Carole Lombard News


Carole Lombard To Get Memorial . . . Finally!

Remember a few months back CaroleLombard.org was raising funds to purchase a plaque for Carole Lombard and the 21 others who gave their lives for the betterment of this country.? Well, I’m happy to report that we’ve reached our goal and now have enough money to do so!!
Thanks to the individuals below, Carole Lombard is [...]

R.I.P. Karl Malden Dies At 97

Karl Malden, an Oscar and Emmy award-winning actor and Lombard co-star, died today at the age of 97.
No cause of death has been reported yet and funeral arrangements are still pending.
Malden landed his first movie role in the 1940 drama They Knew What They Wanted starring our Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton, (he [...]

Caricatures Make Lovely Gifts

A few weeks back we posted a caricature of Carole Lombard produced in 1991. Well the artist, Pierre Montiel, was kind enough to contact CaroleLombard.org and mail us another one of his masterpieces! Check it out below:

THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. MONTIEL!
If you have photos or artwork you’d like to donate to, please e-mail info@carolelombard.org

Inside Carole Lombard’s Home In Fort Wayne

Happy Memorial Day!
CaroleLombard.org wants to thank all the brave men and women of the Armed Forces, and remember those who have lost their lives defending liberty. God bless the USA and God Bless the whole world!
A couple of site updates:
22 new photos have been added to the Photo Archives and more are being added. Most [...]

Carole Lombard-William Powell Home FOR SALE!

La Lombard’s homes are starting to flood the market these days and we LOVE it.
First there was the ranch and now the Spanish villa at 6861 Iris Circle in L.A.’s Whitley Heights neighborhood that Carole Lombard and William Powell once called home has come on the market at $1,395,000.
That’s the cheapest yet!!
Anyways, here’s the description:
“Built [...]

Inside The Encino Ranch Home

Thanks to Carolyn you can now go inside the Encino Ranch home by checking out the new section entitled “Inside Carole Lombard’s Homes” in the Photo Archives.
CLICK HERE to see them now.
I’ll be adding more photos of all of Carole Lombard’s homes in the next few days so stay tuned!!

Own Some of the Gable-Lombard Ranch!

An Encino home built on almost an acre of the former estate of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard is on the market right now for a cool $4.2 million.
The sellers are Sam Haskell, former head of worldwide television at the William Morris Agency and chairman of the Miss America organization, and his wife, Mary, a [...]

Tally’s Lombard Collection: Back To Carole’s Closet!

Do we really need an introduction? Everyone knows Tally! She’s the beautiful lady with a big collection of Lombard-ilia which she generously shares with all of us at CaroleLombard.org. Well she’s back with some more goodies for you and I’m just going to pass this post right to her. Take it away Tally:
“Hi there! A [...]

WANTED: Bombshell & Screwball

Have you ever seen a photograph with both Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow in it?
I have been searching like a madcap and contacting Harlow archivists around the globe, to no avail. I find it bizarre as the two were very good friends and attended the same private gatherings and social functions. The best bet would [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Good Morning- or whatever time of day it may be for you- and Happy Mother’s Day!
I don’t know about you but I started my day by getting up at 4:30 a.m. [...]