The life of Carole Lombard (Part 1)
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2019
- Carole Lombard is one of the greatest female screen legends. She was and is adored by her fans, not only for her movies but also because they recognize in her, a girl with an indomitable spirit and admirable character. This is her untold story: the story of a remarkable woman who touched the hearts of all who met her; the story of a woman who at every step thought about how to help those who crossed her path.
Narrated by: Eva La Rue
Music by: Navid Hejazi
Directed and edited by: Vargha Mazlum
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Never realized how beautiful she was until I saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith! It’s a shame her life got cut so tragically short.
She died 80 years ago today, but has never never been forgotten for those who love good movies. She was so funny and so very pretty. A kind and loving lady by all accounts. She was a pleasure to watch on screen. You still are Carole Lombard! Thank you for the films you left behind.
Carole was deep and profound. Clark could have never found another like her.
I love this documentary. I've always known Carole because of her hijinks, her rebelliousness and her marriage with Clarke Gable. But I like this angle of Carole. The selflessness, her kindness. And they all seemed genuine, not an act like most celebrities do.
Carole was really a fantastically great woman worthy to remember.
Carole should have received that Oscar for Best Actress!!
What a lovely lady, inside and out!
I think a lot of what Clark Gable became is owed to Carole Lombard. He protected a lot of people on his sets such as with "Gone With the Wind" when he threatened to walk off the set when Blacks weren't treated as equals.
No, Gable was groomed and mentored by first two older wives who were both wealthy. I loved Clark too but he lived off both of them. Without their help, not sure anyone would have heard of Gable. He was well situated as to his character by time he and Carole got together. This lovely couple disagreed strongly about politics. Gable was a staunch Republican. Carole adored FDR and a staunch Democrat.
@@MTknitter22 Gable's first wife, Josephine Dillon, taught him to act for the screen. She was not wealthy, she was an acting teacher. His second wife, Rhea Langham, was very wealthy. She financed Gable's starring role on Broadway, in "Machinal," which got him noticed in Hollywood. By the time Gable and Lombard were together romantically, he had already put his stamp on the movies and been crowned King of Hollywood. None of this had anything to do with Lombard's influence. Meeting her probably was the best thing in his personal life and for a few dizzy years, they had it all.
Beautiful woman, beautiful spirit.
She was adorable!
I didn't have any idea of all the remarkable stuff she managed to do in such a short lifetime.
What a terrible loss !!
Jean Harlow and Carole Lombard were said to be the 2 most beloved female stars in Hollywood. It is said everybody [except Mayer] loved both of them...from other stars to props people. How different it would have been had she lived? Gables life would have been longer....his drinking and his health declined after he lost Lombard.Only when he finally married Kay Williams did he get back on track. It is said that his 4th wife Sylvia Ashley, redecorated Carole's all white bedroom, designed by William Haines, and Gable sat in a field and cried. It was more or less the end of the marriage. I have over 2 dozen books on Gable and Lombard and I can recommend 'Gables Women" by Jane Ellen Wayne. I reread it every year!
Where did u find these books?
Carole Lombard was a treasure! Thank you.
I have always loved old movies, but never had the chance to see any with Carole Lombard. I recently watched My Man Godfrey and fell in love with both her and William Powell. They were both treasures.
Twentieth Century is hilarious!
www.tcm.com/video/212557/twentieth-century-1934-i-despise-temperament/
Favorite movie!
@@shotocam She was fantastic in Nothing Sacred, my first movie by Carole and Fredric March!
I agree, William Powell and Carole were a terrific team.
What a beautiful kind soul!
She was sooooo beautiful
Yes, she certainly was. Those eyes ... ice blue. Her spirit illuminated, she was truly "Authentic", and her authentic was so delicious.
Finally an actress who wasn't Bipolar crazy. Very unusual.
This woman was a saint . I didn't know this untill tonight , she was very intelligent and her kindness knew no bounds. I knew she was talented and beautiful but she was a very spiritual person and her faith added to her wisdom.
My father knew Carole Lombard and Clark Gable through the sport of Skeet and Trap Shooting in Southern California. Dad enjoyed them both a lot and unofficially coached Carole in shooting. He said Carole was very polite, kind, and very funny!
