Mystery photo
May 12, 2008 | 9:00
am
OK, who are they?
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Notice Reagan's clenched right hand as he puts his arm around Mystery Woman No. 1 -- no fooling around with this boy. |
- Everybody recognizes Ronald Reagan. The two women are more problematic.
- Evie "Herself in Archival Footage" Wynn on the left? Alas, no.
- Faith "House of Seven Corpses" Domergue? Sorry, no.
- Mona "I Was a Shoplifter" Freeman? I'm afraid not.
- Diana "Rogues of Sherwood Forest" Lynn? Alas, no.
- Maureen "Comanche Territory" O'Hara? Sorry, no.
- Gypsy Rose Lee (on the left)? Alas, no.
- On the right, Wanda "Ride the Pink Horse" Hendrix. (Steven Bibb). Absolutely right. Very good!
- Marilyn "We're Not Married" Monroe (on Reagan's left)? Sorry, she's been identified as Wanda Hendrix.
- Jeanne "City of Bad Men" Crain? Sorry, no.
- Jean "Love That Brute" Peters? Alas, no.
- Lucille Barkley and Diana Lynn (not Wanda Hendrix)? (Michael Goosman). Excellent guess. Mystery woman No. 1 is Lucille "Arizona Manhunt" Barkley. The photo, dated June 27, 1950, was taken of a parade for the Pasadena premiere of an unidentified movie. According to caption information on the back of the photo, the woman on the right is Wanda Hendrix.
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Ronald Reagan Maureen O'Sullivan
Posted by: Joe | May 12, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Maureen O'Hara
Posted by: Joe | May 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Yes, Ronald Reagan.
But which one?
My guess is this was the 'General Electric Theater' Reagan, just before the 'Death Valley Days' Reagan, and long after the pro-labor (SAG prez) Reagan.
Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | May 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM
"Ride the pink Horse"? You have go to be kidding.
--Look it up. Despite the name, a classic film noir.
Posted by: Grover | May 12, 2008 at 04:47 PM
Marilyn Monroe on Reagan's left.
Posted by: Mitch Robinson | May 13, 2008 at 05:50 AM
Jeanne Crain?
Posted by: Alan K. Rode | May 13, 2008 at 07:04 AM
Shirley Temple maybe one of them.
Posted by: Jules Olaco | May 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM
No, I believe Mr. Groosman is correct. I thought 'Diana Lynn when I first saw the photo and that would make it a threesome from Bedtime for Bonzo. Wouldn't be the first time a photo notation was wrong. 'Bonzo' 1951 and all three of these folks appeared in it.
--Further investigation shows that the caption information is correct. It's definitely Wanda Hendrix.
--Larry
Posted by: MichaelRyerson | May 13, 2008 at 11:59 AM
The one on the right looks like Pamela Churchill. Wasn't she friends with the Regans? She was married to a movie producer and later to a retired US ambassador to Britian. She was very involved in politics in the US.
Posted by: Tina Bruno | May 13, 2008 at 12:24 PM