Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

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[Update: This is “The Bugle Sounds.”]

Aha! Mystery tanks!

 

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[Update: This photo was published Jan. 2, 1942, apparently in The Times Midwinter Edition.]

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Two cameras!

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… mystery talent …

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… mystery tanks…

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… mystery slate!

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.. . and a mystery clue!

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8 Responses to Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

  1. Mary mallory's avatar Mary mallory says:

    It’s THE BUGLE SOUNDS, directed by S. Sylvan Simon, who I believe is sitting on the tank with Wallace Beery.

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  2. Sam Flowers's avatar Sam Flowers says:

    The tank is a M2 pre WW2 light tank.

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  3. Sarah's avatar Sarah says:

    Could this be “The Bugle Sounds” (1942) directed by S. Sylvan Simon (who may be the mystery talent with the sun glasses)?

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  4. Rick's avatar Rick says:

    well the director is S. Sylvan Simon – how about The Bugle Sounds

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  5. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:

    A Bob Hope WWII film, “Tanks for the Memories”?

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  6. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Something directed by S. Sylvan Simon

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  7. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    S. Sylvan Simon directing Wallace Beery in The Bugle Sounds

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  8. Rotter's avatar Rotter says:

    It’s from “The Bugle Sounds” with Wallace Beery.

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