Biography
Carol Lombard Press considered an outstanding film actress, during the years a creative career played many bright roles. In the 30th Star of Hollywood, nominated for the Oscar Award, was a favorite hundred thousand American people.Childhood and youth
Jane Alice Peters, who later took the pseudonym Carol Lombard, was born in Indiana in 1908. The ancestors of American actress lived in comfort and prosperity and did not raise the habit of hard work in children.
The girl who was a younger child grew in the company of the Senior Brothers, so in childhood it was called "Freedom-loving Timber." In the biography of the celebrity, it was mentioned that immediately after the birth of Jane Alice consciously sought more often to communicate with the biological father.
Unfortunately, the relationship between parents did not work out, without issuing a divorce, the spouses went into different cities. In Los Angeles on the coast of the Ill-border Ocean, Peters absorbed the filmmed.
Before entering secondary school, the girl was fond of art, in Broadway theaters, she looked at dozens of exciting plays. Films with the participation of actors who lived nearby, also gave birth to a storm of emotions and genuine interest.
In the educational institution, St. Petersburg showed character, together with boys playing in catch and volleyball. In medium-sized classes, she loved to swim and run marathons, so she was invited to the team playing in baseball.
During student competitions, the director and a film crector, whose name was Allan Feron, noticed. For a 5-minute conversation with the author of short protrusions, a mother and people visiting the stadium watched.
As a result, the schoolgirl agreed to try on the image of a young actress and made his debut in melodrama in 1921. "The perfect crime" showed that a child endowed with a gift soon turns into a full-scale star.
After the premiere in the family, they decided to make a professional from his daughter, their relatives drove it on samples in search of capital roles. But at the initial stage, Jane Alice was failed, because the cinematographers reluctantly removed the children.
In adolescence, Peters was considered the first beauty of the school, on the May Day carnival she was the Queen of Spring. Success made it possible to light up on the casting "Golden Fever" - the film Charlie Chaplin, who was legend after the war.
Personal life
Together with success in the personal life of the actress, men appeared, there were no absenters from fans in the 1930s. Carol periodically attended noisy bar parties and was widely known in aristocratic circles.At the film studio Paramount, Lombard met an impressive American - William Powell was a cumier of hundreds of thousands of people. The shooting partners were sincerely loved each other and played a lush wedding.
In his youth, Carol did not confuse the difference in age and nature, she considered an ideal connection with a man older than her. In the society, the actress tried to introduce marriage in the best light, while the Boulevard Press was looking for "dirty underwear."
After a couple of years, the feelings were cooled, and incompatibility surfaced to the surface: Lombard appreciated freedom, and Powell - marriage and family. The divorce of Hollywood stars wrote in American newspapers, comments appeared in full-scale interviews.
Embed from getty imagesIt turned out that the pair broke out due to the complex schedule of work, former husband and wife were friends for many years. With the support of the intellectual, which played in the film "Great Siegfeld", there have been a lot of movie contamines with the participation of the actress.
In the mid-30s, Carol met with the tenor Rosary Colmbo, but the fleeting dates did not lead to serious consequences. Star Diva dreamed in life about Kinooroman, she waited for real happiness and sewing love.
The dream of the actress was carried out on the Hollywood party, and the executor of Reta Batler's role from the "Gone by the Wind" fell to elegant legs. Lombard ripened for a new marriage with a tender caring man, she thought about children to incomplete 30 years.
In March 1939, Clark Gableb became a legitimate husband Carol, the couple bought Rancho in Ensino among the picturesque rivers and forests. Los Angeles newspapers wrote about the best American couple and members of elite circles whisper in the sidelines.
Due to health problems, the family did not have offspring, attention switched to chickens, dogs and horses. After the spouse miscarriages, it stronger stronger to motherhood, applied for advice to dozens of experienced doctors.
Clark was constantly attended next, gave his wife funny gifts, happiness interrupted the tragedy in the early 40s. After the collapse of the aircraft, the Gable was wanted for a long time Carol, hoping that some miracle actress was survivors.
Films
The main roles came to the actress in the mid-1920s, she played in a film called "Marriage in the way". After the spiritual melodrama there was a strip of episodes in films resembling a colorful confetti.
Over time, Carol joined the body of producer Mac Saintnet, comedy mini-films had a loud success. The image in a full-length picture "The girl from nowhere" at the audience who visited the premiere caused an irrepressible laughter.
Then in the life of Lombard there was a period of searching for the original style, and the contract with the Paramount film studio decided a difficult career question. Interest in young actress, who possessed a natural gift, after the films "Ladies" and "Male of the World" increased.
Embed from getty imagesIn the mid-30s, the screens came out a number of comedies, where the Carol acquired experience was a real star. Incendional projects appeared in the portfolio, "hands on the table" were distinguished by truthful and sincere game.
"My servant Godfrey" became the top of the "frivolous" film director, Lombard was among the applicants for Oscar and other prizes. The desire to move further turned the world of the actress, in his youth did not have time to comprehend the academic aces.
Overcoming stereotypes, Carol persuaded the director to take her to the role in a melodrama, known as the "scandal of fools". Projects "Created for each other" and "They knew that they wanted" with success, they were successful in the cinemas of American cities.
In recent years, the Lombard filmography has emerged such as "comprehensive recognition" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". The appearance of a platinum blonde who had bright charisma attracted the public to the screens.
Death
After the attack on Pearl Harbor peaceful states responded with insidious Japanese and entered the world war. Agitational brigades with the participation of popular artists at the end of 1941 flooded a large country.Carol at the request of friends and acquaintances went to Indiana's cities and became an agent that spread hundreds of thousands of securities. A woman who believed in the victory and the world on the planet did not wait for the moment when the sinister Reichstag fell.
On the way to California, a light vessel, which transported actress, got into a plane crash in the middle of the Nevada Mountains. The news of the death of Lombard, which appeared in the newspapers, shocked colleagues and acquaintances.
Considering that for some reason, the star was escaped from a terrible death, Gablez rose to the top of the snow peak in Clark district. They said that the film actrix was born under the heart of the child, but the closest people did not confirm this fact.
Carol buried in the grave next to the stars of Hollywood, dozens of people gathered on the territory of Forest-lane. Photo of the nominees on Oscar decorated the cover of magazines, they wrote about it in the necrologists and hundreds of newspaper articles.
Filmography
- 1925 - "Marriage in the way"
- 1931 - "Advertising pays for yourself"
- 1934 - "Bolero"
- 1934 - "Merry Bride"
- 1936 - "My servant Godfrey"
- 1937 - "Bursts and Falls"
- 1937 - "Nothing Holy"
- 1937 - "Frequent recognition"
- 1938 - "Fools Scandal"
- 1939 - "Created for each other"
- 1939 - "Only in words"
- 1940 - "Night duty"
- 1940 - "They knew what they wanted"
- 1941 - "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
- 1942 - "To be or not to be"