A Favorite

Kathy is filling again as CM guest blogger....

I love Bob and James Cagney photos, their deep and lasting friendship captured by the camera.  And Bob in uniform.  Tuxes and military uniforms, flattering to most men, Bob at his best.  So, you combine the two and you have one of my favorite photos, a publicity shot for The Gallant Hours. Two old pros, Bob on the set of his last movie and Cagney's second to last. (Jim gives his final CAGNEY performance in One, Two, Three - excellent movie, a superb turn of acting by Jim, what a note to go out on.  Those movies he made in the 80's...well, I do hope they made an old man feel good for the doing.)

No More Ladies Ad

From Screenland, July 1935

A big thank you to Kathy for the find!

Enjoy Your Ride

Or in Bob's case here, not so sure how enjoyable it could be in a suit. Personally, I'm a grease magnet on a bike. What shall we say, 1929ish?

Photo from Rides a Bike via Speakeasy

Rage In Heaven Coming to DVD

Props to the Warner Archive for releasing another Bob movie on DVD: Rage in Heaven. Its a bit quirky (dead kittens, full moons and all), but its also an entertaining watch after a long day.

Voila!

I've been super busy with life lately, so I've been asking around for guest bloggers to help keep things rolling on the blog. With today's post, please welcome fellow Bob fan, Kathy!
- Carrie

I've taken on the somewhat daunting task of putting my Bob photos into some kind of order for my Photobucket album.  They're not all mine (unfortunately), many are from Carrie's great blog, others from everywhere on the net that comes up when I Google Robert Montgomery.  There are quite a few photos out there, but few are identified...at most a "1930's" tag, not much help since most of his photos are from that decade.  Okay, enough of a preamble to set up my following discovery, a "Voila!" moment for me.

Lets start with this photo of Bob and a group of fans, displayed previously on this blog, but worth showing again...cuteness abounds.  But no details...none.  Note Bob is dressed to the nines, wide-breasted suit, the hanky just so, tie and lapel pins, carrying his hat and overcoat, and all on a bright summer day, based on the summer frocks the girls are wearing.    

Now we switch to a more typical Bob photo --- Bob about to embark upon another trip to New York or beyond.  Great outfit...hey, it sure looks like the same one as in the previous picture, even down to the small lapel pin.  And no further information about the photo, of course.

Lastly, a photo, amazingly enough, with a complete description and dated August 29, 1933:  "Star-Spangled Support for the NRA (National Recovery Act) Drive!...stars signing up at the post office for the NRA Consumers Drive."  That's Kate Smith handing Nancy Carroll a form to fill in.  And Bob (a New Deal Democrat, at the time) looking on, wearing the same outfit, even down to the lapel pin.

Voila!  So we have pictures of a group of fans mobbing Bob before getting on the train to go to New York where he participated in an NRA publicity stunt, all taking place in August, 1933.  I'll bet the pin has the NRA Eagle on it!  Two pictures identified, many more to go.