Carole Lombard Trivia of the Day

First of all I am sorry for not posting yesterday. I had a 7am call time and stayed on the set until very late. As I waited and waited for my scene I kept telling myself “Carole once did it. And I am sure she had nothing but an attitude of gratitude for getting to be on screen- even if she just had to mime.” LOL

Ok trivia time!

1. Carole Lombard was nominated for an Academy Award in 1937 for her performance in My Man Godfrey. Which actress won the Academy Award that year and for what film?

2. True or False: Carole Lombard was not the first choice for Lily Garland in Twentieth Century (1934).

3. In January of 1935, Carole Lombard went to Cuba. When she returned to the US, she stated that the reason for her visit was ____________
a) To film scenes for Rumba.
b) To visit a friend.
c) To cure her current flu.
d) To meet with members of the Cuban government.
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ANSWERS:
1. Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld

2. True: Harry Cohn had previously considered Gloria Swanson and Miriam Hopkins. Thankfully Howard Hawks took the reins and put in Lombard’s name.

3. C) On Feb.2, 1935 Carole Lombard and her secretary Madeleine Fields arrived in Dallas and while waiting to switch planes, she discussed her recent trip to Cuba. Fieldsie explained that they had been spending a short vacation in Cuba, “in search of a cure for a slight case of influenza which Miss Lombard which Miss Lombard had been suffering for the last two weeks.”
(3 February, “Carole Lombard Stops In Dallas For Brief Visit”, The New York Times)

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