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Carole Lombard in costume with flowers in her hair and holding a flower, gazing upward in a portrait from the film To Be or Not to Be, 1942. Clark Gable embraces Carole Lombard from behind as she leans back against him, both dressed in formal evening attire in a scene from No Man of Her Own (1932). Carole Lombard extends her leg to kick John Barrymore in a dramatic scene from the 1934 screwball comedy Twentieth Century, directed by Howard Hawks. Jack Benny, center, and Carole Lombard, center right, with a group of actors in period costumes gathered around a spiral staircase in a scene from the film To Be or Not to Be (1942). Gary Cooper, Shirley Temple, and Carole Lombard sit together on a patterned sofa in a scene from the 1934 film Now and Forever, directed by Henry Hathaway. Rumba danced by Carole Lombard and George Raft in the motion picture Rumba, 1935
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Frederick W. Ott, The Films of Carole Lombard (1972); Robert D. Matzen, Carole Lombard: A Bio-Bibliography (1988).

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Modified link of Web site: Turner Classic Movies - TCM Summer Under the Stars: Carole Lombard. Aug 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 02, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 22, 2024
Added the movie Marriage in Transit. Oct 29, 2019
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Carole Lombard. May 28, 2019
Added photograph. Nov 06, 2012
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - TCM Summer Under the Stars: Carole Lombard. May 04, 2012
Media added. Dec 21, 2006
Article revised. Apr 19, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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