Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters , 6 October 1908 - 16 January 1942) was an American actress. She was especially noted for her performances in a particular form of screen comedy - screwball. She died in a January 1942 plane crash following a successful war-bond rally in Indianapolis.

Quotes

• At first thought , we might say, 'our job is to win a war'...but I am sure it would be closer to the hearts of all of us to say, 'We are fighting a war to assure a peace...our kind of peace.'
  • Speaking at an Indianapolis war-bond rally, 15 January 1942
  • Quoted in Carole Lombard, The Hoosier Tornado by Wes D. Gehring, p. 1

• I have no kicks at all [The] fact is I'm pretty happy about the whole thing...I enjoy this country. I like the parks and the highways and the good schools and everything that this Government does.
  • Endorsing Roosevelt's administration and income tax in general.
  • Carole Lombard, The Hoosier Tornado by Wes D. Gehring, p. 3

About Lombard

• Carole Lombard's tragic death means that something of gaiety and beauty have been taken from the world at a time they are needed most.
  • Errol Flynn, Carole Lombard, The Hoosier Tornado by Wes D. Gehring, p. 17