Al Hirschfeld caricature: "Movieland 1954"
Joe Gillis
How many stars can you identify?
Bill Anderson
> http://alpine.edge.dcaonline.com/goodstadt/i/movieland_1954.jpg
>
> How many stars can you identify?
>
--
Bill Anderson
I am the Mighty Favog
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1934. Certainly there are more stars from the early talkie era
represented than from the 1950s. The only giveaways are the presences
of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. Its great that Hirschfeld
remembered Harry Langdon a decade after his death. And its odd that he
would choose to portray W.C. Fields (if that is him with a bottle) with
a clip-on mustache, something he abandoned after 1931. Hirschfeld
probably had a visual memory of Fields from his silent or Broadway
days.
Rob Farr
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Okay, if that is Fields, then 53!
mikeg...@gmail.com
blanks. Don't look at this if you want to try figuring it yourself!
A. BACK ROW BEHIND TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
Unknown #A1, Fred Astaire, William Powell, Unknown #A2 [Myrna Loy?
Logical but doesn't look like her], Unknown #A3, Unknown #A4
B. TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
Unknown #B1 [Warren William?], Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, John
Gilbert, John Barrymore
C. MIDDLE TABLE FAR LEFT
Erich von Stroheim, Actor as Charlie Chan [looks closer to Toler than
Oland], Lionel Barrymore, Unknown #C1/actor as pirate [Laughton? Lip
looks like him, eyebrows don't], Edward G. Robinson, Peter Lorre, Bela
Lugosi, Joan Crawford
D. BETWEEN MIDDLE & LOWER TABLES FAR LEFT
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rudolph Valentino, Olivia deHavilland
E. LOWER TABLE FAR LEFT
Rita Hayworth?, Theda Bara?, Marlene Dietrich, Vivian Leigh, Mae West
F. TOP TABLE LEFT
Raimu?, Michel Simon, Unknown #F1, Unknown #F2
G. BETWEEN TOP & MIDDLE TABLE LEFT
Unknown #G1, Charles Boyer, Fernandel, Unknown #G2
H. MIDDLE TABLE LEFT
Unknown #G2, Leslie Howard, Anna Magnani, Maurice Chevalier
I. ALONE, MIDDLE LEFT
Greta Garbo
J. TOP RIGHT TABLE
Mickey Mouse, Harpo, Groucho, Chico Marx
K. MIDDLE RIGHT TABLE
Charlie Chaplin (standing), Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy,
Stan Laurel, Mickey Rooney, W.C. Fields,
L. BETWEEN MIDDLE AND LOWER TABLES RIGHT
Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand?, Ben Turpin
M. LOWER TABLE RIGHT
Edna May Oliver, Lillian Gish, Unknown #M1, Mary Pickford, Douglas
Fairbanks, Katharine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Mary Astor?
N. TOP TABLE FAR RIGHT
Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Unknown #N1, George Arliss
O. BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM TABLES FAR RIGHT
Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope
P. LOWER TABLE FAR RIGHT
William S. Hart, Sophia Loren, Johnny Weissmuller
That's 62 if I'm right in every case, though I'm sure I'm not.
Interesting omissions: Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Henry Fonda,
Gregory Peck
Eric Stott
<mikeg...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1160275669.8...@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Okay, I can't resist, I'm going to attempt a key, leaving numbered
> blanks. Don't look at this if you want to try figuring it yourself!
>
> A. BACK ROW BEHIND TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Unknown #A1, Fred Astaire, William Powell, Unknown #A2 [Myrna Loy?
> Logical but doesn't look like her], Unknown #A3, Unknown #A4
A1 might be Stepn' Fetchitt
>
> B. TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Unknown #B1 [Warren William?], Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, John
> Gilbert, John Barrymore
B1 is Adolph Menjou
>
> L. BETWEEN MIDDLE AND LOWER TABLES RIGHT
>
> Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand?, Ben Turpin
Looks more like Colleen Moore to me than Normand
>
> M. LOWER TABLE RIGHT
>
> Edna May Oliver, Lillian Gish, Unknown #M1, Mary Pickford, Douglas
> Fairbanks, Katharine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Mary Astor?
I think that's ZaSu Pitts, not Oliver, M1 is Gloria Swanson.
BONUS QUESTION- How many NINA's and where?
(the resolution might make that tricky, if not impossible)
Stott
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***SPOILERS AHEAD***
I'm cheating because I have a key in front of me. It was published in a
book of Hirschfeld's work. So if you don't want to know the answers to
some of the trickier ones, read no further.
Personally, I think Hirschfeld failed to capture some of these people
adequately but that's an occupational hazard of the caricaturist,
especially when attempting an ambitious piece like this.
