Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, "Family Home"

Just look closely and you will see that Cary Grant has his arm around Connie.  Wow!  What a breath taking moment.  Both Cary Grant and Myrna Loy had film careers which reached back into the early 1930's.  And, there's Connie again, in the midst of filmdom's greats.  I have another photo which shows Connie sitting and turned slightly facing toward Cary Grant.  I also have the standard scene shown on all VHS covers.  This is a movie publicity photo and a very nice find.
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, "Ladies First!"

Yes, this is a candid shot taken while taking a snack break.  It looks as though Sharyn Moffett is cutting the cake and Reginald Denny is passing the cake serving to Cary Grant.  Wait a minute!  There's Connie in the middle.  Connie is looking at the cake as it goes by and probably thinking with a smile"...ladies first?"
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Sentimental Journey, Publicity Portrait

Although this publicity portrait is labeled from Sentimental Journey, I've always thought that Connie seems a bit older.  Perhaps it was actually taken a bit later at the time just prior to filming Home Sweet Homicide.  Just a thought!
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Kill the Umpire, "Celebrating Father's Job"

OK, it's confession time!  Although I acquired the entire photo scene set for Kill the Umpire, this is the only photo Connie is in.  Thus, it is the only photo I have of Connie from that movie.  I really don't understand?  Connie had quite a few nice lines in that movie.  In fact, Connie had one of the first opening lines in the movie.  Yet, there is only one photo of her.  I am hoping that there were perhaps some candid publicity photos which I just haven't been fortunate enough to find.  Anyone out there have any info on this?  By the way, doesn't Connie look very pretty in this shot?  And, who is that pretty young lady across the table playing the role of Connie's older sister?  Any idea who she is and what the future held for her?  The answer to that is testable in my 'Legacy Quiz'.
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Kill the Umpire, "Trapped at the Hotel"

Well, what do you know.  I went back over my photos and discovered that there was, indeed, another photo scene with Connie included.  Just look over to the far right of the photo and you will see Connie just half-way exposed.  There is enough of her to see her.  This is why I believe that anyone who collects Connie's memorabilia may hold a piece of unknown information.  You just have to be dedicated and look hard.  In this scene, Johnson nearly escaped from the Hotel but had to retreat back in after the lights came back on.  You can still see all the food and debris he was pelted with by the crowd.
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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier, "The Question?"

Here is the scene in which Connie (Mary) confesses to Tessa (Ann Baxter) that she knows the truth about their parents dying in a car accident.  And, she also states that she has known for a long time.  But what I thought significant about this scene photo is the question which Mary asks Tessa.  Mary asks "Why does everything have to die?"  Ah, yes.  It's that question every kid asks [including adults].  So, Tessa answers her the best she can.  Then Connie states "I want to be just like you when I grow up.  You make everything right."  Wow!  I wonder, at times, if Connie ever experienced that same scene in real life with her own children or grandchildren?  I wonder what her answer was?  This scene is a beautiful and tender moment.  And, such a great performance by Connie.
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Sentimental Journey, "Father's come home."

This ia a beautiful color scene photo.  This scene shows Bill (John Payne) finally coming home while in mourning over the death of his wife.  Connie leads him by the hand into his bedroom and helps him out of his coat.  Connie then lovingly tells him to go to bed.  The entire scene is a demonstration of Hitty's care and affection for her father as her mother (Maureen O'Hara) would have done so.  It's not enough to look at the beauty of the photo.  Look closely at the way Connie looks at him.  Wow!  A true jewel of acting talent.
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The Green Promise, "Dad's back!"

Alright!  This is a really nice scene near the end of the movie when the family is getin' along.  Oops!  I meant 'getting' along.  There is Natalie Wood, another Pigtailed Starlet who would also be famous for her role in the movie Miracle on 34th Street, a Santa Claus story.  Did you know that Marguerite Chapman was also a Pin-up Actress during WWII?  A very popular one at that.  And Ted Donaldson worked with Peggy Ann Garner, Oscar Award winner, only four years earlier.  This photo scene is one of the few happy moments in the movie.
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The Green Promise, Candid Publicity photo of cast.

I was so glad to find this photo.  It was listed as a lobby card.  It is definitely a photo on heavy photo paper.  Did I mention that it shows quite a bit of aging?  A very fortunate find.  Oh, and I believe that the boy on the far right is Robert Ellis.  Just two years later, Connie and Robert Elllis would see each other again in a TV episode of "Big Town" (Embezzlement).  In fact, look closely...doesn't it seem that they are both looking at each other?  Maybe a premonition that they would be working again soon?
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Saginaw Trail, "You're coming with us!" and "Oh no you don't!"

These are the only two photos I have from Saginaw Trail which include Connie.  I have one other photo which is in very poor condition.  See how Connie has truly blossomed into a young lady?  She should be about twenty years old at the time of this movie but still manages to look much younger.  In the first photo, Connie's Step-Father and step brother are 'getting out of Dodge'.  Connie, however, is refusing to leave with them.  In the second photo, Smiley Burnette, Mickey Simpson and the young boy, Ralph Reed, have come to the rescue to save Connie.
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Dragonwyck, "Dressing Up"

Two very nice recent additions to my collection.  In this scene, Gene Tierney is trying on her new garments before going out to the celebration.   Connie watches quietly.
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Home Sweet Homicide, Title Card and Ad photo.

This is a very familiar publicity photo shot used for Title Cards and Ads.
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Sentimental Journey, Maureen O'Hara and Conie Marshall

Isn't this a sweet photo?  This scene is widely used for ads.
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