Landis Versus Lombard
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 [...]
Carole Lombard Photo of the Day & Then Some
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!
Article Excerpt: What Carole Lombard Knows About Men
Written by Sonia Lee, What Carole Lombard Knows About Men was featured in the February 1935 edition of Screen Play magazine. D.E.A.R.!
P.S. Who do YOU think was Carole’s “initial great romance” at 20? Let’s hear your guesses!!
P.P.S. Once again, if anyone needs me to re-type the article let me know!
Article Excerpt: Carole Lombard Projections
From the clippings file we have an excerpt of an article about Missy Lombard for all you fabulous fans to enjoy. Titled Projections, the article is written by Elizabeth Wilson and was featured in the January 1937 edition of Silver Screen magazine. Enjoy!
P.S. You need to click to enlarge, click to Full Size, and click [...]
Lombard Goes PF-F-F-T!
The always generous and spectacular BELINDA sent me these two clippings some time ago and I guess I forgot to post and tell! Check out Carole Lombard in “GLAMOUR GOES PF-F-F-T!” which captures some candids and silly moments during the production of Nothing Sacred.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE her shoes! ALWAYS but especially in the first [...]
Dear Mr. Gable: You’ve Got A Hot New Site!
I’ve been meaning to do a post on this for awhile so hear you go.
Clark Gable’s got a spanking new website that you should all check out at: www.dearmrgable.com
The creator of the website, Carolyn, has made it into Gable galore with a photo gallery, multimedia, information, articles and more. There’s plenty of Carole too! For [...]
Now You Can Have Luscious Locks Like Lombard!
In March 1941, Loretta Francel, who had been washing and dressing Carole Lombard’s hair for exactly 10 years, sent a letter to the Salt Lake Tribune woman’s page. In it she spilled the beans on how she worked to give Carole’s hair that “shimmery quality”. Read on and learn.
“Tell all the gals with fine hair [...]
This Issue Edited by Carole Lombard
Belinda’s done it again. She was kind enough to scan some pages of the April 1936 Screen Book magazine that was edited by Carole Lombard. So D.E.A.R.!!!
Part 1 (Check out the telegram to Carole from Ginger Rogers):
Part 2 ~ Carole Lombard, the new guest editor, delivers a vital message:
Part 3 ~ Speaking About My New [...]
A Little More About The Ranch
Belinda was kind enough to scan and send us an article from Architectural Digest: Academy Awards Collectors. The article contains a bit more information -and illustrations- on the Encino ranch home owned by Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. Check it out below and don’t forget to press FULL SIZE.
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Evolution of a Bathing Beauty
Vincent, please take a seat before reading this post!
Belinda was kind enough to scan and send us some clippings of Carole Lombard and this one in particular caught my eye:
Look at the picture at the top right. It is an image many of us have seen before only this time, when I looked at it [...]



