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Title: Cars & Dolls #379 - Linda Christian / 1957 Cuban Grand Prix / Ferrari 860S
Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 23, 2012, 05:54:52 AM
For one point: Who is that girl, what is that car, and where & when was this picture taken?

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Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: FrontMan on November 23, 2012, 06:11:55 AM
I don't care about the car, I'm in love!
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Carnut on November 23, 2012, 06:16:05 AM
Quote from: FrontMan on November 23, 2012, 06:11:55 AM
I don't care about the car, I'm in love!

You do realise she'll be in her 80s now?!
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 23, 2012, 06:17:09 AM
Quote from: Carnut on November 23, 2012, 06:16:05 AM
Quote from: FrontMan on November 23, 2012, 06:11:55 AM
I don't care about the car, I'm in love!

You do realiese she'll be in her 80s now?!

No clues yet, OK?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: FrontMan on November 23, 2012, 07:33:29 AM
O.k....D-type Jaguar.
....and I'm building a time machine!
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 23, 2012, 11:58:10 AM
Quote from: FrontMan on November 23, 2012, 07:33:29 AM
O.k....D-type Jaguar.
....and I'm building a time machine!

;D

Not a Jag
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 30, 2012, 03:02:27 AM
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Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 08, 2012, 05:26:07 AM
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Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 06:38:39 AM
Ferrari 750 Monza?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 08, 2012, 06:43:20 AM
A Ferrari, but not that one.
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 08:26:13 AM
500TRC?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Ray B. on December 08, 2012, 09:02:14 AM
I think she is Nadine Tallier (the future Baroness de Rothschild), when she was a film starlet.
Here she is seen posing with a different kind of beast.
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 10:00:55 AM
All women looked the same back then - they were made in New Jersey by some guy called Stepford. He also experimented on animals, and you will note that he has worked on a pushmepullyou by amputating one of the heads.

Was she a starlet, or related to the cars owner or driver?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 08, 2012, 12:51:05 PM
 :lmao:

You got some chops, friend  - you,ll do well here!
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: woodinsight on December 08, 2012, 02:34:09 PM
Was the photo taken in Europe?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 09, 2012, 03:10:31 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on December 08, 2012, 09:02:14 AM
I think she is Nadine Tallier (the future Baroness de Rothschild), when she was a film starlet.
Here she is seen posing with a different kind of beast.

Not her...
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 09, 2012, 03:12:37 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 10:00:55 AM
All women looked the same back then - they were made in New Jersey by some guy called Stepford. He also experimented on animals, and you will note that he has worked on a pushmepullyou by amputating one of the heads.

Was she a starlet, or related to the cars owner or driver?

Sorry, I see there was a serious question in there, too. The answer is 'yes'.
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 09, 2012, 03:12:56 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on December 08, 2012, 02:34:09 PM
Was the photo taken in Europe?

No
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 09, 2012, 07:11:39 AM
Right. Is it Ava Gardner during filming of the movie "On The Beach", sitting in a Ferrari at Riverside Raceway or Phillip Island?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 09, 2012, 07:18:38 AM
Not Ava Gardner
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Ray B. on December 09, 2012, 08:51:10 AM
If Nicanary hadn't warned us that all women looked the same back then, I'd have said that this girl looks like Ava Garner as the car looks a Cadillac!
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 09, 2012, 10:27:08 AM
It could be Ava after she'd just smelled something nasty! Sorry to be pedantic, but the reply about the lady was a bit ambiguous - is she a starlet OR related to the driver or team owner?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 09, 2012, 10:37:52 AM
That was intentional - one question at a time is the norm here. But in this case, as you are a recent joiner, I'll let you know she was an actress.
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Ray B. on December 10, 2012, 05:09:32 AM
Diane Varsi?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 10, 2012, 05:41:07 AM
Not her
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 10, 2012, 07:02:28 AM
Is she American?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 10, 2012, 07:46:18 AM
She was not born in the US, but made movies for US studios.
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 14, 2012, 03:32:05 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 08:26:13 AM
500TRC?

Oops - missed this one.

No.
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 03:26:33 AM
There era of the car should be easy to ID. Take that, and the lady's silver screen career, and you should be able to solve this one
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Ray B. on December 15, 2012, 04:23:28 AM
It doesn't look like it, but was the picture taken on a film set?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 04:31:44 AM
No, it was taken at a race event
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 15, 2012, 07:12:26 AM
Ferrari 121LM?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: nicanary on December 15, 2012, 07:32:04 AM
And is it Mitzi Gaynor?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 07:42:03 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 15, 2012, 07:12:26 AM
Ferrari 121LM?

No
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 07:42:41 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 15, 2012, 07:32:04 AM
And is it Mitzi Gaynor?

No
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Tom_I on December 15, 2012, 03:17:59 PM
Was this actress born in Europe?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 05:30:16 PM
Quote from: Tom_I on December 15, 2012, 03:17:59 PM
Was this actress born in Europe?

No
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Tom_I on December 15, 2012, 05:46:30 PM
Is the car one of the Ferrari Monza sports/racing series of models from the mid 1950s?
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: sixtee5cuda on December 15, 2012, 09:40:05 PM
Ferrari 410S
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: sixtee5cuda on December 15, 2012, 09:49:08 PM
Linda Christian at the 1957 Cuban Grand Prix in the Ferrari 860S
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 16, 2012, 02:39:42 AM
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on December 15, 2012, 09:49:08 PM
Linda Christian at the 1957 Cuban Grand Prix in the Ferrari 860S


Voila!
Title: Re: Cars & Dolls #379 - Linda Christian / 1957 Cuban Grand Prix / Ferrari 860S
Post by: nicanary on December 16, 2012, 07:56:43 AM
Weird. I looked her up on Google Image since she was associated with Fon de Portago, but dismissed the idea because none of the pics on the site look at all like her. The camera DOES lie!