Bob & Bob, Broadway and Bennett

From the March 28, 1931, issue of Picture Show Magazine:

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90 years ago, May 10, 1928, marks the opening on Broadway of "The High Hatters", in which Bob appeared as Dick Halloway.  The show ran for all of 12 performances.

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I used this nice photo of Clark Gable and Constance Bennett in a post back in 2015.  What I did not notice then and only recently discovered, was that I had a photo with Ms. Bennett's autograph on it!

This blowup might help ...

A nice surprise, for a change.  

One of Many Beautiful Faces of the Young Bob

                                 Robert Montgomery (1930)

ALERT!! 5:00 p.m. PST, Tuesday on TCM

Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy in finalmente una donna! 

... or "Finally a Woman", not as romantic as Petticoat Fever (1936). 

A Tall, Blond and Handsome Hunk of a Brit

1.  Brian Aherne was a tall dude ... 6' 3-1/2"
2.  He co-starred in four movies with Rosalind Russell.  I'm sure Roz appreciated being able to wear high heels, for a change.
3.  Born May 2, 1902, in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, U.K., and his birth name was William Brian de Lacy Aherne.  Sounds like a character in an 18th Century novel. 
4.  Close friend of George Sanders, one of the few.
5.  Survived a five-year marriage to Joan Fontaine.
6.  Had a pilot's license, even owned his own plane.  Not that common in the 1930s. 
7.  And the Montgomery connection ... appeared on Robert Montgomery Presents three times.

                                             Brian Aherne

All Good Wishes ... Robert Montgomery

I have grown to really appreciate this photo of our 43-year-old Bob.  It is 1947 and Bob has just signed with Universal Pictures, so new studio portraits are needed.  No longer one of the celestial beings of MGM, Bob simply looks more down-to-earth.  Well, still not exactly "one of the guys" ... Bob was always unique, special. 

The postcard was probably signed some years later.  And, in all likelihood, signed by Bob himself!  I just don't see people who forged his signature wasting their time on a postcard.  So, a double pleasure; a favorite photo and something Bob handled.  Be still my heart...