This week’s movie has been the 1946 Columbia picture “The Devil’s Mask,” written and directed by Carlton E. Morse and based on the radio show “I Love a Mystery.”
“The Devil’s Mask” is of special interest around the Daily Mirror HQ because it features Barton Yarborough, right, who played Ben Romero, Joe Friday’s partner in the radio version of “Dragnet.” In “The Devil’s Mask,” he plays a detective working with Jim Bannon, left. Yarborough died Dec. 19, 1951, a few days after he made his TV debut in the television version of “Dragnet.”
And for Monday, we have a mystery gent with a curious box.
And for Tuesday, a mystery woman.
Please congratulate Don Danard, Mike Hawks, Mary Mallory, Megan, Le Ann and Thom, and Rick Scott for identifying Monday’s mystery gent. Megan, Le Ann and Thom say: “He made a career out of quick talking sarcasm!”
And for Wednesday, a mystery gent.
Please congratulate Megan Lee Ann and Thom for identifying our mystery woman. I’ll give Gary Martin half-credit for the wrong actress but with a name that’s very close to our mystery woman.
And for Thursday, a mystery woman.
And our mystery guest for Friday. Now we know what’s in the box carried by Monday’s mystery gent.
Please congratulate Mary Mallory (mystery movie and cast), Jenny M (Thursday’s mystery woman), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and cast), Megan, Lee Ann and Thom (mystery movie and cast) and Rick Scott (Thursday’s mystery woman).
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Donald McBride?
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Alas, no….
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Thomas E. Jackson
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Best mysterious box ever was in ‘Kiss Me Deadly’. Though I don’t know the actor who played it.
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Looks like Thomas Jackson.
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This is the great Tommy Jackson! He made a career out of quick talking sarcasm!
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Thomas Jackson
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Hillary Brooke and BIG TOWN?
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Interesting guess. But alas, no.
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Frances Gifford
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Alas, no….
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This is either Barbara Jo Allen or Vera Vague. I will have to wait until Wednesday to be more positive.
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Alas, no….
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Our lovely lady today is Mona Barrie. When her career started she was a bit stiff, but as her career went on she became very much better, usually playing an intelligent, sophisticated lady with a sense of humor.
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Lynn Bari?
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Tuesday’s lady’s face is familiar….Natalie Schafer maybe?
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Alas, no….
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Okay, I think the film is “Penguin Pool Murder”, a Hildegarde Withers mystery. I feel like I recognize those scenes.
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So sorry. Interesting guesses. But alas, no…
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I think Tuesday is Mae Clarke
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Wednesday is Donald Clark, I think.
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Wednesday’s actor looks like Abner Biberman.
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Interesting guess. But alas, no.
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Anita Louise.
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THE DEVIL’S MASK. Mona Barrie Tuesday and Michael Duane yesterday.
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Anita Louise
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Thursday….Virginia Grey
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Mona Barrie, Michael Duane and Anita louise make this THE DEVIL’S MASK.
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Today, it’s the lovely Janis Carter looking somewhat distressed!
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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It’s The Devil’s Mask, with Anita Louise.
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And for Wednesday, it’s Michael Duane.
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Looks like Anita Louise for Thursday.
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Okay, now I think I’ve got it.
The blonde is Anita Loos.
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I meant Anita Louise, the actress – not Anita Loos, the author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Why do I always confuse the author’s and the actress’s name spelling? One of those brain quirks.
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The film must be “The Devil’s Mask”.
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Tuesday – Mona Barrie
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Wednesday – Michael Duane
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I think the shrunken head was supposed to be Louise’s guardian, an explorer. The trouble was whether it was murder or not.
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How about “The Devil’s Mask?” Part of the short-lived “I Love A Mystery” series.
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Is the film “Just Before Dawn”? I believer it is …but ….
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