On Oct 7, 9:47 pm, "mikegeb...@gmail.com" <mikegeb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Okay, I can't resist, I'm going to attempt a key, leaving numbered
> blanks. Don't look at this if you want to try figuring it yourself!
>
> A. BACK ROW BEHIND TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Unknown #A1, Fred Astaire, William Powell, Unknown #A2 [Myrna Loy?
> Logical but doesn't look like her], Unknown #A3, Unknown #A4
A1 - Yassuh, dat's s'posed t' be Stepin Fetchit; A2 - Yes, that's
supposed to be Myrna Loy; A3 and A4 - Supposed to be Vivien Leigh and
Laurence Olivier.
> B. TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Unknown #B1 [Warren William?], Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, John
> Gilbert, John Barrymore
B1 - Adolphe Menjou.
> C. MIDDLE TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Erich von Stroheim, Actor as Charlie Chan [looks closer to Toler than
> Oland], Lionel Barrymore, Unknown #C1/actor as pirate [Laughton? Lip
> looks like him, eyebrows don't], Edward G. Robinson, Peter Lorre, Bela
> Lugosi, Joan Crawford
C - Warner Oland as Charlie Chan; not Lionel Barrymore, it's supposed
to be Lon Chaney; Yes, that's Charles Laughton as Captain Kidd, a role
with which he was closely identified at the time (see, for example,
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd).
> D. BETWEEN MIDDLE & LOWER TABLES FAR LEFT
>
> Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rudolph Valentino, Olivia deHavilland
D - Supposed to be Jean Harlow, Valentino, and Bette Davis.
> E. LOWER TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Rita Hayworth?, Theda Bara?, Marlene Dietrich, Vivian Leigh, Mae West
E - Rita Hayworth and Theda Bara, yes; Vivien Leigh, no -- it's
supposed to be Hedy Lamarr.
> F. TOP TABLE LEFT
>
> Raimu?, Michel Simon, Unknown #F1, Unknown #F2
F - At the International Table: Raimu; Michel Simon; Gina Lollobrigida;
Gèrard Philipe.
> G. BETWEEN TOP & MIDDLE TABLE LEFT
>
> Unknown #G1, Charles Boyer, Fernandel, Unknown #G2
G1 - Louis Jouvet; G2 - Michele Morgan.
> H. MIDDLE TABLE LEFT
>
> Unknown #G2, Leslie Howard, Anna Magnani, Maurice Chevalier
H - The unknown is supposed to be Jean Gabin. It's not Leslie Howard
but Alec Guinness, although, to me, it looks more like Conrad Nagel.
> I. ALONE, MIDDLE LEFT
>
> Greta Garbo
>
> J. TOP RIGHT TABLE
>
> Mickey Mouse, Harpo, Groucho, Chico Marx
>
> K. MIDDLE RIGHT TABLE
>
> Charlie Chaplin (standing), Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy,
> Stan Laurel, Mickey Rooney, W.C. Fields,
I, J, K - all correct.
> L. BETWEEN MIDDLE AND LOWER TABLES RIGHT
>
> Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand?, Ben Turpin
L - Not Mabel Normand, supposed to be Clara Bow.
> M. LOWER TABLE RIGHT
>
> Edna May Oliver, Lillian Gish, Unknown #M1, Mary Pickford, Douglas
> Fairbanks, Katharine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Mary Astor?
M - Not Zasu Pitts or Edna May Oliver but Lillian Gish, next to her is
sister Dorothy Gish; M1 is Gloria Swanson; not Mary Astor but Norma
Shearer.
> N. TOP TABLE FAR RIGHT
>
> Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Unknown #N1, George Arliss
N1 - Supposed to be Orson Welles.
> O. BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM TABLES FAR RIGHT
>
> Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope
O - All correct.
> P. LOWER TABLE FAR RIGHT
>
> William S. Hart, Sophia Loren, Johnny Weissmuller
P - Not Sophia Loren and Johnny Weismuller, supposed to be Ingrid
Bergman as Joan of Arc and Gary Cooper.
> That's 62 if I'm right in every case, though I'm sure I'm not.
You correctly identified 52 (grading leniently by counting your correct
guesses).
> Interesting omissions: Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Henry Fonda,
> Gregory Peck
Yeah, quite a few leading men got slighted. Cary Grant, James Cagney
and Jimmy Stewart, for example. Maybe they're all waiting for a table.
Phil P
all but five or so. It's great he did Garbo >alone<.
Jim Beaver
> blanks. Don't look at this if you want to try figuring it yourself!
>
> A. BACK ROW BEHIND TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Unknown #A1, Fred Astaire, William Powell, Unknown #A2 [Myrna Loy?
> Logical but doesn't look like her], Unknown #A3, Unknown #A4
#A1 is Stepin Fetchit.
