[Update: Well our torrid mystery gal stumped everybody! I wish I had more photos of her, but there aren’t any. This is Ann Ainslee in “White Cargo,” a rather notorious Los Angeles stage production of 1939. The Times reported that Ainslee left “White Cargo” to go into pictures, but she had almost no film career as far as I can tell. And in case you’re wondering, I used her photos because they are too great not to share. I wonder what became of her.]
Joan Blondell
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Jeanette MacDonald’s stand-in auditioning as Dorothy Lamour’s stand-in
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Joan or Gloria Blondell ???
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Ruth Etting?
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Mystery gal is Jeanette MacDonald
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That’s a nineteen-twenties face on a thirties body, with a sarong in its heart.
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Helen Broderick.
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lina romay
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Looks like an Island gal to me. Rock Island, Illinois? Catalina Island (on the weekends)?
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Dorothy Lamour?
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Sofia Ortega?
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Oh, of course, Ann Ainslee! Always one of my faves–don’t know why I didn’t recognize her.
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Well, at least you are giving totally unknown talent their 15 minutes of fame.
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