A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

July 17, 1940: Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart in "The Mortal Storm."

Movie Star Mystery Photo

 

Los Angeles Times file photo 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.

Nuestro Pueblo: Hollywood

July 17, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo stops at the Lasky barn on the Paramount lot, where it's being used as a gymnasium.

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movie Stars

July 16, 1939: The comedians vs. the leading men in a benefit game at Wrigley Field.

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Movies

July 15, 1938: Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power in "Marie Antoinette" at the Carthay Circle.

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.