Description
Book Synopsis When Carole Lombard was tragically killed in a plane crash on January 16, 1942, she was 33 years old and had been a film actress for almost 20 years, yet her best work probably still lay ahead. She had reached a career high point, earning praise for her talents as a comedienne as well as a dramatic actress.
As well liked as she was on screen, she was equally popular off screen, known for being witty, uninhibited and a great party-giver. Blonde and beautiful, she reigned as the queen of Hollywood when she married Clark Gable, its king.
This book offers a thorough examination of her too-short life and provides information about her 78 films, including cast and credits, synopses, reviews and comments. Photographs from her life and films complete the work.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- The Biography
- The Films
- (in Order of Release)
- A Perfect Crime
- Gold Heels
- Dick Turpin
- Gold and the Girl
- Marriage in Transit
- Hearts and Spurs
- Durand of the Badlands
- The Road to Glory
- The Johnstown Flood
- The Fighting Eagle
- Smith's Pony
- A Gold Digger of Weepah
- The Girl from Everywhere
- Run, Girl, Run
- The Beach Club
- Smith's Army Life
- The Best Man
- The Swim Princess
- The Bicycle Flirt
- Half a Bride
- The Divine Sinner
- The Girl from Nowhere
- His Unlucky Night
- Smith's Restaurant
- Power
- The Campus Vamp
- Motorboat Mamas
- Me, Gangster
- Show Folks
- Hubby's Weekend Trip
- The Campus Carmen
- Ned McCobb's Daughter
- Matchmaking Mamas
- High Voltage
- Don't Get Jealous
- Big News
- The Racketeer
- Dynamite
- The Arizona Kid
- Safety in Numbers
- Fast and Loose
- It Pays to Advertise
- Man of the World
- Ladies' Man
- Up Pops the Devil
- I Take This Woman
- The House That Shadows Built
- No One Man
- Sinners in the Sun
- Virtue
- No More Orchids
- No Man of Her Own
- From Hell to Heaven
- Supernatural
- The Eagle and the Hawk
- Brief Moment
- White Woman
- Bolero
- We're Not Dressing
- Twentieth Century
- Now and Forever
- Lady by Choice
- The Gay Bride
- Rumba
- Hands Across the Table
- Love Before Breakfast
- The Princess Comes Across
- My Man Godfrey
- Swing High, Swing Low
- Nothing Sacred
- True Confession
- Fools for Scandal
- Made for Each Other
- In Name Only
- Vigil in the Night
- They Knew What They Wanted
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- To Be or Not to Be
- Carole Lombard on Radio
- Bibliography
- Index
