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If you like the avatar...

Posted by vp19 on 2012.06.18 at 11:24
Current mood: impressedimpressed
For those of you who follow us through LiveJournal, you're familiar with our traditional Monday avatar of Carole Lombard. If you enjoy seeing it small, look below and see it big:

carole lombard p1202-1049b

This is p1202-1049, taken in early 1935. I'm not sure which Paramount photographer took this, but whomever it was did a splendid job working with Carole, as she's enveloped in a glow that almost makes her appear otherworldly.

It's an 8" x 10" original, in very good condition; a tiny part of the image above her right shoulder is missing, and there's a slight tear at the right edge of the photo, but that Lombard face is in exquisite shape.

You can bid for this photo at eBay, and two bids have been made so far, topping out at $12.51 (the seller is from Queensland, Australia). Bidding closes at 11:37 a.m. (Eastern) June 27. Find out more information, and bid if you like, at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carole-Lombard-Beautiful-Original-Paramount-Photo-1935-/190692162564?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66237c04.

Today marks the 70th birthday of Sir Paul McCartney, who's contributed so much to the soundtrack of our lives. In his honor, here's a live version of "Let Me Roll It," one of the highlights from his best Wings album, "Band On The Run," as performed in Kiev on June 14, 2008:



This week's LiveJournal header shows a 1928 "Carole of the curves" auditioning before Eddie Quillan in the Pathe part-talkie "Show Folks."

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