Once again, the results are in.....

Flowerbell's done it again! George Sander's younger brother, Tom Conway was a very busy actor all through the 1940s. My shot of him was probably from either "The People vs. Dr. Kildare" or "Lady Be Good". Pissing through his money coupled with a drinky problem, by the early 60s Tom slipped into obscurity. Near the end of his life, while in the hospital, his former sister-in-law Zsa Zsa Gabor visited him and gave him $200.00, instructing him to, "Tip the nurses a little bit so they'll be good to you." The following day, April 22, 1967, Tom left the hospital with Zsa's tip money, went to his girlfriend's and died in her bed of cirrhosis.





Ever the guesser, I'm gonna have to say that this test shot of Denise Darcel is from "Young Man with Ideas" (1952) (a great title, yes?) where La D played Dorianne Gray. As for cabaret singer Darcel, she came to Hollywood, via Paris, in the late 40s and was basically finished in films by the mid 50s. She busied herself with television, appearing on many popular shows in the 50s, even having her own, "Gamble on Love". Still with us, I read that Denise (in later year) made ends meet dealing in Vegas casinos. It was purported that her career went nowhere because she rebuffed the advances of both Harry Cohn and Howard Hughes.




And yes, FB, you were correct in spotting Arlene Dahl! Here's a photo of her at a more recent birthday celebration (with son Lorenzo) and a page grab from her fabulous 1965 book, "Always Ask A Man: Arlene Dahl's Key to Femininity". Certainly, one for the ages.