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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 304998, member: 33"]The top set of postcards ... many of them appear to be holiday themed, and commercially printed. The French and Germans did a lot of those types.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you could post close-up photos of the unidentified actors some of us could give a try to figuring out who they are. I recognize a couple of them (Greta Garbo, Janet Gaynor) but would need to see larger ones, and there seems to be no need to ID the ones you already know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not familiar with Harry Grey. There was a film producer of that name, but not sure if that would be his signature. He produced a movie called <i>Cowboy Serenade.</i> (1942) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Serenade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Serenade" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Serenade</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Idea: Could it be cowboy actor Harry Carey?</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_(actor)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_(actor)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_(actor)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He also had a son named Harry Carey, Jr. who acted in cowboy films:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_Jr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_Jr" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_Jr</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Junior was born in 1921, though, and your pic appears to be in a style popular before Junior would have been an adult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 304998, member: 33"]The top set of postcards ... many of them appear to be holiday themed, and commercially printed. The French and Germans did a lot of those types. If you could post close-up photos of the unidentified actors some of us could give a try to figuring out who they are. I recognize a couple of them (Greta Garbo, Janet Gaynor) but would need to see larger ones, and there seems to be no need to ID the ones you already know. I'm not familiar with Harry Grey. There was a film producer of that name, but not sure if that would be his signature. He produced a movie called [I]Cowboy Serenade.[/I] (1942) [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Serenade[/URL] Idea: Could it be cowboy actor Harry Carey? [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_(actor)[/URL] He also had a son named Harry Carey, Jr. who acted in cowboy films: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carey_Jr[/URL]. Junior was born in 1921, though, and your pic appears to be in a style popular before Junior would have been an adult.[/QUOTE]
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