Wednesday, May 30, 2018

A mystery actor
and a telephone EXchange name


[“DUnkirk 7–3899, that’s all we need.” Click for a larger view.]

Do you recognize the actor in that photograph? Leave your best guess in a comment. I will drop a hint if necessary.

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11:56 a.m.: A hint: the actor is best known for playing a character whose name is also a song title.

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1:25 p.m.: Oh well. That’s Anne Bancroft, as Marie Gardner, in Nightfall (dir. Jacques Tourneur, 1957).

More mystery actors (Collect them all!)
? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ? : ?

More EXchange names on screen
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse : Armored Car Robbery : Baby Face : Blast of Silence : The Blue Dahlia : Boardwalk Empire : Born Yesterday : Chinatown : The Dark Corner : Deception : Dick Tracy’s Deception : Down Three Dark Streets : Dream House : East Side, West Side : The Little Giant : The Man Who Cheated Himself : Modern Marvels : Murder by Contract : Murder, My Sweet : My Week with Marilyn : Naked City (1) : Naked City (2) : Naked City (3) : Naked City (4) : Naked City (5) : Naked City (6) : Naked City (7) : Nightmare Alley : Perry Mason : The Public Enemy : Railroaded! : Side Street : Sweet Smell of Success : Tension : This Gun for Hire

comments: 5

zzi said...

Dick Powell. Because of the square head.

Michael Leddy said...

I was thinking of the woman in the photograph. (I follow Garner’s Modern English Usage in using actor for everyone.) It’s Brian Keith looking at the photo.

Frex said...

Gene Tierney? ("Laura")
--Fresca

Frex said...

Oops, never mind---I see you added the answer---and I was wrong anyway...
I would still like a circus peanut as a prize (for effort) :)

Michael Leddy said...

The peanut is in the mail. :)