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| OK, who is this foursome on the golf course? (Sorry about the crack in the emulsion. The Times’ library used to fold the big prints in half before putting them in envelopes — verrry annoying).
Second from left, Mickey Rooney (Alexa Foreman). Absolutely. Let’s see how people do with the other three…. Here’s a hint: Rooney is the only actor in the foursome. The other three are golfers, all of them covered by The Times in the 1940s and ’50s. Update: Because it’s Friday and this isn’t a golf blog, I’ll tell you one of the names. The man to the left of Mickey Rooney is Bob Unthank. Update 2: Because it’s Saturday and this isn’t a golf blog, I’ll tell you another name. The man on the right is Foster McMullen, who competed in local tournaments in the 1940s and ’50s. Update 3: Because it’s Sunday and this isn’t a golf blog, I’ll tell you the last name. The man to the right of Mickey Rooney is Bob Rosburg.
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is the actress Patsy Kelly
except I believe Patsy had dark hair, but she could have dyed it.
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I believe the blonde with the tiger may be Fay Wray. And the foursome, from left to right, to be Paul Newman, Mickey Rooney, Van Johnson and Fred McMurray. I don’t know the name of the others at all, although they look familiar.
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Is the painting by Red Skeleton?
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Man on the right… Don Ameche?
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Is that Orson Welles on the far right in the foursome picture?
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Mr. Rooney, even in a presumed casual candid, seems to be trying too hard.
Though anyone old enough to remember him in the one hour, LIVE television drama by Rod Serling, ‘The Comedian’ knows what a tour de force actor he could be.
I was one of those lucky ones.
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The golfer to the far right is Edmond O’Brien.
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Is that Arthur Lake on the right?
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I the guy on the right of the golf foursome Arthur “Dagwood” Lake?
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Is the 3rd photo from the top Ralph Bellamy?
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The man having dinner with the Reagans looks like Chris Farley… maybe it’s his dad?
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The person having dinner with Ron and Nancy iappears to be made man Joe Valachi.
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Sophie Tucker ?
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The golfer on the far right is Julius Boros.
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from left Jack Burke, Jr; Mickey Rooney; Gene Littler; and Julius Boros
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Ah – based on the clue, the guy with the pinkie ring and knowing grin is Earl Carroll, producer of Vanities of ’23, etc., and founder of Earl Carroll theater on Sunset (later Aquarius and – egad! – Nickelodeon). I always supposed Earl Carroll looked like George Raft —
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Is guy with wavy wair/toupee Earl Carroll?
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is the pic of the guy under the blonde gal Franchot Tone?
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Boros and Rooney are the same age in that photo. Amazing.
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bobby morfield…member at LACC?in the middle next to Mickey? Could the course be Hillcrest ( but no oil fields?) or the old Victoria CC and it could be woodland hills? the huslers club? Fox hills?
My husband tells me all the courses were hilly in those days.Two of them have putters so they’ve hit their shot and will put? But the right side one has a Spalding driver and ball.
PS My husband ( and his father before him) were head pros at Riviera and he is stumped. He is dying to know who these guys are. Well dressed – my comment -this wardrobe is gone from golf courses…too bad
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vanity of vanities: Lawrence Welk?
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is the third photo Franchot Tone?
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Going with your hint, but not knowing what he looked like, I nominate Earl Carroll. He created ‘The Vanities’ as well as the old ‘Moulin Rouge’ on Sunset, across from ‘The Palladium’. Would have been in easy company surrounded by showgirls.
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And BTW, love the idea of Joe Valachi having a sit down with the Reagans. Who said ‘progress was their most important product’?
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Okay, I’ll bite. Is that Thelma Todd hugging the leopard?
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“Vanity of vanities”, eh…could that be a hint that the swell-lookin’ gent in the photo is Earl Carroll?
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Is the dog painting by Constance Bennett?
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Wavy haired guy–Max Factor Jr.?
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Not Earl Carroll? Is it Nils Thor Granlund?
