"It was difficult for them to see each other eye to eye."

 No, it's not that Bob and Janet Gaynor didn't get along, but a rather significant height difference made it difficult to frame them.  Ms. Gaynor was a very petite lady, claiming to be 5' tall.  Mr. Montgomery claimed to be 6'1".  Below, she must be standing on a box, while Bob is leaning toward her.  Kudos to C. S. Bull for both getting them in frame and creating a really nifty photograph.

            Bob and Janet Gaynor in Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) 

Bob's October Birthday Ladies

 Errrr .... a little late for all three ladies.  I think Gaynor, Lombard and Hayes were classy enough to forgive me for my tardiness.  Anyway, Happy Birthday ladies!  You are still remembered.  

Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor were a highly successful pair, teaming up for a dozen movies from the late 1920s and on into the 1930s.  They were a handsome couple for sure.  

                          Janet Gaynor, b.  October 6, 1906

You have to wonder how Carole Lombard's career would have progressed if she had not made that fatal flight in January, 1942.  She was only 34, but that's getting on the old side for a female star in her era.  Of course, she was still a knockout and at the top of her form.  I do know she needed to have made at least one more rom-con with Mr. Montgomery, they were really quite good together in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941).  Below, Carole is with Fredric March in Nothing Sacred (1937).  

                          Carole Lombard, b. October 6, 1908

Bob always said his favorite leading lady was Helen Hayes.  Bob seemed in awe of theater performers.  She did have the large face for a stage actor.  Much like Ethel Merman's voice could be heard clearly throughout the theater, Helen's face could be seen.  (and as Clark Gable's large head was magnetic on the big screen!)     

                          Helen Hayes, b. October 10, 1900

Three Men on a Girl ... Pardon?

Well, that's the google translation of this Danish herald for Three Loves Has Nancy (1938).  I don't think that title would have made it in this country, not even pre-code! 

What is right about the herald is the image of a third man.  All of the publicity shots for the movie include Bob and Janet Gaynor, or Bob, Janet and Franchot Tone, but never the Third Love!  Poor Grady Sutton, he just never got any respect. 

                               Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

You can watch Grady lose the girl this coming Monday, the 6th, at 11:45 a.m. PST on TCM.  (Hope that's not a spoiler for you...)