SS CAROLE LOMBARD – JANUARY 15, 1944

A bereaved Clark Gable looks on as Irene Dunne christens the ship with Louis B. Mayer looking on, the date commemorated the second anniversary of Carole Lombard’s record breaking bond drive for WWII.

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2 Comments

  1. January 25, 2013

    Gosh, that almost looks like a set, doesn’t it?

    • January 25, 2013

      These old newspaper photos — they edited out a woman in the background for better composition and in doing so gave the whole thing a weird painterly quality.

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