• Mood: embarrassed

After a goof, a gem

As was said in "Some Like It Hot," nobody's perfect, and that certainly applies to me. I work in the late night/early morning hours coming up with entries for "Carole & Co.", and sometimes my judgment thus isn't what it should be. Upon further review, I have removed an entry of a picture that was not of Carole Lombard (with Clark Gable), and I apologize for the error.

In its place, a photo that's definitely of Carole Lombard, taken by arguably the greatest of all portrait photographers, George Hurrell:



Need proof of its authenticity? Here it is:



It's being sold at eBay ("auction" isn't the right word, since the price is $475 under the "buy it now" option), but you do have 20 days or so to scrape up the cash before someone else claims it; the deadline is just after 3:16 p.m. (Estern) on July 6.

For more info, go to http://cgi.ebay.com/Hurrell-8x10-Photograph-of-Actress-Carole-Lombard_W0QQitemZ110399458752QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item19b4520dc0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A5%7C294%3A50.

Mea culpa.