Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club discussion

#63 - Hugh Williams?

Yes! Three cherries!

Hugh Williams for sure. Co-author with his wife of 'The Grass is Greener' starring Kerr, Grant, Simmons, and Mitchum.

Stellar sleuthing

He was also in 'David Copperfield' and (every woman should know this) he was in 'Wuthering Heights'

I should have figured it out from 'Grass is Greener' earlier. Well, at least, we did it.

and of course, you admit you're not a fan of romance movies so maybe this is an extenuating circumstance

I did see 'Grass is Greener' because of Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr so I was familiar with the story so I (finally) put 2+2 together. I'm not opposed to all romance in movies, if it's appropriate. I just don't like it in most war movies.

I see. The trail led from 'stage play' to 'movie with Kerr'; then figure out who the writer was.

You're not a fan of, 'A Farewell to Arms' then eh?

I have not seen it.

Hooray, Betsy!!!! I just couldn't come up with it. Good job. I think we have now finished off the old pics......time for some new ones, Feliks.

Quiz #66!

Quiz #67

Quiz #68

#68 - Frank Overton?

#66 certainly looks like Bonita Granville, but I doubt you'd use her.

Yes, winnah on #68. Deft!

Frank Overton is one cool dude. Never realized how much famous stuff he appeared in. What a quintessential 'American' character he is. That dry, flat, dusty, unsentimental voice of his.

No to Bonita. Y'know, Miss Granville has been suggested as a 'mystery guest' in this quiz now, on more than just one occasion. Frankly, I have no especial interest in Bonita. She rarely figures in my thoughts. Take my word for it, she will never appear in this quizzo!

You got in ahead of me on Overton, Betsy. He really had a career, once again showing that you don't have to be a "star" to be successful.

#66 looks like Billie Burke but is probably too young.

I figured you would probably know Overton, Jill. He's a fairly well-known character actor.

#67 looks a bit familiar.

Total solutions:
#1 Zachary Scott
#2 Jack Oakie
#3 Gerald S. O'Loughlin
#4 Frank Faylen
#5 Wallace Ford
#6 John Sutton
#7 Jerome Cowan
#8 Hans Conreid
#9 Leon Belasco
#10 Ken Lynch
#11 Frank Nelson
#12 Edmund Lowe
#13 Stan Freburg
#14 Jack Kehoe
#15 Jane Morgan
#15 Barbara Everest
#16 Paul Sutton
#17 Guy Thomajan
#18 Dan Riss
#19 John Larch
#20 Charles Halton
#21 Michael O'Shea
#22 Joyce Howard
#23 Jean Kent
#24 Jill Haworth
#25 Gale Gordon
#26 Kay Johnson
#27 Maria Montez
#28 Joan Caulfield
#29 Debra Paget
#30 Miriam Hopkins
#31 Richard Hart
#32 Betsy Drake
#33 Moyna McGill
#34 Gladys Cooper
#35 Done Beddoe
#36 Jean Willes
#37 Anne Seymour
#37 Nicole Maurey (French import)
#38 Peggy Stewart (B-Westerns)
#39 Valerie French (Brit actress in American westerns)
#40 Hazel Brooks (noir icon)
#41 Judy Tyler (Elvis' girlfriend)
#42 'High Treason' (Humbertson Wright/Basil Gill)
#43 Dorothy Hart (B-cowgirl)
#44 Joan Valerie (Wisconsin blonde bit-player)
#45 Jean Gillie (comedienne turned mantis)
#46 Janis Paige (Broadway sensation)
#47 Robert Douglas (scheming court fiend)
#48 Valerie Hobson (British Dame)
#49 Anna Neagle (British Dame)
#50 Rosanna Rory (Italian dud)
#51 Shirley Grey ('30 - '35 forlorn blonde)
#52 Jack Hedley (reporter in 'Lawrence of Arabia')
#53 Raymond Huntley (Ealing player)
#54 John Boxer ('uncredited officer' type)
#55 Percy Walsh (in 'Pimpernel Smith')
#56 Heather Angel (Hitchcock flicks)
#57 Joe Penner (Depression superstar)
#58 Megs Jenkins (matronly Brit)
#59 Jack Pearl ('30s comic)
#60 Alan Wheatley (Sheriff of Nottingham)
#61 Greta Gynt (a Norwegian in GB)
#62 Googie Withers (big Brit star)
#63 Hugh Williams (Welsh idol)
#64 Constance Cummings (Goldwyn Girl + OBE)
#65 Linden Travers (Scotswoman)
#66 unguessed (blonde vocalist)
#67 unguessed (young cowboy)
#68 Frank Overton
#69 unguessed (vamp)

