Some fresh mysteries

I recently bought several AMG photos, most initially unidentified, and some seemed so familiar that I felt embarrassed to post them as “unknown.” I ventured online to try reverse image searches, and hoo-boy! not good. The photos were generally recognized as by Athletic Model Guild, but the multitude of AMG images out there yielded not one match.

# 1 — note that the shower is not being kept up to the standard set for Dale Curry or Gene Meyer.

# 2: Russ Sorensen and Paul Bigelow in SN13

#3

Dick Nolte and friend?

Johnny Rotolante

Jim Plummer and Jerry Stevens

Mark Nixon

Les Workman

Pat Burnham

Lucky seven

For Valentine’s Day

Everyone but Wat

All five

Four of the five

John, Jeanne, and Rory

“A Sunday at Watson’s”

J. Watson Webb Jr. and Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) worked together on both STATE FAIR (1945) and A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949). Jeanne Crain married Paul Brinkman in 1945, which might help date these photos.

Watson Webb’s sister Lila Vanderbilt Webb (1913-1961) married John Currie Wilmerding (1911-1965) in 1935.

J. Watson Webb Jr. by Rory Calhoun

Rory Calhoun by J. Watson Webb Jr.

“Wat & Smoke”

Rory Calhoun (Francis Timothy McCown, 1922-1999) made his first films as Frank McCown in 1944-45. (He refers to himself as Smoke in these photos.) As Rory Calhoun, he went on to have a long career in films and television. He married his first wife, Lita Baron, in 1948.

James Watson Webb Jr. (usually credited as J. Watson Webb Jr., 1916-2000) would become the chief editor at 20th-Century Fox — his career in Hollywood spanned the years 1941-52.

Jim Oles

Joe Napolie

Bob McCune

Don Forveaux

Jerry Debry

Bruce Conrad

Miles Conley

Too many Bruces

Don Fuller by AMG

Mixed attribution

Don Fuller by Apollo

More by Bruce

Don Fuller Day

Brian Aherne in 1957

Brian Aherne toured with MY FAIR LADY, playing Professor Higgins, beginning in 1957. The photo is by Friedman-Abeles Studio [1954-70, a partnership of Leo Friedman (1919-2011), Joseph Abeles (1906-1991), and Sy Friedman (1919-1985)].

Brian Aherne in 1937

Brian Aherne (William Brian de Lacy Aherne, 1902-1986) in THE GREAT GARRICK (1937). The photograph is by Bert Longworth (1893-1964).

Aherne was married to Joan Fontaine (Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, 1917-2013) between 1939 and 1945.

She was photographed here by Fred Hendrickson (1894-1946).

Joe Schneider