Identifying film actors / personnel.

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Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostFri Jul 20, 2012 11:12 pm

Hello there.

Can anyone identify the 4 film actors in this picture ?
http://aliciamayer.files.wordpress.com/ ... ermark.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank

And does anyone know the name of the person to the right of Louis B Mayer in this picture?
http://aliciamayer.files.wordpress.com/ ... ermark.jpg" target="_blank

Much appreciated.
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PostSat Jul 21, 2012 10:56 am

That's writer/director Edmund Goulding with I believe Carmel Myers, Renee Adoree, and Marceline Day on the set of A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN.
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PostWed Jul 25, 2012 6:02 am

Many thanks for that information. Much obliged.

Now we need to try and identify who that is next to Louis B Mayer in the second pic I posted.


Cheers
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PostSat Aug 11, 2012 4:59 am

Hello
Can anyone identify this actress please?
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Re: Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostSat Aug 11, 2012 10:29 am

Looks like a wide-eyed Pola Negri, but it could be anyone.
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Re: Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostSat Aug 11, 2012 7:59 pm

Can anyone confirm it is Pola Negri above.
Here is a close up of the signature on the photo.
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Re: Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostSat Aug 11, 2012 8:40 pm

:? Definitely not Pola Negri. Looks nothing like her whatsoever! The Certain Young Man photo is a great find! This is a lost and much sought after MGM Silent.
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PostSat Aug 11, 2012 10:16 pm

I'm probably wrong as usual, but Olive Borden was the first name that popped into my head when I saw that pic.
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Re: Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostSat Aug 11, 2012 11:12 pm

rhettrospective wrote:Hello
Can anyone identify this actress please?



I believe that's Estelle Taylor. There are several pictures of her in Google Images -- no exact matches, but a strong resemblance,
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PostMon Aug 13, 2012 12:05 pm

A young Fay Wray ??? Has the same proportionally-small mouth, and the sig. does seem to be Sincerely, Fay. Not sure about the eyes......
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Re: Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostWed Aug 15, 2012 9:25 am

rhettrospective wrote:Hello
Can anyone identify this actress please?



I'd say Frances Dee, and the signature suggests this might be the case--at least as best as I can read it.
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Re: Identifying film actors / personnel.

PostWed Aug 15, 2012 4:25 pm

I second Bob Birchard on Frances Dee, but let's back up. Miss Dupont, are you saying that the woman second from the left, on Goulding's right is Renee Adoree? I find that hard to believe.
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