Saturday 19 August 2023

Estelle Sloan

Born: 3 September 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 25 November 2013, Camden, New Jersey, USA
 
Night and Day (1946) as Specialty Dancer in 'Just One of Those Things' Number
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

George Murphy

Born: 4 July 1902, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died: 3 May 1992, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
 
Step Lively (1944) as Gordon Miller
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gloria DeHaven

Born: 23 July 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 30 July 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
 
Step Lively (1944) as Christine Marlowe
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday 18 August 2023

Roy Brent

Born: 29 August 1903, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Died: 10 February 1979, Sun City, California, USA
 
Crime by Night (1944) as Roy - Waiter (uncredited)
 
Roy Brent is serving in the background. In the foreground are left to right: Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker and Jerome Cowan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jack Wise

Born: 2 January 1888, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 7 March 1954, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Crime by Night (1944) as Jimmy - Bartender (uncredited)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

James Kenney

Born: 20 July 1930, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Died: 13 January 1987, Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK
 
Cosh Boy (1953) as Roy
 
James Kenney holds Ian Whittaker's mouth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cy Kendall

Born: 10 March 1898, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 22 July 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Crime by Night (1944) as Sheriff Max Ambers
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

George Sherwood

Born: 18 April 1892, Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]
Died: 26 February 1983, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Strangers in the Night (1944) Navy Doctor
 
Jack Gardner is on the right.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Roy Butler

Born: 4 May 1893, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died: 28 July 1973, Desert Hot Springs, California, USA
 
Strangers in the Night (1944) as Cab Driver
 
William Terry is on the right.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Helene Thimig

Born: 5 June 1889, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died: 7 November 1974, Vienna, Austria
 
Strangers in the Night (1944) as Mrs. Hilda Blake (Credited as Helen Thimig)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nancy Roberts

Born: 22 July 1885, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Died: 24 June 1962, Paddington, London, England, UK
 
Cosh Boy (1953) as Gran Walsh
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday 17 August 2023

Stuart Crawford

Born: 21 March 1911, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 1981, Wytheville, Virginia, USA
 
Crime by Night (1944) as Larry Borden
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Charles Lang

Born: 15 February 1915, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 20 November 2004, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
 
Crime by Night (1944) as Paul Goff
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Juanita Stark

Born: 6 July 1920, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 7 December 2004, Vista, California, USA
 
Crime by Night (1944) as Maisie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday 16 August 2023

Vaughan Glaser

Born: 17 November 1872, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 23 November 1958, Van Nuys, California, USA
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Judge Cullman
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Raymond Massey

Born: 30 August 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 29 July 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Jonathan Brewster
 
Raymond is in heavy make-up here playing the part that Boris Karloff played on Broadway. When the theatre production company wouldn't release Karloff for the film, Massey took the part. The running joke in the film is that he looks like Boris Karloff, which make him angry.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 













Edward McNamara

Born: 14 August 1884, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died: 9 November 1944, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Brophy
 
Edward McNamara salutes while Jack Carson stands and smiles at John Alexander.
 













Jean Adair

Born: 13 June 1873, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died: 11 May 1953, New York City, New York, USA
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Martha Brewster
 
Jean Adair is the taller actress on the left, with Josephine Hull. Both actress were plucked from the Broadway show to recreate their parts for the screen version.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Josephine Hull

Born: 3 January 1877, Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Abby Brewster
 
Josephine Hull is the shorter actress on the right, with Jean Adair. Both actress were plucked from the Broadway show to recreate their parts for the screen version.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jean Wong

Born: 21 September 1913, Fresno, California, USA
Died: 1 July 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Young Lady in Line (uncredited)
 
This was Jean Wong's first film appearance though the release was delayed by a couple of years while the Broadway show was still runing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday 4 August 2023

Harry McKim

Born: 9 February 1930, Seattle, Washington, USA
 
Harry McKim is the younger brother of Sammy McKim.
 
In Old California (1942) as Boy at Wharf (uncredited)
 
Harry McKim hands John Wayne his hat back. Albert Dekker, in the middle, looks down at the hat.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday 3 August 2023

Guy Usher

Born: 9 May 1883, Mason City, Iowa, USA
Died: 16 June 1944, San Diego, California, USA
 
In Old California (1942) as Captain of First Boat (uncredited)
 
Guy Usher is in between John Wayne, right, and Edgar Kennedy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Heenan Elliott

Born: 12 June 1892, Sugar Creek, Ohio, USA
Died: 16 January 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA
 
In Old California (1942) as Man with Joker in San Francisco (uncredited)
 
Heenan is in the middle of the picture looking at Dorothy Granger. John Wayne is on the left.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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