Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
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[Update: Dorothy Ford, one of Earl Carroll's most beautiful girls, swims and rides horseback for relaxation between nightly appearances at the Hollywood Carroll theater, in a photo published Oct. 11, 1941.] |
[Update: A lacy mantilla adds to the brunette allure of Dorothy Ford, statuesque dancer at Earl Carroll's Hollywood stage attraction, in a photo published Nov. 15, 1941. ] For Tuesday, we have a heavily airbrushed photo of our mystery gal.
[Starlet Dorothy Ford, Miss Pacific States of 1949, with one of the products of the Pacific States Butter, Egg, Cheese and Poultry Association, which is opening annual convention and exposition here today, in a photo published March 12, 1949 ] And for Wednesday, our mystery gal shows off her title as Mystery Miss!
[Dorothy Ford, who is believed to be the tallest girl in films, is shown beside Ben Blue, comedian, in Warner Bros. "One Sunday Afternoon." She finds her height no drawback to acting, in a photo published Feb. 15, 1949. ] For Thursday, our mystery lady has a mystery companion! [Update: Please congratulate Claire Lockhart, Mary Mallory and Don Danard (via email) for identifying our mystery lady and her mystery companion! Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Gerald McCann, Steve Stoliar, Gary Martin, Mike Hawks, Rick Scott, Randy Skretvedt, Herb Nichols and Lee Ann Bailey for identifying her jaunty mystery companion!]
[Update: Mary Mallory also identified this mystery companion! [Actress Dorothy Ford, left, told court her husband, Thomas B. Chambers, "was always playing golf or tennis, watching television or sleeping." Right, Maria Hart, corroborating witness, in a photo published April 16, 1954. ] For Friday, our mystery lady has another mystery companion. Hovering in the background, a mystery hand nearly obscured by The Times’ art department. |
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She reminds me of Ginny Simms. That 40's look was good but those eyelashes are about to fall off!
Posted by: BarryOB | May 30, 2011 at 07:36 AM
Carmen Miranda
Posted by: Glen Frank | May 30, 2011 at 07:47 AM
aurora miranda
Posted by: Gerald McCann | May 30, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Lynn Bari
Posted by: Jenny M | May 30, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Rochelle Hudson?
Posted by: Steve Stoliar | May 30, 2011 at 09:31 AM
Jo Stafford.
Posted by: gary martin | May 30, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Ann Baxter
Posted by: Jenny M | May 30, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Carmen Miranda
Posted by: Gerald McCann | May 30, 2011 at 07:10 PM
ella raines?
Posted by: normadesmond | May 30, 2011 at 08:35 PM
Ann Corio?
Posted by: Steve Stoliar | May 31, 2011 at 08:51 AM
Margie Hart?
Posted by: Mary Mallory | May 31, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Petra Peters
Posted by: Jenny M | May 31, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Connie Francis?
Posted by: Rogét-L.A. | May 31, 2011 at 02:18 PM
Margo, AKA Clo-Clo in "The Leopard Man" (1943).
Posted by: Sarah | May 31, 2011 at 02:32 PM
Simone Simon?
Posted by: Cinnamon Carter | May 31, 2011 at 03:51 PM
Beryl Wallace, Earl Carroll's girlfriend?
Posted by: Mary Mallory | May 31, 2011 at 04:14 PM
did they give her a chest or take it away?
Posted by: normadesmond | June 01, 2011 at 12:11 AM
Yvonne De Carlo
Posted by: Gerald McCann | June 01, 2011 at 07:37 AM
My guess is that she is going to end up being a stripper.
Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | June 01, 2011 at 09:51 AM
based on cheese photo, Barbara Edam
Posted by: Dewey Webb | June 02, 2011 at 06:12 AM
Ben Blue
Posted by: Dewey Webb | June 02, 2011 at 07:10 AM
Mystery man is Ben Blue
Posted by: Gerald McCann | June 02, 2011 at 08:03 AM
That dapper little gent is Charlie Chaplin
Posted by: benito | June 02, 2011 at 08:54 AM
Ben Blue and his wife, Axie Dunlap?
Posted by: Steve Stoliar | June 02, 2011 at 09:32 AM
Could this be Axie Dunlap?
Posted by: Dewey Webb | June 02, 2011 at 09:40 AM