One More War Nurse Still

War Nurse (1930) is one of those movies where the still photos are far better than the movie itself.  It's interesting how they have handled the problem of framing a tallish man talking to a seated woman.  That can't be a comfortable position for Bob.  Love the desk.  It is not exactly what you would expect to find in a WWI nursing station, but this is MGM after all.

Bob Zonked Out In Poughkeepsie

JANUARY 5, 1953 - Actor-Director Robert Montgomery is wheeled on a stretcher into St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie.  He fractured his arm when he fell at a friend's home in Millbrook, NY. 

I'm guessing Bob didn't wait to get to the hospital to take some pain killers.  Looks rather comfy.  Wasn't it nice of his friends to send him off with his cap. 

Happy Birthday, Reggie

From Men With Wings

Props to XM Radio for playing The Uninvited OTR this morning and reminding me!

Blondie of the Follies - It's the hat!

Just love stills from Blondie of the Follies (1932).  The movie so exemplifies how wondrously over-the-top movies could be in the early 30s.  The sets are just fantastic.  The women are all beautiful and dressed in attire found only in Hollywood.  And, of course, the tux attired drop-dead handsome male lead is seen either with a drink in hand or gazing longingly into the leading woman's eyes.  What a wonderful escape it had to have been for moviegoers living in the Great Depression.  (It's a great escape now!)

Marion Davies was born on this day in 1897.  She made two pictures with Bob, Blondie and Ever Since Eve (1937) and lived a somewhat sad, but fascinating life.  Never, Ever pass up a chance to see the Hearst Castle ... even the bus ride up to the Castle is memorable.  Most of 1930s Hollywood is long gone, but the Castle is still there in all its glory.  

Is Everybody Bright-Eyed & Bushy-Tailed This Morning? No?? Sorry...Hang In There!