Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Robert Benchley Plays a Drunk - I bet he had to do extensive research for the role!


Live, Love and Learn (1937) will be shown on TCM tomorrow (the 12th) at 7:45 a.m. EST/4:45 PST.  If you haven't seen it, recording it for viewing at a more sensible time would be a worthwhile effort.  After all it has Bob (the struggling artist), Rosalind Russell (the rich society girl), Robert Benchley (Bob's drunken buddy), Helen Vinson (the other woman) and Monty Woolley (rich guy into horses).  If only the script was as good as the actors!

The March 26, 1938, issue of the British magazine "Picture Show", features the movie. 


I like their one-page photo and story re-caps.  That's a lot of info on one page!


An enlargement of the best photo:  Bob and Bob (Benchley) have carried in one very large painting of a horse, to be admired by Woolley (in a gown of some sort with matching furry slippers) while Roz simply stands modeling her mink coat (while wondering if she'll ever get a decent role). 


4 comments:

Debbie said...

You need to re-visit this one yourself. Monty plays the owner of the prestigious art gallery that takes an interest in Bob's character. Also,that scene with the horse painting comes at the end of the film and Month's gown is a nightgown. They got him out of bed.

Debbie said...

You are the genius of movie stills,no one better and I am the rabid movie watching nerd. It would do you good to watch a few again (that is if you can get Rick to agree. Good luck with that! lolololol)

Kathy said...

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!! The truth hurts. I am way behind refreshing my memory of Bob's films. Got Rick to watch "Petticoat Fever" with me last month, but that was only because it was my birthday! (He's a nice guy, folks, just not equally enamored of Mr. Montgomery!) I truly wish Bob had gotten better movie projects than those dumped on him by MGM. It would make my life so much better. I'd watch his movies more often and not have to worry about "rabid movie watching nerds" beating up on me...

Debbie said...

TOUCHE!!!!!!!