MilesArcher Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 It's Robert Emmett Keane, a prolific character actor who had many uncredited roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 It's Robert Emmett Keane, a prolific character actor who had many uncredited roles. That is correct. Keane was the second husband of Claire Whitney, who was pictured a few pages ago. They met during a vaudeville show. Whitney's first husband was a Belgian aviator, but it turned out he already had a wife and two kids living in Belgium. He was eventually deported as an undesirable. Your thread, Miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Thanks. Here is a character actor who specialized in playing clerks, salesmen, waiters, and henpecked husbands. He was in more than two hundred movies in the thirties and forties, including one shown on TCM very recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Chester Clute - shown recently in "My Favorite Wife" as "Adam" the shoe salesman. What an amazing career he had. In some of his earlier films he bears a resemblance to Donald Meek, who also had an amazing career. These are the actors who never fail to make even a "B-" movie seem like an "A" movie just by their presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 That's correct, Marsha. He was also in "Nothing But Trouble" with Laurel and Hardy, just seen yesterday. Marsha, it's your turn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Miles, Thanks for the Laurel and Hardy post of "Nothing But Trouble" also featuring the great Mary Boland. I'm leaving this thread open, since I'm unable to post photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 A two-fer. Who is this pretty singer/actress? And who is this pretty actress? They were both very popular in the World War II era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Miles, The singer/actress is Ginny Simms. But, I wasn't able to retrieve the face of the "pretty actress". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Miles, The singer/actress is Ginny Simms. But, I wasn't able to retrieve the face of the "pretty actress". Same here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Marsha is right with Ginny Simms. Here is another photo of the other actress. Who is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Could it be Lynn Bari? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Yes, Marsha, it's Lynn Bari, nicknamed "The Woo Woo Girl" during World War II. Ginny Simms was a singer with Kay Kyser's band, who also appeared in some movies, like the Cole Porter biopic, "Night And Day". Lynn Bari played a band singer in the two movies that featured Glenn Miller's orchestra, "Sun Valley Serenade", and "Orchestra Wives". Now here is an actor and musician who appeared in several musicals and comedies. He often played a rather strange horn that he referred to as his bazooka. Do you know his name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 He had a long association with Bing Crosby, on radio and in several movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Is it Bob Burns, who was in "Rhythm on the Range" with Crosby and on the stage was known as "The Arkansas Traveler" and also "The Arkansas Philosopher" and used his Bazooka as part of his act? If it is Bob Burns, I also remember him playing the Bazooka in "Belle of the Yukon" starring Randolph Scott and Gypsy Rose Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Yes. it's Bob Burns. Here is something that few people know. He invented that horn in the early 1900's out of some pipes and a funnel. He gave it the name "Bazooka", and he even copyrighted the name in 1920. The hand held World War II anti-tank gun that we know as a bazooka was actually named after Bob Burn's horn because of the resemblance. Bazooka bubble gum didn't come along until after the war, so Burns actually coined a whole new word that is still in use today. Burns was in "Waikiki Wedding" with Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Here he is in a short film with Shirley. Don't forget to follow the bouncing ball. Do you ever wonder why they don't make short films like this anymore? The thread is open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 OK, here's one. Who is this future star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Julie Andrews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Julie Andrews? Correct! Nice going, Lawrence. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 For the world cinema fans: OR who is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 The guy at the bottom is Morris Ankrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 That's correct, SCSU1975. The other was old Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese film star of the 1960's. Your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lavenderblue19 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Total guess, he reminds me of Alexander Scourby ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Anthony Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Not Quayle, not Scourby. This actor was not known for dramatic parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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