Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard’s final film was To Be or Not to Be.
The producers removed her line: “What can happen on a plane?”
A month earlier, she had been doing a tour of the country, raising money for war bonds.
Carole’s plane went down outside of Las Vegas.
Everyone on board died.
Carole, her mother, the crew, the soldiers with her.
That can happen on a plane.
Clark Gable, her husband, flew to Vegas and waited for her body to be recovered.
They say she was pregnant.
Not to be, I suppose.
But I prefer Mel Brooks’ version of that film.