Tuesday, June 29, 2021

"Give Me Some Men, Who are Stouthearted Men..." (Please do!)

 Happy Birthday salutations to the taller half of Mac/Eddy, or Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.  I always liked Nelson, no doubt influenced by my mother who was a big fan of the couple.  Seemed to be a nice enough fellow, gorgeous hair for sure! 


 And if you have a Nelson Eddy popup, you need to have one for MacDonald as well.  They were a good looking couple, and pretty darn good singers as well.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

"... to whose heart he lays siege, ..."

 Nice photo feature from the July 4th, 1931 issue of Picture Show.  (Don't forget, War Nurse (1930) is available to watch on TCM until June 30th!) 

"Robert Montgomery as the gay young airman and June Walker as the Society debutante nurse, to whose heart he lays siege, and is finally successful." 
 

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

More Complaining About the Weather ...

 It's that time of year, super hot here in Bakersfield, and I need to complain about it!  Sorry.  

Decided to check out Bob in/or near pool photos, hoping it would help cool me down.  Nah, seeing Bob in swimming trunks does not cool me down, rather the opposite I must say.  

Poor Bob, putting up with having to shave his chest, the thing to do in the 1930s, as far as the studios were concerned.  Actually, I'm a tad envious of Bob in this photo.  He's sitting by his pool in Beverly Hills.  The high temperature in Beverly Hills today will be 75 ... and mine will be 100! 


 

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Gee, Pop! And Other Classic Quotes of My Youth

 Yup, there was a second fun find in that lot of photos (see the prior post).  It's Mr. Chan himself (Warner Oland) helping out his son, Lee (Keye Luke). 

   Keye Luke & Warner Oland in Charlie Chan in Monte Carlo (1939)

And a nifty autograph of Mr. Luke, not found in a bargain lot. 

 

TIME FOR A TCM UPDATE ... June Bride (1948) will be shown this Friday at 9:15 p.m. PT.  The next scheduled movie is Haunted Honeymoon (1940), June 24th at 8:30 a.m. PT.  There are four movies available for streaming:  Lovers Courageous (1932), until June 26th;  War Nurse (1930), until June 30th; Live, Love and Learn (1937), until July 4th; and Faithless (1932), until July 11th.  That's a lot of Bob!  3 cheers for TCM!

Monday, June 14, 2021

Bob Liked to Gamble in Monte Carlo ... Of Course He Would

 A nifty photo, found in a remaindered lot of movie stills.  Bet you can't tell who was playing the bad guy! 

  Sidney Blackmer & Key Luke in Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)