I don’t know who’s in that car pulling up to the entrance of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City but judging from the movie fans crowding around her, I’m guessing it’s a Somebody Special. This photo was taken in 1943 so it was in the middle of WWII. We can see the AIR RAID SHELTER sign over the guard booth, which makes me wonder where it was located. And that sign with the stars denoted how many MGM staff members were involved in the war. The gold star on top showed that 4 MGM’ers had lost their lives, and the blue star showed that were serving.
** UPDATE ** – “At the MGM entrance gate, one of the Wilde Twins (either Lee or Lyn) signs autographs for fans who run up to her convertible, Los Angeles, California, 1943. Note the ‘Air Raid Shelter’ sign atop the guardhouse.” (Photo by Walter Sanders/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
I attempted to enlarge this photo, but it will only go so far before becoming fuzzy. To me, the driver of that car looks a lot like Ann Sothern, and she was working at MGM in the ’40s.
I enlarged the photo as best I could too. It’s definitely a woman who is driving and she’s about the age Ann Sothern would have been at the time, and it does look like her type but I don’t think it’s her.
I don’t know who’s in that car pulling up to the entrance of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City but judging from the movie fans crowding around her, I’m guessing it’s a Somebody Special. This photo was taken in 1943 so it was in the middle of WWII. We can see the AIR RAID SHELTER sign over the guard booth, which makes me wonder where it was located. And that sign with the stars denoted how many MGM staff members were involved in the war. The gold star on top showed that 4 MGM’ers had lost their lives, and the blue star showed that were serving.
I attempted to enlarge this photo, but it will only go so far before becoming fuzzy. To me, the driver of that car looks a lot like Ann Sothern, and she was working at MGM in the ’40s.
Hey Jim,
I enlarged the photo as best I could too. It’s definitely a woman who is driving and she’s about the age Ann Sothern would have been at the time, and it does look like her type but I don’t think it’s her.