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“So far I’ve done very little harm, and absolutely no good.”
—Robert Montgomery to Joan Crawford in Letty Lynton (1932)
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“So far I’ve done very little harm, and absolutely no good.”
—Robert Montgomery to Joan Crawford in Letty Lynton (1932)
The Divorcee, 1930 starring Norma Shearer, award for Best Actress
The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It was written by Nick Grindé, Zelda Sears, and John Meehan, based on the 1929 novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. At the 3rd Academy Awards, The Divorcee received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing (Meehan), and Norma Shearer won the award for Best Actress for her work on the film. As a…
Robert Montgomery-Madge Evans "Honduras de infierno" (Hell below) 1933, de Jack Conway.
Our Blushing Brides, 1930 starring Joan Crawford
Our Blushing Brides is a 1930 American pre-Code society comedy/romantic melodrama directed and produced by Harry Beaumont and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian. The film follows Our Dancing Daughters (1928) and Our Modern Maidens (1929), which also starred Crawford, Page and Sebastian, though they portray different characters in each film. Although the…
The Big House, 1930
The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this…
Wallace Beery as Butch grabs Robert Montgomery in a cramped prison cell with Chester Morris watching from his bunk bed in a scene from The Big House (1930). Wally was born in Kansas City and had 242 acting credits from 14 19113 shorts to 1949.
He was Oscar nominated for The Big House, winning in 1932 for The Champ.
Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris, and Wallace Beery in a publicity still for The Big House (1930).
Raquel Stecher wrote in Out of the Past in 2019 "George W. Hill expertly directed the film and some of the scenes with prisoners en masse are beautifully choreographed. I love how cinematographer Harold Wenstrom plays with light and shadow especially in the earlier part of the movie."
Robert Montgomery as Kent shares a cell with Chester Beery in The Big House (1930). Rob was born in Fishkill Landing, New York, and had 65 acting credits 1929-60.
His other notable credits include The Divorcee, When Ladies Meet, Night Must Fall, Mr and Mrs Smith, Here Comes Mr Jordan, They Were Expendable, and Lady in the Lake.
Robert is the father of Elizabeth Montgomery, from tv's Bewitched.
