This week’s mystery movie has been the 1948 Eagle-Lion picture “Hollow Triumph,” also known as “The Scar.” The movie stars Paul Henreid (Friday’s mystery guest), Joan Bennett (Thursday’s mystery guest) and Eduard Franz (Wednesday’s mystery guest). It was written by Daniel Fuchs, from a novel by Murray Forbes and was produced by Henreid and directed by Steve Sekely.
A DVD is available from TCM Shop and there is a restored version on Amazon.
For Monday, we have a mystery woman.
Above, a photo of Vera Marshe listed on EBay for $35.
We have had several guesses as to this woman’s identity. This week, I had relied on Imdb, which identifies Vera Marsha as “woman in backseat,” but after examining photos of Vera Marshe, I’m not sure that is correct. I’m a little pressed for time this morning so I’ll try to track it down later.
And here is our mystery man for Tuesday.
This is Robert Ben Ali, and yes it is his only movie appearance.
And for Wednesday, we have this mystery fellow.
This is Eduard Franz.
Please congratulate Rick, who identified the movie, but had the wrong mystery guest for Monday.
And for Thursday, a (not so) mysterious woman.
This is Joan Bennett.
Please congratulate Jenny M (Wednesday’s mystery guest), Gary Martin (Wednesday’s mystery guest), Don Danard (Wednesday’s mystery guest), Mike Hawks (Wednesday’s mystery gent), Julie Merholz (Wednesday’s mystery gent), dlhartzog (mystery movie, Wednesday’s mystery gent), LC (mystery movie and mystery cast), Michael Ryerson (mystery movie, Wednesday’s mystery guest), Roget-L.A. (Wednesday’s mystery guest) and Barbara Klein (Wednesday’s mystery guest).
And for Friday, our totally non-mystery man is wearing a bow tie.
And producer Paul Henreid in a double role.
Please congratulate Mary Mallory (mystery movie, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s mystery guests), Gary Martin (mystery movie, Thursday’s mystery woman), Julie Merholz (mystery movie, Thursday’s mystery woman), Jenny M (mystery movie, Thursday’s mystery woman), Mike Hawks (mystery movie, Thursday’s mystery woman), dlhartzog (Thursday’s mystery woman), Anne Papineau (Thursday’s mystery woman), Barbara Klein (mystery movie, Monday’s and Thursday’s mystery women), Beachgal (mystery movie, Wednesday’s mystery guest, Thursday’s mystery woman), ValleyDave (mystery movie, Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursdays mystery guests), Dewey Webb (Thursday’s mystery woman) and Michael Ryerson (Thursday’s mystery woman).
ValleyDave says of Tuesday’s mystery man: “geez, the Brain Trust loves the obscure.”
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I guess this is before her time but she looks a lot like Susan Hampshire.
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Alas, no.
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Jinx Falkenberg.
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Jacqueline White
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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The star of ‘I Married Joan’ (what a girl, what a whirl, what a life…), Joan Davis?
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Alas, no.
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Ann Staunton?
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I’m afraid not.
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Rita Johnson?
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Sorry, I’m afraid not.
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Jayne Meadows.
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INTERESTING guess. But no.
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Monday’s blonde Leslie Brooks, Hollow Triumph (Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett
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Total WAG: Roger C Carmel (AKA Harcourt Fenton Mudd) for Tuesday minus the signature ‘stash, so probably “A House is Not A Home”
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Alas, no.
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Tuesday: Robert Foulk
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Alas, no.
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Eduard Franz
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Eduard Franz.
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Today it’s Eduard Franz.
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Eduard Franz.
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Eduard Franz
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Today, Eduard Franz. Monday, Gale Robbins?
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The movie is Hollow Triumph (The Scar) 1948 w/Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Ann Staunton, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen…
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Eduard Franz today. I’ll try to work backwards.
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Looks like it’s going to be Hollow Triumph (1948) a Paul Heinreid/Joan Bennett vehicle.
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Hollow Triumph?
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Wednesday: Eduard Franz?
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Wednesday – Eduard Franz
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Joan Bennett and THE SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR?
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This is Joan Bennett so I guess Monday is Leslie Brooks and the film Hollow Triumph.
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HOLLOW TRIUMPH. Eduard Franz yesterday.
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Ann Staunton Monday and Steve Carruthers Tuesday.
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Joan Bennett today so it’s Hollow Triumph 1948. also starring Paul Henreid..
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Joan Bennett in Hollow Triumph.
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Joan Bennett makes this HOLLOW TRIUMPH.
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Margaret Lindsay on Thursday?
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No, I’m afraid not.
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The luminous Joan Bennett today, Paul Henreid on his way. Ann Staunton on Monday?
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Wednesday looks to be John Marley. Sans horse’s head.
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A most interesting guess. But alas, no.
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Joan Bennett, late of Dark Shadows and author of “How to be Attractive”
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“Hollow Triumph”
Thursday – Joan Bennett
I think Monday is Vera Marshe.
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Thurs is Joan Bennett
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Monday: Ann Staunton, Tuesday: Robert Ben Ali (only film “un”-credit in IMDB—
geez, the Brain Trust loves the obscure), Wednesday: Eduard Franz, Thursday:
Joan Bennett. Film is Hollow Triumph, aka The Scar.
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Actress/Ayds diet pitch woman Joan Benett
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Wed is Eduard Franz. I think Mon is Leslie Brooks. Tues might be Paul Burnes – this probably is Hollow Triumph.
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Well, today we have Joan Bennett, to my eye a woman more beautiful than pretty.
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Paul Henreid today. That looks like Ann Staunton, not Leslie Brooks. She appears in our book, and the shape of her face is different from that of the Monday photo.
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Fri is Paul Henreid as John Muller/Dr. Bartok in Hollow Triumph
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Paul Henreid is wondering what happened to his Warner Brothers contract.
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If Mon is not Leslie Brooks or Ann Staunton then possibly this is Jeanne Blackford. If it is, that’s really obscure.
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Friday – Paul Henried
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Tues is Robert Ben Ali
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Thursday is Joan Bennett. The movie is Hollow Triumph (1948). Is Tuesday’s man Charles Arnt? I still think that’s Ann Staunton from Monday.
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Friday must be Paul Henreid.
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That actress in Monday’s should be Ann Staunton – it’s the only place in the film she appears and she’s billed as ‘the blonde’ only in the credits. Leslie Brooks played the gal Virginia Taylor qho Paul Henried goes to Maxwells with for gambling and that’s not the same ‘blonde’ as was in the back of the car.
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In this case, IMBD might be correct — look at Vera Marshe in The Phantom of 42nd Street which was just a few years before this week’s film – she looks a lot like this ‘back-seat’ lady – but I have no idea who ‘The Blonde’ is that is listed in the actual credit role on the film if it is not Ann Staunton as the lady in the backseat – I will try to watch the film again carefully to see if I can figure out ‘another’ blonde that credit on the credit role in the film could be referring to. Maybe stick to less obscure ‘uncredited’ actors or limit it to just one in a ‘blue moon’ to avoid the confusion.
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