Carole Lombard
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters, October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American film actress. She was particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s. She was the third wife of actor Clark Gable. Lombard was born into a wealthy family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in Los Angeles by her single mother. At 12, she was recruited by the film director Allan Dwan and made her screen debut in A Perfect Crime (1921). Eager to become an actress, she signed a contract with the Fox Film Corporation at age 16, but mainly played bit parts. She was dropped by Fox after a car accident left a scar on her face. Lombard appeared in 15 short comedies for Mack Sennett between 1927 and 1929, and then began appearing in feature films such as High Voltage and The Racketeer. After a successful appearance in The Arizona Kid (1930), she was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures. Paramount quickly began casting Lombard as a leading lady, primarily in drama films. Her profile increased when she married William Powell in 1931, but the couple divorced after two years. A turning point in Lombard's career came when she starred in Howard Hawks' pioneering screwball comedy Twentieth Century (1934). The actress found her niche in this genre, and continued to appear in films such as Hands Across the Table (1935) (forming a popular partnership with Fred MacMurray), My Man Godfrey (1936), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Nothing Sacred (1937). At this time, Lombard married "the King of Hollywood", Clark Gable, and the supercouple gained much attention from the media. Keen to win an Oscar, at the end of the decade, Lombard began to move towards more serious roles. Unsuccessful in this aim, she returned to comedy in Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) and Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be (1942)—her final film role. Lombard's career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 in an airplane crash on Mount Potosi, Nevada while returning from a war bond tour. Today, she is remembered as one of the definitive actresses of the screwball comedy genre and American comedy, and ranks among the American Film Institute's greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Self (archive footage)
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Carole Lombard
Self (archive footage)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Herself (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
To Be or Not to Be
Maria Tura
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ann
They Knew What They Wanted
Amy Peters
Vigil in the Night
Anne Lee
In Name Only
Julie Eden
Made for Each Other
Jane Mason
Breakdowns of 1938
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Fools for Scandal
Kay Winters
True Confession
Helen Bartlett
Nothing Sacred
Hazel Flagg
Swing High, Swing Low
Maggie King
My Man Godfrey
Irene Bullock
The Princess Comes Across
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
Love Before Breakfast
Kay Colby
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
Hands Across the Table
Regi Allen
Rumba
Diana Harrison
The Gay Bride
Mary Magiz
Lady by Choice
Alabam Lee
Now and Forever
Toni Carstairs Day
Twentieth Century
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
We're Not Dressing
Doris Worthington
Bolero
Helen Hathaway
White Woman
Judith Denning
Brief Moment
Abby Fane Deane
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Self
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Beautiful Lady
Supernatural
Roma Courtney
From Hell to Heaven
Colly Tanner
No Man of Her Own
Connie Randall
No More Orchids
Annie Holt
Virtue
Mae
Sinners in the Sun
Doris Blake
No One Man
Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
I Take This Woman
Kay Dowling
Up Pops the Devil
Anne Merrick
Ladies' Man
Rachel Fendley
Man of the World
Mary Kendall
It Pays to Advertise
Mary Grayson
Fast and Loose
Alice O'Neil
Safety in Numbers
Pauline
The Arizona Kid
Virginia Hoyt
The Racketeer
Rhoda Philbrooke
Big News
Margaret Banks
High Voltage
Billie ("Phyllis")
Don't Get Jealous
Girl at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Matchmaking Mamma
Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Jennie
The Campus Vamp
Carole (as Carol Lombard)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Minor Role (uncredited)
Me, Gangster
Blonde Rosie
Show Folks
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Motorboat Mamas
Automobile Passenger
Motorboat Mamas
Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Power
Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
The Campus Carmen
Carole
Smith's Restaurant
Minor Role (uncredited)
His Unlucky Night
Peggy - Telephone Operator
The Girl from Nowhere
Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
The Divine Sinner
Millie Claudert
The Bicycle Flirt
Mabel - the Wife's Sister
The Swim Princess
Trudy - the Swim Star
The Best Man
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Smith's Army Life
Clarence's Wife
The Beach Club
Jump Rope Girl on Beach
Run, Girl, Run
Norma Nurmi
The Girl from Everywhere
Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
My Best Girl
Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
Gold Digger of Weepah
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Smith's Pony
Lillian Saunders
The Fighting Eagle
(unconfirmed)
The Johnstown Flood
Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Co-ed (uncredited)
Durand of the Bad Lands
Ellen Boyd
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
Hearts and Spurs
Sybil Estabrook
Gold and the Girl
Marriage in Transit
Celia Hathaway
Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Gold Heels
Bit (uncredited)
A Perfect Crime
Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)