Hall Of Fame Inductee for December: CAROLE LOMBARD

It's been ages since I did an induction for my Hall of Fame and it occurred to me that Carole Lombard, my favorite actress had not been inducted yet. My oh my, that has to be corrected. Carole's achievements include winning a Montie for Best Actress for her performance in My Man Godfrey and winning the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament. And plus she is my favorite! Haha! Just kidding, those two previous achievements are more than enough to get her into All Good Things Hall of Fame! Congratulations Carole!

The final matches are over and the winning team of the 2014 Lombard Cup is.....

The final six matches in the 2014 Lombard Cup have wrapped up and Team Carole (my team) won four of them over Team Veronica (Kristen's team). Here are the final numbers:

ROBERT MITCHUM (Team Veronica) defeated DEAN MARTIN (Team Carole) 10-8

PAUL NEWMAN (Team Carole) defeated WILLIAM HOLDEN (Team Veronica) 12-7

STEVE MCQUEEN (Team Carole) defeated MARLON BRANDO (Team Veronica) 12-6

FRED ASTAIRE (Team Carole) defeated VINCENT PRICE (Team Veronica) 13-6

JOHN WAYNE (Team Veronica) defeated BOB HOPE (Team Carole) 12-8

JACK LEMMON (Team Carole) defeated ROBERT REDFORD (Team Veronica) 16-3

So that means Team Carole through 21 matches retains the Lombard Cup by the count of 14-7.

I would like to thank Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film for helping me stage this competition once again and to all those who voted. We shall return next November with another Lombard Cup with a different theme.

Week 4 matches for the 2014 Lombard Cup

Here are the final six matches in the 2014 Lombard Cup that will determine which teams win the Lombard Cup. Will it be my team (Team Carole) or Kristen's (Team Veronica). The polls are located on the right sidebar and will be open till Friday evening. Here are the match-ups:

ROBERT REDFORD (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

JACK LEMMON (TEAM CAROLE)

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JOHN WAYNE (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

BOB HOPE  (TEAM CAROLE)

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VINCENT PRICE (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

FRED ASTAIRE (TEAM CAROLE)

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MARLON BRANDO (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

STEVE MCQUEEN (TEAM CAROLE)

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WILLIAM HOLDEN (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

PAUL NEWMAN (TEAM CAROLE)

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ROBERT MITCHUM (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

DEAN MARTIN (TEAM CAROLE)

Week 3 Matches in Lombard Cup final results

Team Kristen made a move as her team won 3 of the five matches. Here are the final numbers:

Fredric March 12 (Team Veronica)to Melvyn Douglas

(Team Carole)10

Gene Kelly (Team Veronica) 19 to Tony Curtis (Team 

Carole) 8

Ronald Colman (Team Carole) 17 to Dana Andrews

(Team Veronica) 8

James Garner (Team Carole) 17 to Montgomery Clift 

(Team Veronica) 9

Fred MacMurray (Team Veronica)14 to Robert 

Montgomery (Team Carole) 11

The current score is Team Carole 10 and Team Veronica 

5. The final six matches will be up soon.

Week 3 Lombard Cup matches

Kristen has the matches for week 3 of the Lombard Cup up and running now. Here are the match-ups below and here is the link to go cast your votes: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/2014/11/16/the-lombard-cup-round-3/

FRED MACMURRAY (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

ROBERT MONTGOMERY (TEAM CAROLE)

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MONTGOMERY CLIFT (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

JAMES GARNER (TEAM CAROLE)

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DANA ANDREWS (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

RONALD COLMAN (TEAM CAROLE)

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GENE KELLY (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

TONY CURTIS (TEAM CAROLE)

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FREDRIC MARCH (TEAM VERONICA)

VS

MELVYN DOUGLAS (TEAM CAROLE)

Week 2 of Lombard Cup Matches final results

Week 2 matches in the 2014 Lombard Cup has come to a close and Team Carole widens the gap over Team Veronica as it picks up 4 more wins and now leads 8-2. Here are the final numbers for week 2 matches:

