Robert Montgomery

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Robert Montgomery (1904-1981)

Fishkill Landing, NY born Montgomery debuted on Broadway in 1924, and kept busy on the New York stage through 1928. His film debut came a year later, and a year after that he had an important supporting role for MGM in The Big House (1930). Greater stardom came as Norma Shearer's leading man in The Divorcee (1930), Strangers May Kiss (1931), and Private Lives (1931). By this time Montgomery h...