Movie Star Mystery Photo

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Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: This is Anne Nagel in a publicity photo stamped Sept. 17, 1936.

 

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July 8, 1966: Anne Nagel dies of cancer at the age of 50.

 
 
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: Lillian Bond!

There’s a new photo on the jump!



 
March 16, 2010, Mystery Photo
Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Anne Nagel in a June 24, 1940, photo modeling a sweater with a “novelty weave.”

Here’s another photo of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Lee Ann, Thom and Megan and Don Danard for identifying her!

Sept. 17, 1936, Anne Nagel

Sept. 17, 1936: Anne Nagel marries Ross Alexander, whose first wife committed suicide.

Dec. 13, 1935, Aleta Alexander

Jan. 4, 1937, Ross Alexander Suicide

Jan. 4, 1937: Ross Alexander commits suicide in the barn of his home at 17221 Ventura Blvd.

Jan. 4, 1937, Ross Alexander Suicide

Jan. 4, 1937, Anne Nagel

Jan. 4, 1937, Ross Alexander Suicide 

Jan. 7, 1937, Anne Nagel

Jan. 7, 1937, Ross Alexander Inquest 

March 17, 2010, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Anne Nagel in “Women in Bondage,” in a photo stamped Feb. 27, 1944.

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

March 18, 2010, Mystery Photo
Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Anne Nagel in a publicity photo for “Beyond the Law” also known as “Sealed Lips,” dated Feb. 27, 1942.

Here’s another photo of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Dewey Webb and Rick Scott for identifying her.

March 19, 2010, Mystery Photo
Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: And here we have an example of the perils of The Times’ photo filing system. The lady on the left is this March 4, 1971, picture is clearly Ingrid Bergman and the fellow is Maurice Chevalier. The mystery is how Anne Nagel could appear in a 1971 photo when she died in 1966. The woman on the right is actually “Britain’s Anna Nagle,” according to the caption information.  [Update: The Times misspelled her name in 1971 as Anna Nagle. She is Anna Neagle].

Here’s our mystery guest with a couple of (not very) mysterious companions. I’m on jury duty this week so I’ll wrap up this post tomorrow. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her.

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28 Responses to Movie Star Mystery Photo

  1. fibber mcgee's avatar fibber mcgee says:

    Sure looks like Loretta Young to me.

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  2. Eve's avatar Eve says:

    I don’t think I’m right, but Kathleen Burke?

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  3. Aunt Flo's avatar Aunt Flo says:

    Gail Russell

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  4. MichaelRyerson's avatar MichaelRyerson says:

    Looks like Sally Blane.

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  5. Steve Stoliar's avatar Steve Stoliar says:

    Sally Blane, perhaps?

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  6. MichaelRyerson's avatar MichaelRyerson says:

    Then again, it could be Polly Ann Young.

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  7. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:

    Erin O’Brien-Moore

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  8. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:

    Adrienne Ames.

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  9. margie's avatar margie says:

    gail russell

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  10. Gerald McCann's avatar Gerald McCann says:

    Kay Francis

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  11. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:

    Marcia Ralston.

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  12. Jenny M's avatar Jenny M says:

    Georgiana Young

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  13. Annie Frye's avatar Annie Frye says:

    It looks like Ann Miller’s hairline to me……….

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  14. jane Ellen WAyne's avatar jane Ellen WAyne says:

    Kay Francis

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  15. Lou Z's avatar Lou Z says:

    Jeannette MacDonald?

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  16. Anne Papineau's avatar Anne Papineau says:

    I know it isn’t but she reminds me of Ona Munson.

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  17. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:

    Rita La Roy.

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  18. Rick Scott's avatar Rick Scott says:

    Just a guess….Betty Field?

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  19. Annie Frye's avatar Annie Frye says:

    Mayo Methot?

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  20. Kylie's avatar Kylie says:

    Anne Nagel

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  21. Jenny M's avatar Jenny M says:

    Mady Christians

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  22. Dru Duniway's avatar Dru Duniway says:

    Sylvia Sidney

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  23. Sarah's avatar Sarah says:

    Ann Ayars.

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  24. Lee Rivas's avatar Lee Rivas says:

    Ida Lupino?

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  25. Joan Y. Compagno's avatar Joan Y. Compagno says:

    Mona Barrie

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  26. Earl Boebert's avatar Earl Boebert says:

    Erika Mann?

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  27. Steve Moshlak's avatar Steve Moshlak says:

    Nancy Gates?

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  28. Stacia's avatar Stacia says:

    Another one I should have gotten. She was in a Perry Mason movie that I blogged about last year. Sadly, it was probably the first movie she did after her husband killed himself, which explains why she seemed to just sleepwalk through the film.

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