Movie Star Mystery Photo

 

Los Angeles Times file photo 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!

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

July 14, 1937: Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew in "Captains Courageous."

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies.

July 13, 1936: Hedy Kiesler stars in "Ecstasy."

What's the Worst Baseball Movie (b/w) Ever Made?

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. --"The Jackie Robinson Story," starring Robinson in the title role. --"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."

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

July 12, 1935: "Becky Sharp" and "In Caliente."

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

July 11, 1934:Confirmation that celebrities' deaths always come in threes.

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

July 10, 1933: Ginger Rogers appears at Grauman's Chinese Theater for a showing of "The Gold Diggers of 1933."

Movie Star Mystery Photo

 

Los Angeles Times file photo Noreen Nash in "The Red Stallion," 1947.  Los Angeles Times file photo Noreen Nash, Dec. 27, 1957 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. Los Angeles Times file photo Noreen Nash in "Lineup," Nov. 23, 1956.

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

July 9, 1932: Constance Bennett stars in "What Price Hollywood."  Don't you just love this lettering?

Found on EBay -- Marilyn Monroe Pictures

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.  The listing is here. *Update: The price has been cut to $2,500.