Sometimes it seems as if Eve Arden played the smart, funny, loyal best pal of every Golden Age movie actress. Aside from her Oscar-nominated turn as Ida Corwin in
Mildred Pierce, supporting Joan Crawford, Eve also befriended Barbara Stanwyck (
My Reputation), Doris Day (
Tea for Two), and Jane Wyman (
The Lady Takes a Sailor), to name a few. "When they throw Shirley Temple at me," she once joked, "I'm going to quit."
In the photo above, though (another outtake from my
book on Eve), she's doing the honors for a leading lady you might not so easily recognize. Can you name the lovely lady at left in this 1930s still? Post the answer -- or your best guess -- in the comments below. I'll solve the mystery on Monday, if no one beats me to it. Happy old movie watching!
Sigrid Gurie
ReplyDeleteGood work! Indeed, this is Samuel Goldwyn's "Siren of the Fjords," and the film is 1939's "The Forgotten Woman."
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