Category Archives: Mystery Photo

      Los Angeles Times file photo  Update:  "Marjorie Bennett playing the movie struck maid in 'M'Lord, the Duke' at the Hollywood Playhouse," according to caption information on  a photo marked  March 4, 1934. Please welcome Carmen as this week’s guest … Continue reading →

  Los Angeles Times file photo   Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s another picture of our mystery fellow! Update: Saturday’s picture is Mark Damon and "Diane" Cannon in a publicity photo for "This Rebel Breed," published March 20, 1960. … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: This is Helen Parrish in an undated photo. Feb. 23, 1959: Helen Parrish dies of cancer at 35.  Regular Daily Mirror reader Carmen was supposed to be our guest host this week, but … Continue reading →

  Los Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles Times file photo Today, our mystery guest has a (completely not) mysterious companion. Update: This is Philip Ober. The top photo  is from 1957 and the bottom photo (with Hans Conreid) is … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: Hampton Fancher III in a promotional photo for "Rome Adventure" stamped Dec. 5, 1963 Here’s our mystery fellow for the week. Our guest host is regular Daily Mirror reader Dewey Webb! Just a … Continue reading →

     Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: This is Constance Dowling in a promotional picture for “Up in Arms,” stamped Feb. 29, 1944. Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the … Continue reading →

     Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times   Update: Please congratulate James Curtis for identifying bandleader Rube Wolf in the Paramount Theater as it was being demolished, Jan. 11, 1961. Here’s a double-feature mystery, a mystery guest in … Continue reading →

     Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: This is Lawrence Gray in an undated photo. This week’s mystery guest was chosen by Daily Mirror reader Mike Hawks. Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on … Continue reading →

  Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Betty Compson and James Cruze at the premiere of "The Great Gabbo" in October 1929. Here’s a mini mystery photo for the weekend. This week’s mystery guest was Lawrence Gray!

     Los Angeles Times file photo    As nearly everyone realized, this is Evelyn Nesbit, the subject of a recent Paul Coates column.  Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the … Continue reading →

 Los Angeles Times file photo  Nearly everybody (even poor country boy Fibber McGee!) recognized this week’s mystery guest as Evelyn Nesbit. So here’s another mystery. This handout photo from Warner Bros., dated June 1939, was in Evelyn Nesbit’s photo file … Continue reading →

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Update: This is artist Hugo Ballin and Marlene Dietrich in a photo stamped May 25, 1936, apparently during filming of “Garden of Allah.” I’m at a loss to explain her expression.  Here’s our weekend … Continue reading →

     Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: This is Madge Bellamy as “The Spirit of Christmas” in a photo marked Dec. 30, 1923. Curiously enough, I saw her introduce a showing of “The Iron Horse” at the Autry museum years … Continue reading →

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Update: Yes, this is George Raft and Bugsy Siegel from a 1944 hearing on bookmaking charges. OK, this may not be much of a mystery, but it’s too cool not to post. Finding a … Continue reading →

       Los Angeles Times file photo Update: As everybody finally realized, this is Marian Carr. In the above photo, she’s showing a derringer being displayed at an antique show, Oct. 19, 1946: It’s a mystery guest with a gun! … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s two mystery guests in a mystery film…..