - “If I look like Miss Lombard - and I don’t - please spare her the humiliation.”

Grab a pal and go as Gable and Lombard!

This is not a joke.

A seller on ebay has just listed these handsomely-crafted-in-France masks of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable. See:

Oh the LOLS.

The seller estimates them to be from the mid-1950’s to early 1960’s. (Meaning Clark may have seen them!)

If YOU want to be one of the lucky ones to rock these masks on October 30th, go get your bidding on by CLICKING HERE > >

Bidding ends October 18th.

Carole is probably ROFLing right . . . NOW.

When it comes to Carole Lombard I consider myself to be a die-hard collector. However, there is one aspect of Lombardilia I have yet to delve into- tobacco cards.

Helen L. on the other hand is an avid collector of these cards and she took over 3 months to compile this comprehensive list for all the Lombard tobacco card collectors out there. She writes:

“These are all original vintage from the 1930-1940’s mostly - nothing current on this list. I now have starting collecting Carole tobacco cards a few months ago - I buy them when they are cheap. However, there are some that sell for $50!!! Yikes.”

“I wanted to let you know that about 90% of this information I have on this list below came from auditting Troy Kirk’s website [moviecard.com] and doing a search of every list. Since his lists are not all complete and new cards are always being found, this list below is definately not ‘final’, but it’s a very good start . . . I have also provided the actual link to the page where the information can be found about that card.”

If that’s not enough, Helen also sent me scans of these cards which I will be adding to the Photo Archives shortly. Card collectors are you ready? CLICK HERE for the list (after the jump).
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Video Uploaded by: mariola2755

Vigil In The Night is the latest flick to be added to the Multimedia files. The film revolves around a good nurse (Carole Lombard) who ruins her career by covering up for her sister’s careless mistake.

Radio Show Uploaded by: TallulahDahling

Here’s Carole Lombard and Bob Hope performing “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” for Lux Radio Theatre on June 9th 1941. Enjoy!

33 new pictures have been added to the Photo Archives, including some beautiful portraits of Missy Carole. The one above is my favorite of the batch. Click Here to see them now >>

Carole Lombard .org is having a soirée in celebration of Miss Lombard’s 1-0-1 and you are invited!!

For those of you in the Greater Seattle Area, a group of us are meeting up tomorrow, October 6, at 7:30pm at the Olive Garden in South Center Mall for some din-din and fun times and we’d love for all of you to join us.

For more information send me a message at: info@carolelombard.org. Or just show up! We’ll be there.

LOVE IT! So classic.

I’ve added some rare, racy, and rejected images to the Photo Archives so check them out. More coming soon but in the mean time I’d like to give a BIG hug to HELEN L. for her many contributions. Besitos!