Carole Lombard

A 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, and Frank Morgan. The wealthy Lenox family of Long Island is headed by Bronson (Morgan), who respects tradition — but his children are more irreverent. When son Bertie gets involved with chorus girl Alice O'Neil (Lombard) and daughter Marion (Hopkins) falls for auto mechanic Henry Morgan, the family tries to intervene to prevent their children from marrying beneath themselves. The film was written by Preston Sturges, based on the 1924 play The Best People by David Gray and Avery Hopwood. This was Miriam Hopkins' feature film debut.

Comedy · Romance

A 1929 American pre-Code drama directed by Howard Higgin, starring William Boyd and Carole Lombard in her feature-length talkie debut. A busload of passengers stranded in a snowstorm takes refuge in an abandoned church, where they encounter a mysterious man (Boyd) who may be on the run from the law. Among the passengers is Billie Davis (Lombard, billed as "Carol Lombard"), a young woman being transported by a detective. As the group waits out the storm, tensions rise and relationships develop between the stranded travelers. The film was produced by Pathé Exchange and released in both sound and silent versions during the transition to talkies.

Drama

A young lawyer and a woman he met on a business trip marry after a whirlwind courtship and struggle through the first year of marriage, money troubles, a difficult mother-in-law, and a medical crisis with their baby. Carole Lombard and James Stewart star in this bittersweet domestic drama. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Drama · Romance · Comedy

Two sisters from a wealthy family are competing in a scavenger hunt and one of the items is a "forgotten man," a homeless person from the Depression. Irene finds Godfrey at a dump by the river and brings him to the party, then hires him as the family butler. Godfrey turns out to be more capable and more decent than anyone in the household, and he quietly puts the family's chaos in order while Irene falls for him. William Powell and Carole Lombard had been married and divorced before the film was made, and their ease with each other shows in the dialogue. The film is one of the defining screwball comedies, with a sharp script that lets the rich look ridiculous without being cruel. It was the first film to be nominated in all four acting categories at the Academy Awards. The film entered the public domain due to non-renewal of its copyright.

Comedy · Romance

A small-town Vermont woman, Hazel Flagg, is mistakenly told she has fatal radium poisoning. A New York newspaper reporter desperate for a human-interest story brings her to the city and turns her into a celebrity, only to discover she was never sick at all. Carole Lombard and Fredric March spar through one of the great screwball comedies of the 1930s, shot in early three-strip Technicolor. The film fell into the public domain when its copyright was not renewed.

Comedy · Romance

A trumpet player and a singer meet on a ship and fall in love, but his drinking and her rising career pull them apart and back together across the nightclub circuit of Panama and New York. Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray star in Mitchell Leisen's musical remake of The Dance of Life. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Comedy · Musical · Romance