Photo Friday - Love That Bob

Today's photo features another Bob - Robert Cummings. Photo is of him & Betty Caufield from The Petty Girl (1950).

Larger photo

Like many of the other actors I've featured on this blog, Bob was also a pilot. He learned to fly while in high school from his godfather, Orville Wright.

Bob was another actor who also transitioned into television, having his own show appropriately titled The Bob Cummings Show (aka Love That Bob). If you haven't seen any of his films, go out and rent Dial M For Murder or Saboteur - both excellent Hitchcock films. Another recommended film, shown on TCM here and there, is The Devil and Miss Jones with Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn.

Radio Style - The Lodger

Curl up with this murderous Suspense feature - the December 14, 1944 version of The Lodger. Robert Montgomery is back to work after his service in the Navy, playing both the lodger and the storyteller.

30 Minutes - 7 MB

The story may sound familiar to you - it was one of Alfred Hitchcock's first films. In 1948, Suspense hauled Bob back in front of the microphone to play the lodger again for an hour-long version. More to come...

Thrill Crazy, Kill Crazy

Gun Crazy is one of my fav. movies - and it just so happens it's featured on Noir of the Week. If you haven't seen it, make sure you rent it.

TCM Bob Schedule for April

I am happy to report that TCM US has some variety for Bob fans in April. Remember, times listed are Eastern.

6 Friday
11:15 a.m. Hell Below (1933)
A submarine captain clashes with one of his crew during World War I. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Jimmy Durante. Dir: Jack Conway

9 Monday
11:30 a.m. Ever Since Eve (1937)
A plain-jane secretary masquerades as a beauty* to win her boss's heart. Cast: Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh. Dir: Lloyd Bacon
* Actually, I think they have the above turned around...a beauty masquerades as a plane-jane secretary

Theremin Love

What does The Day the Earth Stood Still, Hitchcock's Spellbound, and the Beach Boys Good Vibrations have in common? They all use the Theremin, a musical instrument that uses electricity to create music, or in the case of Sci-Fi, unearthly sounds whenever a UFO appears. It's my new favorite musical instrument of the moment.

I'm willing to bet most people will instantly know the sound of the Theremin when they hear it:



A bit dated: