Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

  April 26, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update 2: This is indeed Eddie Quillan (d. 1990) in an undated photo from his Mack Sennett days, stamped March 5, 1984, by The Times library.]

[Update: Please congratulate Mary Mallory, Eve Golden (who gets bonus points for interviewing our mystery fellow), Bob Levinson, Herb Nichols, Rance Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, Floyd, Rick Scott, Randy Skretvedt, Claire Lockhart and Don Danard (via email) for identifying this week's guest! ]

Here’s our mystery guest!

There’s a new photo on the jump!

 

  Sept. 27, 1981, Eddie Quillan  
  April 27, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update 2: Eddie Quillan in a photo published Dec. 14, 1926.]

[Update: Please congratulate Steve Stoliar, Rotter, Mike Hawks and  Gary Martin for identifying our mystery fellow!]  

Here’s another photo of our mystery fellow!

  April 28, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

  Trombone From Heaven  

  Follow the Band  

[Update 2:  Mary Beth Hughes is the blond who threatens a romance between Eddie Quillan and Anne Rooney in Universal's musical feature, "Trombone From Heaven,"  in a photo published Aug. 9, 1943.]

[Update: Please congratulate Dewey Webb for identifying the mystery fellow and the mystery blonde, Mike Hawks for identifying them and  the movie, and Jenny M, Mark Heimback-Nielsen, La Peregrina and RJ for identifying our mystery fellow!] 

For Thursday, our mystery guest has two mystery companions!

  April 29, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Photograph by Mary Frampton / Los Angeles Times  

[Update: Eddie Quillan in a photo published Sept. 27, 1981.]

Here’s our mystery guest in the 1980s!

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49 Responses to Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

  1. Mary mallory's avatar Mary mallory says:

    Eddie Quillan.

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  2. Eve's avatar Eve says:

    Eddie Quillan! I adore him, I interviewed him once, really nice guy.

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  3. herb nichols's avatar herb nichols says:

    looks like a very young eddie quillan

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  4. BarryOB's avatar BarryOB says:

    James Cagney?

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

    Not saying he is, but the young Laundry Man has a good shot at growing up to be Jimmy Cagney.

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  6. fibber mcgee's avatar fibber mcgee says:

    Izzat a mail bag? Is it a male person? If you think ’tis oftimes hard to tell these days, back in the silent era the makeup was too much.

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  7. Lynne Levine's avatar Lynne Levine says:

    Cliff Edwards?

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  8. Lynne Levine's avatar Lynne Levine says:

    Cliff Edwards

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  9. Rogét-L.A.'s avatar Rogét-L.A. says:

    A very young Joe E. Brown?

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  10. Lynne Levine's avatar Lynne Levine says:

    Cliff Edwards

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  11. Sandy's avatar Sandy says:

    Harold Lloyd

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  12. Rance Ryan's avatar Rance Ryan says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  13. Nick Santa Maria's avatar Nick Santa Maria says:

    Eddie Quillan, of course.

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  14. Floyd's avatar Floyd says:

    Eddie Quillan in his Mack Sennett days.

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  15. Floyd's avatar Floyd says:

    Eddie Quillan in his Mack Sennett days.

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  16. benito's avatar benito says:

    weird guess: George Burns

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  17. Mark Heimback-Nielsen's avatar Mark Heimback-Nielsen says:

    Russell Hardie

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  18. Rick Scott's avatar Rick Scott says:

    Eddie Quillan in his silent comedy days, long before “The Grapes of Wrath.”

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  19. Randy Skretvedt's avatar Randy Skretvedt says:

    Eddie Quillan! Active in movies from 1926 (when he became a sort of replacement for Harry Langdon in Mack Sennett comedies) through 1987, usually as a comedian. However, he’s also remembered for his dramatic role as “Connie” in “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940).

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  20. Claire Lockhart's avatar Claire Lockhart says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  21. Steve Stoliar's avatar Steve Stoliar says:

    Eddie Quillan.

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  22. Rotter's avatar Rotter says:

    Eddie Quinlan

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  23. Steven Moshlak's avatar Steven Moshlak says:

    Charlie Chaplin?

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  24. MIKE HAWKS's avatar MIKE HAWKS says:

    Did not see the blog until today, the man is Eddie Quillan.

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  25. Cold in PHX's avatar Cold in PHX says:

    Elisha Cook, Jr.?

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  26. gary martin's avatar gary martin says:

    He certainly has Eddie Quillan eyes.

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  27. Bruce Mason's avatar Bruce Mason says:

    Edward G. Robinson?

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  28. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Charles Ray

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  29. Gerald McCann's avatar Gerald McCann says:

    Leo Gorcey

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  30. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Justin Bieber’s great grandfather?

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  31. moviegal's avatar moviegal says:

    Hurd Hatfield….. or Liza Minnelli

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  32. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  33. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Is the blonde Mary Beth Hughes?

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  34. MIKE HAWKS's avatar MIKE HAWKS says:

    The lady on the left with Eddie Quillan is Mary Beth Hughes. The movie is either FOLLOW THE BAND or MELODY PARADE from 1943.

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  35. Jenny M's avatar Jenny M says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  36. Mark Heimback-Nielsen's avatar Mark Heimback-Nielsen says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  37. la peregrina's avatar la peregrina says:

    Eddie Quillan, I remember him from television.

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  38. RJ's avatar RJ says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  39. fibber mcgee's avatar fibber mcgee says:

    Okay, with the Thursday mystery photo — him, I know. I just don’t remember his name. Anyway, it’s always good to see a Mary Frampton photo, though. What a classy lady!

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  40. Pamela Porter's avatar Pamela Porter says:

    Eddie Quillan

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  41. periwinkle's avatar periwinkle says:

    Well, it took Clark Gable to figure it out, but the mystery star who I immediately recognized but couldn’t remember the name is Eddie Quillan.

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  42. Rogét-L.A.'s avatar Rogét-L.A. says:

    Claude Stroud? (Or, is it his twin brother Clarence?)

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  43. fibber mcgee's avatar fibber mcgee says:

    Molly wants to know Which Watson Wuzzit? Don’t be coy about this.

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  44. Glen Frank's avatar Glen Frank says:

    Eddie Quillan (1907-1990)

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

    Friday’s photo did it. It’s Eddie Quillan.

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  46. Stacia's avatar Stacia says:

    Is that Irene Ryan on the right in Thursday’s picture?

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  47. dorfgog's avatar dorfgog says:

    IMDB doesn’t show anything called “Trombone From Heaven.” There is, however, “Follow the Band” from 1943, with Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes and Anne Rooney, which sounds like the film this photo is from.

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  48. Brent Walker's avatar Brent Walker says:

    The laundry-man film is the Mack Sennett two-reeler THE COLLEGE KIDDO (1927).

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