Notes From Home in WWII for Donn
When Donn was off at war, his friends sent him words of encouragement via signed publicity shots. I can read some, but I’ll need your help with the rest.
UPDATE: That was quick! Thanks for the IDs!
When Donn was off at war, his friends sent him words of encouragement via signed publicity shots. I can read some, but I’ll need your help with the rest.
UPDATE: That was quick! Thanks for the IDs!
Isn’t the Harold with the round glasses Harold Lloyd?
1/ Betty Grable
2/Merle Oberon (I think)
3/ Harry James
6/Rudy Vallee
8/Robert Young
9/is the great Frank Morgan
10/ I think Irene Dunne…
20/Maria Montez
You obviously know some of these, but here’s the full list I put together.
1. Betty Grable
2. Merle Oberon
3. Harry James
4. Priscilla Lane
5. Lynn Bari
6. Rudy Vallee
7. Harold Lloyd
8. Robert Young
9. Frank Morgan
10. Irene Dunne
11. Olivia de Havilland
12. Alexis Smith
13. Brenda Marshall
13. Jane Wyman
14. Ann Sheridan
15. Joan Bennett
16. Linda Darnell
17. Rita Hayworth
18. Robert Cummings
19. Maria Montez
20. Red Skelton
21. Alice Faye
22. John Payne
23. Leslie Brooks
24. Fred Astaire
25. Janet Blair
26. Carmen Miranda
Since these are all publicity shots, easy to identify using visual search options in your favorite search engine. I’m partial to Bing myself, so all I did was copy and paste the image into the visual search, and in all but one option (Bob Cummings), they ID’d them all.
Great list. The names are of much help I’m sure – but what is each the SAYING ? Therein lies the challenge…
While it was a common thing for soldiers to have 1 or 2 starlet photos hanging over their cot, I would have loved to have seen the reactions of comrades dropping by to ALL of these hanging on his wall 🙂