Carole Lombard’s 40 Sound Feature Films

American film actress Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) appeared in 56 feature films and 18 short films in a career spanning 21 years before her death in an airplane crash at the age of 33. She made 16 silent movies, starting with Allan Dwan’s 1921 A Perfect Crime, credited as Jane Peters, now a lost film.

She appeared in 15 short comedies for Mack Sennett between 1927 and 1929, and then began appearing in sound feature films such as High Voltage and The Racketeer (1929). After a hit in The Arizona Kid (1930), she was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures and became a major star.

Lombard made only one film in Technicolor, one of her three finest – Nothing Sacred – with My Man Godfrey and To Be or Not to Be her other main triumphs. She made three films with William Powell (whom she later married), and also formed a long hit partnership with Fred MacMurray. Hands Across the Table is the first of their four films together. She got to work with her friend Alfred Hitchcock, on Mr & Mrs Smith, a rare non-thriller from Hitch. She made only film with MGM star Clark Gable, No Man of Her Own. Lombard and Gable married in 1939.

Her final film, To Be or Not to Be, was released posthumously.

Carole Lombard’s 40 Sound Feature Films

1929

High Voltage Billie Davis Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange (Credited as Carol Lombard)

Big News Margaret Banks Gregory La Cava Pathé Exchange (Credited as Carol Lombard)

The Racketeer Rhoda Philbrooke Howard Higgin Pathé Exchange (Credited as Carol Lombard)

1930

The Arizona Kid Virginia Hoyt Alfred Santell Fox Film Corporation

Safety in Numbers Pauline Victor Schertzinger Paramount Pictures

Fast and Loose Alice O’Neil Fred C Newmeyer Paramount Pictures

1931

It Pays to Advertise Mary Grayson Frank Tuttle Paramount Pictures

Man of the World Mary Kendall Richard Wallace Paramount Pictures First of three films with William Powell Lombard and Powell later married

Ladies’ Man Rachel Fendley Lothar Mendes Paramount Pictures Second of three films with William Powell

Up Pops the Devil Anne Merrick A. Edward Sutherland Paramount Pictures

I Take This Woman Kay Dowling Marion Gering Paramount Pictures

1932

No One Man Penelope ‘Nep’ Newbold Lloyd Corrigan Paramount Pictures

Sinners in the Sun Doris Blake Alexander Hall Paramount Pictures Virtue Mae Edward Buzzell Columbia Pictures

No More Orchids Annie Holt Walter Lang Columbia Pictures

No Man of Her Own Connie Randall Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures Only film with Clark Gable; Lombard and Gable married in 1939

1933

From Hell to Heaven Colly Tanner Erle C Kenton Paramount Pictures

Supernatural Roma Courtney Victor Halperin Paramount Pictures

The Eagle and the Hawk Beautiful lady Stuart Walker Paramount Pictures

Brief Moment Abby Fane David Burton Columbia Pictures

White Woman Judith Denning Stuart Walker Paramount Pictures

1934

Bolero Helen Hathaway Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures

We’re Not Dressing Doris Worthington Norman Taurog Paramount Pictures

Twentieth Century Lily Garland, aka Mildred Plotka Howard Hawks Columbia Pictures

Now and Forever Toni Carstairs Day Henry Hathaway Paramount Pictures

Lady by Choice Alabam Lee David Burton Columbia Pictures

The Gay Bride Mary Magiz Jack Conway Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1935

Rumba Diana Harrison Marion Gering Paramount PicturesFcolo

Hands Across the Table Regi Allen Mitchell Leisen Paramount Pictures First of four films with Fred MacMurray

1936

Love Before Breakfast Kay Colby Walter Lang Universal Pictures

The Princess Comes Across Princess Olga William K. Howard Paramount Pictures Second of four films with Fred MacMurray

My Man Godfrey Irene Bullock Gregory La Cava Universal Pictures Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Final film Lombard made with William Powell

1937

Swing High, Swing Low Maggie King Mitchell Leisen Paramount Pictures Third of four films with Fred MacMurray

Nothing Sacred Hazel Flagg William A. Wellman United Artists Lombard’s only film in Technicolor

True Confession Helen Barlett Wesley Ruggles Paramount Pictures Fourth and final film with Fred MacMurray

1938

Fools for Scandal Kay Winters Mervyn LeRoy Warner Bros.

1939

Made for Each Other Jane Mason John Cromwell United Artists

In Name Only Julie Eden John Cromwell RKO Radio Pictures

1940

Vigil in the Night Anne Lee George Stevens RKO Radio Pictures

They Knew What They Wanted Amy Peters Garson Kanin RKO Radio Pictures

1941

Mr & Mrs Smith Ann Krausheimer Smith Alfred Hitchcock RKO Radio Pictures

1942

To Be or Not to Be Maria Tura Ernst Lubitsch United Artists Released posthumously.