Marion Martin

Born: 7 June 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 13 August 1985, Santa Monica, California, USA

Marion Martin was a Ziegfeld girl and Broadway actress who often played dumb blondes or strippers in B movies. She retired from acting in 1951.

Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) as Cornelia

With Douglas Fowley.

















Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) as Fifi

With Charles 'Buddy' Rogers on the left and Leon Errol.

















Powder Town (1942) as Sue

With Fances E. Neal.

















The Big Street (1942) as Mimi Venus

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) as Diana De Corro

With Leon Errol.

















Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944) as Terry Vance

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Dixie (Credited as Marian Martin)

With Lynne Roberts.

Lupe Velez

Born: 18 July 1908, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Died: 13 December 1944, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

A fiery leading lady in mainly B movies until her suicide in 1944.

The Gaucho (1927) as The Mountain Girl

Hollywood Party (1934) as The Jaguar Woman/Jane in Schnarzan Sequence/Herself

High Flyers (1937) as Juanita, the maid

With Robert Woolsey.

















The Girl from Mexico (1939) as Carmelita Fuentes

With Leon Errol.

















Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) as Carmelita Lindsey

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) as Carmelita Lindsey

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943) as Carmelita Lindsey

With Walter Reed.

Leon Errol

Born: 3 July 1881, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died: 12 October 1951, Hollywood, California, USA

 

A character actor who made more short comedies than features.

Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) as Tremble-at-Evil Tidd

A lost silent film.

 

Crime Rave (1939) as Leon Errol

 

With Eddie Kane.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Girl from Mexico (1939) as Uncle Matthew 'Matt' Lindsey

 

With Lupe Velez.

















Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) as Uncle Matt Lindsey / Lord Basil Epping

Leon Errol takes on the dual role again in this third comedy in the Mexican Spitfire series. Here he is as Lord Basil Epping...

... and as Uncle Matt Lindsey.

















Higher and Higher (1943) as Cyrus Drake

Joan Blondell

Born: 30 August 1906, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 25 December 1979, Santa Monica, California, USA

Joan had a long career as a leading lady in film and on stage.

God's Gift to Women (1931) as Fifi

Blonde Crazy (1931) as Anne Roberts

Three on a Match (1932) as Mary Keaton

Central Park (1932) as Dot

I've Got Your Number (1934) as Marie Lawson

Sitting next to Joan is Renee Whitney.


















He Was Her Man (1934) as Rose Lawrence

With James Cagney.

Stay Away, Joe (1968) as Glenda Callahan

With Elvis Presley.

Ruth Etting

Born: 23 November 1896, David City, Nebraska, USA

Died: 24 September 1978, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

 

A singer and actress who appeared over 25 short films as well as features.

 

Broadway's Like That (1930) as Ruth (See Lost Films)

 

With Humphrey Bogart.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roseland (1930) as Helen Leslie

 

Gift of Gab (1934) as Herself

Marjorie White

Born: 22 July 1904, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 21 August 1935, Hollywood, California, USA

A vaudeville comedienne and singer who at one time performed with Thelma White as the 'White Sisters' though they were not related. Sadly died as a result of a car crash at the age of 31.

Just Imagine (1930) as D-6

With Frank Albertson.