
[“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).
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
A mystery actor and a telephone EXchange name
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Dick Powell. Because of the square head.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteGene Tierney? ("Laura")
ReplyDelete--Fresca
Oops, never mind---I see you added the answer---and I was wrong anyway...
ReplyDeleteI would still like a circus peanut as a prize (for effort) :)
The peanut is in the mail. :)
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