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 prize is bragging rights.
The answer to last week's mystery star: Noreen Nash!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Here's another picture of our mystery star. Please congratulate Steven Bibb and Dewey Webb for identifying her!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Here's another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Jeff Hanna for identifying her!
Keith says: There's also a scene in which Babe Ruth goes into a bar and orders milk.
So Larry and I were discussing the Mystery Photo one day and I
commented on actor William Bendix, who was in a shot with the
then-mysterious Noreen Nash. Bendix once played Babe Ruth in "The Babe
Ruth Story" a film I said was without question the worst baseball movie
of all time.
Oh really, said Mr. Harnisch. And before I knew it, a survey was born,
We'd like to know your pick for the worst baseball movie. Since this
is The Daily Mirror, let's limit the field to black and white
productions.
Here are some suggestions:
--"Angels in the Outfield," the 1951 version with Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh. Not the Disney remake with Danny Glover.
--"Fear Strikes Out," with Anthony Perkins as troubled Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall.
There are tons of others--I'm not including some of my personal
favorites. There's even another candidate with Bendix called "Kill the
Umpire." Here's a glimpse of Bendix playing Ruth the way Jackie Gleason
might have played President Taft.
--Keith Thursby
Update: Author James Curtis says: Worst baseball movie, I'll be curious to see if anyone mentions "Roogie's Bump,"
which I saw one time at a Saturday kids' matinee.
Alexa Foreman, researcher for Turner Classic Movies, says: "The Slugger's Wife."
Update: This is actress and author Noreen Nash. Please congratulate Sue
Willahan for identifying her. (Sue explains that her mother went to
school with Nash).
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 prize is bragging rights.
The answer to last week's mystery star: John Loder!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Noreen Nash, June 22, 1955.
Here's another picture of our mystery gal!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Noreen Nash and William Bendix in "The Life of Riley," Aug. 8, 1959. "Riley is surprised when 'Pat Davidson' turns out to be a beautiful girl and worries about how to break the news to his wife that 'Pat" will ride in his carpool."
So far I seem to have stumped everybody. I never know how hard the mystery guests are going to be until I post them. Today, she has a mystery companion!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Robert Evans, Lynne Frederick Sellers, left, novelist Noreen Nash Siegel and her husband, Dr. Lee Siegel, staff physician at 20th Century Fox, Nov. 9, 1980.
Here's our mystery woman with a couple of mystery guests. I can't believe I have stumped everybody but evidently I have. I never know how difficult the mystery photos are going to be until I post them.
If you have $10,000* that isn't doing anything, you might want to pick up some Marilyn Monroe photos by Joe Jasgur that have been listed on EBay. And yes, you may recall him as the guy who said Monroe had six toes. He also made some claims about the Black Dahlia case, but given his nonsense about Monroe's six toes I wouldn't believe anything he said about anything.
Larry Harnisch. The leading Black Dahlia expert and a collaborator in the 1947project, Harnisch has been a copy editor at The Times since 1988. He has appeared on many TV shows discussing the Dahlia case, notably "James Ellroy's Feast of Death."
Join him for a spin through old Los Angeles in the Mirror's radio car. Keep your eyes open for Mickey Cohen and Tempest Storm. It's quite a ride.
The reporter's badge belonged to Sid Hughes (1908-1958), legendary reporter who worked at nearly every newspaper in Los Angeles.
Keith Thursby. Keith has been an editor at The Times in news, sports and design since 1986. The Rams moved to St. Louis on his first day as assistant sports editor of the paper's Orange County edition. He grew up in Norwalk and lives in Irvine.
Larry Harnisch. The leading Black Dahlia expert and a collaborator in the 1947project, Harnisch has been a copy editor at The Times since 1988. He has appeared on many TV shows discussing the Dahlia case, notably "James Ellroy's Feast of Death."
Join him for a spin through old Los Angeles in the Mirror's radio car. Keep your eyes open for Mickey Cohen and Tempest Storm. It's quite a ride.
The reporter's badge belonged to Sid Hughes (1908-1958), legendary reporter who worked at nearly every newspaper in Los Angeles.
Keith Thursby. Keith has been an editor at The Times in news, sports and design since 1986. The Rams moved to St. Louis on his first day as assistant sports editor of the paper's Orange County edition. He grew up in Norwalk and lives in Irvine.