Tuesday 30 September 2014

Edna Purviance

Born: 21 October 1895, Paradise, Nevada, USA
Died: 11 January 1958, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Kid (1921) as The Woman



















A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Marie St. Clair

















Charles Chaplin

Born: 16 April 1889, Walworth, London, England
Died: 25 December 1977, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

The Kid (1921) as The tramp


Carl Miller

Born: 9 August 1893, Wichita County, Texas, USA
Died: 22 January 1979, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
 
The Kid (1921) as The Man
 



















A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Jean Millet
 



















The Red Kimona (1925) as Howard Blaine




















The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) as Burton Holt
 














Jackie Coogan

Born: 26 October 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1 March 1984, Santa Monica, California, USA
 
Older brother of Robert Coogan.

The Kid (1921) as The child




















Mesa of Lost Women (1953) as Dr. Aranya

















John Gielgud

Born: 14 April 1904, South Kensington, London, England
Died: 21 May 2000, Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Secret Agent (1936) as Richard Ashenden / Brodie

John Gielgud is on the left, with Peter Lorre.
















Plenty (1985) as Sir Leonard Darwin












Shine (1996) as Cecil Parkes
















The Portrait of a Lady (1996) as Mr. Touchett












Peter Lorre

Born: 26 June 1904, Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]
Died: 23 March 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA

M (1931) as Hans Beckert





















The Maltese Falcon (1941) as Joel Cairo




















Casablanca (1942) as Ugarte

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Dr. Einstein
 
With the very tall Raymond Massey who is in heavy make-up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Constance Dowling

Born: 24 July 1920, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 28 October 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA

Up in Arms (1944) as Mary Morgan
















Dinah Shore

Born: 29 February 1916, Winchester, Tennessee, USA
Died: 24 February 1994, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Up in Arms (1944) as Virginia

















Monday 29 September 2014

Tom Powers

Born: 7 July 1890, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Died: 9 November 1955, Hollywood, California, USA

Double Indemnity (1944) as Mr. Dietrichson

Tom Powers is on the left, with Fred MacMurray.

















Practically Yours (1944) as Commander Harry Harpe



















Angel and the Badman (1947) as Dr. Mangram

With Gail Russell.















Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) as Sheriff

Tom Powers is seated. With Harold J. Kennedy.














Rosemary DeCamp

Born: 14 November 1910, Prescott, Arizona, USA
Died: 20 February 2001, Torrance, California, USA

Practically Yours (1944) as Ellen Macy















Cecil Kellaway

Born: 22 August 1893, Cape Town, South Africa
Died: 28 February 1973, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Practically Yours (1944) as Marvin P. Meglin
















Marcia Ralston

Born: 19 September 1906, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 23 November 1988, Rancho Mirage, California, USA

Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Wanda Townsend

















Sunday 28 September 2014

Mona Barrie

Born: 18 December 1909, London, England
Died: 27 June 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Love, Honor and Behave (1938) as Lisa Blake
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Beatrice Harris
 
Priscilla Lane has her back to us.


















A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) as Alta Wilton



















Dawn on the Great Divide (1942) as Sadie Rand
 



















Cass Timberlane (1947) as Avis Elderman

Mona Barrie is on the left, with Lana Turner and Zachary Scott.

















Saturday 27 September 2014

Wayne Morris

Born: 17 February 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 14 September 1959, Oakland, California, USA
 
Love, Honor and Behave (1938) as Ted Painter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Jimmy Hall
 



















The Desperado (1954) as Sam Garrett

















Hugh Herbert

Born: 10 August 1884, Binghamton, New York, USA
Died: 12 March 1952, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Harvey Bates




















The Family Next Door (1939) as George Pierce

















Johnnie Davis

Born: 11 May 1910, Brazil, Indiana, USA
Died: 28 November 1983, Pecos, Texas, USA
 
Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Tad
 




















Slapsie Maxie's (1939) as Johnny, the Waiter



















Penny Singleton

Born: 15 September 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 12 November 2003, Sherman Oaks, California, USA

Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Nancy

















Priscilla Lane

Born: 12 June 1915, Indianola, Iowa, USA
Died: 4 April 1995, Andover, Massachusetts, USA
 
 
Love, Honor and Behave (1938) as Barbara Blake 
 
Dancing with the much taller Wayne Morris.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Linda Lawrence
 



















Four Daughters (1938) as Ann Lemp




















Four Wives (1939) as Ann Lemp Borden

With Gale Page.

















Four Mothers (1941) as Ann Lemp Dietz


















Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Elaine Harper

















Gil Lamb

Born: 14 June 1904, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 2 November 1995, Riverside, California, USA

Practically Yours (1944) as Albert W. Beagell

Gil Lamb, on the left, meets Fred MacMurray.
















Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975) (TV) as Harry

















Isabel Randolph

Born: 4 December 1889, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 11 January 1973, Burbank, California, USA

Barnyard Follies (1940) as Mrs. Uppington


















Practically Yours (1944) as Mrs. Meglin



















The Missing Corpse (1945) as Alice Kruger
















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