Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: This is Eleanore Whitney! Information on the back of the photo, published May 16, 1937, says: “ Fanchon, Hollywood’s only woman producer, says that Eleanore Whitney has the loveliest ‘pout’ on the screen. But pouting or smiling, most persons agree that Eleanore is attractive. She is shown here as she appears with Johnny Downs and Charlie Ruggles in Paramount’s ‘Turn Off the Moon.’ ”
| This week’s mystery star is Eleanore Whitney, who retired from the screen when she married on Feb. 23, 1939. According to imdb, she died in November 1983.
|  A photograph showing everything that was banned in Hollywood photos.
 Oct. 28, 1979: I’ve heard about this photo but never seen it until now. Unfortunately, the reproduction is fairly murky. Note the mention of our mystery lady, Eleanore Whitney. A better copy is here, misattributed to Life magazine. 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: Sally Eilers!
 Los Angeles Times file photo
Update -- Nov. 22, 1936: Eleanore Whitney in “Rose Bowl.” Here’s another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her!  Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Eleanore Whitney in a photo dated Jan. 25, 1939. Here's another photo of our mystery woman.  Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Eleanore Whitney and Tom Keene in “Timothy’s Quest,” Feb. 23, 1936. Here’s our mystery lady with a mystery companion glued to her face in a stock pose that simply does not work. Please congratulate Mary Mallory for identifying her!  Los Angeles Times file photo Eleanore Whitney in a photo dated Jan. 31, 1936. Please congratulate Mary Mallory, Mike Hawks, Steven Bibb and Grant Lockhart for identifying our mystery fellow as Tom Keene/George Duryea/Richard Powers. | |
What that REALLY the guy's first name? How appropriate for dealing with the Production Code people regarding cleavage? And it wasn't just cleavage that was a problem, sometimes nipples too.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | January 29, 2010 at 09:24 AM
Oof. Not recognizing Tom Keene is right up there (for me) on the embarrassment scale with not recognizing Jobyna Ralston. I am so BAD at this.
Posted by: Stacia | January 31, 2010 at 02:31 AM