Carole Lombard filmography

Lombard in 1935

Carole Lombard (1908–1942) was an American cinema actress who appeared in 56 feature films and 18 short films in a career spanning 21 years before her death in an airplane crash at the age of 33.


Filmography

Silent features

Year Film Role Director Studio Notes
1921 A Perfect Crime Grigg's sister Allan Dwan Associated Producers Credited as Jane Peters
Lost film
1924 Gold Heels Bit part W. S. Van Dyke Fox Film Corporation Uncredited
1925 Dick Turpin Crowd Extra John G. Blystone Fox Film Corporation Uncredited
Gold and the Girl Edmund Mortimer Fox Film Corporation Uncredited
Lost film
Pretty Ladies Showgirl Monta Bell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Uncredited
Marriage in Transit Celia Hathaway Roy William Neill Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol Lombard
Lost film
Hearts and Spurs Sybil Estabrook W. S. Van Dyke Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol Lombard
Durand of the Bad Lands Ellen Boyd Lynn Reynolds Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol Lombard
Lost film
1926 The Road to Glory Howard Hawks Fox Film Corporation Uncredited
Lost film
1927 My Best Girl Flirty Salesgirl Sam Taylor United Artists Uncredited
The Girl from Everywhere Vera Veranda Edward F. Cline Pathe Exchange
1928 The Divine Sinner Millie Claudert Scott Pembroke Rayart Pictures Corporation Credited as Carol Lombard
Lost film
Power Another Dame Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard
Me, Gangster Blonde Rosie Raoul Walsh Fox Film Corporation Credited as Carol Lombard
Lost film
Show Folks Cleo Paul L. Stein Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard
Ned McCobb's Daughter Jennie William J. Cowen Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard

Sound features

Year Film Role Director Studio Notes
1929 High Voltage Billie Davis Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard
Big News Margaret Banks Gregory La Cava Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard
The Racketeer Rhoda Philbrooke Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange Credited as Carol Lombard
1930 The Arizona Kid Virginia Hoyt Alfred Santell Fox Film Corporation
Safety in Numbers Pauline Victor Schertzinger Paramount Pictures
Fast and Loose Alice O'Neil Fred C. Newmeyer Paramount Pictures
1931 It Pays to Advertise Mary Grayson Frank Tuttle Paramount Pictures
Man of the World Mary Kendall Richard Wallace Paramount Pictures First of three films with William Powell, who she married three months after its release
Ladies' Man Rachel Fendley Lothar Mendes Paramount Pictures Second of three films with William Powell
Up Pops the Devil Anne Merrick A. Edward Sutherland Paramount Pictures
I Take This Woman Kay Dowling Marion Gering Paramount Pictures
1932 No One Man Penelope 'Nep' Newbold Lloyd Corrigan Paramount Pictures
Sinners in the Sun Doris Blake Alexander Hall Paramount Pictures
Virtue Mae Edward Buzzell Columbia Pictures
No More Orchids Annie Holt Walter Lang Columbia Pictures
No Man of Her Own Connie Randall Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures Only film with Clark Gable, who she married in 1939
1933 From Hell to Heaven Colly Tanner Erle C. Kenton Paramount Pictures
Supernatural Roma Courtney Victor Halperin Paramount Pictures
The Eagle and the Hawk Beautiful lady Stuart Walker Paramount Pictures
Brief Moment Abby Fane David Burton Columbia Pictures
White Woman Judith Denning Stuart Walker Paramount Pictures
1934 Bolero Helen Hathaway Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures
We're Not Dressing Doris Worthington Norman Taurog Paramount Pictures
Twentieth Century Lily Garland, aka Mildred Plotka Howard Hawks Columbia Pictures
Now and Forever Toni Carstairs Day Henry Hathaway Paramount Pictures
Lady by Choice Alabam Lee David Burton Columbia Pictures
The Gay Bride Mary Magiz Jack Conway Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1935 Rumba Diana Harrison Marion Gering Paramount Pictures
Hands Across the Table Regi Allen Mitchell Leisen Paramount Pictures First of four films with Fred MacMurray
1936 Love Before Breakfast Kay Colby Walter Lang Universal Pictures
The Princess Comes Across Princess Olga William K. Howard Paramount Pictures Second of four films with Fred MacMurray
My Man Godfrey Irene Bullock Gregory La Cava Universal Pictures Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Her final film with William Powell
1937 Swing High, Swing Low Maggie King Mitchell Leisen Paramount Pictures Third of four films with Fred MacMurray
Nothing Sacred Hazel Flagg William A. Wellman United Artists Her only film in Technicolor
True Confession Helen Barlett Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures Fourth and final film with Fred MacMurray
1938 Fools for Scandal Kay Winters Mervyn LeRoy Warner Bros.
1939 Made for Each Other Jane Mason John Cromwell United Artists
In Name Only Julie Eden John Cromwell RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Vigil in the Night Anne Lee George Stevens RKO Radio Pictures
They Knew What They Wanted Amy Peters Garson Kanin RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Ann Krausheimer Smith Alfred Hitchcock RKO Radio Pictures
1942 To Be or Not to Be Maria Tura Ernst Lubitsch United Artists Released posthumously

Short films

Year Title
1927 Smith's Pony
1927 Gold Digger of Weepah
1927 The Girl from Everywhere
1928 Run, Girl, Run
1928 The Beach Club
1928 Smith's Army Life
1928 The Best Man
1928 The Swim Princess
1928 The Bicycle Flirt
1928 The Girl from Nowhere
1928 His Unlucky Night
1928 Smith's Restaurant
1928 The Campus Vamp
1928 Motorboat Mamas
1928 Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928 The Campus Carmen
1929 Matchmaking Mamma
1929 Don't Get Jealous

References

  • Gehring, Wes D. (2003). Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0871951670.
  • Ott, Frederick W. (1972). The Films of Carole Lombard. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806502786.