Anniversary
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Goodbye, Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard died 76 years ago today, at the age of 33. Her brief time on earth ending after crashing into a snowy mountaintop near Las Vegas, she left behind a world of grieving fans and one distraught husband. Celebrate, rather than mourn, Carole today. She would not be one to wallow, after all! Some great Carole content around here: Last year I chronicled the newspaper headlines around the time of her death, starting with January 16, through January 23: 75th Anniversary of Carole Lombard’s Death Here’s a piece regarding Carole and those persisting baby rumors: Carole Lombard, Clark Gable and The Baby That Never Was Some rare Carole photos…
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Remembering Clark Gable
Clark Gable died 57 years ago today, at the age of 59. The King was gone and would never be replaced. Read about Clark’s death and funeral here. See Clark’s final resting place here. Here is an article made up of little tidbits about Clark; it was syndicated in newspapers the following week: Gable’s Label Truly Earned by Leonard Lyons Syndicated Press, November 23, 1960 Gable…No matter what the Box Office records showed each year, Clark Gable was Hollywood’s unchallenged King. Tyrone Power once told a group of us about a lesson from an advertising man concerning the significance of movie-billing: “The only names which matter on a movie marquee are…
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Happy 109th, Carole Lombard!
Happy Birthday, Carole Lombard! To celebrate, since it’s Friday too, here are some gossip items about Carole’s birthday over the years, some I’ve printed before, some I haven’t: From 1931: Yesterday was Carole Lombard’s birthday. Husband Bill Powell gave her an antique silver service and a china set. From 1937: Carole Lombard had a birthday. Firecrackers exploded under her chair. There was a rubber spider in her makeup box. Carole ate cotton-stuffed candy. Carole struck a match–it exploded. Carole lit a cigarette–it exploded. Carole shook the salt shaker–it contained sugar. Carole’s wondering if it isn’t a pretty high price to pay to maintain her reputation as moviedom’s leading practical joker.…
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We’re 8! (and Back in Business…)
Hello everyone! Today, July 1, marks the eighth anniversary of the site! Shocking to me, I can’t believe it’s been that long. I apologize to all fans for the lack of updates so far this year. I have not given up on my commitment to this site. Some serious personal things came up and sometimes in life you have to make priorities and as much as it pained me, I had to step back from the site for a bit. I have never been one to do anything, pardon the term, “half-assed” and so I thought stepping back was better than stressing myself out trying to maintain the site when…
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Happy Birthday, Clark Gable
Clark Gable would be a spritely 116 years old if he was alive today. Born in a simple duplex on a snowy morning in Cadiz, Ohio, it is hard to imagine that the dark haired boy would one day be the King of Hollywood. William “Bill” Gable and his new wife Adeline “Addie” Hershelman Gable left their home in their native Meadville, Pennsylvania and traveled by train to Cadiz in early 1900. Cadiz at that time was quickly drawing new residents because of a new oil field erected there. Bill Gable always went where the oil was, and so on to Cadiz it was. Booming with oilmen, rental space was…
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{75th Anniversary of Carole Lombard’s Death} January 23, 1942
Now that Carole had been properly laid to rest, the focused shifted to the grieving widower. Gable To Seek Solace in Work Clark Gable, turned from a swashbuckling, carefree prankster into a depressed, grief-stricken recluse by the tragic death of Carole Lombard, will seek solace in work. The fun-loving screen star was so anguished by loss of his wife that he wanted only to be alone. Shielded by studio executives, Gable has been so alone that friends became alarmed at his depressed brooding. Gable hasn’t yet gone to his Encino ranch where he and Carole lived so fully and joyously. He’s in seclusion at a friend’s home. He has left…
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{75th Anniversary of Carole Lombard’s Death} January 22, 1942
The morning of January 22 brought details from Carole and her mother’s brief funeral, held the day before. Simple Funeral Rites Held for Carole Lombard Actress is Buried With Other Movie Immortals in Memorial Park Carole Lombard was with the other movie immortals in Forest Lawn Memorial Park today. After a brief, simple service–in accordance with the wish expressed in her will–the bodies of Miss Lombard and her mother, Elizabeth K. Peters, were interred in the green acres where are buried Marie Dressler, Will Rogers, Jean Harlow, Douglas Fairbanks, Lon Chaney, Tom Mix and many another movie star. The sealed coffins of Miss Lombard and her mother, killed in last…
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{75th Anniversary of Carole Lombard’s Death} January 21, 2016
January 21 brought news of Carole’s funeral to be held later that day at Forest Lawn. Carole Lombard Funeral at Forest Lawn Private funeral services, with only intimate friends present, were arranged for 4:00pm today, in the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, for screen star Carole Lombard and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peters. The bodies, recovered from the Nevada mountain top where a commercial airliner carried 22 persons to their deaths last Friday night, were taken from a train at Pomona this morning and transported by hearse to the cemetery. Carole Lombard’s husband, Clark Gable, issued a statement, saying: “Miss Lombard and her mother,…
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{75th Anniversary of Carole Lombard’s Death} January 19, 1942
By Monday, the reports were grim indeed. Dental Records Needed to Identify Remains of Carole Lombard Gable Grim But Brave During Long Ordeal Tentative arrangements were made today to return the shattered body of Film Star Carole Lombard, killed with her mother and 20 others in an airliner crash Friday night, to Hollywood tonight in custody of her grieving husband, Clark Gable Plans called for the body to be placed on the Union Pacific, Los Angeles Limited leaving Las Vegas at 9:20pm and arriving Los Angeles at 8:30am tomorrow. Definite arrangements were delayed pending positive identification of the body of Miss Lombard’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peters. Studio associates of Gable…
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{75th Anniversary of Carole Lombard’s Death} January 18, 1942
By the time Americans received their Sunday morning papers on January 18, the headlines changed from Carole Lombard being “feared” dead to being a confirmed casualty. Carole Lombard Among 22 Killed in Air Crash Blonde, carefree screen actress Carole Lombard, her mother and 20 other occupants of a luxurious TWA skysleeper crashed to flaming death last night on 8,5000-foot Table mountain. Searchers on horseback reached the scene today, nearly 18 hours later, and found the shattered wreckage, with bodies scattered for hundreds of yards up the mountain’s face/ Because 15 army ferry pilots were aboard, army guards were sent to the scene to take charge. A patrol also barred the…