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An Arabian-American mystery motor
This picture has been in our files since ages and by now we think it’s about time to share it here. After all it’s Friday and you know we treat you to our now classic Friday Lady then. Trouble is: with it comes no information whatsoever. So who is this Arabian princess? We don’t know. Is she a movie actress? That seems very plausible.
And then there is that car, with its massive door and least as large seats, lots of chrome trim, white steering wheel and horizontally placed instruments. Surely American, but what exactly? We’d love to hear from you. Enjoy the weekend.
UPDATE: You recognized the car rapidly as ever, now as a 1941 (oops, not Postwar...) Cadillac 62 Convertible Coupe. Ladies prove to be more difficult to recognize, though. Suggestions by our dear readers include the actress Dorothy Lamour, Elise Knox (also known as Mark Harmon's mother), Acquanette, also known as 'the Venezien Volcano' and the Dominican born Hollywood actress Maria Montez...
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Thursday February 29th, 2024
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Jørgen Dankelev
03 March 2024, 17:52
Referring Arabian-American Mystery: Aquanetta was a B-rated movie actress, born as Mildred Davenport in Ozone, Wyoming, in 1921. She died 2004 aged 83. She was nicknamed the "Venezualan Volcano" by Universal Studios but abandoned her film career after her marriage to car dealer Jack Ross in the late 1950s. They settled in Mesa, Arizona, where she appeared quite frequently in her husband's local dealership commercials on television. They divorced in the 1980s. She appeared in an impressive three-page spread in the August 24th, 1942, issue of Life magazine and was interviewed in Tom Weaver's book, "Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes" (McFarland & Co., 1991).
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