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Frederick Brisson???
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Painting by Della Reese?
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With the Reagans–Bobby Knight?
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Dog painting done by Michael Landon?
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Mystery artist: Jeanette MacDonald.
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Could it be the dog was painted by one time art student Farrah Fawcett?
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The dog painting must have been a self-portrait.
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This is a trick question, with a very simple solution. Top to bottom
They’re ALL Lon Chaney.
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You out did yourself on this one, Larry!!
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Artist = Hayley Mills?
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This is like stumbling around in the dark. Whatever happened to the periodic checkoff list of ‘I’m afraid not, alas no, no it isn’t, try again, interesting guess but no’? I can guess that you’re a busy man but really this is not nearly as interesting.
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The dog painting was by Angie Dickinson
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Our wavy-haired smirker: crooner Russ Colombo?
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wavy haired man=Leslie Howard
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The actress with the leopard is “The ever-popular Mae Busch”.
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Carl Brisson? E. Lloyd Sheldon? Or somebody no one today ever heard of who was connected with the movie Murder At The Vanties?
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Have GOT to stop banging my head against that wall!
Is the blond gent CARL Brisson, father of Freddie?
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Is the artist James Mason?
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Reagans with Slick Leonard or Ron Horn?
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The dude on Mickey Rooney’s left is Byron Nelson.
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Painting by Henry Travers?
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Could photo number three ( the wavy-haired gent) be Lanny Ross, once a crooning rival to Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo?
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The guy on the far right might be Jimmy Demaret .
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wavy haired man is James Coughlin
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I loved the Henry Travers eyebrow line, now I’ll go with the tough angel, Della Reese for dog puss.
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Is the woman with the leopard Betty Smith, the wife of Lou Abbott?
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The man with the Reagans: a young Donnie Walsh.
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I’m not following the angel aspect, but I suspect the dog painting as being by Lenard Kester.
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Is the mystery person Carl Brisson?
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I thought Gary was right. I was going to guess that the woman was Mae Busch, the film wife of Oliver Hardy in Sons of the Desert. But she never married a famous comedian, so her affair with Mack Sennett doesn’t count.
So how about Mildred Davis, Mrs. Harold Lloyd?
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Aha! I finally got it. (I had to reread my Heinrich Wolflin, ya know, this involves an examination of painterly brush strokes, as opposed to the linear.) Anyway…..if that dog painting doesn’t betray the hand of Gail Russell, then it’s by Willem de Freekin’ Kooning.
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could the lady with the leopard be penny singleton?
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Lew Eckles? What’s so deadly about him?
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Anne earlier guessed the Leopard Lady was the wife of Lou Abbot – I think it was the wife of Bud Costello.
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Alrighty, there are three women associated with Stan Laurel, which include common-law wife Mae Dahlberg, first wife Lois Nielsen, second and fourth wife Virginia Ruth Rogers, and third wife Vera Ivanova Shuvalova (“Illeana”). From what I can tell, though, only Mae Dahlberg was known as a stage actress herself. So my guess is Mae.
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Is the wavy haired man in the mystery
photo
Bela Lugosi ??????????
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Victor McLaglen as officer Bill Murdock (Vanities)?
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The woman who played Oliver Hardy’s wife was Vivien Oakland.
Yes?
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Is the actress with the tiger Daphne Pollard? (She played Oliver Hardy’s wife in Our Relations, and was related to Snub Pollard, although I thought she was his sister, not wife.)
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The blonde woman with the big cat — Buster Keaton’s wife? Just a wild guess….
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The man with the Reagans might be a young Donnie Walsh.
The photo with Rooney and the golfers wasn’t well chosen. Those men are unknowns.
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For the Murder at the Vanities gent, how about songwriter Sam Coslow? Art Directors Hans Dreier or Ernst Fegté? Perhaps Carl Brisson’s stand in, Arthur Mayo?
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Is leopard lady Mildred Davis?
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Leopard lady–Ted Healy’s wife Betty?
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