Movieland Mystery Photo [Update]
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| [Update: This shows Richard Dix and Gertrude Olmstead filming a scene in Paramount's 1928 "Sporting Goods." Director Malcolm St. Clair is the fellow to the left of the roadster talking to Dix and Olmstead. The paper with the caption information on the back of the photo is torn, so I can't be sure but I believe the woman in the rumble seat may be Myrtle Stedman. ] Plus-fours and argyle socks. Aren’t they amazing? I wonder what they looked like in color. … and I’m intrigued by the mystery roadster with the steering wheel in the middle of the dash…. [Update: On second thought, maybe it is a right-hand drive. I would have guessed the photo is flopped but the license plate would be reversed as well.] … here’s our mystery camera crew… … our mystery guys standing around… … and the mystery license plate. |
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That sure looks like Edgar Allan Poe running the camera...
Posted by: Rinky Dink | December 26, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Might be a right hand drive Rolls, not uncommon in those days, with a little optical illusion. It would be very impractical sitting in the center with a stick shift between your legs.
Posted by: Sam Flowers | December 26, 2010 at 04:28 PM
The good folks over at "Old Cars Weekly" would probably be a huge help in identifying the car. You might post over there so they can run it in their paper.
Posted by: Paul K | December 26, 2010 at 05:53 PM
Edgar Allen Poe time traveling to 1927 Southern California.
Posted by: RJ | December 26, 2010 at 11:14 PM
That's an interesting small clapper the man is holding. Does it say 69? The cameraman looks somewhat familiar, maybe Harry Stradling?
Posted by: Mary mallory | December 27, 2010 at 07:21 AM
According to the Internet Movie Database, the cinematographer on this film was Edward Cronjager. Malcolm St. Clair was noted for his sophisticated silent comedies in the 1920s. He appears to have had some difficulty between 1930 and 1936, when his output fell off dramatically; after 1936, he directed B pictures for Fox, notably four of the later Laurel & Hardy features.
Posted by: Randy Skretvedt | December 27, 2010 at 09:12 AM
JR: It's not so surprising that Edgar Allan Poe time-traveled to California in 1927. He wanted to be there when The House of Usher was released in '28.
Posted by: Rinky Dink | December 27, 2010 at 09:49 AM
Oops. I meant RJ, not JR. Sorry.
Posted by: Rinky Dink | December 27, 2010 at 09:50 AM
Laurel and Hardy were "B" movies? :-(
Posted by: Stan Oliver | December 27, 2010 at 10:28 PM