I always feel like a detective when I am putting clues to together to solve one of my genealogical ancestry questions. For example, I know a given person is related to me but how are they related. I am so happy when I finally put all the clues together. I go through that same process with some of the photos I have inherited of my Grandpa Charlie's years in the movies.
I have about 50 photos and a fair amount of them have the name of the movie and the other actors listed on the back of the photo. However, I ran across the above photo (which I just love because it looks like they are having so much fun). Grandpa Charlie is the 4th from the left. I have several photos with these same people. For some reason (I can't recall exactly why now), I thought these photos were from the movie "Task Force". I watched the movie and I did see Grandpa but none of my photos were shots in the movie. So, I assumed (incorrectly of course) that they were just outtakes (of course, that assumption meant that this part of the story was totally taken out of the movie which obviously could happen.) So, while I decided that this was the correct theory, it didn't stop me from wondering and continue researching to see if possibly there was another movie that did have these photos.
Yesterday, in the middle of my research, I found another movie (just the title and story, not the actual movie) titled "China's Little Devils" which was made in 1945. Grandpa played one of the Flying Tigers. Okay, now this is making much more sense to me. That is exactly who they are depicting in these photos -- The Flying Tigers. Now, I really want to watch this movie, but so far it is unavailable. I will have to keep an eye for it while I continue my detective work.
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