Two Pretty Ladies, A Hunk and A Quirky Guy

I started off collecting just photos of Mr. Montgomery, trying not to start spending money on non-Bob photos.  I failed miserably at that.  At first it was the occasional Ray Milland portrait, a few Robert Taylors, the rare William Powell that I could afford.  Then it branched out into photos that simply caught my attention, nice double-weight portraits by a good photographer.  Thought I would share a few with you. 

One of the first pictures I bought was this outdoors portrait of a Miss Gladys McConnell, taken in the late 1920s.  Such a pleasant looking young lady.  Gladys appeared in silent westerns, several with Ken Maynard and retired at the ripe old age of 25 in 1930. 

Charles Farrell was a popular leading man in the 1920s and into the early 1930s.  He made a number of films with Janet Gaynor, they were quite the popular couple.  Mr. Farrell, along with Ralph Bellamy, built the Palm Springs Racquet Club which helped make Palm Springs a successful resort destination.  As his career declined, he invested in real estate in the area, a great career change.  You should google him for other photos of the beautiful man in his youth.  Mr. Farrell has the distinction of being one of the first American actors to appear in a nude scene in a major motion picture, The River (1928).  Too bad there is not a complete copy of the movie in existence ...

I'm not a particularly great Harold Lloyd fan, but this portrait is interesting in that by simply taking off his black-rimmed glasses he is transported from being a movie comic to a quite handsome man.  Besides having been an extremely successful performer, the man had some interesting quirks.  Check out the extensive biography on IMDB. 

Just love this portrait of a youthful Marion Davies.  Such a fresh-faced beauty.  I really don't have anything to add that we all don't already know about her semi-tragic life with Hearst.  I can say that I have been fortunate enough to have twice toured the Hearst Castle back in the late 1980s.  Just fantastic!!  If you ever get the opportunity to tour it, please do not pass it up.  Seeing the awesome swimming pools is worth the trip alone.  One heck of a get-away.