After my father died, I inherited the collection of my Grandpa Charlie's photos from his movie days. Charlie Sherlock was a character actor in over 300 movies from 1932 to the early 1960's. In some movies, if you blinked your eyes, you might miss his role while in others he had more of a substantial role. Of course, these photos did not come with a lot of information, so I have been playing detective, trying to figure out what the title of the movie was. I do have the list of Grandpa Charlie's movies from Imdb.com (although I do find one that is not listed from time to time).
My goal is to watch as many of these old Grandpa Charlie movies as possible. It is not as easy to get one's hands on these movies as you would think. I am thoroughly enjoying watching these movies, even if Grandpa is only in one or two scenes. Plus, I have found that some of these photos are not actual "stills" from the movies but rather either "outtakes" or PR shots.
The above photo shows Abbott and Costello with Grandpa Charlie. What was the movie? I am not exactly sure. Abbott and Costello made 4 movies in 1942 -- "Ride 'Em Cowboy", "Rio Rita", "Pardon My Sarong" and "Who Done It?". It is most likely from "Who Done It?" I guess I will need to watch the movie to find out for sure.
My ultimate goal is to create a book with photos and information after I have completed all my "movie" research. But that means a lot of watching old movies before then. Please pass the popcorn ...
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