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How do we know this picture may have been released before that

Summary: How do we know this picture may have been released before that fateful evening of Jan 16 1942 We obviously can t te from the picture itse f likely taken by Robert Coburn and a striking image it is too one I ve never come across before No one senses it from the caption on the back of this linen backed portrait Most Carole Lombard fans know that her final film To Be Or Not To Be did not play in theaters until after her death However as is the case for every movie the publicity for it began well before its released For example take the promotional still Carole Lombard returns to the screen after a year s absence during which she has played the role of Mrs Clark Gable in real life in Ernst Lubitsch s hilarious melodrama To Be or Not to Be No posthumous sense about it at all Of course by the time it reached its intended recipient Lombard may have already been lost to history This 8 x 10 photo is currently being auctioned at eBay specifically at The minimum bid is 9 99 no bids have been placed as of this writing and bidding closes at 4 28 p m Eastern on Thursday The portrait and the caption rpvode a glimpse of what might have been had fate not intervened    How do we know this picture may have been released before that fateful evening of Jan 16 1942 We obviously can t te from the picture itse f likely taken by Robert Coburn and a striking image it is too one I ve never come across before No one senses it from the caption on the back of this linen backed portrait Most Carole Lombard fans know that her final film To Be Or Not To Be did not play in theaters until after her death However as is the case for every movie the publicity for it began well before its released For example take the promotional still Carole Lombard returns to the screen after a year s absence during which she has played the role of Mrs Clark Gable in real life in Ernst Lubitsch s hilarious melodrama To Be or Not to Be No posthumous sense about it at all Of course by the time it reached its intended recipient Lombard may have already been lost to history This 8 x 10 photo is currently being auctioned at eBay specifically at The minimum bid is 9 99 no bids have been placed as of this writing and bidding closes at 4 28 p m Eastern on Thursday The portrait and the caption rpvode a glimpse of what might have been had fate not intervened   

Image Dimensions: 195 x 240