Name the Actor...

[LizzieMaine]

Bingo. Loretta Young and Warren William. The picture is one of the most scabrous films of the pre-code era. Name it.

 

[2jakes]

Bingo. Loretta Young and Warren William. The picture is one of the most scabrous films of the pre-code era. Name it.

"Employees’s Entrance “ ---precode !

 

[2jakes]

No peeking !

but if you can read this...congratulation

 

[Fading Fast]

Bingo. Loretta Young and Warren William. The picture is one of the most scabrous films of the pre-code era. Name it.

Thought I had it. Nice job 2Jakes

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

No peeking !

but if you can read this...congratulation

Eddie Cantor "Roman Scandals." Also pre-code

 

[2jakes]

Eddie Cantor "Roman Scandals." Also pre-code

....and who’s that next to Eddie ? [huh]








Hint :

 

[2jakes]

Bingo. Loretta Young and Warren William. The picture is one of the most scabrous films of the pre-code era.

First time I’ve seen this being used &
must confess I had to look it up !

I like this thread.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Eddie Cantor "Roman Scandals." Also pre-code

An unknown Lucille Ball was also in Roman Scandals wearing nothing but a blonde wig.

 

[LizzieMaine]

As an aside, those Cantor pictures for Goldwyn are all gems. Great music, hilarious performances, and lots of brio. "Roman Scandals" may be the best of the lot.

 

[LizzieMaine]

You've seen this guy in every movie Warner Bros. made in the thirties, but never quite like this.

 

[Fading Fast]

You've seen this guy in every movie Warner Bros. made in the thirties, but never quite like this.

I'm thinking Alan Hale, but I'm struggling to guess the movie - "The Prince and the Pauper," but I'm winging it. My confidence is shot after blowing the "Employee Entrance" one as I love all those pre-codes (especially the "Big City" as bad place ones).

 

[Fading Fast]

And another good pre-code to guess with three stars to name (one's easy)

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'm thinking Alan Hale, but I'm struggling to guess the movie - "The Prince and the Pauper," but I'm winging it. My confidence is shot after blowing the "Employee Entrance" one as I love all those pre-codes (especially the "Big City" as bad place ones).

Not Mr. Hale, although you have the right era. This fellow usually played petty functionaries -- smalltime clerks, insurance agents, bookkeepers, little Henry Tremblechin types cowed by aggressive lead actors. The picture is unlike anything else Warners ever did, and just about everybody on the lot at the time was in it.

 

[Fading Fast]

Not Mr. Hale, although you have the right era. This fellow usually played petty functionaries -- smalltime clerks, insurance agents, bookkeepers, little Henry Tremblechin types cowed by aggressive lead actors. The picture is unlike anything else Warners ever did, and just about everybody on the lot at the time was in it.

When I block out the beard and mustache, I recognize that I recognize the face (I feel like I might get it - it's in my head but buried), but that's it. I am sure you haven't identified my most recent picture post as you are giving others a chance - it is full-force pre-code in its values.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Another clue -- Olivia de Havilland is the only surviving member of the cast of this picture. Other co-stars included James Cagney, Dick Powell, and Joe E. Brown.

 

[Fading Fast]

Because of your clue, I got "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but still just swingy wildly at who he is - but he is someone I know.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Not only did he play Henry Tremblechin-type characters, in one film he actually played Henry Tremblechin himself!

 

[2jakes]

!

Not only did he play Henry Tremblechin-type characters, in one film he actually played Henry Tremblechin himself!

Hobart Cavanaugh ...but mostly because of LM !


First shot on this next precode is for Fading Fast.
because I feel responsible for his confidence being shot ...but offer expires by noon !

 

[Fading Fast]

"Tarzan the Ape Man"

Jonny Weismuller

Maureen O'Sullivan

Thank you for the confidence building 2jakes (and it took no time as I just knew it as do most FL members).

 

[Fading Fast]

And another good pre-code to guess with three stars to name (one's easy)

Since it's been out there a bit, I'll give a hint, the tall guy on the right was a leading man for nearly four decades whose co-stars include Helen Hayes, Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn.