Category Archives: Mystery Photo

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on February 5, 2012 by lmharnisch

I was watching this movie the other day and thought:  that’s….

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on February 3, 2012 by lmharnisch

[Update: This is Glen Boles. Please congratulate Mike Hawks and Mary Mallory for identifying him!]

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Movieland Mystery Photo – Newsboy Cap Edition [Updated +]

Posted on February 1, 2012 by lmharnisch

Almost everybody wears a newsboy cap in this film. What could it be? [Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Mike Hawks, Don Danard, Mary Mallory and Rotter for identifying the movie — or our mystery fellow in the incredible sweater. ]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 30, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another photo from the collection of Steven Bibb! [Update: This is Emlyn Williams. Please congratulate former Mystery Photo star B.J. Merholz, Mike Hawks and Mary Mallory for identifying him! ]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

Posted on January 29, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another photo from the incredible collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

Posted on January 26, 2012 by lmharnisch

Look what I found! And this movie would be? [Update: This is “On Our Merry Way,” a curious film in which Burgess Meredith plays a classified ad salesman who masquerades as a reporter. At first glance, I assumed this was … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 25, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s a mystery photo from the incredible collection of Steven Bibb! [Update: This is Sam Wanamaker in “My Girl Tisa.” The man on the left is unidentified in the caption information, but Don Danard and Mike Hawks identify him as … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

Posted on January 23, 2012 by lmharnisch

And this movie would be?

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

Posted on January 20, 2012 by lmharnisch

And for Friday, we have a mystery mass-transportation photo! How long before the Daily Mirror brain trust identifies the type of streetcar?

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Update]

Posted on January 19, 2012 by lmharnisch

[This truly is a mystery. She’s Rose Terrell, a dancer who curiously enough left very information. I always wonder about people like this. What sort of lives they had. Alas, more digging will have to wait for another day.] Here’s … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

Posted on January 16, 2012 by lmharnisch

Look what I found! Why if it isn’t…. Uh-oh. New YORK? [Update 2: Yes, this is the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles in “The Killer That Stalked New York.” I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the shots of … Continue reading →

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The Bradbury Building and the Mystery of ‘China Girl’ [Updated +]

Posted on January 14, 2012 by lmharnisch

This is an establishing shot from the 1942 feature “China Girl,” which was obviously filmed in the Bradbury Building. Or was it? [Update: If this is a set, as it appears to be, where did Twentieth Century-Fox build it? People … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 11, 2012 by lmharnisch

We have mystery chaps in a (not) mysterious location…..

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

Posted on January 10, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s a bit of fun trivia from a little documentary that aired on TCM the other day. It’s an early version of the directional signs used by movie crews. And “TWT” stands for? Photo: CSI:NY filming in downtown Los Angeles. … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on January 9, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb.

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on January 8, 2012 by lmharnisch

… and this movie would be?

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on January 7, 2012 by lmharnisch

And this movie would be? Perhaps you would like a hint….

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on January 6, 2012 by lmharnisch

I was watching this movie the other night and thought: “Hey! Wait a minute. That’s…..” The film shouldn’t be too hard to identify. But the location …  hmmmmmm. As I often say, living in Los Angeles is like living in … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 5, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb! [Update: This is Lois Butler in “The Boy From Indiana.”

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on January 3, 2012 by lmharnisch

And this movie would be?

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