Tag Archives: #photography

Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Here’s another mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb. [Update: After fifteen years, Esther Ralston, former Paramount star, stages a reunion with Adolph Zukor, chairman of the board of directors of Paramount Productions, the man who discovered her and put her … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is Lina Basquette] Here’s a mystery gal with a mystery companion, courtesy of Steven Bibb.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: I’m tempted to give half credit to Cold in Phoenix, who guessed that this is Lupe Velez. It’s actually her sister Reina.] Here’s today’s mystery lady, courtesy of Steven Bibb.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is George Barbier (d. 1945). Please congratulate Eve Golden, Mary Mallory,  Mike Hawks, Don Danard, “Maltese Falcon” fan Floyd Thursby, and Megan Lee and Thom for identifying him. Here’s another mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb.

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An EBay Lesson – Part 2

Photo: A happy couple in the Zanzibar Room of the Florentine Gardens, Sept. 6, 1944. In case you’re wondering, I contacted the vendor of the bogus EBay picture I recently acquired. He said he got it from an estate in … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Rob Wagner (d. 1942) in Hawaii in 1918, courtesy of …. Rob Wagner, who provided us with this photograph of his great-grandfather, who was Chaplin’s publicist. He was later the publisher of … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +++]

[Update: This is Cullen Landis (d. 1975), who starred in the real-life mystery “Where’s Cullen?” The Times, alas, did not write an obituary on him, but here’s one from AP.] Here’s another mystery photo from Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++++]

[Update: This is Martha Sleeper (d. 1983)] Here’s another mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is Karin Booth (d. 2003)] Here’s our mystery gal, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

[Update: This is Dorothy Jordan (d. 1988). Please congratulate Mike Hawks, Mary Mallory, Bob Hansen and Don Danard for identifying her! ] Here’s today’s mystery photo – courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

[Update: As most people realized, this is Bruce Cabot. He’s with co-star Helen Mowery in the 1946 film “Avalanche.”] Here’s a mystery couple, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Main Street Revisited

I picked up “A Southern California Album: Selected Photographs, 1880-1900” at the Last Bookstore the other day and was pleased to discover a number of pictures by C.C. Pierce, including this shot of Main Street looking south from 3rd Street … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +++]

[Update: This is Molly O’Day! L.A. Times obituary | ] Here’s another mystery gal! There’s another photo on the jump!

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Found on EBay – Witzel Photo

This Witzel photo of Lois Moran, which the dealer says is inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks from Lois Moran (d. 1990),  has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $4.95.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

[Update: This mystery gal is the victim of erroneous caption information – the right movie, but the wrong actress. She is Margaret Early. Please congratulate Bob Hansen for identifying her!] Here’s today’s mystery lady, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

May 12, 1924: “The Marriage Cheat” at Loew’s State and May 25, 1924, at Tallys. [Update: This is Laska Winter, seen in “The Marriage Cheat.”] Here’s our mystery gal! There’s a new photo on the jump!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated +]

[Update: This is Anne Heywood.] Here’s another mystery photo, courtesy of Steven Bibb!

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Mystery Photo

Photograph by Larry Harnisch/L.A. Daily Mirror So … where was I when I took this?

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

[Update: Here’s a closer look][Update 2: This is Kay Winter in 1940. If she looks familiar it’s because she changed her name to Dorothy Comingore.] Here’s another mystery photo from Steven Bibb! There’s a new photo on the jump!

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Here’s another mystery photo courtesy of Steven Bibb! Update: This is Linda Perry, one of Warner Bros.’ finds from 1937. 

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