Movie Star Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: As three people guessed, this is Pauline Garon. Please congratulate Tom Ratliff, Annie Frye and R. Ahuna. Above, a still from "Man From Glengarry," 1922.

Feb, 20, 1923: An ad for "Adam's Rib," with Pauline Garon.
Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday, etc., adding a photo every day.

I have to approve all comments, so if your guess is posted immediately, that means you're wrong. (And if a wrong guess has already been submitted by someone else, there's no point in submitting it again). If you're right, you will have to wait until Friday. There's no need to submit your guess five times. Once is enough. The only prize is bragging rights.

The answer to last week's photo: Phyllis Kirk.

Check back next week for another mystery photo!

Los Angeles Times file photo	Our mystery woman is a little tougher than usual, but not impossible. Please congratulate Tom Ratliff, who correctly identified her. He says: I wish I had a more romantic reason for "knowing", like "I'm a big silent film fan", but I'm just a resourceful internet user that gets a buzz out of solving puzzles like Mystery Photo." Update: Pauline Garon in a photo from "Satan in Sables," 1925.
Los Angeles Times file photo	Here's another clue. Who is our mystery woman? This is Pauline Garon in the play "Bad Babies," by George Scarborough, 1929.
Los Angeles Times file photo	Here's still another clue. Who is our mystery woman? And what about her mysterious companion? Update: Pauline Garon and actor Ward Crane in an undated photo.
Los Angeles Times file photo	Pauline Garon in 1942, when she sought a divorce from her second husband, Clyde Harland Alban.

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Spring Byington?

Posted by: Rosalyn | March 17, 2009 at 09:11 AM

Clara Bow?

Posted by: Cynthia Keillor | March 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM

MARY ASTOR

Posted by: jany | March 17, 2009 at 11:26 AM

Mary Allison

Posted by: Anna | March 17, 2009 at 11:48 AM

claire windsor?

Posted by: jackie b | March 17, 2009 at 01:33 PM

Phyllis Haver?

Posted by: rdare | March 17, 2009 at 01:58 PM

Madge Bellamy

Posted by: Nancy Price | March 17, 2009 at 08:01 PM

Eleanor Broadman?

Posted by: Joan Y. Compagno | March 17, 2009 at 08:10 PM

Mary Philbin?

Thanks for posting this game. My 86 year old mother can't wait to play each Monday. It's a great way to help keep her mind sharp.

Posted by: Joan Compagno-Wright | March 17, 2009 at 08:19 PM

She's a chameleon, whoever she is - in the first photo she looks like a very young Clara Bow, right down to the hairstyle. In the second photo she looks like Mary Pickford after she cut her hair. Either way, I have a feeling I'm going to kick myself for not figuring it out.

Posted by: Stacia | March 18, 2009 at 02:33 AM

I have a gut feeling this is Jean Arthur. Best regards.

Posted by: Gary Martin | March 18, 2009 at 08:07 AM

Edna Purviance

Posted by: Anna Harmon | March 18, 2009 at 08:22 AM

Ina Claire

Posted by: Pat in Michigan | March 18, 2009 at 09:24 AM

lillian gish

Posted by: herb nichols | March 18, 2009 at 09:45 AM

Betty Compson

Posted by: Bob Duvall | March 18, 2009 at 09:59 AM

VIRGINIA BRUCE