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Posted by Emily Bengston on April 18, 2008, 3:42 pm
On 4/18/08 2:28 AM, in article 1208503718.730905@bubbleator.drizzle.com,
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>> Sharon, thanks for taking the time to help me. Unfortunately, I don't
>> have any idea whether these people were in the movies, much less what
>> movie they might have been in. One thing of note, however, is that under
>> my father's signature he added 3 musical notes, so I wonder if that means
>> they were singers, or maybe even Broadway performers. At any rate, I
>> appreciate your sending me the link as I noticed that they do have message
>> boards. Perhaps someone there will have an idea who these people are.
>> Thanks again!
>>
>
> I keep looking at the man in that picture and the eyes especially look like
> Humphrey Bogart to me. He started on Broadway in the very early 30s and did
> lite comedy, romance and musical (I somehow can't picture Bogie singing and
> dancing, but he did.) in the theater before he went to Hollywood and became
> the 'tough guy'. Some of the old Broadway playbills show a very young Bogie
> with a fuller face and wavy hair. I found one playbill in a history of NY
> theater book I have with him in that same pose, only the cheekbones aren't
> quite the same in your picture. That could just be artistic interpretation
> by your father however. There's sadly very few pictures of Bogie, on the
> net, during his career on Broadway and those early pictures I found aren't
> posed shots and in all he's wearing a hat. I only found 3 in my books that
> were associated with any early theater work. One was for a musical but it
> doesn't give a name in the sparse information.
>
> Louise Brooks was one of the first actresses that Bogie worked with, they
> were an "item" in the fan mags and appeared together at premiers during that
> era and became life long friends so the two of them together on your picture
> makes sense. She also wrote quite a bit about Bogie in her books. Here's a
> site that has a lot of pictures of both Brooks and Bogie, just plug their
> names in the search. http://owensarchive.com/index.php
>
> Here's another a site that has oodles of pictures and info on the stars of
> Hollywood in the 1920-30s. Maybe that will help too.
> http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/ The site is sort of a PITA to
> navigate but you'll find hundreds of studio pictures of the stars of that
> era.
>
> Val
>
>
Thank you, Val. Those websites contain such interesting information. I
only wish I'd saved all the Photplay magazines I bought in the 40s-50s.
Emily
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