Carole & Co.

Hey, I’m Venus. I run a blog called "they had faces" about silent films. A little known fact about Lombard’s early career is her friendship with the silent film superstar Clara Bow (who, also, was the first woman to be called an "it-Girl"). Clara was always down to earth with her friends and never acted like a star. not only did she help this young beautiful extra avoid the casting couch and still get lead rolls (which was hard back then, even Clara couldn't do it) it was also as an extra on one of her films ("The Plastic Age") that the young Lombard met an enthusiastic Clark Gable (who, along with a crowd of male extras, welcomed Clara's arrival on set with whistles and cat-calls). As if this wasn't fateful enough, one night, years after she retired from the screen, Clara woke up to see lights coming from a mountain close to her ranch. Before she had time to dress, Clara was in the car, bathrobe and all, headed for the scene. It turns out that she was one of the first to discover the wreckage of Lombard's last flight. It’s sad and strange how fate plays out, but it’s, at all times, uncanny.