Robert Montgomery Collection (4 Discs)

"Eight Film Collection ... Robert Montgomery ... Warner Archive (2011)"
Warner Archive presents "ROBERT MONTGOMERY COLLECTION" (4 Discs) (1931-1940) (767 min/B&W) -- Starring: Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Jordan, Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell, Tallulah Bankhead, Hugh Herbert, Madge Evans, Roland Young, Nora Gregor, Heather Thatcher, Sally Eilers, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen and Edmund Gwenn .... some of the cast from all eight films.

Directed by Harry A. Pollard, Sam Wood, Harry Beaumont, Robert Z. Leonard, Jack Conway, George Fitzmaurice, Richard Thorpe

1.) - Shipmates (1931) (72 min/B&W) - Starring Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Jordan
(Directed by Harry A. Pollard) .... Robert Montgomery, as devil-may-care sailor who falls for an Admiral's daughter

2.) - The Man in Possession (1931) (84 min/B&W) - Starring Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood and Irene Purcell
(Directed by Sam Wood) .... The Code missed this one, naughty before its time,...

Suave Leading Man of the 1930's and 1940's
"The Robert Montgomery Collection" pays tribute to a popular leading man of the 1930's and 1940's. Though his light these days doesn't shine as brightly as that of his M-G-M contemporaries Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy, Montgomery projected a debonair charm and seemed most at home in light comedies, though he turned in a chilling performance as a suspected murderer in 1939's "Night Must Fall."

His leading ladies included Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Ingrid Bergman, Susan Hayward, and Carole Lombard.

This four-disc collection contains eight features including "Shipmates" (as naval hero John Paul Jones), "Faithless" (co-starring Tallulah Bankhead), "Lovers Courageous" (as English family black sheep and world traveler), and "Made on Broadway" (as a slick, fast-talking press agent).

Also included are "The Man in Possession," "But the Flesh Is Weak," "Live, Love and Learn," and "The Earl of Chicago." There are no bonus extras.

Montgomery One of a Kind
This collection has some hard-to-find gems - Live, Love and Learn, The Man in Possesion - making it worthy of purchase, but it is enjoyable throughout because of the personality of the leading actor... a great free-spirit! Montgomery has attitude with heart, and a genuine flair for humor. These movies slipped in under the "code" and under the radar of contemporary viewers.

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