Clark gable biography 1939 carole lombardi

  • American film actress and comedian who, before her untimely death, was the highest paid star in Hollywood.
  • Family: Married 1) the actor William Powell, 1931 (divorced 1933); 2) the actor Clark Gable, 1939.
  • Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actor during The Golden Age of Hollywood.

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    40 Iconic Photos of Old Hollywood Stars on Set

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    Jean Harlow

    Jean Harlow epitomized old-school Tinseltown glamour with her cupid’s bow mouth, dramatic eyeliner, and platinum blonde curls. Born in Missouri, she ran away to get married at age 16 to an older man, and the couple moved to Los Angeles. She auditioned for many roles as an extra, but her breakthrough role was in the 1930 Howard Hughes’ hit, Hell’s Angels. She often appeared with other big stars of the time, such as in Hold Your Man with Clark Gable (1933). Here, she’s having her hair done between takes on the set.

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    Errol Flynn

    No one could swashbuckle better than the often-shirtless Errol Flynn, whose real-life carousing was nearly as adventurous as his on-screen brawls. He’s seen here on the set of Captain Blood in 1935. The film was an instant hit and made him and his co-star Olivia DeHavilland, another then-unknown in Hollywood, huge stars. The pair would co-star in eight movies together.

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    Lombard, Carole (1908–1942)

    American bio actress and comedian who, before her untimely death, was the highest paid star in Hollywood. Born Jane Alice Peters on October 6, 1908, in Fort Wayne, Indiana; killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 16, 1942, while returning to Los Angeles after a war bonds drive in her home-town; third child of Elizabeth Knight Peters and Frederic Peters; had two older brothers, Frederick, Jr., and Stuart; married William Powell (an actor), in 1931 (divorced 1933); married Clark Gable (an actor), in 1939; no children.

    Filmography:

    A Perfect brott (1921); Marriage in Transit (1925); Hearts and Spurs (1925); Gold and the Girl (1925); Durand of the Badlands (1925);Dick Turpin(1925); The Road to Glory (1926); Smith's Pony (1927); Hold That Pose (1927); The Girl from Everywhere (1927); The Swim Princess (1928); Run Girl Run (1928); The Divine Sinner (1928); Power (1928); Me Gangster (1928); Show Folks (1

  • clark gable biography 1939 carole lombardi

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    "She was so alive, modern, frank, and natural that she stands out like a beacon on a lightship in this odd place called Hollywood."

    — Barbara Stanwyck

    Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actor during The Golden Age of Hollywood, who was renowned for her ditzy Screwball Comedy heroines and her playful personality. Think of her as the Reese Witherspoon of her time.

    Lombard began her screen career appearing in various low-budget silents for 20th Century Fox, playing blonde ingénues and the like. Discovered by Mack Sennett (who was famous for his two-reel comedies during the silent era), she became one of his Bathing Beauties, and honed her skills as a comedienne during this time.

    Tansitioning easily with the emergence of sound, Lombard signed a contract with Paramount in 1930. There she met William Powell, who she married the following year. They divorced in 1933, but continued to be good friends afterwards. Lombar