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Update: Marion Burns in “Man Eater,” May 14, 1933. Evidently the film was released as “The Devil Tiger.”
Marion Burns. the daughter of the former head of Western Costume Co., gets a contract with Fox, April 27, 1932. She died in 1993.
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Marion Burns in an undated photo from Fox.
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: Creighton Hale!
 Los Angeles Times file photo
Here’s another photograph of our mystery woman!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Marion Burns in a July 29, 1934, photo.
Here's another photo of our mystery woman.
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Marion Burns, Jan. 26, 1936, in “Leaning on Letty” at the El Capitan.
Here’s another picture of our mystery guest. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Marion Burns in a photo from “The Show Off” with Joe E. Brown, dated Jan. 1, 1941. Evidently this was a play produced at the El Capitan … with Jason Robards.
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Boy she's familiar. Jane Wyatt, maybe? Ruby Keeler? Dorothy Jordan?
Posted by: Cold in PHX | November 30, 2009 at 09:15 AM
Nancy Carroll.
Posted by: Mary mallory | November 30, 2009 at 09:45 AM
Olivia DeHavilland?
Posted by: annie frye | November 30, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Sidney Fox.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | December 01, 2009 at 04:28 PM
Marian Shockley
Posted by: Sue | December 01, 2009 at 09:24 PM
Gloria Stuart, maybe?
Posted by: Cold in PHX | December 02, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Has anyone guessed her yet? She's a mystery to me. Those photos are all ca. 1930-33, and she looks to be in her 20s, but I'll be darned if I know who she is.
Posted by: Eve | December 02, 2009 at 09:16 AM
Benita Hume?
Posted by: Nick Santa Maria | December 02, 2009 at 09:37 AM
Ann Harding?
Posted by: Molly | December 02, 2009 at 09:54 AM
madge evans
Posted by: JM GREEN | December 02, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Jessica Tandy?
Posted by: Rogét-L.A. | December 02, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Mary Brian
Posted by: william | December 02, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Dorothy Burgess?
Posted by: Nick Santa Maria | December 02, 2009 at 05:36 PM
Evalyn Knapp?
Posted by: Nick Santa Maria | December 02, 2009 at 06:21 PM
Geneva Mitchell?
Posted by: Nick Santa Maria | December 02, 2009 at 06:22 PM
Evalyn Knapp?
Posted by: Nick Santa Maria | December 02, 2009 at 06:25 PM
Jeanne Eagels
Posted by: SandyReed | December 03, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Patsy? Kelly? (a throwaway line from 'Blazing Saddles')
Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | December 03, 2009 at 03:59 PM
Cyd Charisse??
Posted by: Whitney | December 03, 2009 at 04:40 PM