Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on December 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

Dec. 15, 2011, Mystery Photo

Here’s a mystery pair from the incredible collection of Steven Bibb – in the news business this pose is often called a “grip and grin.”

[Update: Producer Harlan Thompson welcomes Gladys Swarthout to Hollywood to appear in “Champagne Waltz,” 1936. ]

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4 Responses to Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

  1. Michael Ryerson's avatar Michael Ryerson says:
    December 15, 2011 at 8:11 am

    Merle Oberon is greeted by Detective C. W. Thaxter and receives standard LAPD warning the ‘keep her nose clean’.

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  2. Gary Martin's avatar Gary Martin says:
    December 15, 2011 at 11:36 am

    In a staged photograph with two light sources, the sun and a too strong reflector, the lady, Peggy Dow, is welcomed to Hollywood by a man who is Clearly Uncomfortable.

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  3. Don Danard's avatar Don Danard says:
    December 15, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    I’ll take a really wild guess and say it’s Helen Burgess welcomed by some anonymous press agent.

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