This Centenary We Should Celebrate

As has been noted, this is the centenary of Herbert von Karajan and Olivier Messiaen. But where is the hoopla for another centenarian, the legendary Jane Peters, better known as Carole Lombard, born October 6, 1908? She defined a genre, and an era--the depression-age screwball comedy--and is still used as a standard against which other comic actresses are judged.

While we are waiting, here is a fun blog-style site, generously illustrated, devoted just to her.