Author Topic: Cars and Dolls #24 - Marie McDonald and her 1953 Cadillac Le Mans by Barris  (Read 1589 times)

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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #25 on: August 05, 2013, 05:56:19 AM »
Yes
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2013, 06:00:08 AM »
Pontiac?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2013, 08:24:00 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2013, 08:53:41 AM »
Cadillac?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #29 on: August 05, 2013, 09:10:10 AM »
Yes!
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #30 on: August 06, 2013, 05:26:31 AM »
Motion picture roles were among the activities she was known for.
Was she also a singer?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #31 on: August 06, 2013, 05:54:26 AM »
She was!
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #32 on: August 06, 2013, 01:44:09 PM »
related to a 1950s Cadillac ad?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #33 on: August 06, 2013, 03:15:27 PM »
Not an ad. She was the owner of the Cadillac in question.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2013, 03:55:48 PM »
did she became famous in the 1930s?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #35 on: August 06, 2013, 06:47:35 PM »
did she became famous in the 1930s?

No
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #36 on: August 06, 2013, 11:44:40 PM »
Might it be Mamie Van Doren and her Cadillac(s)?

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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #37 on: August 07, 2013, 04:23:20 AM »
No.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #38 on: August 07, 2013, 04:42:34 AM »
was she famous in the 1960s?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #39 on: August 07, 2013, 04:58:38 AM »
She managed to get her name in print a few times in the 1960's, but her performing career had largely wound down, with the exception of a role in a somewhat notorious movie.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #40 on: August 07, 2013, 10:03:53 AM »
Marie McDonald and her 1953 Cadillac Le Mans - Barris
Built for Harry Karl and his wife actress Marie McDonald from the GM 1953 Motorama experimental Cadillac.

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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #41 on: August 07, 2013, 10:20:45 AM »
That's it - nicely done!
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This was puzzled the other way around (starting with the car), a few years ago...
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Interesting - I didn't realize that.  :)
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According to the information on her in that puzzle she was a singer and was called variously Mary or Marie and then Marie 'The Body' McDonald.

So she was not just a pretty face...!
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So she was not just a pretty face...!

Yes you're right she also had a pretty body ;D

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Re: Cars and Dolls #24
« Reply #46 on: August 13, 2013, 01:51:17 PM »
I think its Virginia Ruth Egnor AKA Dagmar.
If it is the bumper protrusions on the '53 Cadillac were named after her famous chest.

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Admittedly I was no where's near with the actress, but I would have thought you would have acknowledged the Cadillac connection , Otto Puzzle? ???

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Please watch that spelling. Us Puzzell's are quite proud of our heritage.


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