Category Archives: Mystery Photo

Movie Star Mystery Photo

  Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Norma Crane, 1960. Please congratulate Matt Severson, Anne Papineau, Dru Duniway, Claire Lockhart, Cynthia Keillor, Zabadu, January Gal, Sam O'Neal, Jeff, Danielle, Bill, Patrick G., Michael Ryerson, Sydney Johnson, Laurence, Naomi Caryl, R. … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Aileen Pringle in the play "Tons of Money," 1932. Our mystery movie star of the week is Aileen Pringle, Please congratulate Diane Ely, Floradora, Bob Birchard, Dewey Webb, Peter Mintun, Dru Duniway, Cynthia Keillor, Sam, … Continue reading

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Movie Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Diana Sands plays Diahann Carroll's cousin in an episode of "Julia," 1970. Update: Yes, as nearly everyone realized, this is Diana Sands, who died in 1973 at the age of 39. Just a reminder on … Continue reading

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Movie Star 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. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photoUpdate: This is Sharon Lynn. Please congratulate Nick Santa Maria, Dewey Webb, Gregory Moore, Annie Frye, Mary Mallory and R. Ahuna for correctly identifying her. Nick, who was first, explains that he’s a big Laurel and … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: As three people guessed, this is Pauline Garon. Please congratulate Tom Ratliff, Annie Frye and R. Ahuna. Above, a still from "Man From Glengarry," 1922. Feb, 20, 1923: An ad for "Adam’s Rib," with … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times Phyllis Kirk and George Eckstein at the Hollywood Bowl, September 1951. Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday. … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Our mystery movie star is Betty Bronson, who died in 1971. Her last film was "Evel Knievel."  Eve Golden also points out that she appeared in an episode of "Marcus Welby" not listed on imdb.  Check back Monday for another … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Photograph by Frank O. Brown / Los Angeles Times Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other … Continue reading

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Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This is David Warfield, one of the most noted figures of the American theater in the early 20th century. Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and … Continue reading

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Movie Star 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. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

People didn’t care much for the last mystery photo. Here’s one you may like better. Update: Herb Nichols and Pete Nowell guessed that our mystery fellow is Chargers football coach Sid Gillman making a guest appearance on "The Rifleman." Notice … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Who’s our mystery lady? Aaron Kramer writes: I found this photo behind a wall in my house in Santa Monica during our recent renovation. I think a director or producer owned the house in the late ’30’s. She may be … Continue reading

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Update: This is a Los Angeles Times photo of Mary Pickford and Cecil B. De Mille after he received an Oscar and an Irving Thalberg Award at the 1953 Academy Awards. Update: Many Daily Mirror readers have correctly identified the … Continue reading

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Mystery photo

Los Angeles Times photo This fellow isn’t a movie star (although he does have some credits on imdb). But he is a famous Los Angeles figure and I came across his photo file the other day. The pictures are too … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times photo Our mystery star has more than 100 credits on imdb. Update: These are pictures from the 1936 trial over the custody of Marilyn Astor Thorpe. Mary Astor charged that her ex-husband, Franklyn, wasn’t a fit parent … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery woman has more than 150 credits on IMDb. Update: She is Blanche Sweet, whose career spanned 1909 to 1960. In this undated photo, she is returning to the U.S. on the ship Pennsylvania. … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s our last mystery star of 2008! Los Angeles Times file photo Lots of guesses, but none of them were correct. Our mystery guest has more than 30 credits on imdb and  figured in the … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery fellow on the right has more than 200 credits in imdb. His lovely and vivacious companion has more than 50. Note: Comments on the Daily Mirror are monitored and must be approved. Be … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery guest has more than 40 credits on imdb. Update: This is Barbara Laage in a photo announcing that Gene Kelly had cast her in "The Happy Road." Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s … Continue reading

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