Carole Lombard

1908
{10/06 - Born Jane Alice Peters at 704 Rockhill Street, Ft. Wayne, IN. (Bed & Breakfast Channel, B&B) [She went to the Colonial Theatre and saw films like the Kathlyn Williams serial The Adventures of Kathlyn. Attended Washington School. Did neighborhood plays behind Morgan Thieme's home. Had dancing lessons by Mr. Trier. Summer holidays at Sylvan Lake near Rome City.]}
1914
{10 - Move to Alvarado Terrace, 1435 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, California}.
1916
{Moves. [Went to Virgil Elementary School.]}
1921
(03/05) A Perfect Crime (as Jane Peters w/ Monte Blue).
1924
{05 - May Queen of Fairfax High School}.
1925
(02/01) Dick Turpin (as Carol Lombard w/ Tom Mix) [Fox]. (03/29) Marriage in Transit. (04/05) Gold and the Girl. (06/07) Hearts and Spurs (w/ Buck Jones). 10 - Contract with Fox. (11/01) Durand of the Badlands (w/ Buck Jones). {Winter - Was in a car accident and got a scar on face}.
1926
(02/07) The Road to Glory (D: Howard Hawks. Filmed during her car accident. She was replace but still can be seen on some scenes).
1927
The Fighting Eagle (Unclear if she was in this film).

--The Sennett Years--
(09/18) Smith's Pony (first Sennett short) [Pathe]. A Gold Digger of Weepah. (12/11) The Girl from Everywhere. Hold That Pose.
1928
(01/15) Run, Girl, Run. (02/22) The Beach Club. (02/19) The Best Man. (02/26) The Swim Princess. (03/18) The Bicycle Flirt. Half a Bride. (07/15) The Divine Sinner. (08/05) The Girl from Nowhere. (08/12) His Unlucky Night. (09/23) Power. (09/23) The Campus Vamp. (10/20) Me, Gangster [Fox]. (10/21) Show Folks [Fox]. (11/25) The Campus Carmen [Pathe] (photo). (12/02) Ned McCobb's Daughter.
1929
(03/31) Matchmaking Mamas (Last Sennett and last silent. photo). (06/29) High Voltage (First sound. photo). (09/07) Big News (photo). (12/13) Dynamite.
1930
(02/20) The Racketeer (photo). {Moves to 619 N. Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA}. (05/23) The Arizona Kid.

--Paramont--
(07/30) Safety in Numbers (photo). 10/27 - Contract with Pararmont renewed. (11/14) Fast and Loose (Carol adds 'e' to her name. photo).

--William Powell--
(Francisco, Charles "Gentelman: The William Powell Story" New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.)

{10 - Dates William Powell}.
1931
(02/28) It Pays to Advertise (photo.) [Began filming 10/06 her birthday and ended just before Christmas. Paramount made her a year younger to relate to the teenage crowd.]. (03/28) Man of the World (w/ William Powell). (05/09) Ladies' Man (w/ William Powell). (05/21) Up Pops the Devil. (06/19) I Take This Woman (w/ Gary Cooper). {06/26 - Weds William Powell. Moves to 1416 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA}. {09/15 - Ill because of fasting. Put on a diet to gain weight}.
1932
{Tennis leasons with Eleanor "Teach" Tennant}. (01/22) No One Man (began filming 1931/11/13). 02/27 - New contract with Paramont with Agent Myron Selznick. (06) "Carole Lombard's Wardrobe" Modern Screen. (06/06) Sinners in the Sun (originally "The Beachcomber"). (12/07) No More Orchids. (10/25) Virtue.
1933
(01/02) No Man of Her Own (w/ Clark Gable. (02/24) From Hell to Heaven. (05/06) Eagle and the Hawk. (05/12) Supernatural. {07/07 - Moves to Reno to seek a divorce}. {08/18 - Divorces Powell}. {08/22 - Dating Gary Cooper?}. {08/30 - Moves into a New Orleans style colonial house with her mother}. {09/02 - Signs lease for a Beverly Hills colonial mansion}.

--Russ Columbo--
(09/23) Brief Moment. {09/25 - Seeing Russ Columbo. [Russ was her voice coach. He was a equal to Bing Crosby and it may possible that they met while filming "We're Not Dressing"]}. (11/03) White Woman (began filming 1933/08/19). {12/25 - Housewarming at Beverly Hills home}.
1934
(02/17) Bolero. (04/02) Guest on Bing Crosby's radio show. (04/26) We're Not Dressing. (05) Twentieth Century. (05) Silver Screen cover.(08/31) Now and Forever. {09/04 - Russ Columbo dies from accidental gun shot}. {09 - Sent a letter to Tennis champ Alice Marble after Marble's collapse from tuberculosis and started a long friendship}. {10 - Lives at 7953 Hollywood Blvd. with Fieldsie}.

--Party lifestyle--
(10/15) Lady by Choice. (12/14) The Gay Bride.
1935
(02/08) Rumba. {02 - Father dies in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [Carole does not attend the funeral in Ft. Wayne because of the death of Russ Columbo and her fame]}. {04/04 - Takes up flying lessons}. {06 - Venice Pier party}. (10/25) Hands Across the Table.

--CLARK GABLE--
Tornabene, Lyn "Long Live the King" New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.

