twinkeee Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 PIC. # 1 Gertrude Lawrence........STAR!.........Julie Andrews Pic. #2 Ruth Etting.......LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME.......Doris Day Pic. # 3 Grace Moore....SO THIS IS LOVE.....Kathryn Grayson Twinks Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Good work, Twinkeee, you got them all. Now, we'll go back to the previous format. I think that three people at once may have scared away some folks. Who is this young fellow. He was in lots of movies as a child. He also had a career as a young adult actor. Link to post Share on other sites
wouldbestar Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Is it Richard "Dickie" Jones who played Jefferson Smith's page in *Mr.* *Smith Goes to Washington* using his name in the movie? I also remember him from a cornball kiddie Western, *Buffalo Bill, Jr*. Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm sure you're correct Star. That's is Dickie Jones. He looks so much like a contemporary little boy that was Susan's and Mike's son on Desperate Housewives and plays Bobby on Mad Men. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Yes, it's Dickie Jones. He was in a whole lot of movies as a child. He played Humphrey Bogart's son in "Black Legion". He and Mary Lee played mischievous children in "Nancy Drew, Reporter". Strangely, both would spend much of their careers working with Gene Autry. In that Nancy Drew movie, he did his Donald Duck impression. Disney may have noticed, because young Dickie was hired to do the voice of Pinocchio. Here he is with Cliff "Jiminy Cricket" Edwards in a recording session. Later, as a young adult, he worked frequently with Gene Autry in Gene's movies and TV series. Gene's production company produced the "Range Rider" TV series with Jock Mahoney, and Dick Jones was cast as the young sidekick, Dick West. Later, Gene would produce :"Buffalo Bill Jr", and Dick Jones would star in that series. Here is how most of us remember him. Now, who is this one time leading lady who became a busy character actress in her later years? She once played Bob Newhart's mother on his TV show. Link to post Share on other sites
twinkeee Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 MARTHA SCOTT Twinks Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 That's right, Now, what can you tell us about her? Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 It's been a while. Let's move on. Here is a pretty actress who was once in a movie with Shirley Temple. She was famous for something else. She was the artist's model for a well known picture. Do you know her and the picture that she posed for? Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Evelyn Venable. She posed for this: Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 DELETE Edited by: Hibi on Aug 22, 2013 2:50 PM Link to post Share on other sites
NoraCharles1934 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 And don't overlook - she was also the voice of the Blue Fairy in Disney's Pinocchio: Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Rich was right. It's Evelyn Venable. She played Shirley Temple's mother in "The Little Colonel". A trivia question that has circulated on these boards from time to time is "who has appeared in the most movies?". Most of us think it's famous dress extra Bess Flowers with about a thousand appearances over a forty year span. Now, one could make the argument that Evelyn Venable's face, or at least a close likeness, has been seen by more movie goers than any other person's. Here is an actor who was active in movies in the thirties and early forties. After military service in World War II, he got out of acting and entered the family business, politics, with some success. Do you know him? The second photo is from his political days. Edited by: MilesArcher on Aug 23, 2013 12:47 PM Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 SCSU1975 ought to know this guy. He was from Connecticut. He once played Bulldog Drummond in a movie. He also worked with Evelyn Venable at one time. Here he is again. Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 That would be John Davis Lodge, who was Governor of CT. Link to post Share on other sites
wouldbestar Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 scsu1975 wrote: That would be John Davis Lodge, who was Governor of CT. Thank you for the history lesson. I did not know of this particular Lodge as actor or politican. I take it he was related to Henry Cabot Lodge, diplomat and Nixon's VP choice in 1960 and the Senator Lodge who fought President Wilson's policies in the nineteens. Although they don't seem to be such headline makers as the Bush or Kennedy family members they appear to be as active. Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 You learn some weird stuff on these boards. I have heard of him, only because Interstate 95 in CT is named after him, but I never made the connection to film. Link to post Share on other sites
twinkeee Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Although I am Canadian, I believe there is a Lodge Freeway in Detroit. Sepiatone would know. Twink Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 John D. Lodge is correct. He and Evelyn Venable played Shirley Temple's parents in "The Little Colonel". He starred with Dietrich in "The Scarlet Empress", and he had the title role in "Bulldog Drummond At Bay". His father and grandfather were U.S. senators and Henry Cabot Lodge was his brother. Now, who is this? Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Paul Kelly Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Yes, it's veteran character actor Paul Kelly, who played detectiives, gangsters, and assorted tough guys in countless movied from the thirties to the fifties. Here is something that you may not know. From 1927 to 1929, he served twenty-five months in prison for manslaughter. He he gotten into a fistfight with an actor named Ray Raymond, A few days later, Raymond died. After he was released, Kelly married Raymond's widow, who served a short amount of time as an accomplice, although at the time she denied being romantically involved with Kelly. Now, who are these folks? What do they have in common? Link to post Share on other sites
brackenhe Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 The first one is Barton MacClain, the woman is Glenda Farrell. I know the third guy but his name escapes me at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 The third one is Tom Kennedy. They were all in Torchy Blaine movies together Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 We have a little teamwork here to get the complete answer. Between Helenbaby and Lavenderblue, we have the complete answer. You'll be able to see Glenda and the guys in the Torchy Blane movies on Thursday, August 29th. Now, who are these three actresses and what do they have in common? This one should be pretty easy for a lot of folks. Edited by: MilesArcher on Aug 26, 2013 6:52 PM Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 They have Andy Hardy in common Sara Hadon - Aunt Milly - I always say is Aline MacMahon's twin Cecilia Parker- Marion Fay Holden-- Andy's & Marion's mom and Judge Hardy's wife Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 No teamwork needed this time, Lavender. You got them all. Now here's an actor and actress who worked together a few times, playing the same characters. Do you know them and the movie series they were in? I'll throw one more into the mix. Edited by: MilesArcher on Aug 26, 2013 7:05 PM Link to post Share on other sites
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