Category Archives: Photography

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is the filming of “Buffalo Bill,” starring Joel McCrea.] Here we have horses, cavalry soldiers and puffy white clouds…

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: As most people realized, this is “The Black Rose."] And yet another crowd scene….

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On the Frontiers of Fashion – William Desmond Taylor

Photographs courtesy of Steven Bibb Daily Mirror reader Steven Bibb sent these photos from a recent tour of Paramount. Keep reading for more details….

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: This truly is a mystery photo. It was taken near Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards and the set of “Intolerance” is in the background but there’s no information on what is occurring in the photo, … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo — [Updated]

      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….

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Movieland Mystery Photo — [Updated]

      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….

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Movieland Mystery Photo — [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Second Update]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: STRAIGHT FROM THE GOVERNOR — Making motion picture history, Governor James V. Allred of Texas started cameras turning on the first scene of Paramount's "The Texas Rangers" via long-distance telephone … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo — Updated

      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

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Movieland Mystery Photo — Updated

      Los Angeles Times file photo   Here’s our mystery film scene. Hm. I wonder where they are shooting…. [Update: I often describe Daily Mirror readers as “the brain trust” and it’s true. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for … Continue reading

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Lina Romay on the Daily Mirror

Los Angeles Times photo You may recall that Lina Romay was a mystery guest in October 2009. Here’s a reprise of her post. Romay died Dec. 17 at the age of 91. Sept. 25, 1945: Lina Romay photographed by Harmon … Continue reading

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