The quintessential comedienne of the 'screwball' comedy, Lombard starred in many film classics of the 1930s and early 1940s, such as Nothing Sacred and her Oscar-nominated performance in My Man Godfrey. Known offscreen as much for her...

Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942), born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in several classic films of the...

Voters rejected plans Tuesday to build and to staff new libraries in Lombard and Carol Stream. The library in Bensenville, meanwhile, will be cutting services even further after its tax rate increase request was denied and Wood Dale Library's request for more...

Fifty years ago, a civilian celebrity was one of the first women to die for her country in World War II. On Jan. 16, 1942, actress Carole Lombard was flying back to Hollywood after a tour to sell war bonds when the plane hit...

If you accept the world of screwball comedy as an alternate universe, with a logic inside its seeming illogic, then the idea that Carole Lombard is screwball’s Garbo is a natural one. There was a whisper of a physical resemblance, in the high forehead and...

If you accept the world of screwball comedy as an alternate universe, with a logic inside its seeming illogic, then the idea that Carole Lombard is screwball’s Garbo is a natural one. There was a whisper of a physical resemblance, in the high forehead and...