1936
{01/26 - Mayfair Ball, romance with Gable begins. (People: Romance of the Century, Mr. Showbiz Romantically Linked)}. {02/14 - Valentine Model T Ford gift. [Carole gave Clark an old Model T Ford covered with valentines. He keeped for some time. Through the years it went through many changes]}. (03/09) Love Before Breakfast. (05/22) The Princess Comes Across. 06 - Romantic Movie Stories cover. (09/17) My Man Godfrey. {11/05 - Tries to get named legally changed from Jane Peters Powell to Carole Lombard}. {Moves to 609 St. Cloud Rd., Bel Air, CA}. 11 - Photoplay cover.
1937
01 - Movie Mirror cover. 03 - Modern Screen cover. (03/15) Swing High, Swing Low. {06 - friend Jean Harlow dies}. (11/22) Nothing Sacred. (12/24) True Confession.
1938
01 - "Hollywood's Unmarried Husbands and Wives" Photoplay. [This article was about Hollywood couples that were not were having "unconventional" relationship. It brought pressure to the studios]. (04/16) Fools for Scandal. 05 - Modern Screen cover. (05/09) Lux Radio Theatre "My Man Godfrey". {07 - Fieldsie weds Walter Lang}. {07/07 - Becomes Press Agent for a week}. {07/09 - Becomes Mayor of Culver City for a day. Declared a legal holiday and gave studio workers the day off}. {08/25 - Proud to pay taxes}. (10/17) "A Loud Cheer for The Screwball Girl" Life. {Gift during filming "Gone with the Wind"}.
1939
(1939/01/15-02/??) The Circle [NBC radio]. {03/08 - Clark's divorce final}. (03/12) Gulf Screen Guild Show "Tailored by Toni". {03/29 - Weds Clark Gable (Honeymoon at Oatman or Big Bear or Palm Springs). (Bedroom Suite)}. {Moves to 4525 Pettit St., Encino, CA (Ranch house)}. (06/16) Made for Each Other (Classic Movies). {Chicken thieve were chased off the ranch by Gable}. 07 - Silver Screen cover. {08/08 - Changes her will naming Clark as major beneficiary after an operation for a appendicities during the filming of "Vigil in the Night"}. (08/18) In Name Only. {11/27 - Clark's pet Boxer, "Toughie", died from typhoid fever}. 12 - Movie Mirror cover. (12/11) Lux Radio Theatre "In Name Only". {12/15 - Gone with the Wind premiere}.
1940
(02/19) Lux Radio Theatre "Made for Each Other". (03/08) Vigil in the Night. (05/17) Gulf Screen Guild Theatre "The Awful Truth". (10/19) They Knew What They Wanted. {12/27 - The Gables went to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Before going home they were guest of President Roosevelt at the White House}. (02/10) Lux Radio Theatre "The Moon's Our Home". (02) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Classic Movies). (06/09) Lux Radio Theatre "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". Broke contact with agent Myron Selznick. Signed with Nat Wolff.
1942
{01/12 - On a train to start War Bond rally. 01/14 - Stop over in Chicago. 01/15 - War Bond rally in Indianapolis, IN. 01/16 - 4:00 am board plane in Indianapolis. 8:00 am pick up passengers in St. Louis. 7:07 refuel in Las Vegas. 7:22 pm (PST) Died in a plane crash near Las Vegas, NV. 01/21 - Funeral Grave). 01/26 - "End of a Mission" Time. Tribute magazine }. (03/06) To Be or Not To Be (Oct - mid-December). {Clark Gable joined the Army Air Corps. [Her last words to Clark were "Hey, Pappy, you'd better get in this man's army."]} {07/28 - Naval air squardron called "The Lombardiers" formed in Indiana}.
1944
{01/16 - Liberty Ship "Carole Lombard" christened by Irene Dunne two years after her death. Launched at Wilmington, CA}. {Liberty Ship "Carole Lombard" recured survirors of a sunken British ship}.
1976
Gable and Lombard (w/ Jill Clayburgh).

Trivia
Carole nicknamed William Powell "Jr."
Allergic to cotton.
Pets: "Fritz" dachshund. "Pushface" Pekingese. "Beau Brummell" (or "Beau Geste) sheepdog. "Dudey" and "Smokey" Cocker spaniels.
Vigil In the Night (1940) standin - Betty Hall.

Films that were planed for Carole that were never made of she was replaced.
(1925) Early to Wed. The Tempest (w/ John Barrymore).
Beat People (1930 contract signed)
Buy Your Woman (1930 signed w/ William Powell but Powell went to "Ladies Man" and Carol went with him.)
Cavalier of the Streets (1931 planned to co-star with Powell.)
The Sky Bride (1931 replaced by Frances Dee.) The Flagrant Years (1931).
The Glass Key (1932 w/ Chester Morris). Manhattan Model (1932). Through the Window (1932 w/ Chester Morris). Hot Saturday (1932 w/ George Raft). Taxi (originaly Bad Boy retitled The Inside w/ James Cagney but quit because of the image of the part.)
Dead Reckoning (1933 replaced by Shirley Grey). One Sunday Afternoon (w/ Gary Cooper). She Made Her Bed (1933). The Worst Woman in Paris (1933).
He Does as She Please (1939 MGM planned to have her co-star with Gable.) (1939) Memory of Love (retitled The Kind Men Marry).

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Sorces
Eastman, John "Who Lived Where" New York: Bonanza Books, 1983.
Hamann, G.D. "Carole Lombard In the 30's" Hollywood: Filming Today Press, 1994.
Marble, Alice "Courting Danger" New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Ott, Frederick W. "The Films of Carole Lombard" Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1972.
Swindell, Larry "Screwball" New York: William Morrow and Co., 1975.

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