Category Archives: Mystery Photo

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

And this movie would be? [Updated: This is the 1954 film “Dragnet.” Please congratulate Julie Merholz, Robert Howe, Richard Heft and “KMA 367” (that’s the LAPD’s call sign in case you don’t recognize it) for identifying this screen grab. This … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

And this movie would be?

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s a mystery couple – are they celebrating New Year’s? – from the collection of Steven Bibb. [Updated: This is Johnny Sands. Please congratulate Don Danard for identifying him and Dewey Webb for identifying the film! Steven Bibb thought the … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

OK, it’s an MGM production. But what film uses this green background at the opening?

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s today’s mystery photo from the collection of Stephen Bibb. [Update: This is Hal Le Roy. Plese congratulate Suzanne Annette Stone, Mary Mallory, Dewey Webb, Eve Golden, Don Danard, Mike Hawks, Bob Hansen and Rick Scott for identifying him. ]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is Chick Chandler in “Steel Town.” Please congratulate Don Danard, RJ, Dewey Webb, Mike Hawks and Rick for identifying him.] Here’s a mystery guest who knows how to wear a hat. And the jacket’s not bad, either. From … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Dick Powell admires his books, back in the days when all authors smoked pipes. I caught the 1952 film “The Bad and the Beautiful” the other night and was struck by this window display showing copies of “The Proud Land.”

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Los Angeles City Hall is in the background. Where was this shot and what’s the movie?

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

[Update: This is Evelyn Daw in the 1937 film “Something to Sing About,” in which James Cagney plays a bandleader.] Here’s a mystery lady from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! There’s a new photo on the jump!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s a mystery pair from the incredible collection of Steven Bibb – in the news business this pose is often called a “grip and grin.” [Update: Producer Harlan Thompson welcomes Gladys Swarthout to Hollywood to appear in “Champagne Waltz,” 1936. … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Update]

Gosh, a mystery photo in color? Yes, thanks to Steven Bibb! And no, I can’t think of any Native Americans who actually dress like this, except for Hollywood Indians. [Update: This is Lisa Gaye. Please congratulate CandyC, Don Danard and … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s a mystery fellow, from the collection of Steven Bibb. [Update: This is Juan Varro. According to imdb, his roles include a gigolo in “Mighty Joe Young.” I don’t recall a gigolo in “Mighty Joe Young,” but I haven’t seen … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is Mona Barrie.] Here’s another mystery lady from the collection of Steven Bibb. There’s a new photo on the jump!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s another mystery photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! [Update: This is Natalie Thompson, who appeared in “The Vanishing Virginian.” ]

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Movieland Mystery Photos – Special Edition [Updated]

[Update: I thought it might be helpful if I enlarged the faces of our mystery gents. My hunch is that the fellow on the right is Laurence Olivier. [I have also received three more photos and I now suspect that … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s a mystery couple!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s today’s mystery chap, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s another mystery chap, courtesy of Steven Bibb. [Update: This is Robert Beatty. Please congratulate Don Danard and Rotter for identifying him. Here’s his obituary in the Los Angeles Times | New York Times ]

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s today’s mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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