Category Archives: Mystery Photo

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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Mystery photo

Photograph by Bob Potwin / Los Angeles Times I suspect that regular Daily Mirror readers will guess him right away. Update: Gardner McKay in 1962 with his dog, named Pussycat. Photograph by George R. Fry Los Angeles Times Please congratulate … Continue reading

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Mystery photo

This mystery woman isn’t a movie star. She’s not even a starlet, although she does have a handful of credits on imdb and pops up on ibdb. The real world has been her stage and her drama certainly played out … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery guest on the left (Arthur Shields–or is it?) has more than 80 credits on imdb and more than 20 credits on on ibdb. The mystery woman (Maureen Delany) has less than 25 credits … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Our mystery guest has nearly 50 credits on imdb.  Update: Yes, she’s Jean Porter … "she has just completed ‘Abbott and Costello in Hollywood’ and ‘Early to Wed,’ " according to the caption information on the back of the photo. … Continue reading

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Movie mystery photo

Our Oscar-winning mystery guest has more than 150 credits on IMDb. Yes, as nearly everyone guessed, this is Michael Curtiz. Los Angeles Times file photo Several people have guessed correctly: Rance Ryan, Rotter, Richard Heft, Dewey Webb, Paul Cardinal and … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photoThis week’s mystery guest has 125 credits on imdb. Update: Steven Bibb and Gregory Moore have correctly identified our mystery star. I’m going to defer revealing her name to give other readers a chance. Congrats, Steven … Continue reading

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Movie mystery photo

Our mystery guest has 66 credits on imdb and is an Oscar winner.  Update: This is Gregg Toland with his first wife, Helene Barclay. They later divorced and he married Virginia Thorpe in 1945. Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery guest has more than 60 credits on imdb, including films and TV. Above, Jeffrey Lynn in "Law of the Tropics." Los Angeles Times file photo "Carmen" and Jim Beaver have guessed the identity … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery woman is, as many people guessed, Alice White, star of the 1928 version of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Alice White, movie star and Old Gold smoker, Aug. 30, 1930. Los Angeles Times file photo … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo Our actress had a long career on Broadway and appeared in silent and sound films as well as on television. She is listed in imdb (more than 50 credits) and Wikipedia. Update: We have the … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photos

Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Our mystery guest was identified almost immediately yesterday by Steven Bibb. Because he guessed so quickly that this is Ariane Borg, I deferred his answer for a day to see if anyone else would … Continue reading

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Movie star mystery photo

Los Angeles Times file photo This is another photo of our mystery guest, who was misfiled as Veda Ann Borg. So sorry, only one guess was even vaguely warm. Not Lucille Ball and not Vera Hruba Ralston…. This is going … Continue reading

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Movie star photo mystery

Los Angeles Times file photo OK, who are they? Update: This is Cary Grant and Myrna Loy from the 1935 film "Wings in the Dark," recognized by Alexa Foreman, Howard Decker and regular reader Zabadu, with Michael Ryerson correctly guessing … Continue reading

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