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Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema .
Army officials offered to honor Lombard with a complete military funeral but Gable chose to respect her wishes and opted for a simple, private funeral. After his wife's burial in California, Clark Gable joined the Army Air Corps and flew B-17 missions from England. Lombard was recognized by the Hollywood Victory Committee as the first star to ...
MacMurray with Irene Dunne in a promotional photo for Invitation to Happiness (1939) In the 1930s, MacMurray worked with film directors Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges , and actors Barbara Stanwyck , Henry Fonda , Humphrey Bogart , Marlene Dietrich , and in seven films, Claudette Colbert , beginning with The Gilded Lily .
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On the morning of January 16, 1942, at 4:00 local time, actress Carole Lombard, her mother, Clark Gable's press agent, and her MGM press agent boarded Flight 3 in Indianapolis. Lombard, eager to meet her husband Clark Gable in Los Angeles, was returning from a successful war bond promotion tour in the Midwest, where she helped raise over $2 ...