Above, I tried to sum up all the won challenges so far. By gobs, all the numbers are haywire. How'd that happen? Why didn't anyone alert me? Maybe I didn't number each challenge as I went along? It's too late to go back and change them now...

Quiz #69

Feliks wrote: "Above, I tried to sum up all the won challenges so far. By gobs, all the numbers are haywire. How'd that happen? Why didn't anyone alert me? Maybe I didn't number each challenge as I went along? It..."

I didn't even notice it. Thanks for the new summary.

I would like to request that you put "American" or "British" on the new pictures if that is the country where they achieved fame.....it helps in the detective work if we don't recognize the person immediately. :>)

Alright. Currently #66, #67, #69 are all USA.

That cowboy looks so familiar and I am trying to age him in my mind. There is something about his eyes that caught my interest.

Guess for #69 - Nita Naldi?

Hmmmm......could be.

It's a way out guess, but then it's hard to tell what she looks like. So many of the era look similar.

Nope. p.s. I think it is safe to say that #66 and #69 were both mega-famous in their day. #66 in the 1940s and #69 in the 1920s. No doubt further pictures will make the shoe drop.

#69........Pola Negri

No to Negri. Good guess though.

And allow me to correct myself: #66 was mega-famous but it's better stated that #69 was considered one of the most beautiful silent stars. She was no bit-player but I can't quite claim she was as mega-famous as #66.

Jetta Goudal?

Barbara La Marr?

That's certainly an excellent guess ...but falls just short of the mark!

I have a question. Did you send through 2 #69s? I have one listed as #69 but it is a man with the caption, 'This one is might-y easy.' Perhaps he's really #70? Just checking.

I don't have that picture of a man that says"This one is might-y easy", Betsy. What was the number of the message?

My next guess on #69 who is the vamp......Evelyn Brent.

This is weird but I have 2 Kindles and it came through only on one, late Friday evening but no message number??! Anyway, I'm willing to ignore it. I just wondered.

Yes. You saw a-rightly. I made a mistake Friday evening; I posted a fresh #69 but I didn't realize he was Warren Hymer, a figure you already know very well.

No 'giveaways' in this quizzo!

Okay, no problem. Just wondered if I was seeing things.

Wild guess on #66 - Priscilla Lane?

Nice try because I always admired Lane's looks and her comedienne skills.

But this particular blonde is more of a noted singer and dancer; she was groomed by MGM similarly to the manner of Rooney and Garland. Her idols growing up were Jeanette MacDonald and Clark Gable --both of whom she got to meet one day.

On message 786, are we to assume Jill's guess wasn't right? Just wanted to make sure. That is a tough one since they all seemed to favor black.

it's Ivor Novello

(not)

all cold guesses so far

another angle on #69

I had thought # 67 (young cowboy) was a bit more famous (with more movie roles to his name) but he is really quite obscure. TV roles primarily. Notable accomplishments; just one Golden Globe award for a support role in one decent film. There 's no way you would likely know him.

I think I will drop him. It's actor "Lee Kinsolving".
What I want to do instead is substitute this lad for slot #67. This is the actor who I thought "Lee Kinsolving" was.

He looks like a young Skip Homeier.

That's correct! Easy win eh? Skippy Homeier it is. I wanted him in this quiz because of his role in 'The Gunfighter' as the man who guns down Peck's Jimmy Ringo.

Fresh quiz! #70:

Dabs Greer - #70!

BTW, do you know who Lee Kinsoving's aunt was? Only one of the foremost historians of her day, and the founder of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, and what a collection it is!! Wow, am I impressed.