That is so awesome @Linda Wooley
Thank you sharing Linda
Wow! Thank you for sharing that!
Oh that’s awesome
What a truly wonderful lady she was.
Carole Lombard was a beautiful actress. I loved her & Cary Grant in name only.
Carole's mother did a good job raising Carole - that is obvious. I am from Indianapolis, and I remember my father tallking about how horrified everybody was here in town when her plane crashed - she had just flown out from Indianapolis after a war bond rally. The old saying is often painfully true - "the good die young" - Diane.
I love when beautiful women have beautiful souls. I heard she could curse like a sailor but everyone who knew her simply adored her.
I could love her solely from Godfrey, but she was an old soul who possessed true love n compassion for humanity, a remarkable woman
This is such a beautiful enlightening story of a beautiful soul
I've just discovered Carole .. its immediatley obvious that she is special and as with most special people she has an underlying knowledge of goodness. Just lovely..
Thank you for this beautiful and outstanding video. I have been a golden Hollywood buff since childhood (long time ago) but never knew much about Lombard except for her relationship with Clark Gable and the plane crash which killed her. This woman's life is truly inspiring and now I understand why she was so beloved. Very enlightening to learn about her religion, also.
Wonderful to hear about such a wonderful woman
Carol Lombard was one hell of a woman. She was hilarious when she and Clark Gable were the bestest 😭 Sensual, funny, they loved and played 😄 🤣 ❤ 😆 together. She could do anything to keep their love forever fun. How she could skin a fish. Large cat if needed. The jokes the did, people don't know how to play, sad.
Thank you for sharing ❤ 😊 ☺ 🙏 💕 ♥ you're wonderful 👏 ❤ too. HAPPINESS AND LOVE YOU TOO
She was too good for this world. God bless her soul. RIP Carole Lombard.
You got that. Right too good for. Gable
Wonderful job explaining the faith! I am a Baha’i and I never hear it talked about outside of people that are members of the faith.
Thank you Kirsten
The narrator is a superb job this documentary I love Carole Lombard my favorite movie that she is in the house far is My Man Godfrey I would like to get the full collection of Carole Lombard films again this documentary is fantastic I recommend it to everyone
Imagine what Carole would have achieved if she had lived decades; a lovely talented person; probably my second favourite actress; she was known to also swear like a solider. This documentary dwells on Carole's faith in Bahai of which I have never seen mentioned about her before.
She and her mother seem very spiritual.
1 saw a rerun movie of her's on t.v. as teenager, she was a real.beauty and a fashion plate
It's probably made up
I also think that Clark would have lived longer had Carole. I then he had a broken heart. He tried to replace Carol with 2 wives after but they were not his Carol.
@@mariejones2123 I'm not too sure about that. Clark liked to have affairs with his co-workers. I think Carole's death gave him just another reason to drink.
What a lovely kind person
Angel ..she is an example to all of us
What a fantastic woman.
Never knew much about Carole, but after watching this, I stand in admiration of her beliefs, her selfless life and the joy she brought to so many people.
Thank you for your lovely comment!
She was incredibly beautiful!
What a lovely lady so generous and kind rip angel
Carole Lombard had such an interesting past, love her profound words after her accident, "Isn't it better to have a scare on your body than on your soul. Not like today's actresses where it's all about facelifts and botox where they all look the same, with no facial expressions or individual looks. Lombards era, the actresses looked individual each very different to look at, along with their past stories. Making them so more interesting.
Funny. I am a great fan of Classic Hollywood and don't like modern day movies as much but I have to disagree with you there: today's actresses look more individual than classic hollywood stars. Nowadays, more people are abandoning the beauty standards, there's more ethnic diversity in Hollywood and all body types are tolerated, actresses are making movies wearing little to no makeup. Actresses of the classic era adhered to a strict beauty standard, wore the same makeup trends, adopted a specific regimen that often neutralized their individuality, cosmetic/aesthetic surgery was also customary and so were eating disorders and "passing" (Merle Oberon). Marlene Dietrich often whined that Carole was copying her looks, I don't think she was though I just think Marlene's look had become a beauty standard by then and many others like Anna Sten and Toby Wing could be called Dietrich wannabes. There was also the Garbo standard and later the Lamarr. Hollywood worked by templates and now women are free to look whatever they want and of course compared to the classic hollywood counterparts, they show a great lack of effort.