ERROL FLYNN (Team Carole) defeats RICHARD BURTON (Team Veronica) 9-5
SIDNEY POITIER (Team Carole) defeats WARREN BEATTY (Team Veronica 11-3)
BURT LANCASTER (Team Carole) defeats CLIFF ROBERTSON (Team Veronica 10-3)
WILLIAM POWELL (Team Carole) defeats DAVID NIVEN (Team Veronica 10-4)
CARY GRANT (Team Veronica) defeats JIMMY STEWART (Team Carole 12-3)

Kristen will have the next five matches up and going tomorrow and I will post a link here.
Thanks to everyone that voted!

Week 2 matches of The Lombard Cup

Here we go with week 2 of The Lombard Cup matches. The polls are open now and the matches will be taking place here on my blog. Just go to the right sidebar to cast your votes for your faves. Here are the match-ups between my team (Carole) and Kristen's (Team Veronica)

 CARY GRANT (TEAM VERONICA)

 JIMMY STEWART (TEAM CAROLE)

DAVID NIVEN (TEAM VERONICA)

 WILLIAM POWELL (TEAM CAROLE)

CLIFF ROBERTSON (TEAM VERONICA)

 BURT LANCASTER (TEAM CAROLE)

WARREN BEATTY (TEAM VERONICA)

 SIDNEY POITIER (TEAM CAROLE)

RICHARD BURTON (TEAM VERONICA)

ERROL FLYNN (TEAM CAROLE)

The matches will run through Friday, November 14th and you can vote

on your favorite actor.

The 2014 Lombard Cup first week matches are in the books

Kristen has just closed the polls on the first five matches in this year's Lombard Cup and here are the results:

Frank Sinatra 22 to Robert Stack 7

Humphrey Bogart 19 to Clark Gable 10

Spencer Tracy 16 to Orson Welles 13

Joel McCrea 16 to Gregory Peck 14

Glenn Ford 16 to Alan Ladd 14

So it has Team Carole winning 4 of the first five matches, losing in the Joel McCrea/Gregory Peck match. Five more matches will start tomorrow morning
here on All Good Things and I will have the polls on the right hand side bar so everyone can vote for their faves.

The 2014 Lombard Cup update

Here is an update on the first week matches between my team of classic movie actors and Kristen's team:

FRANK SINATRA leads ROBERT STACK 16-4

HUMPHREY BOGART leads CLARK GABLE 11-8

SPENCER TRACY leads ORSON WELLES 11-9

GREGORY PECK and JOEL MCCREA are tied at 10-10

ALAN LADD leads GLENN FORD 10-9

The matches will continue till Saturday, so if you haven't voted yet, please go to Kristen's page here and cast your vote for your faves: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/2014/11/02/the-lombard-cup-2014/

The 2014 Lombard Cup is underway..go vote for your favorite classic movie actors!

The 2014 Lombard Cup featuring classic movie actors gets underway today with the first 5 matches between Team Carole (as in Carole Lombard, my fave actress) and Team Veronica (as in Veronica Lake, Kristen's fave actress). These 5 matches are taking place on Kristen's blog which you can find here: http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/2014/11/02/the-lombard-cup-2014/.Go there to cast your votes for your faves. Next week 5 more matches will take place here on All Good Things.

Here are the 5 matches taking place and that will run through this week:

FRANK SINATRA (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

ROBERT STACK (TEAM VERONICA)

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HUMPHREY BOGART (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

CLARK GABLE (TEAM VERONICA)

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SPENCER TRACY (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

ORSON WELLES (TEAM VERONICA)

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GREGORY PECK (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

JOEL MCCREA (TEAM VERONICA)

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GLENN FORD (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

ALAN LADD (TEAM VERONICA)

Happy Birthday Carole Lombard!