>
> B. TOP TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Unknown #B1 [Warren William?], Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, John
> Gilbert, John Barrymore
#B1 is Adolphe Menjou.
>
> C. MIDDLE TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Erich von Stroheim, Actor as Charlie Chan [looks closer to Toler than
> Oland], Lionel Barrymore, Unknown #C1/actor as pirate [Laughton? Lip
> looks like him, eyebrows don't], Edward G. Robinson, Peter Lorre, Bela
> Lugosi, Joan Crawford
It's Warner Oland as Chan. I'm fairly sure it's Laughton as Capt. Kidd.
Could #C1 be Fredric March a la Mr. Hyde? (Looks a little like Ned Sparks,
to me, too, but that's not likely.)
>
> D. BETWEEN MIDDLE & LOWER TABLES FAR LEFT
>
> Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rudolph Valentino, Olivia deHavilland
Doesn't look like Gabor or de Havilland to me. More like Marilyn Miller and
Bette Davis.
>
> E. LOWER TABLE FAR LEFT
>
> Rita Hayworth?, Theda Bara?, Marlene Dietrich, Vivian Leigh, Mae West
I think you're right about Hayworth, Bara, Dietrich, and West, but I think
that's Hedy Lamarr, not Vivien Leigh.
>
> F. TOP TABLE LEFT
>
> Raimu?, Michel Simon, Unknown #F1, Unknown #F2
#F1 possibly Simone Simon? #F2 Jean Marais?
>
> G. BETWEEN TOP & MIDDLE TABLE LEFT
>
> Unknown #G1, Charles Boyer, Fernandel, Unknown #G2
>
> H. MIDDLE TABLE LEFT
>
> Unknown #G2, Leslie Howard, Anna Magnani, Maurice Chevalier
Presuming that's Leslie Howard (doesn't look much like him to me, beyond the
pipe and blond hair), could that be Kenneth More to his left? (#G2)
>
> I. ALONE, MIDDLE LEFT
>
> Greta Garbo
>
> J. TOP RIGHT TABLE
>
> Mickey Mouse, Harpo, Groucho, Chico Marx
>
> K. MIDDLE RIGHT TABLE
>
> Charlie Chaplin (standing), Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy,
> Stan Laurel, Mickey Rooney, W.C. Fields,
>
> L. BETWEEN MIDDLE AND LOWER TABLES RIGHT
>
> Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand?, Ben Turpin
>
> M. LOWER TABLE RIGHT
>
> Edna May Oliver, Lillian Gish, Unknown #M1, Mary Pickford, Douglas
> Fairbanks, Katharine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Mary Astor?
I think that's ZaSu Pitts, not Edna May Oliver. I don't think it's Gish,
either, though that's closer than I can guess. #M1 is Gloria Swanson, I'd
bet.
>
> N. TOP TABLE FAR RIGHT
>
> Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Unknown #N1, George Arliss
>
> O. BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM TABLES FAR RIGHT
>
> Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope
>
> P. LOWER TABLE FAR RIGHT
>
> William S. Hart, Sophia Loren, Johnny Weissmuller
I don't think that's Loren (more likely Ingrid Bergman, given the
Joan-of-Arc type armor), and it's definitely Gary Cooper, not Weissmuller.
I don't think anyone mentioned Boris Karloff, standing behind Lugosi.
Jim Beaver
mikeg...@gmail.com
Weird that kind of cocky look with the cigar, though.
> > D. BETWEEN MIDDLE & LOWER TABLES FAR LEFT
> >
> > Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rudolph Valentino, Olivia deHavilland
>
> Doesn't look like Gabor or de Havilland to me. More like Marilyn Miller and
> Bette Davis.
Totally looks like Gabor, much less like Harlow who it's supposed to be
be. Apparently the latter is Davis, though I wasn't sure-- the
Crawford one kind of looks like Davis too.
> Presuming that's Leslie Howard (doesn't look much like him to me, beyond the
> pipe and blond hair), could that be Kenneth More to his left? (#G2)
Supposed to be Jean Gabin, doesn't even remotely look like him. My
other guess was Victor McLaglen.
> > P. LOWER TABLE FAR RIGHT
> >
> > William S. Hart, Sophia Loren, Johnny Weissmuller
>
> I don't think that's Loren (more likely Ingrid Bergman, given the
> Joan-of-Arc type armor), and it's definitely Gary Cooper, not Weissmuller.
I thought Cooper at first but the long hair was weird, that made me
think Weissmuller. Isn't there some Warner Bros. celebrity cartoon
where he also has long hair (and was similarly hard to place, now that
I think of it?) Did he grow his hair out between pictures, just to be
weird? What's up with that?
> I don't think anyone mentioned Boris Karloff, standing behind Lugosi.
I just missed him in my tally, him I recognized!