Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club discussion

Yes! A winnah!

Two fer' for Jill.

Tom Fadden is in 'The Big Sleep', 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', and many, many other films.

I recognized him from The Big Sleep

Quirky lookin' supporting players in that film, for sure.

Terrfic job, Jill. You have hit your stride.

she caught her second wind

When I didn't get the Casablanca guy, I was hiding my head. I feel a little better now.

Herbert Evans! we will never forget your name now!

His ghost is haunting me!

Now we have to get #134 who I have seen but am clueless on his name.

Quiz #135. American. He's been in what looks like to my eyes (a rough count) two dozen of some of the biggest classic movie titles ever.

Quiz #136. A tall, curly-red-haired American with a lengthy career and prolific appearances in gobs of movies.

#136 - Dick Foran?

Yes! A quick score there...

I suspected he might not be a poser...

Quiz #137. More American movie credits than any other; but also has starred in British productions.

Would you have another photo of #134?

Glad to supply an alternate shot of #134. He is a man with a very colorful past.

...and that is certainly a prime example of a handlebar mustache. he belongs in a barbershop quartet

I knew Dick Foran as well but I didn't know he had red hair. I must have never seen him in a technicolor film.

#137 - Helen Chandler?

uh-uh

That Dick Foran guy also had a lively start in show biz. Privileged background; wealth...played football for Princeton, and then a crooner --a singing cowboy. Then a ton of roles as the 'nice guy who the bigger star crowds' out of every story. Sorta like Ralph Bellamy.

Once he got into television, he started playing doctors and 'big brother types'. Had no idea he'd been a singer.

Me neither, Betsy. He really had a long and productive career.

On #137......is she a more modern actress? The people in the background seem to have hair styles and clothes that are not from the 40-50s

Yes, that particular photo is from a late -1960s movie. This star is well-known in both UK & USA from a lengthy career on stage and screen; and worked steadily for the next 10-12 years before their demise.

One more question.....is the film American or British?

This specific film is British

Quiz #134 --the husky fellow--got his start in 1929; the beginning of a string of various minor roles that lasted all his career.

The picture of him as a sea captain above (not the only time by far, that he played such a role, he also played henchmen, boxers, and bartenders galore) is from 1932 (Charles Laughton flick).

The year before --1931-- he appeared in nine movies; among them a big hit of Edward G. Robinson.

His career as coarse roughneck-type lasted until 1941.

Stanley Fields?

Yes Jill! Good going!

Stan is a sea-captain in 'Island of Lost Souls', a bartender in 'Little Caesar' and a sheriff in both 'Way out West' and 'Destry Rides Again'.

Which one clinched it for you?

#134 started off as a soprano choirboy, then as a young man was a professional boxer. Norma Talmade discovered him thanks to his broken nose.

"Island of Lost Souls" clinched it but you said he had a colorful life....so I first started with him being once a wrestler or someone who had been in jail but couldn't find him there.

#137 - Sara Brackett?

no banana

I'm trying to figure out if she is on a ship, airplane, or space ship in that picture and then go from there. There is something about the windows.

Oh! Okay, well I don't mind divulging that 'still' is from a gaudy, chintzy, Chelsea nightclub at the start of the glitter-ball era. That's a 'chanteuse', at a tasteless, psychedelic, pick-up lounge.

Excellent work, Jill. My kindle is giving me fits so you are going to have to carry the ball.

NO!!!!!! The ball will go out of bounds without you. Get that kindle fixed or I will have to go hide under the bed.

I will be getting a new one soon, but then GR has to cooperate. :-)

You are the Queen of the Quizzo, so hurry and get that new kindle.

Alternate photo for Quiz #135, the patrolman. This guy had a busy career and plenty of braggin' rights to A-picture appearances.

#137 is driving me nuts but am not giving up yet. She look like a guy with a wig!

Oh aye? Hmm, well I'll add a clue. Two-time Tony award winner from musicals on Broadway.

Christine Ebersole?

sadly, no

if it helps any, this star was born in the 1920s

I'd go so far as to say that #137 was a "household word" type of name in the field of dance and music; like a Joan Fonteyn or an Isidore Duncan

no score

Feliks wrote: "I'd go so far as to say that #137 was a "household word" type of name in the field of dance and music; like a Joan Fonteyn or an Isidore Duncan"

Are you talking about ballet dancers like Margot Fonteyn and Isadora Duncan?

Guess for #137 - Dolores Gray?

Ostrich egg. No score.

Yes, Margot Fonteyn (not Joan Fonteyn), pardon. Giants in the field of dance.

Way out guess for #137 - Helen Gallagher?