Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on August 7, 2009 by lmharnisch
 

 Aug. 3, 2009, Mystery Photo

 Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: This is Wallace MacDonald, who had a long career as an actor, writer, director and producer. Above, an undated photo of MacDonald in makeup as an old man.

Just
a
reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and
reveal the answer on Friday … or on Saturday if I have a hard time
picking only five pictures — sometimes it's difficult to choose. To
keep the mystery photo from getting
lost in the other entries, I move it from Monday to Tuesday to
Wednesday, etc., adding a photo every day.

I have to approve
all comments, so if your guess is posted immediately, that means you're
wrong. (And if a wrong guess has already been submitted by someone
else, there's no point in submitting it again.) If you're right, you
will have to wait until Friday. There's no need to submit your guess
five times. Once is enough. The only prize is bragging rights. 

The answer to last week's mystery star: Barry Atwater! 

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Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: MacDonald about 1912.

Here's another picture of our mystery guest. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying him!

Aug. 5, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: March 22, 1925, MacDonald and Norma Talmadge in "The Lady."

Here's our mystery guest with a mystery companion. Please congratulate Mary Mallory, Sue, Suzy Q, Carmen and Laura Aikens Goeller for identifying him.

Aug. 6, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: MacDonald in a photo published June 13, 1926.

Here's another picture of our mystery guest. Please congratulate Claire Lockhart and Cinnamon Carter for identifying him.

Aug. 7, 2009, Mystery Photo Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: McDonald and Betty Compson in "New Lives for Old."

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41 Responses to Movie Star Mystery Photo

  1. Anne Papineau's avatar Anne Papineau says:
    August 3, 2009 at 9:02 am

    Paul Muni.

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  2. Barbara Klein's avatar Barbara Klein says:
    August 3, 2009 at 9:22 am

    Denver Pyle

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  3. Mike Hawks's avatar Mike Hawks says:
    August 3, 2009 at 10:28 am

    The man is Wallace MacDonald. Mike Hawks

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  4. Nick Santa Maria's avatar Nick Santa Maria says:
    August 3, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Wallace Ford?

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  5. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    August 3, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Ralph Graves.

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  6. JustaGuess's avatar JustaGuess says:
    August 3, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    James Mason?

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  7. Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England's avatar Victor Huntrods Brown, from across the pond in England says:
    August 3, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Looks llike Stanley Ridges to me.

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  8. muddslide's avatar muddslide says:
    August 3, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    Raymond Massey

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  9. Paul Cardinal's avatar Paul Cardinal says:
    August 3, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Gabby Hayes

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  10. Anne Papineau's avatar Anne Papineau says:
    August 3, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    Antonio Moreno.

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  11. JJ's avatar JJ says:
    August 3, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    Young Lionel Barrymore dressed up as the old Lionel Barrymore that he didnt look like when he got old

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  13. Meara's avatar Meara says:
    August 3, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    John Clements?

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  14. Sue's avatar Sue says:
    August 4, 2009 at 12:36 am

    Gibson Gowland

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  15. January_Gal's avatar January_Gal says:
    August 4, 2009 at 7:22 am

    Lorne Greene

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  16. TonyC's avatar TonyC says:
    August 4, 2009 at 7:49 am

    Robertson Davies ? I don’t really believe that but I see my first choice already selected and rejected. The set of the jaw and the look screams Denver Pyle to me also.

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  17. gerald mccann's avatar gerald mccann says:
    August 4, 2009 at 8:16 am

    Monty Wooley

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  18. Cynthia K.'s avatar Cynthia K. says:
    August 4, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Jean Hersholt.

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  19. Eve's avatar Eve says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:17 am

    Hmmmm . . . It’s not Marshall Neilan, is it?

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  20. Laura Aikens Goeller's avatar Laura Aikens Goeller says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Wallace MacDonald

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  21. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Neil Hamilton

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  22. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:
    August 4, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Wallace MacDonald

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  23. Suzy Q's avatar Suzy Q says:
    August 4, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Wallace MacDonald

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  24. Sue's avatar Sue says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    Wallace MacDonald

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  25. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    August 4, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    Wallace McDonald.

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  26. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    August 5, 2009 at 9:21 am

    Today’s photo is Wallace McDonald with Norma Talmadge in THE LADY.

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  28. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    August 5, 2009 at 10:34 am

    “Young Lionel Barrymore dressed up as the old Lionel Barrymore that he didnt look like when he got old” – JJ
    Oh he did look that way, Lionel was just using make-up to cover the discrepancy.

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  29. Eve's avatar Eve says:
    August 5, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Well, SHE’S Norma Talmadge, but he’s still got me stumped.

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  30. Cinnamon Carter's avatar Cinnamon Carter says:
    August 5, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    This is Wallace MacDonald. The mystery companion is Norma Talmadge in The Lady.

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  31. Dennis Aimino's avatar Dennis Aimino says:
    August 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Walter Huston?

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  32. Claire Lockhart's avatar Claire Lockhart says:
    August 5, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Wallace MacDonald.
    That’s Norma Talmadge with him in THE LADY (1925).

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  33. Cynthia K.'s avatar Cynthia K. says:
    August 6, 2009 at 8:56 am

    Gilbert Roland.

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  34. Rogét-L.A.'s avatar Rogét-L.A. says:
    August 6, 2009 at 9:13 am

    Okay, I’ll take a stab at it. Is it Adolph Menjou?

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  35. Pat in Michigan's avatar Pat in Michigan says:
    August 6, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Ronald Colman

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  36. annie frye's avatar annie frye says:
    August 6, 2009 at 10:11 am

    Buddy Rogers?

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  37. Cynthia K.'s avatar Cynthia K. says:
    August 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    Lew Cody.

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  38. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    August 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    I know it’s not, but he COULD grow up to be Lou Costello.

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  39. Alekszandr's avatar Alekszandr says:
    August 6, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Ralph Graves

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  40. Joan Y. Compagno's avatar Joan Y. Compagno says:
    August 6, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    Jack Buetel?

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  41. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    August 7, 2009 at 9:59 am

    Larry,
    Thanks for the intro to Wallace MacDonald. Didn’t know him, but am amazed by the length and depth of his career.

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