Carole Lombard: platinum blonde

Andrew Cowdell, Carole Lombard, 2012

Carole Lombard was one of the most gifted women stars during the thirties.

Described as “Platinum blonde, with a heart-shaped face, delicate, impish features and a figure made to be swathed in silver lamé”, Lombard’s movie career was cut short in 1942 when she died in a plane crash aged 33.

After her death, the United States Government commissioned a Liberty Ship named SS Carole Lombard, which rescued hundreds of survivors from sunken ships in the Pacific and returned them to safety.