Category Archives: Mystery Photo

Movieland Mystery Photo

   Los Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s our mystery guest with a mystery companion! Here’s our weekend mystery guest. I like to keep things more informal on the weekends so I’ll post all the comments … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

         Los Angeles Times file photo    Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday … or on Saturday if I have a hard time picking only … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

   Los Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s our weekend mystery guest. I like to keep things more informal on the weekends so I’ll post all the comments as they come in rather than waiting. This … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

        Los Angeles Times file photo  Look what I found! Think this photo was ever published in The Times? Not! Cover thyself, mystery guest!   Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

  Los Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles Times file photo For Sunday, our mystery guest has some mystery companions. Here’s our weekend mystery guest. I like to keep things more informal on the weekends so I’ll post all the … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

       Los Angeles Times file photo    Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday … or on Saturday if I have a hard time picking only five … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

 Los Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles Times file photo March 18, 1929: Robert Ober to direct at MGM. Update: Our weekend mystery guest is Robert Ober (d. 1950). Saturday’s picture shows him in “A Reno Divorce” with May McAvoy … Continue reading

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Movieland 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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

  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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

  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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

      Los Angeles Times file photo  Update: This is Marguerite Chapman in photo marked Nov. 26, 1941. Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday … or on … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo – Democratic National Convention Edition

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Update: Paul Ziffren, Adlai Stevenson and Judy Garland at the Beverly Hilton, July 10, 1960. Photograph by Wayne F. Kelly / Los Angeles Times Update: Tennessee Gov. Buford Ellington and Stella Stevens, July 12, … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

     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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

     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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

     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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

  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!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

     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

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Movieland Mystery Photo

 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

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