All Tied Up in a Big Red Bow!

Yes, I missed my deadline once again!  Too much "stuff" going on, need once again to take a mini-break.  Might be back next week, or probably the week after.  Try to stay cool.  

Let's Just Sit Back and Enjoy Mr. Powell

 William Powell, b. July 29, 1892. 

  For the Defense (1930), Bill while still at Paramount.

                                  Early MGM, guessing 1934

  Bill finds ultimate success and a perfect co-star, Myrna Loy

                                 Ah, the perfect Gentleman!

                 The Senator was Indiscreet (1947), Bill has fun.

That's Our Bob!

 It is June 20, 1940.  Bob has just returned home after his escape from Paris just days before the fall of Paris to the Germans on June 14th.  It was a long trip.  The photo shows Bob surrounded by reporters hungry for news about the events in Europe.

One tired man.  And, yet, ever so handsome.  That's our Bob!

Happy 125th Birthday, Mr. Cagney! (7-17-1899)

 Boy, 1899 ... that's a long time ago!  And Cagney is still remembered.  Now that's a successful movie career.  

Of course, Mr. Cagney and Mr. Montgomery were close friends, a friendship lasting for almost 50 years.  The following photos, taken during filming of The Gallant Hours (1960), so beautifully show the sincere feelings they had for each other.  It appears it is Cagney's turn to tell the joke ...

... and Bob's turn to laugh at the punchline.  

Yeah, I know the photos have been used a time or two on the blog.  It's just that I enjoy them so much it's always nice to have an excuse to use them.  

"COUNTRY DOCTOR" HONORED ON 25TH HOLLYWOOD YEAR

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.:  Jean Hersholt, America's beloved Country Doctor**, was honored by a group of intimate friends, gathered to pay tribute to the actor on his 25th anniversary as a Hollywood star.  Congratulations were heard from coast to coast as proceedings were broadcast over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System.  (Below:  L-R) Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Mrs. Jean Hersholt, Jean Hersholt and Edward G. Robinson.  3-11-1938

** Hersholt starred in The Country Doctor (1936) about the Dionne quintuplets, born in 1934 in Canada.     

And Bob and Edward G. in the same photo!  On the same stage!  Who'd a thunk it?

Robert Montgomery is a Confusing Man.

 

This Nov., 1931 issue of Screen Mirror is the only one of its kind I have seen.  Really good magazine, perhaps it went away as the Depression grew, too expensive for the average fan.  I'm including some ads which are interesting (and rare!).  

 

Have a Happy 4th!

 112 degrees predicted for the 4th, here in Beautiful Bakersfield, CA.  My husband will not be cooking on the outside grill.  Bummer.  I'll just have to console myself watching three favorite musicals on TCM:  1776 (1972), an absolute delight; Music Man (1962), an all-time favorite of mine; and, of course, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Cagney is just great.  

Hoping you have a fun holiday.