I agree.. they were uniquely beautiful and original . every body has stories of struggle and triumph... although Hollywood today is different and more open to diversity but some are too busy over social media , most of them seem too worry about their own predicament of gossip / dramatic life, gaining Instagram followers than making a real difference in their everyday lives by using their fortune and fame to help others.
This was very interesting, makes me love Carole even more!
Glad you liked it Shannon!
What a lovely woman she was
Really great depiction. You have a great narrative voice. It enhances rather than distracts.
Tragic death so young I ve seen over 15 films including silent era very charming woman she was a big star
I've heard of Carroll Lombard I've never watched any movies but after watching this I am now a great fan because of her kind heart which is which overshadows Hollywood
I LOVE Carole! What a sweet, kind, authentic woman! Btw I hate when they say "she can hit the ball as hard as a man" - let's just say " She hit the ball hella hard like a woman!" ❤
Wow, this was fascinating. She would've made an excellent politician . I never knew she was such a humanitarian.
Yeah, she was a good, kind, funny gal. Ever see " My Man Godfrey" ?, She played a really ditsy girl really well, very funny!
Good story. I did want to add that the driver of the car involved in the accident was not stopped at and hit by another car but rather lost control of the car and caused the accident. Carole sued the driver for $35,000 for her injuries but was awarded $3,000.00. Another item was that the very wonderful Carole used quite salty language in and around the studios and most of those that worked with her would say that “salty” was an understatement to say the least.
Generally enjoyable, but this was far more about Bahai than Lombard. And while there's wonderful coverage of how generous and thoughtful she was, her relationships get short shrift. For example, while she and Gable had tremendous fun, he cheated, and many biographers say Lombard's decision to take that fateful flight had to do with his affair.
Thank you so much for your comment dear Diana. The purpose of the documentary was to talk about a not so well known side of Carole Lombard. As you noted most of the other biographies focus on her relationships so I felt there was no much need to dwell on them. I tried to keep it factual: the rumors of the reasons why she decided to fly, the coin toss etc. are not confirmed by anyone close to her, so I preferred not to mention them.
Many biographers also put forth solid evidence of Carole's insecurity and paranoia that made her convinced of a so-called "affair" that may never have happened. An admitted neurotic, she became jealous of younger women, especially co-stars like 21-year-old Lana Turner. Carole was pushing 30 when she married Gable and, moreover, kept trying and failing to have his child. Turner, who owned to a lot of sordid activity in her autobiography, denied any romantic involvement with Gable. It's very en vogue to pity poor Carole and point the finger at a rumored "womanizer" like Gable, when in fact women threw themselves at him far more than vice versa. Not saying he didn't have his share of lovers, but an affair while married to Lombard? Highly debatable and categorically unconfirmed. What is confirmed beyond a doubt is that he loved her deeply and was almost destroyed by her death.
@@jodi2847 hahaha...'pushing 30' surely you jest.....nuts. Unless she was thirty then she was still merely and only in her twenties. That's just become an adult, a woman who does not look like a teenager....a man in love with a woman does not all of a sudden loose interest or see her differently soon after he falls for her.....haha
@@jodi2847 Well, Gable had Sex with every Co Star, he most probably had Sex with every female on every filmset. Being jealous in this case, for sure has nothing to do with insecurities. With every respect, your comment is absolutly ridiculous!
She was an amazing woman.
Ye sadly betrayed.
@@degsbabe HUH?
Old soul.🥰
This is such an awesome documentary!
@Sue Taft bbb
She was an amazing woman with agreat life
Though it was cut short
Love her ! So tragic 💔
That's sweet she loved animals. She was one brave girl to endure the plastic surgery to save her face. It is ironic she and her mother died together in that tragic plane crash.
What an angel 👼
Only the good dies young. Guess it’s true
$350 US a week in 1930 is worth about $5,500 a week now. They knew quality when they saw it.
