Category Archives: Mystery Photo

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Yes, this is a movie premiere at the late Carthay Circle Theatre. Keep reading for more details!] Here’s another crowd scene, but this one is a premiere at a mystery … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: As everybody realized, this is from “Meet John Doe” … ] Here’s another old, beat-up print from our file of movie sets. Let’s take a closer look….

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: As most people realized, this is “The Conqueror” on location in St. George, Utah. Original caption information on the jump….] Here we are on a mystery location shoot….

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Please congratulate Mary Mallory for identifying our mystery woman! This is Dorothy Phillips in 1925, apparently working on “Every Man’s Wife.”  Keep reading for more.] Here’s today’s mystery photo…. more … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Here’s a little more information. The photo was published June 21, 1936, in The Times rotogravure section, which wasn’t microfilmed, so I can’t refer to the original. The occasion was … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: As many people realized, this is from “There’s That Woman Again.” I expected most people to recognize Melvyn Douglas, but some of the responses were quite detailed. Please congratulate Mary … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Our mystery woman has been identified as Miss Dupont. Congratulations to Mike Hawks! To see the information on the back of the photo, keep reading.]   This truly is a mystery … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is a still from a Deanna Durbin film with the working title of “Forever Yours” and released as “The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.” The original caption information is on the … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: It was quite a pleasant surprise to be rummaging through a file of old pictures and stumble across one showing George Gershwin. Judging by the response, the “brain trust” (my … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Here’s the original caption pasted on the back of the photo:     [This was evidently from a Sunday rotogravure section that wasn’t microfilmed, so I can’t refer to the … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: ROYAL DENIALS …. Prince Mikhail Ouratieff and his wife, Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna, don the garb of butler and maid and prepare to wait on the banker and his wife … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This photo is identified on the back as a Universal western from 1915, with Arthur Allardt, Otto Meyers, “Ross” and Joseph Franz and apparently ran in a Midwinter Edition that … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is “High Sierra,” as recognized by hockeykevin and RJ. The published caption, dated Jan. 2, 1941, is not terribly helpful: "High Sierra," wherein this encampment setting is revealed, is … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   Here’s our mystery guest. Last week’s mystery guest was Thelma Todd, followed by Ford Sterling and friends. There’s a new photo on the jump!

      Los Angeles Times file photo   I suppose you thought we would never finish with Thelma Todd! Yesterday’s mystery photo was taken in 1964 and shows Harold Lloyd with his famous “permanent” Christmas tree. His mystery dog … Continue reading →