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Archive for September 2016 (10 posts)

Mystery Photos #8: Mysterious Silents

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This week, in our ongoing series of unknown movie stills, we go way back to the silent days of filmmaking.  We hope you can help us identify these performers or the productions they are in.  As always, “clicking” on the images below will increase their size.  Please put any suggestions you have in the “comments” section below.  As the images are positively ID’ed, we’ll update this blog.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!  And come back next Tuesday for a new set of unknowns.

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1.  The code on the photo of this pretty lady (PGP-5489) suggests that it was taken at Paramount Pictures.

SOLVED!:  Josephine Dunn. 

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2.  Certainly a dramatic moment from a film but what is the film and who are the actors?  We’ve had a suggestion that the man in the middle might be Bob Steele.

SOLVED!:  “Unseeing Eyes” (1923) with, l to r, Seena Owen, J.W. Johnston and Lionel Barrymore.

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3.  Who is the pretty lady among the peacocks?

SOLVED!:  Edwina Booth!–Thank you, Jessica W.

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4.  We’ve had a guess on this smiling woman as being silent star Jeanette Loff, but we’ve also had those who say it isn’t….

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5.  The name of any of these theater-goers is appreciated and/or the film from which this shot might be taken.

UPDATE:  Quite possibly Niles Welch in the 1926 film “Men Women Love.”

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6.  There is some internal speculation that this racy shot is not from a film at all but was an advertisement.

SOLVED!:   “The Woman Who Dared” (1933)!–Thanks to Stacia! 

To see our previous photo blogs, please click on the links below….

Photo Blog #1:  Who’s That Lady?

Photo Blog #2:  Who’s that Gent? (4 out of 6 solved!)

Photo Blog #3:  Name That Movie! (5 out of 6 solved!)

Photo Blog #4:  Musical Mysteries (4 out of 6 solved!)

Photo Blog #5:  Unknown Horrors

Photo Blog #6:  Small Screen Oddities (2 out of 6 solved!)

Photo Blog #7:  International Unknowns (4 out of 6 solved!)

 

 

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2016)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, September 30 (7:30 p.m.) How to Marry a Millionaire (20th Century-Fox, 1953) Resourceful Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall), spunky Loco Dempsey (Betty Grable), and ditzy Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe) pool their resources to rent a luxurious New York penthouse for a month […]

Mystery Photos #7: International Unknowns

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It is week number seven for the Library of Congress’s collection of “mystery stills.”  This week we focus on six stills that seem to belong to productions made outside of–but probably shown in–the US As always, please feel free to post thoughts or guesses in the “Comments” section below.  As images are positively ID’ed, we’ll update this blog […]

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (September 22-24, 2016)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus Theater. Thursday, September 22 (7:30 p.m.) “Rafter Romance” (RKO, 1933) William Seiter directed this romantic comedy that stars Ginger Rogers as Mary, an underpaid New York working girl who is having trouble paying the rent on her Greenwich Village apartment. Her landlord […]

Dewey Still Doesn’t Defeat Truman

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No one can doubt Thomas Dewey’s (1902-1971) impressive resume. As a federal prosecutor and then as Manhattan District Attorney, he convicted the head of the New York Stock Exchange for embezzlement, and his relentless pursuit of Mafia crime bosses turned him into a national celebrity and the inspiration for the radio show Gangbusters. As Governor […]

Mystery Photos #6: Small Screen Obscurities

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This week, in the Library’s ongoing series of unknown publicity stills, we look at a set of photps that seem to be television-related, perhaps local or national.  As always, clicking on any of the photos below will increase their size.  We welcome any information on program or performers in the comments section below.  If a particular still […]

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Sept. 16-18, 2016)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, September 16 (7:30 p.m.) Videodrome (Universal, 1983 – R-rated *) David Cronenberg wrote and directed this science fiction horror thriller starring James Woods as Max Renn, the president of a Toronto UHF television station that specializes in sensationalistic […]

Mystery Photo #5: Unknown Horrors

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Since the Library launched this photo ID blog four weeks ago, we have had tremendous success in positively identifying many previously unknown individuals and film titles.  THANK YOU to all who have looked and contributed! In previous weeks, we have posted blogs looking at unknown women, unknown men, unknown films and, most recently, unknown musicians and singers.  This […]

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (September 9-10, 2016)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, September 9 (7:30 p.m.)—SOLD OUT!!! The Malpass Brothers Live in Concert Christopher and Taylor Malpass’s smooth vocal blend and skillful musicianship layer infectiously into the deep respect they pay to legends who have paved the way. The Malpass […]