Carole Lombard Disappearance Is Still a Mystery? 10 Facts About Hollywood Starlet Carole Lombard

[Music] keep on watching until the end to find out why Carole Lombards disappearance is still mysterious Carole Lombard was not a real name Carole Lombard was born as Jane Alice Peters on October 6th 1908 in Fort Wayne Indiana [Music] both her parents Frederick Christian Peters and Elizabeth Jane Bessie night Peters came from a wealthy family born third of her parents three children she had two elder brothers Frederick Charles and John Stuart Peters but like so many Hollywood greats Peters adopted a screen name it was originally Carol without any but a spelling error changed that [Music] she changed her name to Carole Lombard in 1936 when paramount released one of her films in 1930 the studio accidentally spelled her name as Carol in the credits Lombard liked the look the additional vowel gave to her name so she kept it according to her it was for good luck lucky or not the extra a at least made her name stand out from all the other Carol's but it's also said that she chose the name Carol is her screen name after a girl she used to play tennis with at school she started her career very early discovered at age 12 by silent film director Allan Dwan while playing baseball with neighborhood children [Music] although the role was small and the movie was unsuccessful it aroused in her hunger for acting and by 16 she began an acting career at a salary of $75 per week while other actors and actresses were having trouble transitioning from silent movies to talkies Carole was able to make the move effortlessly due to her sweet and sultry sounding voice starting her career at a very young age she became one the greatest American female screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema within a very short span [Music] nicknamed the profane angel she was a connoisseur of curse words nicknamed the profane angel because of her penchant for swearing she is most known for her generosity humor in blue language Carole Lombard was known for many things but chief among those may have been her colorful vocabulary the Midwestern darling was a first-rate swear who built a reputation for never biting her tongue and in an era when women were supposed to speak like ladies her reputation was so infamous that she earned the nickname the profane angel some have suggested the swearing was a calculated tactic the Guardians Sarah Churchwell wrote that Lombard used her impolite words and core sense of humor to protect herself she asked her brothers to teach her obscenities so that she could fend off unwanted advances from men on the make she learned her lessons well twenty years later when she made nothing sacred with Frederick March she had to swap punches with March on set off said II tried to seduce her so she invited him to her dressing room and lifted her skirt to reveal a large dildo [Music] she was the ultimate party girl if there's one thing Carole Lombard liked it was having a good time she embraced the flapper lifestyle in 1920s Hollywood in fact Lombard drew the attention of a fox pictures executive while doing the Charleston at a nightclub in Los Angeles she was also one of Hollywood's most legendary hostesses she held her most famous party at Venice pier in 1935 when Hollywood royalty took over the pier to ride the rides and play arcade games she was the highest paid female star during her time she was listed as number 23 a 50 greatest American female screen legends by the American Film Institute in 1999 she was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood with the total of $500,000 it's a big deal because it was more than five times the salary of the US president at the time Franklin D Roosevelt thanks to her good salary Cara raised more than two million dollars in war bonds to fight World War two during a rally in her hometown [Music] a car accident scarred her face and almost ended her career tragedy struck in 1926 just as Lombards career was taking off [Music] the teen was starting to receive consistent attention from studios when she was involved in a car accident the windshield shattered badly slicing Lombards face her wounds were significant and she underwent painful cosmetic surgery without anesthesia for any hope of maintaining her looks though the surgery was successful Lombard was left with visible scars on her lip eyebrow and cheek [Music] for a young woman working in an industry that valued looks Lombard was understandably terrified this would end her career before it even got going indeed Fox Pictures declined to renew her contract after the incident refusing to give up Lombard studied makeup and lighting techniques that would minimize the visual impact of the imperfections and she was able to find work within a year of Fox dropping her [Music] Clark Gable was the love of Carole Lombards life in 1936 Lombard began a relationship with Clark Gable one of the biggest stars in Hollywood though the two had worked together a few years earlier Sparks didn't start to fly until they became reacquainted at a party that night gable tried to woo her into his hotel room Lombard wasn't so easily won over and reportedly replied who do you think you are Clark Gable [Music] the press adored them and the pair quickly became Hollywood's golden couple despite the inconvenient truth that Clark Gable was still married to though separated from his second wife Maria Langham after gable finalized his divorce the couple eloped in Arizona in 1939 Lombard and gable were famously devoted to each other and would exchange gag gifts when apart [Music] Gabel may have cheated on her it was evident to the Hollywood press that Gable and Lombard were each other soul mates but no matter how in love he may have been with his wife monogamy did not seem to have been Gables for day across his five marriages gable was famous for his love affairs before his relationship with Lombard he fathered an illegitimate child with Loretta Young in 1935 when he was still married to Maria Langham some speculate gable may have cheated on Lombard with the actress Lana Turner shortly before Lombards death [Music] she struggled with infertility in the years before her death Lombard was taking fewer acting roles and trying to start a new career like many couples Lombard and gable hope to have a child together [Music] Lombard had two miscarriages but the couple had no plans to give up they even sought fertility treatment at Johns Hopkins which they had to keep secret for fear that a hint of infertility could hurt Gables career why did Carole Lombard die they were the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - kids of Hollywood's golden era [Music] but the legendary romance of superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard ended abruptly when she was killed in a 1942 plane crash while returning home from a world war two war Vons tore her terrified traveling companions Lombards mother Elizabeth Knight and MGM publicist Otto Winkler tried to talk her out of the flight but Lombard who had pulled strings to get last-minute seats on TWA flight 3 challenged Winkler who told his wife he had a premonition of a crash to a coin toss [Music] in January 1942 Carole Lombard was finishing up a lengthy tour selling war bonds in support of the country's recent entrance into World War 2 after being on the road and away from her husband Clark Gable Lombard wanted to get home to California ASAP she lost and all three along with all 19 other passengers and crew ended up losing their lives exactly what caused flight 3 to slam into a Nevada mountain peak on a perfectly clear night shortly after takeoff has been debated for decades [Music] the fiery crashed disfigured lombards body to the point that she had to be identified by the jewels that had been a gift from her husband she was only 33 years old question of the week do you remember how old was she when she started her career leave your answer in the comments and we will pick a winner in the next week what do you think about Lombards life we are waiting for your comments drop us a suggestion for a 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Length: 14min 18sec (858 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 19 2018