The luminous Carole Lombard had a stellar career which began in 1921 and during the silent film era.  She would successfully make the transition into “talkies” and made many successful films, including the 1936 comedy My Man Godfrey.

In 1939 she married Clark Gable.  On January 16, 1942, Carole, her mother, and 20 other people were flying back to California -Carole Lombard having completed a war bond rally in Indiana- when their plane went down outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. All aboard the aircraft perished and Mrs. Lombard was dead at the age of 33.