Loved my man Godfrey
Thanks for posting this documentary, I'd been waiting to watch it!!
I didn’t know about this until I searched Carole Lombard documentary
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Goldstein Andrews what are you talking about?
This was a beautiful and well researched program about Carole Lombard. It was very admirable that she cared so much about others and learned the joy of serving others. God created us with an innate thirst to fulfill our spiritual nature, to find joy in serving others and in being a "joyful giver", so it is no surprise that Carole found this role so satisfying and such a source of fulfillment in her life. It truly is by God's perfect design! She certainly excelled at it more than most! There are many spiritual paths that embody such altruistic principals and motivate people to lead better lives. Unfortunately, this does not mean that they are a valid path to heaven. The Bible tells us that "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." This is the fundamental problem with many alternative faiths - rather than there being many paths to God, there is actually only one - by accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Jesus was tortured and died a horrific death on the cross to pay the sin debt for every person in the world. All we have to do is accept this most monumental free gift! Why is this necessary? Because every single person on earth is a sinner. We have all told a lie, we have all taken something (no matter how small) that didn't belong to us, we have all lusted after another in our hearts or even acted on it. Just compare yourself to the ten commandments and you can see for yourself. That's the problem because God is perfect and holy and CANNOT be in the presence of ANY sin! But because He loves us so incredibly much, He sent Jesus to earth as a man to redeem all men (and women). Jesus lived a completely sinless life (something we are not capable of doing) and died on the cross for me and you because the price of sin is death. Once we accept Him and what He did for us, we are saved and sealed with the Holy Spirit and WILL go to heaven when we die or in the rapture, whichever occurs first!
It's not about what we DO in this world, it's ALL about whether we BELIEVE in Jesus Christ and what He did for US because He did it ALL on the cross! Jesus was asked, "...what shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." John 6:28-29
There are many religious texts that say beautiful things and can strike a chord in our hearts, but did you know that the Bible is the only book in existence that is about 1/3 prophecy and of those prophecies that have been fulfilled, they have ALL been fulfilled to the letter! The odds of this are so astronomical to be statistically impossible by chance! There is one very good reason for this - the Bible is the truth! It was written by men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit which came from God Himself and God is completely omniscient!
So please don't be deceived and don't wait a moment longer to accept Jesus as your Savior! He is not just one of many "prophets" or religious figures. He is God and He gave His very life for you, died, was buried, and rose again from the dead on the third day proving that He was successful in paying the sin debt for the entire world. In fact, His final words on the cross were "It is finished", which in the original language are legal terms that mean THE DEBT IS PAID IN FULL!
The rapture is going to take believers out of this world at ANY moment and you don’t want to miss it! (See 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.)
Thank you so much dear Jenise, glad you liked it!
She was beautiful 😍 😢, with a 👍
Sense of humor
To keep 💯 👌 hopping. Her
💘 😻 💜 💛 💚
Love of her life.
If you don't know,
This ♥ 💖 will be shown to you.
😉 😉 😉 😉 this
Is an amazing woman, stunning. 👏 😮 👏 😮
Thanks you for such great doc and for your work! very inspiring
A great American girl.
incredible vo artist, and a fantastic story told.
My Man Godfrey and To Be or Not to Be are wonderful films - in large part thanks to CL
Beautiful woman. A victim of venomous fate. But a fellow Hoosier. Rest Easy on that High Mountain, Princess.😔
I loved her, she was more than a memory, she was fabulously wonderful 👏 ❤ ♥ 💖 💕 ✨ 👏
I love Carol Lombard more now..what amazing woman..
Female movie stars back then had big large beautiful eyes Joan Crawford Bette Davis Sylvia Sidney. Constance Bennett Carole Lombard Joan Blondell Ann Sothern Claudette Colbert Helen Hayes Lana Turner
And Lucille Ball... she was in many motion pictures before I Love Lucy. She had large beautiful blue eyes.
What about now?
LOVED this
THANK YOU
Well done, Ed! You certainly know this important car, inside and out, and I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Keep up the great work!
Miss Her
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you.
Wonderful lady indeed!
Really beautiful.
