Carole Lombard

1942 Had signed with Columbia to make "He Kissed the Bride" with Melvyn Douglas; Joan Crawford substituted after Lombard's death and film was retitled "They All Kissed the Bride"

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1976 Portrayed by Jill Clayburgh in the film, "Gable and Lombard"

1942 Made final film, "To Be or Not to Be"

1942 Had signed with Columbia to make "He Kissed the Bride" with Melvyn Douglas; Joan Crawford substituted after Lombard's death and film was retitled "They All Kissed the Bride"

1942 Transcontinental and Western air luxury liner (TWA) carrying Lombard, her mother and MGM publicist Otto Winkler among the 18 passengers crashed into Table Rock Mountain and burned thirty miles southwe

1939 Made several dramatic films in a row beginning with "Made for Each Other"

1936 Starred opposite William Powell in "My Man Godfrey"

1934 Played breakthrough role opposite John Barrymore in the Howard Hawks comedy, "Twentieth Century"

1930 Paramount's cast credits for "Safety in Numbers" accidentally spelled first name with an extra "e" at end; later publicity copy claimed that Lombard had been advised by a numerologist to change her na

1930 Signed to a seven-year star's contract by Paramount

1928 Signed by director Paul Stein to a contract with Pathe; starred as lead in "Show Folks" with Eddie Quillan and Lina Basquette

1927 Hired by Mack Sennett for a series (13) of two-reeler slapstick comedies with Sally Eilers and Daphne Pollard

1926 Returned to Fox where she found her contract had lapsed

1925 Signed by Fox Film Corporation executive whom she met at a dinner and made first film under Fox contract, "Hearts and Spurs" (as Carol Lombard; surname was borrowed from her mother's friend Harry Lomb

1925 - 1926 Her face was disfigured in a car accident in which some glass was driven into her face; returned to screen after plastic surgery; small scar on one cheek remained; it generally was covered over with m

1921 Spotted playing baseball in the street by director Allan Dwan who signed her to play a tomboy in her film debut, at age 12 in "A Perfect Crime"

1914 Moved to Los Angeles with mother and brothers when parents separated

Danced professionally at the Coconut Grove nightclub at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles

Joined an amateur theater group, The Potboilers, while a teen

Pathe contract lapsed; became a freelance player

Free-lanced for a number of studios