Allas, a Swedish magazine did a good job on Bob's eyes, they are blue instead of the most-often colorized brown. The red lips, a tad over-the-top.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Thursday, February 05, 2026
...And who would play Nora in her movie?
Nora Gregor was born February 3, 1901, in Austria-Hungary. The lady led an interesting life. May I heartedly suggest reading the biography included on IMDB (mostly under Trivia), as well as Wikipedia's entry on her second Husband Prince Ernst Starhemberg. Way too complex a life to condense to fit in this post! It would make for a great movie, if they would only make those kinds of movie anymore.
But the Flesh is Evil (1932) was a failed attempt by Ms. Gregor to establish a movie career in Hollywood. Her thick Austrian accent and age (31, after all!) did not appeal to the American movie audience.
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
... and Bob does an Excellent Turn as a Heel
"WEDDED BLISS . . . Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery are the fight-and-make up newlyweds in "Another Language" in which they are starred by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under direction of E.H. Griffith."
The studio certainly did not waste production money on using publicity stills to advertise Another Language. I have run across all of two publicity stills for the movie, this and another photo of Bob and Helen. There are a few on set candid's and that's it. IMDB notes the movie was originally intended to star Norma Shearer who backed out shortly before the movie was underway to take care of her ailing husband, Mr. Thalberg. That might explain the lack of planned publicity for the movie. I have never been a big Hayes fan, but I'm sure her performance was better than anything a miscast Shearer would have given.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Small and Classy
Trading cards are just nifty. Most are 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" but can be both smaller and larger. Small is the key thought. Many are colored, like Bob the sailor with the great coat and scarf.
The German company "Ross" cards, both postcard and trading cards, are all in the elite category.
Have always admired the photographs of Bob and Ann Harding taken for The Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) using a clear white backdrop. The trading cards are much more affordable to collect than the 8"x10" format!
Another nice colored card of Bob in But the Flesh is Weak (1932).
Most cards are solo shots of stars and film couples. Have not run across many scenes from movies. The production needs to be good enough for the scenes to be legible. Keeping in mind trading cards are give-a-ways, the print company had to keep costs down as much as possible. This scene from Night Must Fall (1937) is definitely one of the better cards.
Yes, small and classy.








