Don’t these Art Deco kitty bookends look somewhat familiar from some other movie title?
Obviously this movie is “Green Mansions” (MGM 1959). No, it’s “Little Women” (RKO 1933). OK, it’s “Man of Two Worlds” (RKO 1934). Or how about “Of Human Bondage?” (RKO 1934).
No, it’s actually “Ann Vickers.”
And for Monday, we have this rather rustic mystery gent.
This is Mitchell Lewis, a prolific but usually uncredited actor whom you will remember from “The Wizard of Oz.”
And for Tuesday, we have a somewhat morose chap.
This is our director, John Cromwell, hamming it up in a cameo.
Please congratulate Mary Mallory, Howard Mandelbaum, Mark A. Vieira, Don Danard and Lee Ann, Megan and Thom for identifying Monday’s mystery fellow.
And for Wednesday, we have a mystery woman.
Helen Eby-Rock as the wonderfully named Kitty Cognac.
And for Thursday, a chap in uniform.
This is Bruce Cabot, missing Fay Wray and the big lug himself, King Kong.
Please congratulate Mitch for identifying Monday’s mystery fellow.
Fear not…. all will become clear tomorrow.
In our mystery film, a woman is hanged. For the record, California has only executed four women and none by hanging. Juanita “The Duchess” Spinelli was the first woman to be legally executed in California and that was by the gas chamber. She was followed by Louise Peete (1946), Barbara Graham (1955) and Elizabeth “Ma” Duncan (1962).
Please congratulate Mary Mallory (mystery movie and guests), Jenny M. (Thursday’s mystery guest), Julie Merholz (mystery movie and guests), Chrisbo (Thursday’s mystery guest), Don Danard (Thursday’s mystery guest), Patrick (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery guest), David Harzog (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery guest), Lee Ann Megan and Thom (mystery movie and guests), Benito (mystery movie and guests), Dewey Webb (mystery movie and guests), William (mystery movie and Thursday’s mystery guest) and Michael Ryerson (mystery movie and guests).
Here’s the first big giveaway.
This is the lovely and vivacious Edna May Oliver, known for her starring role in “The Penguin Pool Murder.”
And here’s the second big giveaway.
This is the great Walter Huston.
And finally – our mystery movie asks us to believe that this mystery guest is a wallflower.
And Irene Dunne.
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Noah Beery Sr?
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A great guess. But alas, no. Noah would be a Wednesday or Thursday mystery guest.
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Mitchell Lewis.
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It’s MGM stalwart, Mitchell Lewis. Green-faced, he confronts Dorothy, “She’s dead. You’ve killer her.”
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Is this Dewey Robinson?
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I’m afraid not….
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Mitchell Lewis.
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I believe it’s Mitchell Lewis
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Reminds me of Ray Collins, but I know that’s not him , , ,
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Victor Kilian?
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Alas, no.
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We think this is Mitchell Lewis, well known as M. Lefarge, husband of a blood thirsty tricoteuse, and the captain of the guards who gives the wicked witch’s broom to Dorothy.
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Irving Pichel in “The Story of Temple Drake”?
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Alas, no.
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looks like Frank Wilcox but probably isn’t
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I’m afraid not…
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Charley Chase
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An interesting guess. But alas, no.
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Can’t figure out if it’s a western, a World War I saga or a prison matron movie …
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Certain parties said last week’s mystery movie was too easy so I thought I would up my game a bit.
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Mitch Lewis
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Today is Bruce Cabot.
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ANN VICKERS. Should have gotten director John Cromwell Tuesday. Is it Katherine Block yesterday?
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Bruce Cabot
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Bruce Cabot
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Bruce Cabot on Thursday?
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Bruce Cabot today. Looks like he’s thinking about being on Skull Island!!
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I know Thursday’s chap in a uniform is Bruce Cabot; I think the film is “Ann Vickers” from 1933.
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Ann Vickers 1933 with Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel.
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Estelle Brody on Wednesday.
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Young John Cromwell
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Today, Bruce Cabot.
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Thursday’s soldier looks like Bruce Cabot. Still haven’t figured out the movie!
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Monday J. Carroll Naish
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How about John Cromwell as the melancholy soldier on Tuesday?
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Is the mystery movie “Ann Vickers”?
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Bruce Cabot on Thursday. Guessing the movie is ANN VICKERS because of the woman in the gray bar hotel
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Ann Vickers?
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Mitchell Lewis, John Cromwell, Helen Eby-Rock & Bruce Cabot in ANN vickers
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“Ann Vickers”, 1933……Thur…… Bruce Cabot
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Monday we have the doughy faced, plastic features of Mitchell Lewis, looking for all the world like a first cousin to Jerry Seinfeld’s next door neighbor Kramer. On Tuesday, we have the director of Ann Vickers (1933), John Cromwell (father of noted actor James Cromwell, L.A. Confidential heavy), stepping out in front of the camera to provide a forlorn note to the proceedings, and on Wednesday the finely wrought features of Ellen Eby-Rock and finally Thursday Bruce Cabot, perhaps at his zenith as a leading man, having just returned from Skull Island and that giant ape thing, sliding toward a career as a supporting player.
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Edna May Oliver, walter Huston, and Irene Dunne.
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Edna Mae Oliver and Walter Huston would make this Anne Vickers
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Irene Dunne Walter Huston Ann Vickers
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Well, I was a little unsure until I saw Bruce Cabot, but now I know it’s Ann Vickers (1933) w/Walter Houston, Irene Dunne & Edna May Oliver.
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The lady in the chair with the hat on (Thurs or Friday?) is Edna May Oliver.
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Friday’s gentleman and lady are Walter Huston and Irene Dunne
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Thurs’ chap in uniform is Bruce Cabot
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Wen’s mystery actress is Helen Eby-Rock
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Monday’s gent is Mitchell Lewis
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Tues is Conrad Nagel?
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The movie is Ann Vickers
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Friday the women are definitely Edna Mae Oliver and Irene Dunne. Not sure about the gent.
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Cimarron?
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Alas, no.
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I should have known. The costuming was all wrong.
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Let’s see …Edna Mae Oliver, Bruce Cabot, Walter Huston, and Irene Dunne. It must be Ann Vickers, 1933 …unless IMBD is messed up. But who is Monday’s man? A young J Carroll Nash? I was almost certain it was a young Robert Newton …alto he didn’t come along until the 40’s …
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