And Today Is ........

 

Yes, Robert Montgomery Wasn't the Only Person in the Movie

This is Sally Starr and Phyllis Crane.  Sally plays Babs Babcock, the girl all the boys fight over, and Phyllis is Babs' best friend Betty.  The write-up on the back names their movie as "Happy Days".   

     Sally Starr and Phyllis Crane (1929)

Elliot Nugent portrays Eddie, Biff's best buddy.  (Biff is you know who!)   For this photo, the movie is referred to as "College Days".  

                                         Elliott Nugent, 1929

I am glad they finally chose So This is College.  Much better title.  

Just Love Those Blue Eyes

 My favorite picture frame photograph of Mr. Montgomery.  As many copies there are available of this and other photos like it, would mean a lot of picture frames were purchased for the photo already in the frame, not to be replaced by a picture of a boyfriend or family member.  I can picture myself with this photo being displayed on my bedstand.  Pleasant dreams indeed.  

It's the eyes that really stand out.  Love those blue eyes.  

And the smile, and the hair ... 

Now back to those eyes ... mesmerizing.  

Smart and Sassy, Yes. Too Good for Just "Oomph".

 Ann Sheridan was born February 21, 1915, in Denton, TX (just north of Dallas).  At 18 she won a beauty contest which got her a screen test at Paramount.  Warner Bros. picked up her contract shortly after and developed her into a leading lady who could handle a wide range of roles.  I preferred her in comedies, especially The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941), George Washington Slept Here (1942), and I Was a Male War Bride (1949).  

George Hurrell worked at Warner Bros. for a short time in the early 1940s, which happened to be Ann's peak years.  I don't know for sure that the portrait above is one of his, but it does look like it.  Now I know for sure the one below is a Hurrell.  I wonder if it was Ann or Hurrell who came up with the idea of the puddy cat ... 

Whatever, great photographs.  I like the way the color photograph below reminds us that Ms. Sheridan was a redhead.  

Ann died January 21, 1967, of cancer.  She was only 51.  Bummer.  

Looks Like Rita Has a Good Hold on Bob

Rita Johnson, Robert Montgomery, and Evelyn Keyes in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

As of today, there will be four Bob movies streaming on TCM:  

                Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935), until Feb. 28th;

                 Live, Love and Learn (1937), until Feb. 28th;

                 Our Blushing Brides (1930), until March 7th; and

                 Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) first shows today at                          3:15 p.m. PT and then onto streaming.

Oh, and The Secret Land (1948) sneaks in at 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 21.  It's doubtful I will catch that!