I wanted to do a Lloyd Bacon movie this week and “The Office Wife” (Warner Bros., 1930) is the earliest one in my collection, and as a bonus, it was the feature film debut of Joan Blondell (one of Friday’s mystery guests). Based on a story by Faith Baldwin serialized in Cosmopolitan in 1929, “The Office Wife” starred Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis Stone, with a screenplay by Charles Kenyon. It also featured Natalie Moorhead (Friday’s mystery guest), Hobart Bosworth (Thursday’s mystery guest), Blanche Friderici (Monday’s mystery guest), Brooks Benedict (Friday’s mystery guest), Dale Fuller (Tuesday’s mystery guest) and Walter Merrill (our mystery guest in the newsboy cap).
“The Office Wife” opened in Los Angeles at the Warner Bros’ downtown theater in September 1930 and was an immediate hit, according to film critic Edwin Schallert, who thought Lewis Stone was a bit too old for the part.
For Monday, we have a very dapper mystery guest.
This is Blanche Friderici, who died in 1933. “It Happened One Night” was her final film and she died of a heart attack a few days after shooting her scenes.
And for Tuesday, we have a mystery woman.
Update: This is Dale Fuller.
Please congratulate Victor H. Brown (partial credit), Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and guest), David Inman (mystery movie and guest), Dan Nather (mystery movie and guest) and Sheila (mystery movie and guest).
It’s been a while since we had a newsboy cap mystery photo and this gent is sporting a rather nice one.
Update: This is Walter Merrill.
Please congratulate Mary Mallory (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and guests), Howard Mandelbaum (Tuesday’s mystery guest), Dan Nather (Tuesday’s mystery guest), Bob Hansen (Monday’s mystery guest), Sheila (Tuesday’s mystery guest) and Dewey Webb (half-credit on Monday’s mystery guest).
And for Thursday, we have a completely unrelated photo of Trixie Friganza from a wonderful Vitaphone short. Unfortunately, only part of it is online.
And for Thursday, a mystery guest in a double-breasted coat with impressive lapels, a wing collar, elegant cravat and handkerchief.
This is Hobart Bosworth.
Please congratulate Mike Hawks (Wednesday’s mystery guest), Floyd Thursby (Tuesday’s mystery guest), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday’s mystery guest) and Mary Mallory (mystery movie and Monday’s and Wednesday’s mystery guests).
Today, our mystery guests model the appropriate attire for the pool.
Update: Brooks Benedict, Natalie Moorhead and Lewis Stone.
Yes, we just saw our mystery woman in a recent mystery film. I try to avoid repeats, but I didn’t want to crop her out of the frame.
And to round out the week, we have these two mystery guests.
Update: Joan Blondell in her feature film debut and Dorothy Mackaill.
Please congratulate Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mystery guest), Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mystery guest), Dan Nather (Wednesday’s and Thursday’s mystery guests), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday’s mystery guest) and Sheila (Thursday’s mystery guest).
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I’ve no idea who this is but I think it’s a woman.
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Beatrice Lillie
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Alas, no.
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Dale Fuller.
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Blanche Friderici in “The Office Wife.”
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Pauline Frederick.
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I take it back — Blanche Frederici in “The Office Wife.”
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Blanche Friderici in THE OFFICE WIFE (1930).
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Blanche Friderici in ‘Office Wife’
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Dale Fuller today.
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TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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THE OFFICE WIFE w/Blanche Friderici and Dale Fuller.
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Wild guess for Monday: Renate Muller in “Viktor und Viktoria”
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Interesting guess. But I’m afraid not.
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Dale Fuller today (Tuesday).
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Is Monday’s manly lady Blanche Frederici? Not exactly sure of the spelling!
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Dale Fuller for Tuesday.
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who ever it is a awoman
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Walter Merrill.
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Monday could be Aline MacMahon and Tuesday Dale Fuller. One of them might be right.
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Walter Merrill.
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OFFICE WIFE
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I wonder who Hobart Bosworth is talking to?
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Good old Hobart Bosworth, who made films with Selig all the way back in 1909-1910.
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Looks like Ray Milland today, have no idea about the movie!
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Catching up: Walter Merrill on Wednesday, Hobart Bosworth today.
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Hobart Bosworth.
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hobart bosworth for thursday.
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Filling out our cast are Brooks Benedict, Natalie Moorhead, Lewis Stone, Joan Blondell and Dorothy MacKaill.
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The Office Wife 1930
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The mystery photo is below the sabbatical and your Black Dahlia story. Just about everybody today. Brooks Benedict, Natalie Moorhead, and Lewis Stone in first picture, Joan Blondell and Dorothy MacKaill in second.
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For Friday Mrs. Dick Powell and Mrs. Al Jolson waiting for the Robert E Lee. I do not recognize any of the others.
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This is Joan Blondell and Lewis Stone in “The Office Wife”.
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Friday’s mystery gal on the left is Joan Blondell – but I have no idea what film this might be.
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Today it’s not very blonde Joan Blondell on the left
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The three at the pool are Brooks Benedict, Natalie Moorhead (why does her head look too big?), and Lewis Stone. And the two women in the last photo are Joan Blondell and Dorothy Mackaill, who never appeared in a movie as wonderful as she was. At least, I haven’t seen it yet.
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Brooks Benedict, Lewis Stone, Dorothy Mackaill, Joan Blondell.
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In swimming attire, no less, Brooks Benedict, Natalie Moorhead and Lewis Stone in “Office Wife”
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