Mini Mystery Photo

Posted on June 13, 2010 by lmharnisch
June 12, 2010, Mystery Photo
Photograph by the Los Angeles Times
Update: This is artist Hugo Ballin and Marlene Dietrich in a photo stamped May 25, 1936, apparently during filming of “Garden of Allah.” I’m at a loss to explain her expression. 

Here’s our weekend mini-mystery photo…. The answer to this week’s mystery guest is Madge Bellamy!

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14 Responses to Mini Mystery Photo

  1. Mary mallory's avatar Mary mallory says:
    June 12, 2010 at 9:18 am

    When will you put up the captions under the Madge photos? Nice one today.

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  2. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    June 12, 2010 at 9:22 am

    An artist stuffed into a suit and tie? A model with ennui? Looks as though he’s propping her up to keep her from crashing into his easel.
    Very interesting shot.

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  3. Greg Clancey's avatar Greg Clancey says:
    June 12, 2010 at 9:47 am

    Tallulah Bankhead

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  4. benito's avatar benito says:
    June 12, 2010 at 10:04 am

    the lady is a tired looking Marlene Dietrich.

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  6. Julie Merholz's avatar Julie Merholz says:
    June 12, 2010 at 10:26 am

    Marlene Dietrich, but I don’t know the “artist”.

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  7. Annie Frye's avatar Annie Frye says:
    June 12, 2010 at 11:28 am

    Marlena Dietrich

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  8. Steve Stoliar's avatar Steve Stoliar says:
    June 12, 2010 at 11:30 am

    Is it Marlene Dietrich and costume designer Ernest Dryden?

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  9. Arye (Leslie) Michael Bender's avatar Arye (Leslie) Michael Bender says:
    June 12, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Come to think of it, the artist looks like Richard Dysart as the Art Director in the often overlooked film masterpiece by John Schlesinger, ‘The Day of the Locust’.
    Pondering even further, the entire still is from the ‘Locust’ era.
    BTW: Anyone remember the character Donald Sutherland portrayed in the movie? His name was … (DRUM ROLL) Homer Simpson!

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  10. fibber mcgee's avatar fibber mcgee says:
    June 12, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    Molly? MOLLY? Why, what an euphonious appellation.

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  11. Lee Ann Bailey's avatar Lee Ann Bailey says:
    June 12, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    This is a long shot, but is it Christian Dior and Marlene Dietrich? I know she loved his designs!

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  12. Rick Scott's avatar Rick Scott says:
    June 13, 2010 at 4:46 am

    Okay, everybody got Dietrich. Is the artist John Decker?

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  13. Carol Gwenn's avatar Carol Gwenn says:
    June 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    La Dietrich and Paramount designer Travis Banton.

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  14. Mary mallory's avatar Mary mallory says:
    June 13, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    Why no captions under this or the Madge Bellamy photos? This is Hugh Ballin, the artist who created the murals in Griffith Observatory, the Wilshire Blvd. Temple, Burbank City Hall, and the L. A. Times lobby among others, drawing Dietrich as the color star of the year at Selznick International Pictures, to coincide with the release of Selznick’s THE GARDEN OF ALLAH.

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