You know I had to post about my all time favorite actress, Carole Lombard! I may have slacked off on blogging over this past summer but leave it to Carole to get me going again. TCM is honoring her today with several of her films and while I will missed them, I have been posting about her all day long on my Facebook and Tumblr pages. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLE!

The Lombard Cup returns next month

I know it's been awhile since I have posted anything but I'm here to announce the 3rd annual Lombard Cup to take place next month. Beginning Sunday, November 2, Team Carole will face off against Team Veronica. Team Veronica is sponsored by Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film while I'm the sponsor of Team Carole. Veronica as in Veronica Lake and Carole as in Carole Lombard. The Lombard Cup is akin to golf's Ryder Cup where two teams engage in match play. For here, it will be classic movie stars competing in matches and voted on by you guys as to your favorite. Last year it was actresses which Team Carole was able to win. This year it's the men's turn. 21 actors per team and the format will be the same with 5 matches taking place the first three weeks, then the final 6 matches for week 4. Here is the complete list of actors competing. More details to follow including the matches set up in the weeks to come.

TEAM CAROLE

JACK LEMMON
WILLIAM POWELL
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
JAMES STEWART
ERROL FLYNN
SIDNEY POITIER
STEVE MCQUEEN
BOB HOPE
TONY CURTIS
SPENCER TRACY
MELVYN DOUGLAS
DEAN MARTIN
HUMPHREY BOGART
BURT LANCASTER
JAMES GARNER
PAUL NEWMAN
GLENN FORD
FRED ASTAIRE
GREGORY PECK
RONALD COLMAN
FRANK SINATRA

VS

TEAM VERONICA

CLARK GABLE
WILLIAM HOLDEN
ROBERT MITCHUM
CARY GRANT
ALAN LADD
DANA ANDREWS
VINCENT PRICE
MARLON BRANDO
DAVID NIVEN
FRED MACMURRAY
JOHN WAYNE
ROBERT STACK
GENE KELLY
CLIFF ROBERTSON
ORSON WELLES
MONTGOMERY CLIFT
FREDRIC MARCH
ROBERT REDFORD
RICHARD BURTON
JOEL MCCREA
WARREN BEATTY

The Romantic Comedy Blogathon: Hands Across The Table (1935)

One of my favorite screwball comedies, Hands Across The Table pairs my girl Carole Lombard with Fred MacMurray and the results are hilarious. Carole plays manicurist Regi Allen, who works at a swank hotel, and is determined to land a millionaire.One of her regular clients is Allen Macklyn, a rich man who was paralyzed in a plane crash. He's played by Ralph Bellamy. They get along great. Fred MacMurray enters the picture as poor playboy Theodore Drew, III, and the two are instantly attracted to each other. Wrongly believing Theodore to be wealthy, Regi invites him to live in her apartment -- until she discovers he's broke. Theodore wants to marry rich too, and so he gets engaged to an heiress he doesn't love. In classic screwball fashion, Regi and Theodore desperately try to ignore their growing passion for one another in favor of the promise of money -- and fail miserably. Carole and Fred make a great team and Hands Across the Table is a great looking and funny film. It does get a little serious towards the end, but never gets too serious. Carole is on the mark as usual and looks fabulous. Fred is pretty good as well. Great support by Bellamy and Ruth Donnelly as Regi's boss. One of the best screwball comedies ever. And one of my favorites that Carole made. As she is definitely in her element here in this fun movie. With expert direction by the great Mitchell Leisen, this is one of the genre's best!

 I could have also written about Carole's next pairing with Fred in the just as wonderful, True Confession in 1937. Maybe I can do that for the next romantic comedy blogathon. Wait, there will be another romantic comedy blogathon, I hope. Here are some more photos from Hands Across The Table. 






Thanks to Lara Gabrielle over at  backlots and Vince over at  carole-and-co for hosting this wonderful blogathon. My entry was just one of many so please check out all the other bloggers who made some terrific entries as well.