Carole Lombard takes on the High-Profile Illness – Silver Screenings
Spoiler Alert You have to hand it to 1930s screwball comedies. They are, in part, a response to the Production Code (c.a. 1930-67), a set of rules about What Was Allowed in … Continue reading
Quote • CAROLE LOMBARD • Humour & Egos
“Humor is nothing less than a sense of the fitness of things. Something that’s out of proportion, like an inflated ego, should strike you funny, particularly if it’s your own … Continue reading
On this day: the death of Carole Lombard | In Times Gone By…
Carole Lombard, one of the 1930s most significant film actresses, was killed in a plane crash in Nevada, USA on the 16th of January, 1942. She was thirty-three at the … Continue reading
Quote • CAROLE LOMBARD • Virtues
The Cardinal Virtue “–Is a sense of humor,” says Carole. “Do you laugh in the right places? Then, you’ll get along, in fair weather or foul. Humor is nothing less … Continue reading
Winston Churchill vetoed Coward knighthood – Telegraph
BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD Coward’s handler was Cary Grant, the British born Hollywood star, known to have close links to intelligence services on both sides of the Atlantic. The 43 year old … Continue reading
My Man Godfrey – Required Viewing
That’s my evening viewing sorted out! My Man Godfrey stars the inimitable Carole Lombard and the incomparable William Powell. I love it and haven’t seen it for years. Next up … Continue reading
Rogues & Vagabonds 