And a Happy Birthday remembrance of the wonderful character actor Mr. Reginald Owen! Just love the man. Totally impressed by his ability to create so many characters with relish, never short-changing the audience with an ill-prepared role.
Mr. Owen was born August 5th, 1887 in England and died November 5th, 1972 in Boise, Idaho. 85, a good run.
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List of Robert Montgomery movies Reginald appeared in: Man in Possession (1931); Lovers Courageous (1932); Petticoat Fever (1936); Trouble for Two (1936); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Fast and Loose (1939) and Earl of Chicago (1940). Seven Bob movies made better by the efforts of Mr. Owen. Thank you, kind sir.
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Hey Kathy, great comments. Related note, I stumbled on The Man In Possession a couple months ago. Hadn't heard of it and expected it would be fairly slight. How wrong I was! After a well done, sombre opening, morphs into a frantic and hilarious bedroom/parlour-ish farce with our beloved RM at his manic, sardonic best! Comedy gold. (Also love these forgotten 1930's gems based on contemporary theater pieces).
Was also surprised to see all the pairings you listed with the wonderful Reginald Owen (whom I only really knew from Christmas Carol). Have to assume they were pretty close. Thanks again for the blog!!
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