Acting
Carole Lombard
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.
Filmography
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Film · 2023
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
Series · 2023
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Film · 2021
Carole Lombard
Film · 2016
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Film · 2005
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Film · 1990
Death In Hollywood
Film · 1990
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Film · 1989
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Film · 1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Film · 1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
Showbiz Goes to War
Film · 1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Film · 1982
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Film · 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film · 1975
Gable: The King Remembered
Film · 1975
Dear Mr. Gable
Film · 1968
The Big Parade of Comedy
Film · 1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film · 1961
The Golden Age of Comedy
Film · 1957
Yesterday and Today
Film · 1953
To Be or Not to Be
Film · 1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Film · 1942
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Film · 1941
They Knew What They Wanted
Film · 1940
Vigil in the Night
Film · 1940
In Name Only
Film · 1939
Made for Each Other
Film · 1939
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
Film · 1939
Fools for Scandal
Film · 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Film · 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Film · 1938
Nothing Sacred
Film · 1937
Swing High, Swing Low
Film · 1937
True Confession
Film · 1937
The Princess Comes Across
Film · 1936
My Man Godfrey
Film · 1936
Love Before Breakfast
Film · 1936
Hands Across the Table
Film · 1935
Rumba
Film · 1935
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Film · 1935
Twentieth Century
Film · 1934
We're Not Dressing
Film · 1934
Lady by Choice
Film · 1934
Now and Forever
Film · 1934
Bolero
Film · 1934
The Gay Bride
Film · 1934
The Eagle and the Hawk
Film · 1933
Supernatural
Film · 1933
From Hell to Heaven
Film · 1933
White Woman
Film · 1933
Brief Moment
Film · 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Film · 1933
No Man of Her Own
Film · 1932
Sinners in the Sun
Film · 1932
Virtue
Film · 1932
No More Orchids
Film · 1932
No One Man
Film · 1932
Man of the World
Film · 1931
It Pays to Advertise
Film · 1931
Ladies' Man
Film · 1931
Up Pops the Devil
Film · 1931
I Take This Woman
Film · 1931
Safety in Numbers
Film · 1930
Fast and Loose
Film · 1930
The Arizona Kid
Film · 1930
Don't Get Jealous
Film · 1929
The Racketeer
Film · 1929
High Voltage
Film · 1929
Matchmaking Mamma
Film · 1929
Big News
Film · 1929
The Swim Princess
Film · 1928
The Bicycle Flirt
Film · 1928
The Divine Sinner
Film · 1928
The Girl from Nowhere
Film · 1928
Smith's Restaurant
Film · 1928
Motorboat Mamas
Film · 1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Film · 1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Film · 1928
The Campus Vamp
Film · 1928
The Campus Carmen
Film · 1928
Run, Girl, Run
Film · 1928
Smith's Army Life
Film · 1928
Show Folks
Film · 1928
The Beach Club
Film · 1928
Power
Film · 1928
His Unlucky Night
Film · 1928
The Best Man
Film · 1928
Me, Gangster
Film · 1928
Motorboat Mamas
Film · 1928
Gold Digger of Weepah
Film · 1927
The Girl from Everywhere
Film · 1927
Smith's Pony
Film · 1927
The Fighting Eagle
Film · 1927
My Best Girl
Film · 1927
The Road to Glory
Film · 1926
The Johnstown Flood
Film · 1926
Marriage in Transit
Film · 1925
Gold and the Girl
Film · 1925
Hearts and Spurs
Film · 1925
Durand of the Bad Lands
Film · 1925
Pretty Ladies
Film · 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Film · 1925
Dick Turpin
Film · 1925
The Plastic Age
Film · 1925
Gold Heels
Film · 1924
A Perfect Crime
Film · 1921