Merry Christmas (from Shirley Temple)!

Whew.  Will be able to complete my Christmas shopping and decorating before Christmas Day this year!  That's highly unusual for me.  Therefore, time to stuff myself with cookies and candies and watch a favorite holiday movie, or two, or three.  And this year I will not forget to tune into TCM's annual showing of the entire The Thin Man series on New Years Eve Day!  A couple hours with Nick and Nora are a great way to end the year. And a few hours with Bob, of course.  Life can be so good.   

Classic Montgomery will be on vacation next week, and into the next.  Best guess is we'll reopen January 3rd.  Meanwhile, do enjoy the Christmas season and have a Happy New Year!!!

90 Years Later and Still Showing at Your Local Theater (TCM ...)

 

An update on the showing dates of Bob movies on TCM this month:  

                  Live, Love, & Learn (1937) until December 19th;

                  Fugitive Lovers (1934) until December 22nd;

                  No More Ladies (1935) until January 1st; and

                  Hide-Out (1934) until January 4th.

                  Private Lives (1931) first shows on December 20th and

                  Lady in the Lake (1946) on December 22nd.  

All good stuff!  Thanks, again, to TCM for sharing Bob with their viewers.  

Rrrrff.

 Yeah...I can see what Elizabeth saw in him.  

                                               Gig Young

Bob Talks About Making Lady in the Lake

 Interesting interview from the May, 1947 issue of Movie Show Magazine.  Believe me, it is a faster read than it appears.

Let Us Not Forget

Bill, Bob and Joan, together in 1929!

 This is a 1929 issue of Cinearte, a Brazilian magazine.  Interesting coloring of a drawing of William Powell, a rather distracting red smudge on his right cheek.  Hey, at least his eyes are blue.  

Actually, the reason I bought the magazine was this photo of Bob and Joan.  A rather passionate pose, Bob grabbing her arm, Joan grabbing his collar.  Interesting kiss, Bob's nose being on the camera side.  And check out the thick head of hair on our young Mr. Montgomery.  A young actor in need of a hair stylist!  

                    Bob and Joan Crawford in Untamed (1929)

And a Great Merry Christmas from TCM

 My hat is off to TCM for showing SIX(!) Bob movies this month.  And good ones too.  Two have already had their first showing, No More Ladies (1935) and The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937).  Cheyney will be available for streaming until the 9th, but No More Ladies is scheduled for a full run until January 1st.

Hide-Out (1934) starts the 5th, Live, Love & Learn (1937) the 12th, Private Lives (1931) the 20th, and Bob's Christmas perennial Lady in the Lake (1946) the 22nd.   

Plenty of great escapism during a stressful time of year.  

           Bob, Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone in No More Ladies