Yes, Our Robert Was Not the Only One

 Give it to Norma for being a brave lady ... appearing once again with a male lead who is more beautiful than she. 

       Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, publicity for Escape (1940)
 

No, Bob Did Not Play a Nurse

This is the photoplay copy of  "War Nurse."  I believe four pictures is the minimum number of photos in any of the photoplay editions, except for "Lady in the Lake" which only has photos on the dust jacket.

One should wonder why a picture featuring Bob as an airplane pilot is used as the frontispiece for a book about nurses.  Well, Robert Montgomery was a rising star and that's the way it was in the business.  And let's face it, he was pleasing to the eye. 

That's Anita Page saying farewell to her lover played by Robert Ames.  I looked up Mr. Ames, curious as to what happened to him.  Poor guy died at 42 of delirium tremens in late 1931.  

(Google updated blogspot recently, the format used for this post.  I'm not at all computer savvy, so am doing my entries using the trial and error approach with the hopes of stumbling on the right way to do things eventually.  Please bear with me!)

Enjoy the Day!

 

And the rest of the week as well!  Plan to enjoy summer's pleasures before fall overtakes us. 
 

One Dancer and Six Troopers

 Would love to have a 11"x14" photo of this clipping.  It would be hanging on the wall above my desk (on a rotating basis with the Bob portrait that now claims that space).  Just look at those troopers working hard so as not to embarrass themselves too much at the upcoming Friar's Frolic of 1949.  I gather boys' choruses were always popular at these events, the current lucky dancers looking forward to laughing at next year's group.  I wonder if anyone filmed these events.  I guess not, probably wouldn't pass the censors! 

(LtoR)  Peter Lawford (5'11-1/2); Ray Milland (6'1); Walter Pidgeon (6'2-1/4); Fred MacMurray (6'2-3/4); Van Johnson (6'1); Robert Montgomery (6' 1/2"); and Robert Taylor (5'10-3/4) 

 I added the heights to the list of names.  Looks like they got the lineup right.  Van Johnson is the only dancer in the group.  Walter Pidgeon started off as a singer on the stage, may have had some dancing experience.  The rest, well, raw talent!  Bob looks, well, a little stressed.  Hope he made it through the performance without stepping on Van's foot.  

Cowboy Eugene was not Singing Sandy

 Okay.  I have to admit it.  I like other male actors besides Mr. Montgomery.  There aren't many, for sure, and none anywhere near to the extent that I love our beautiful Bob.   Compared to Bob, I might say I have a crush on Richard Arlen.  He was just one gorgeous man.  Not known for his acting (who cares!), Arlen made a lot of adventure/western movies.  

I rather like the pairing with Eugene Pallette ... cute couple.                    

            Arlen & Eugene Pallette in The Santa Fe Trail (1930)

 Andy Devine is the sidekick in Raiders of the Desert (1941).  Hey, just imagine a duet sung by Eugene and Andy.  A true delight, I'm sure.  

Quite often Arlen got to court a girl, and win her over almost always.  Below, Julie Haydon is the lucky lady in Golden Harvest (1933).  How could she not say yes.  

 Mr. Arlen was born September 1, 1899 in St. Paul, MN.  Happy Birthday, you gorgeous man!