Keeping Up with the Wyman- Reagans

In 1938, Reagan co-starred in the film Brother Rat with actress Jane Wyman. They were married on January 26, 1940. Together they had two children, Maureen and Christine and adopted a third, Michael. Their divorce was finalized in 1949.

Pre-Code Dip: Penthouse (1933)

In Penthouse, racketeer Tony Gazotti is thankful that lawyer Jackson Dumont helps him beat a murder rap, but Dumont just does it for the thrill of it and refuses payment. Dumont's defense of mobsters causes his firm to disown him and his girlfriend Sue to leave him. But when young Tom Siddell, Sue's new boyfriend, is framed for a murder, she is the first to come asking for Dumont's help. Dumont uses Gazotti's information network and the help of new girlfriend Gertie Waxted to find that rival gangster Jim Grelliman is involved in the framing of Siddell. When Dumont sends Gertie to Grelliman's apartment in a bid to blow open the case, she is walking on thin ice. -IMDb

Dancing Lady (1933) Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities. -IMDb

Before & After: Louise Brooks

Speakeasy: Jane Wyman

Babes In Arms...

Grace Kelly

Ginger Rogers

Judy Garland

Fred Astaire

John, Lionel, and Ethel Barrymore

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Doris Day

Clark Gable

Bette Davis

Carole Lombard

Joan goes to the dogs...

Before & After: Claudette Colbert

It Happened One Night (1934) ****

Happy Birthday!

John Wayne: 1907-1979


“I'm the stuff men are made of.”

- John Wayne


Indeed he was. I will never be able to watch John Wayne without thinking of my father, who watches John Waynes and thinks of his father.


They Were Expendable (1945)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
The Quiet Man (1952)
The Searchers (1956)
Jet Pilot (1957
Rio Bravo (1959)
North to Alaska (1960)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
McLintock! (1963)
Donovan's Reef (1963)
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
El Dorado (1966)
Big Jake (1971)

A weekend...

Aaaah, a long weekend spent with Robert Montgomery. I can think of few things more pleasurable. Robert Montgomery was a busy bee in his lifetime, besides acting in films, he served a term as the president on the Screen Actors Guild, help Eisenhower be lovable, directed films, wrote short stories, put gangsters behind bars, served in WWII via the Navy, produced and starred in television series, directed and acted on Broadway, and lent his voice to radio to name a few. So, this weekend I sat down and expanded on my Robert Montgomery experiences.





Robert Montgomery directed this film using a subjective camera. This style, in which the camera is the protaganist, had never been employed for an entire full-length film before and Robert had to fight hard to finally use it in Lady InThe Lake.








Sorry, couldn't find a poster for Hide-Out. Watched it again this weekend since I hadn't seen it for some time. This film is another good example of how endearing Robert Montgomery could be even when he was acting like a cad.








Sorry, no poster for Strangers May Kiss.

Movies I have seen Robert Montgomery in:

Their Own Desire (1929) ***
Our Blushing Brides (1930) ***
Strangers May Kiss (1931) ***
When Ladies Meet (1933) ****
Hide-Out (1934) ****
Riptide (1934) ***
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) ***
Night Must Fall (1937) ****
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) ****
Rage in Heaven (1941) ***
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) ***
Lady in the Lake (1947) ***
They Were Expendable (1945) ***