This week’s mystery movie was the 1952 RKO film “At Sword’s Point,” with Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, June Clayworth, Dan O’Herlihy, Alan Hale Jr., Blanche Yurka, Nancy Gates, Edmond Breon, Peter Miles, George Petrie and Moroni Olsen. The screenplay was by Walter Ferris and Joseph Hoffman from a story by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, with photography by Ray Brennahan, art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino and Jack Okey, music by Roy Webb, set decorations by Darrell Silvers and William Stevens and gowns by Edward Stevenson. The producer was Jerrold T. Brandt and the director was Lewis Allen.
The movie is available on DVD from Warner Archive for $19.99.
For Monday, we have a mystery chap.
Update: This is Moroni Olsen.
For Tuesday, we have this regal mystery woman.
Update: This is Gladys Cooper.
Brain Trust roll call: Sheila (Monday’s mystery guest), B.J. Merholz (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery guest) and Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery guest).
For Wednesday, we have this mystery chap.
Update: This is Philip Van Zandt
Brain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Victor H. Brown (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Tucson Barbara (mystery movie and Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery guests), Floyd Thursby (mystery movie and Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery guests), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery guests), Mary Mallory (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mystery guest), Jenny M. (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mystery guest), Chrisbo (Tuesday’s mystery guest), Anne Papineau (mystery movie and Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery guests), Beachgal (mystery movie and Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery guests), Sheila (Tuesday’s mystery guest), Don Danard (Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery guests), Sylvia E (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mystery guest), L.C. (mystery movie and mystery cast), Roget-L.A. (Tuesday’s mystery woman/wrong movie), Lee Ann, Megan and Thom (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mystery guest) and Bob Hansen (Tuesday’s mystery guest).
For Thursday, we have a mystery woman. Ignore Back of the Head Guy, who will appear tomorrow.
Update: This is Nancy Gates.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Monday’s mystery guest), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday’s mystery villain), Mike Hawks (Wednesday’s mystery villain), Benito (mystery movie and Wednesday’s mystery villain), Don Danard (Wednesday’s mystery villain), Roget-L.A. (mystery movie) and Victor H. Brown (mystery movie/alternate title). Several folks guessed actors who are indeed in the mystery movie, but are playing other roles.
And for Friday … well, you knew this was coming.
Update: This is Maureen O’Hara and Cornel Wilde.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mystery woman), Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mystery woman), Beachgal (Thursday’s mystery woman), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday’s mystery woman), Jenny M. (Thursday’s mystery woman), Tucson Barbara (Thursday’s mystery woman), Patrick (mystery movie and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery guests) and Lee Ann, Megan and Thom (Monday’s and Thursday’s mystery guests).
Looks a bit like Frank Morgan ..and then again, he doesn’t.
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Alas, the Wizard of Oz had departed by the time this was filmed.
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Frank Wilcox
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Moroni Olsen?
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Moroni Olsen At Sword’s Point.
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Moroni Olsen in AT SWORD’S POINT (1952).
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George Reeves as Buffalo Bill Cody in PONY EXPRESS DAYS.
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Gladys Cooper.
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Tuesday could be Gladys Cooper.
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“At Sword’s Point”
Monday – Moroni Olsen
Tuesday – Gladys Cooper
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Looks like Moroni Olsen and Gladys Cooper in “At Sword’s Point.”
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Moroni Olsen and Gladys Cooper in AT SWORDS POINT.
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AT SWORD’S POINT and Gladys Cooper.
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Gladys Cooper
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Movie – At Sword’s Point
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Gladys Cooper Tuesday?
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On Tuesday, Gladys Cooper in “At Sword’s Point”
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Tues is Gladys Cooper and the film is At Sword’s Point
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Monday is Moroni Olsen
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Gladys Cooper for Tuesday.
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Does that mean Moroni Olsen on Monday??
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It’s Gladys Cooper today.
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Tuesday is Gladys Cooper. Not sure of the movie. Maybe “At Swords’ Point”??
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At Sword’s Point (1952) w/Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara, Gladys Cooper, Robert Douglas, etc…
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Lucien Littlefield Monday.
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Tuesday’s regal mystery woman is Gladys Cooper. Could the mystery movie be The Pirate (1948)?
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Is it Moroni Olsen?
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Is it Gladys Cooper in At Sword’s Point?
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Tuesday’s grand lady is Gladys Cooper, but I don’t know the movie.
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Moroni Olsen Monday and Robert Douglas today.
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Oily Philip Van Zandt.
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Philip Van Zandt
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Philip Van Zandt, reliable 3 Stooges bad guy? Looks like At Sword’s Point aka Sons Of The Musketeers 1952.
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Today’s Mystery Man is Philip or Phil Van Zandt, a prolifigage supporting player from the late 1930’s ’til the late 1980’s.
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Oops! That should say “prolifigate”. Sorry.
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Wednesday’s mystery chap: ??? Mystery movie: At Sword’s Point 1952 (a.k.a. Sons of the Musketeers)
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Dan O’Herlihy today
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Movie ‘Sons of the Muskateers’
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Is Wed. Robert Douglas?
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Nancy Gates.
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Nancy Gates.
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Thurs is Nancy Gates.
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Nancy Gates.
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Is Wednesday Tristram Coffin?
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Nancy Gates
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Thursday – Nancy Gates
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The unlikely pairing of Gladys Cooper and Philip Van Zandt would be At Sword’s Point from 1952.
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It is our opinion that the Monday guest is Moroni Olsen, Wednesday’s is Dan O’Herlihy and Thursday’s is Nancy Gates.
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Maureen O’Hara and Cornel Wilde today.
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At Sword’s Point with Cornel Wilde and Maureen O’Hara and there’s Nancy Gates, in there, too (I was always crazy about her). Looks like some Hunk Bondage (Wilde) in it. Good ole Old Tyme Hollywood, they’d sneak naughty stuff win when they could….Ahh, the 1950s.
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Friday we have Cornel Wilde and Maureen O’Hara
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Gladys Cooper. I couldn’t think of her name. At Sword’s Point.
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Maureen and Cornel together again.
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Maureen O’Hara and Cornell Wilde.
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Cornell Wilde & Maureen O’Hara on Friday.
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Friday: Cornel Wilde and Maureen O’Hara in Sons of the Musketeers.
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