A Friday Quiz (On a Thursday...Forgot What Day it was!)

I ran across an article in a 1929 trade magazine that described the young Robert Montgomery as being a spitting image of Charles Lindbergh.   I thought, "Really?"  Okay, they were both tall and quite slim in their youth, but...  Anyway, I dug out a few photos of the young Lindbergh to compare them with Bob.  Well, darn it, I think they were right after all.  Quick ... which of the following seven photos are Bob and which are Lindbergh? 

 

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Montgomery is Still Tops (As in Always)

                              Filmgoer Magazine (Dec. 27, 1941)

Rita Hayworth's Atomic Bomb

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Nice Surprises in Small Packages

                 Franchot Tone, Joan Crawford and Bob (1933)

I bought a copy of the July 1, 1933 edition of Picturegoer for its pictorial spread on Hell Below.  It is quite good, but I really enjoyed finding the picture above.  Franchot, Joan and Bob strolling merrily along on the MGM lot ... love those "candid" shots.  Note:  Bob is wearing his white bucks but no ascot.  Ascots were perhaps too formal in a work situation? 

Paying considerably less, I found a pictorial book in a library remainder bin about the movie industry going to war titled Movie Lot to Beachhead (1945).  It has hundreds of photos re the making of war movies, as well as stars who were in the services during WWII.  There's a nice photo of Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery, of course, and in a section discussing Hollywood before the war, I found this small picture of an unidentified star signing autographs.  Have not seen a photo of Bob smoking with a cigarette holder anywhere else.  He probably thought it looked good with his tuxedo.  (The book is available on Amazon, will cost you about $10 with shipping.  It's definitely worth it if you have an interest in the subject.)

         
And, in some forgotten magazine, I ran across the photo below of Messrs. Cagney and Montgomery on the set of The Gallant Hours.  One just cannot have too many pictures of Jimmy and Bob.  

 

 

How to Dress Well 101

                                 Robert Montgomery (1932)

The man just knew how to dress well.  Men's casual wear of the 1930s was gorgeous ... errr ... the casual wear of the upper class, I mean, not the clothing worn by the men waiting in line for free soup.   And Bob knew how to put it all together:  the paisley ascot, the perfectly tailored sport coat and pants, and white bucks, of course.  Notice how the pant cuffs just hit the top of the shoes.  No breaking of the pants crease for Bob.  

The photo above is one of a whole series of shots taken both in and outside of the Beverly Hills home he purchased in 1932.  It's referred to as a colonial bungalow type home.  Nice, I'm sure, but not quite the mansion he builds later.  Bob did not have to stand in any food lines.

What I like about the photo below is that the photos on the wall were taken by Hurrell.  Original Hurrells.  And he has them on his wall because they are pictures of his polo ponies, Hurrell was just the photographer at the studio doing Bob a favor.  Wonder what happened to them.