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Nov 11, 2020 10:58PM
Okay. Just one more thing I should have asked before--is the photo from that movie?
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Was she in Robin Hood or Gone with the Wind?
Started my research last night. I keep having flashes of her face in a movie. How is it, Jill, being on the other side of the quiz? 😁
The photo is not from the film and frankly, doesn't look much like her. But I think if I put up one from the film, you would immediately know. And she is not particularly an ingenue type.No, She was not in either of the films you mentioned, ClaraBelle
I don't have the resources that Feliks has but it is kinda' fun. This is such a great topic.
Do you need any more clues or pictures?
That would be great. I hated to ask so soon. Guess I'm out of practice on my research.
A clue: In her signature film, she played the sister of the main character and there were hints of incest between them. She was more of a co-star rather than a support player.
That's the way to take the ball and run with it Jill, way to go!
It doesn't seem to be against the rules that Feliks has set up, so I thought I would give it a try, Doubled. We've had such fun in this particular topic.
Whoa, now that gives me something to think about!
Did you mention another picture? Have been going through 30s classics and zilch.
I didn't mention another picture because I know that you know this actress from this film She made lots of films but if you Google her name, this is the first film that pops up as her classic role. Let me throw another clue at you. In the film, as well as being the leading character's sister, she is also George Raft's girlfriend. Does that help?
This well known character actor was also in this film. Guess him and you get two for two.
Guess: Ann Dvorak? Is Osgood Perkins the guy? Poppy is kind of famous too since she was Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice.
YOU GOT BOTH OF THEM!!!!!! I was sure you knew her but if I had put up her photo from Scarface, it would have been much too obvious. Did the George Raft clue help?
Yes, it did. You're right though about how different she looks in the posted photo. Do you know what movie that's from?
I have no idea. But if I had put up this picture below from Scarface, I think it would have been a dead giveaway.
Do you want to go next or do you want me to put up another one?
I hate to admit this, but the 2nd picture didn't give me a clue. I didn't recognize her at all. 🤔I'm afraid you're going to have to do another one unless someone else wants to because I have NO IDEA how to do it. 😥
American actor in late silents through the late 40s. He played leading parts and then slipped into series films at the end of his career. To be honest, I didn't think he could act worth a darn.
No but a good guess. But Barthelmess could act and this guy couldn't although.....here comes a clue......he was in an Oscar winning film.
How about......you are correct! I guess the public liked him since his career was long. He was nominated (but lost) as Best Actor in the film, Cimmaron altho' I'm not sure why he was nominated. And in romantic parts, it would be like kissing Broderick Crawford!Let's see about this one.
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Supporting actress who had a fine career from the early 1920s through the late 1940s.
Got it!! She really was kind of got stuck in the "cheap" woman roles in most of her pictures but it served her well through her career. She was very good in The Roaring Twenties with James Cagney and had the great last line in the film. It went something like this: Cagney is shot and dying on the steps of a church and Gladys is comforting him. The policeman says " Who is he.....is he somebody big?" She replies "He used to be". Roll credits. Sadly, she died at age 50 and still had a career ahead of her. Good actress.
I saw 'Roaring Twenties' many years ago so I don't remember much about it. May have to give it another look.
This American character actor seemed to be in every film made in the 1930s. This is probably too easy since you have seen him many times.
YES!!! That one was a little too easy since he was all over the place in the 30s and 40s. What a career he had
You're right but he does look a tad different without his moustache. He was even a shifty character in 'Some Like It Hot.'
That's why I picked a photo of him without his moustache but his face is just so unique that he is hard to miss.
Try this one. He started in silents and made his reputation in one of the great silent extravagances. He didn't do much during the talkies and slipped from public view until his tragic death.
Hmm. Will do some research. So many Silent film actors look alike to me. 🤐
He looks a lot like Ramon Novarro, but am not sure.
You are correct. That one was a bit too obvious since we have mentioned him before, along with Ivor Novello. But I just couldn't resist.
He looked somewhat different in that movie the other night. That woman who lied about him was a piece of work, and his father gave me the creeps.
American actor who appeared in many films in the 30-40s, usually as a bad guy.
Wow, he looks like he's trying to decide whether to slit your throat or aerate you with a pistol.
Started my research, but maybe you could add another clue? Thanks.
He appeared in at least two films based on the character of Ellery Queen.
Hmm, that's interesting. Have you read many of the Ellery Queen books or seen the films?
I have read several Ellery Queen books and seen one of the films.BTW, the man in the photo does not play Ellery Queen but is in a supporting role.
And no, it is not James Burke.
Guess: Jack LaRue?I was going to say Tom Dugan, because he was in the Anna May Wong film, but he's Irish.
Jack LaRue it is!!! He was in so many films that it was hard to come up with a clue. Did the Ellery Queen hint help you? He was in The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935 and A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
Ellery Queen was definitely a help. Speaking of Anna May Wong, is the Ellery Queen film she was in the one you've seen?
I don't remember seeing her in an Ellery Queen film. My favorite of hers is Picadilly.....a silent made in 1929. You might want to look on YouTube as it could be there. I have the DVD.
