Category Archives: Mystery Photo

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photographs by Howard Decker Our pal Fibber (Howard Decker) sends along two pictures as mystery photos. Thanks! [Congratulations to Lorenzo for identifying Season Hubley!]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from Steven Bibb’s collection! [Update: Please congratulate Don Danard for identifying our mystery hero as Buddy Roosevelt. His mystery companion isn’t identified on the back of the picture, but Don says it is  Lafe McKee.]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb. There’s a closer look on the jump. [Update: This is Dorothea Wieck (d. 1986), known for “Maedchen in Uniform,” arriving in Los Angeles, April 13, 1933. She returned to Germany because she … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated+++]

Posted on June 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s a mystery couple in a mystery movie. There’s a new photo on the jump! [Update: These photos are from the 1916 Selig-Polyscope film “The Garden of Allah” starring Helen Ware and Tom Santschi. These photos appear in the photoplay … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +++]

Posted on June 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

Steven Bibb, a member of the Daily Mirror’s Brain Trust, has graciously shared some of his pictures as mystery photos. Thanks Steven! [Update: This is Dorothy Dell in a 1934 photo from “Wharf Angel.” Please congratulate Eve Golden for identifying … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

Posted on June 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

Steven Bibb, a member of the Daily Mirror’s Brain Trust, has graciously shared some of his pictures as mystery photos. Thanks Steven! [Update: This mystery fellow was a toughy. Steven identifies him as Berry Kroeger from the film “The Iron … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Howard Decker / LADailyMirror.com [Howard says: The lady in the fur coat is Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, known as Lana, with her newly minted (seventh, I think) husband Ronald Pellar, known as Ronald Dante and Dr. Dante. … Continue reading →

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Nazi Mystery Photos [Updated]

Posted on June 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

[Update: The photographer has been identified as Franz Krieger.] Lens, the photography blog of the New York Times, has published a mystery album of Nazi photos, including this shot of Adolf Hitler. The Times is trying to identify the mystery … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

For Tuesday, we a couple of shots from a mystery film. [Update: As most people realized, these are frame grabs from the “Night on Bald Mountain” sequence of “Fantasia” or “Night on Boob Mountain,” as we have been calling it … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Howard Decker [Update: Howard says: The beautiful bride is Kris Harmon, on her way into the church in Brentwood to marry Ricky Nelson on April 20, 1963.] Our good friend Howard Decker (a.k.a. Fibber of the Brain Trust) … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

Here’s a mystery photo from EBay! A vendor has listed a photograph from the Witzel studio. The back is marked the Vanity Fair Girls but it is otherwise unidentified. Sounds like an excellent mystery photo! Bidding on the photograph starts … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo ou may recognize this photo because I ran it a few years ago. But it’s one of my favorites. This fellow was branded with a very certain stereotype that he played in countless films, so … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo You may recognize this photo because I ran it a few years ago. But it’s one of my favorites. This fellow was branded with a very certain stereotype that he played in countless films, so … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: Elisabeth Bergner: The German star, seen previously here as “Catherine the Great,” displays her versatile genius in “Escape Me Never,” at the Four Star, her art being hailed as more exquisite on the screen, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Well our torrid mystery gal stumped everybody! I wish I had more photos of her, but there aren’t any. This is Ann Ainslee in “White Cargo,”  a rather notorious Los … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update:  Dorothy Ford, one of Earl Carroll's most beautiful girls, swims and rides horseback for relaxation between nightly appearances at the Hollywood Carroll theater, in a photo published Oct. 11, 1941.] … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is Lisa Eilbacher in a photo published Nov. 24, 1977. Please congratulate JM Green, Cold in Phoenix, Barbara, Mary Mallory and Candy C for identifying her. ]  Here’s our … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update 2: Yes, I got tricky. There were two Jack Lamberts in the Jack Lambert envelope! [BAD MAN … 1800 style … is popular character actor Jack Lambert, here seen as … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update 2: This is Ivan Jandl in "The Search." Jandl received a special Academy Award and a miniature statuette for outstanding juvenile performance, The Times said. According to IMDB, Jandl died … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update 2: This is Brenda Benet and it was particularly sad to be scanning photos of her on Mother’s Day, considering her story. At right, the March 4,  1981, account of … Continue reading →

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