Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on October 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 26, 2009, Mystery Photo
Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Josephine Dunn in an undated photo

Update: This is actress Josephine Dunn (1906-1983). The Times evidently didn’t publish an obituary on her.

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 reward is bragging rights. 

The answer to last week's mystery star: Owen Crump! 

Oct. 27, 2009, Mystery Photo Los Angeles Times file photo
July 15, 1927: The Definite Frock – Gardenias and shimmering black satin – that combination which has never failed in chic – go to make up the frock, work at will, for either afternoon or street, by Josephine Dunn, Paramount player.

Here’s another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her!

Oct. 28, 2009, Mystery Photo Los Angeles Times file photo
Jan. 2, 1929: Pathe presents “Red Hot Rhythm” with Alan Hale. This is Josephine Dunn and Walter O’Keefe.

Oct. 29, 2009, Mystery Photo Los Angeles Times file photo
Ever since Josephine Dunn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer player, appeared in Al Jolson’s picture she has been asked where her rainbow scarf is – which fits her like a glove. Now she has blossomed out in one which shows a net background and glittering sequins showing the lovely shades found in the rainbow.

Here’s another photo of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mary Mallory and Megan for identifying her!

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Los Angeles Times file photo

June 26, 1931: Josephine Dunn
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25 Responses to Movie Star Mystery Photo

  1. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:
    October 26, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Madge Evans

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  2. margie's avatar margie says:
    October 26, 2009 at 11:32 am

    virginia cherrill

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  3. Barbara Klein's avatar Barbara Klein says:
    October 26, 2009 at 11:39 am

    Ann Dvorak

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  4. Christa's avatar Christa says:
    October 26, 2009 at 11:48 am

    corinne griffith? same hands. um.. maybe corrine griffith’s hands? =) very classically posed hands. was this the style of the time?
    ty

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  5. Gregory Moore's avatar Gregory Moore says:
    October 26, 2009 at 11:51 am

    Dolores Costello?

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  6. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    October 26, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Whoever she is, there is something deep and exquisite there. Despite the formal pose, the camera loves her. Those eyes speak far beyond her era, of things words might desecrate.

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  7. James Curtis's avatar James Curtis says:
    October 26, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    I think it looks like Rosemary Theby.

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  8. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    October 27, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    Helen Foster.

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  9. Steven Moshlak's avatar Steven Moshlak says:
    October 27, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    Constance Towers?

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  10. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    October 27, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    Gwen Lee.

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  11. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    October 27, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Peggy Hopkins Joyce.

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  12. gary martin's avatar gary martin says:
    October 27, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    Eventually she will come to look like the Billie Burke we all know and love. Is she?

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  13. Karen's avatar Karen says:
    October 28, 2009 at 8:55 am

    Mildred Davis

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  14. MichaelRyerson's avatar MichaelRyerson says:
    October 28, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Miriam Jordan and Victor Jory??

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  15. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    October 28, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Dorothy Revier.

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  16. Dru Duniway's avatar Dru Duniway says:
    October 28, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    Mary Astor

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  17. gerald mccann's avatar gerald mccann says:
    October 28, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    Virginia Grey?

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  18. Flo Myers's avatar Flo Myers says:
    October 29, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Carole Lombard?

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  19. Laura Goeller's avatar Laura Goeller says:
    October 29, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Esther Ralston

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  20. william's avatar william says:
    October 29, 2009 at 10:25 am

    anna nilsson

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  21. herb nichols's avatar herb nichols says:
    October 29, 2009 at 11:23 am

    constance bennett

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  22. margie's avatar margie says:
    October 29, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    jean inness

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  23. JM GREEN's avatar JM GREEN says:
    October 29, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    constance bennett

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  24. Christa's avatar Christa says:
    October 29, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    hmm.. i notice people seem to have neglected guessing Anita Page. Usually she is guessed at least once =) better add her name.
    Anita Page?
    Thank you
    Christa ❤

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  25. Joan Y. Compagno's avatar Joan Y. Compagno says:
    October 30, 2009 at 6:50 am

    Claire Dodd?

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