October 30, 2009 | 9:00
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Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Josephine Dunn in an undated photo
Update: This is actress Josephine Dunn (1906-1983). The Times evidently didn’t publish an obituary on her.
Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday ... or on Saturday if I have a hard time picking only five pictures; sometimes it's difficult to choose. 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 reward is bragging rights.
The answer to last week's mystery star: Owen Crump!
 Los Angeles Times file photo
July 15, 1927: The Definite Frock – Gardenias and shimmering black satin – that combination which has never failed in chic – go to make up the frock, work at will, for either afternoon or street, by Josephine Dunn, Paramount player.
Here’s another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her!
 Los Angeles Times file photo
Jan. 2, 1929: Pathe presents “Red Hot Rhythm” with Alan Hale. This is Josephine Dunn and Walter O’Keefe.
 Los Angeles Times file photo
Ever since Josephine Dunn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer player, appeared in Al Jolson’s picture she has been asked where her rainbow scarf is – which fits her like a glove. Now she has blossomed out in one which shows a net background and glittering sequins showing the lovely shades found in the rainbow.
Here’s another photo of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mary Mallory and Megan for identifying her!
Los Angeles Times file photo
June 26, 1931: Josephine Dunn | |
Madge Evans
Posted by: Carmen | October 26, 2009 at 10:00 AM
virginia cherrill
Posted by: margie | October 26, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Ann Dvorak
Posted by: Barbara Klein | October 26, 2009 at 11:39 AM
corinne griffith? same hands. um.. maybe corrine griffith's hands? =) very classically posed hands. was this the style of the time?
ty
Posted by: Christa | October 26, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Dolores Costello?
Posted by: Gregory Moore | October 26, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Whoever she is, there is something deep and exquisite there. Despite the formal pose, the camera loves her. Those eyes speak far beyond her era, of things words might desecrate.
Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | October 26, 2009 at 03:21 PM
I think it looks like Rosemary Theby.
Posted by: James Curtis | October 26, 2009 at 06:13 PM
Helen Foster.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | October 27, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Constance Towers?
Posted by: Steven Moshlak | October 27, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Gwen Lee.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | October 27, 2009 at 06:39 PM
Peggy Hopkins Joyce.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | October 27, 2009 at 07:43 PM
Eventually she will come to look like the Billie Burke we all know and love. Is she?
Posted by: gary martin | October 27, 2009 at 08:31 PM
Mildred Davis
Posted by: Karen | October 28, 2009 at 08:55 AM
Miriam Jordan and Victor Jory??
Posted by: MichaelRyerson | October 28, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Dorothy Revier.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | October 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Mary Astor
Posted by: Dru Duniway | October 28, 2009 at 07:33 PM
Virginia Grey?
Posted by: gerald mccann | October 28, 2009 at 08:27 PM
Carole Lombard?
Posted by: Flo Myers | October 29, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Esther Ralston
Posted by: Laura Goeller | October 29, 2009 at 10:22 AM
anna nilsson
Posted by: william | October 29, 2009 at 10:25 AM
constance bennett
Posted by: herb nichols | October 29, 2009 at 11:23 AM
jean inness
Posted by: margie | October 29, 2009 at 12:42 PM
constance bennett
Posted by: JM GREEN | October 29, 2009 at 01:11 PM
hmm.. i notice people seem to have neglected guessing Anita Page. Usually she is guessed at least once =) better add her name.
Anita Page?
Thank you
Christa <3
Posted by: Christa | October 29, 2009 at 09:24 PM
Claire Dodd?
Posted by: Joan Y. Compagno | October 30, 2009 at 06:50 AM