Palm Springs

 

Written on the back, "Palm Springs 1946."  The man looks like he's about the right age to have been a World War 2 veteran, and Palm Springs would have been a nice place for a romantic reunion after being released from service.   Before blowing up the print, I actually thought he was wearing a military uniform, but now I don't think so. 

After the War

 

There is almost always an odd number of subjects in group shots because someone has to take the picture.  So, three couples and a woman with the camera?  One of the things I've noticed is that there are usually more women, indicating a male photographer, but not this time.  Anyway, there's a lab stamp on the back, "GUARANTEED Linnprints LINN CAMERA SHOP INC., Lansing, Mich." And a date, "JUN 7, 1946."  Also, a handwritten notation, "'46" And, written on the front border, "George, Me, Randy, Eunice, Willis."  So, which of the five people in this photo were old enough to serve in the military during the war?  It's impossible to tell. 

English Theater, Sincerely Hazel Bray

There's a lot of information on the back of this print.  A stamp, "KEMSLEY NEWSPAPERS LTD., MANCHESTER, COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH."  And hand written, "Puss in Boots.  Panto: Scene 3-Courtyard of the Inn.  Hazel Bray and Jean Adrienne. [Principal girl and Boy]" 

A panto is a form of musical comedy aimed at family audiences, preformed mostly in England.  Hazel Bray has an IMDB listing.  She had four film credits from 1944 to 1947.  Not very extensive, as far as film work, but clearly she worked on the stage.  Jean Adrienne did a bit better with her film career, but not by much.  She appeared in seven films from 1932 to 1938.  She was born in India in 1905 and died in London in 1994.