Update: As many people guessed, this is Annabella. Above, Feb. 14, 1937: "Wings of the Morning,
Annabella; French Actress Appeared in Gance's 'Napoleon'
September 20, 1996
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
PARIS
-- Suzanne Charpentier, the French actress better known by her screen
name Annabella for such films as "Napoleon" and "Hotel du Nord," has
died of a heart attack. She was 86.
Annabella, who was once
married to American actor Tyrone Power, died Wednesday at her home in
the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine while she was having her morning
tea, her friend Jose Sourillan said.
"She was just sitting there fine and was dead a second later," he said.
Annabella's
career began in 1926 with Abel Gance's silent epic-length "Napoleon,"
which was restored in the mid-1980s by American director Francis Ford
Coppola.
She also starred in a string of 1930s talkies that took
a sentimental view of working-class Paris, including the 1938 classic
"Hotel du Nord."
Among her other films were "Wings of the
Morning" with Henry Fonda in 1937, "Suez" with Power and Loretta Young
in 1938 and "13 Rue Madeleine" with James Cagney in 1946.
"Annabella
is the sparkle that makes 'Wings of the Morning' different," wrote
Times film critic Edwin Schallert. "Pretty and versatile, she displays
unrivaled naturalness in her work."
Annabella returned to France
after her divorce from Power in 1948. She made her final film, "Le Plus
Bel Amour de Don Juan" (The Most Beautiful Love of Don Juan), in 1952.
The actress is survived by a daughter, Anne Werner Power, who lives in Boston.
::
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
Update: June 15, 1939: Annabella in "Sacrifice d'Honneur."
Here's another picture of our mystery star. Please congratulate Steven Bibb and Dewey Webb for identifying her!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Annabella, Oct. 23, 1937.
Here's another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Jeff Hanna for identifying her!
Los Angeles Times file photo
Annabella and James Cagney in a publicity still for "13 Rue Madeleine," Feb. 19, 1947.
Here's our mystery woman with (not much of) a mystery companion. Please congratulate Jane Ellen Wayne, Mike Hawks, Anne Papineau, Claire Lockhart, Rance Ryan, Carmen, Cinnamon Carter, "Laura" fan Waldo Lydecker and Mary Mallory and co-worker Sue for identifying her. (And Zabadu, whom I overlooked earlier!)
Los Angeles Times file photo
Nov. 20, 1946: Annabella and husband Tyrone Power at the premiere of "The Razor's Edge" in New York.
Please congratulate Sonny King, William, Michael Ryerson, Sue, Annie Frye, Sam, Megan Bailey and Stacia 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."
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.