A beautiful lady, inside and out...Carole left far too soon
I fell in love with Carol in the movie, "To Be, Or Not To Be." She was so naturally funny!!! Taking on the gestapo stationed in Warsaw, Poland, and balancing a marriage and career with a very jealous stage husband, (played by comedian Jack Benny), and her affair and flirtation with a young lieutenant, (played by Robert Stack). She was a Hollywood queen at the height of WW2 and the movie industry. She had glamor, comedic timing, small town girl charm, and that all American girl next door war bond drive patriotic spirit. She grew up in a marvelous time in the 20's when movies were still in their infancy, but quickly evolving into talkies. She was blessed with a kind, loving, mother, who supported her daughter's acting career, not for the income or fame it could bring into the family, but how it made her daughter happy. She was one of those few starlets you felt you could meet at a diner in a department store and have coffee with, and she would be satisfied to visit with you. She was a Queen and married to the King, Clark Gable. She even sacrificed her career go on war bond drives. The day she was killed she raised 2 million dollars in a single afternoon selling war bonds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her and Clark loved the outdoors. They hunted together, camped out under the stars, and raised a barnyard full of animals on their small Hollywood estate ranch. They truly loved life, and were grateful for everything God gave them. Whether it was a coin toss, or Carole just wanted to get back home early to Clark after her war bond drive, it doesn't matter, as we know she lost her life in a plane crash. Tragically immortalized as a young starlet forever in our hearts. We love you Carole!
Great video! Really well made on all accounts. Also so interesting to learn about Carol. Sounds like she was an incredible woman.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My Great Gramma was born July 4th, 1908 too ! I never knew it was also Carol Lombard's birth year ! Wow !
I stayed up too late to watch this, but I was drawn to it unexpectedly.
This video was fantastic,such an amazing childhood full of kindness o wonderful she was a beautiful woman inside and out .Her accident was tragic !!!!!!❤️❤️❤️Goddesss💯⭐️⭐️
Lombard would've left all them in the dust had she lived.Beautiful and talented and one of the most bankable as well
Beautiful Carole - I love her films and life !!!
Awesome doc ❤️
Thank you.
Her face and eyes looked very different in those early films.
what a sweet girl....still life didnt spare her nothing
And Jean Harlow too.
My Man Godfrey is one of my all-time favorites.
I have had pleurisy a couple of times in my life, it feels like a minor heart attack.
It’s truly awful & frightening!
I like the movie she made with James Stewart, "Made For Each Other".
Oh I like Bahai , that’s exactly how I feel it to be too , same god different perspectives and times
I’ve not heard of him before
Fashion icon...House wife..Mother of poors..very good on tennis..great actress(better than Ingrid Bergman or Bettie Davis🙂)..everything you want in this world.."because she worked"..how many very good wamen did'nt done what they could best..
And as the saying goes, good people die young. Carole died at 33 on a plane crash which she was not suppose to board. She had so much more to give to all those who loved and adored her, but in the end God loved her more and she is now with the angels in heaven.😇
Rise and shine 🌄
Seems like all her life car and plane accidents just followed her truly tragic
"Twentieth Century", another classic.
The right "regimen," not regime.
Startling 🙏
I shared this on Facebook *for the very true defining of what I know to be the "Actions that speak louder than words" and that being the "true definition of a Democrat" in all senses.*
I find the works described here by Carole Lombard, as those which define a true Democrat today. In every sense her actions represent my definition and feelings of Democrat.
No one can argue "how I feel nor what I define in my spirit, nor of it's modern and historic label".
Ignore the spin, embrace the reality, and hold Thought as the very fact of what we experience in our individual and collective Human Reality.
Choose "Thoughts" Wisely, they become that which You will experience.
- Quantum Physics
Democrat or Republican we are all AMERICANS.
@@virginiagobetz9084
Absolutely
That's the value that supercedes party.
36:20 Boeing Model 299, or YB-17 Prototype crashed in 1935. :-D
Wonderful video.....but.....I HATE, HATE, HATE....the ads~!!!
Glad you liked it Sherry, sorry for the ads.
Good Bless Nite Happy Bless Thursday What A Beautiful Lady Actress Giving Person God Bless You RIH Beautiful Angel 😇 ❤