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Clara Bow in a publicity photo circa 1928. Rita Hayworth and Pinky Tomlin at a Halloween party for Jackie Coogan, circa 1936.   Ann Miller in a publicity photo circa 1955.   Lillian Roth, Marion Schilling and Rosita Moreno in a publicity photo circa 1930.     Natalie Wood and Robert Vaughn at a Halloween party in Los Angeles, on October 27, 1956.   Pier Angeli in a promotional photo circa 1960.   Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield at a Halloween party in Los Angeles, on October 27, 1956.   Ida Lupino in a publicity photo circa 1934.   Elvis Presley and Joan Bradshaw at a Halloween party in Hollywood on October 31, 1957.   Linda Darnell in a publicity photo circa 1945.  

Carole Lombard is undoubtedly one the greatest comediennes in cinema history. Born Jane Alice Peters to a wealthy Indiana family on October 6, 1908, Lombard began her acting career at the age of 12, when director Allan Dwan cast her as Monta Blue's sister in A Perfect Crime (1921). Although the film was not widely distributed and paid only $50, the experience spurred Lombard's mother to enroll her in drama school. In 1924, just as she turned 16, she was screentested by Fox Film Corporation, which led to a co-starring role opposite Edmund Lowe in Marriage in Transit (1925). Both movies are now considered lost.   Unlike many other actors, Lombard made an easy transition to sound, signing a five-year contract with Paramount Pictures in 1930. Four years later, she was loaned out to Columbia to work on Twentieth Century (1934), a film that not only made her a major star, but also became the prototype of screwball comedies.   LEFT: Carole Lombard and Monta Blue in A Perfect Crim...