24 FRAMES PER SECOND (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... starred Alan Ladd and Hedy Lamarr, Carole Lombard (pictured) played opposite Bob Hope, rather than Robert Montgomery, in Mr and Mrs Smith, and Ray Milland and Frank Lovejoy were the Strangers on A Train. At the time, Lux Radio Theater must have been a wonderful way to revisit movies, and today it is a stunning archive of the golden age of Hollywood, with some highly enjoyable bookends...
Seraphic Secret (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Robert Montgomery and Joan Crawford in Lette Lynton. The white cotton organdy gown by Adrian , real name Adrian Adolph Greenberg, is one of his most famous and influential designs. A copy of the dress was mass produced to help promote the film and over half-a-million were sold at Macy's. I can just imagine a depression era housewife assuring her husband that the dress is an investment,...
Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Unavailable, even after all this time, Letty Lynton (1932) is at youtube in 9 pieces. For now. Wikipedia says "Soon after its [Letty Lynton's] release, a plagiarism suit forced MGM to withdraw it. It has never been shown on television or made available on home video". It stars Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery . part 1: part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 , part 7 ,...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Just about a year ago I reviewed the terrific pre-Code LETTY LYNTON, a romantic crime drama starring Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery. As detailed in my original review -- click the title of this post to read it -- LETTY LYNTON has a long, tangled legal history which has to date prevented it from being released on DVD or video. Whatever the original issues were, over 75 years on it's...
Dante and the Lobster (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Of all the actors who have played Philip Marlowe, Robert Montgomery in "Lady in the Lake" (1947) counts as my least favourite. I'm digging the classics that are up on YouTube posted in ten minute clips. I watched this one last night. The camera work presents Marlowe's point of view through his sight line which seems too gimmicky, while it also empties the leading man of all...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Until roughly three years ago, I'd only seen three Robert Montgomery movies: MR. AND MRS. SMITH (1941), THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945), and HERE COMES MR. JORDAN, which I saw at L.A.'s Vagabond Theater as a teenager. Over the last three years I've seen 30 additional Montgomery movies, and he's become one of my favorite actors. Tonight I revisited HERE COMES MR. JORDAN for the first...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... stiff actor of limited range"...!). LACMA'S Tuesday matinee series in November includes Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard in MR. AND MRS. SMITH on November 10 and Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner in KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE on November 24. I certainly wish the Museum were a bit closer...I've never seen MR. AND MRS. SMITH on a big screen, and I don't think I've ever seen...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A couple who admitted controlling prostitutes flying in to work in Belfast are given suspended jail sentences.
Travel (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
By Francisca Britt Some film reviews are listed below. You can use a search engine to find movie download sites. You can find good results with by searching "DVD Movie Online Rental", "Download Films" and "Best Music Download Sites". Forsaking all Others: Gable is just back from Spain and is getting ready to propose to Crawford only to learn she's set to wed flaky Montgomery....
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... Cadillac V16 was one of just two examples built and was originally owned by Hollywood actor Robert Montgomery. Another highlight for enthusiasts was the Miller 91 Front Drive Engine, considered one of the most important Miller artifacts to come to the market in decades. Attracting spirited bidding, the Miller engine nearly tripled its original estimate, selling for $297,000. A 1909...
