Stills of Hollywood Female Stars in Gambling Scenes

Joan Crawford as Vienna, the casino owner, in the Western, "Johnny Guitar"(1954).  She's at a chuck-a-luck table.  The man in the photo is possibly Sterling Hayden, who played Johnny Guitar. A must-see movie.  Mercedes McCambridge gives a bravura performance.  The rest of the cast does a swell job too.

Barbara Stanwyck, and Joel McCrea (?) to the left of her), in "Gambling Lady" (1934).

Barbara Stanwyck in "Gambling Lady" (1934) again.

Susan Hayward smoking at poker game in "I Want To Live" (1958).  Based on the grim true story of Barbara Graham, executed at San Quentin gas chamber in 1953.  Hayward won a Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal.  Still is for sale, $15.00.

 

Rita Hayworth (left) with chips, from 8x10 still.  Publicity shot for "Gilda." Yes, it is from the movie "Gilda."  She is wearing the same dress and has the same chips as in my "Gilda" lobby card . Marlene Dietrich with upright roulette wheel.  Publicity shot for "Destry Rides Again," "The Spoilers,"or "Rancho Notorious"?  The Marlene one for sale at $20.00.  (There is another still of Dietrich (definitely from "Rancho Notorious") much further down this page.)

Marlene Dietrich watching Victor McLaglen (in WW I military uniform) gambling at roulette in Josef von Sternberg's "Dishonored" (1931).   Dietrich plays a  Viennese prostitute, working as a spy by seducing enemy officers, but when she falls in love with a Russian spy, she lets him go, and is sentenced to be shot by a firing squad.

Yvonne De Carlo, from 8x10 stills.  Left: publicity shots for unnamed movies.  Right: from "The San Francisco Story" (1952).  I own the one on the right (approx. 8x10 still), for sale, $13.00.

Greta Garbo at gambling table (baccarat ?) in "Mata Hari" (1931).  Ramon Novarro is standing in the center.

Ona Munson:  Victor Mature and Ona Munson in wonderful scene of the main roulette pit in "The Shanghai Gesture" (1941), the great  Josef von Sternberg noir movie about degradation, revenge and addiction.  It also stars  Gene Tierney and Walter Huston.  Must-see movie with  a lot of gambling and sin. Munson is seen at the upper-right, at the entrance to the pit in white dress and arms outstretched.  Mature is down aways and in front of her; he is wearing white Asian garb and a fez.  Click here to see my lobby card from the movie, at the bottom of that page.

Miriam Hopkins and Donald Meeks (bald fellow on the right) in "Port of Wickedness," a 1954 re-release of the "Barbary Coast" (1935), which also starred Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea and Brian Donlevy.  I show lobby cards from this movie at the top of this page and the bottom of this page .

Ava Gardner:  Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Melvyn Douglas (l to r) in "The Great Sinner" (1949), a must-see gambling-related movie. Ponderous in many places, but worthwhile because: 100% of the dialogue is about 19th century gambling and gambling addiction and philosophy; "A" production with elaborate scenes of 19th century Prussian gambling casinos and costumes; great supporting cast; Ava Garndner never looked more beautiful.

Ida Lupino (very young here) and James Gleason (both in center) in "Yours For The Asking" (1936).

Maureen O'Hara and Macdonald Carey in "Comanche Territory" (1950).

Jane Wyman conferring with Fred MacMurray at the roulette table in "Bon Voyage" (1961).

Jane Caulfield and Wendell Corey mixing it up at the poker table in "Red Tomahawk" (1967).

Tuesday Weld and Eddie Firestone gambling in "Play It As It Lays" (1972).

 

Claire Trevor in a craps game in "Time Out For Romance" (1937).

Tallulah Bankhead at baccarat table in "The Cheat" (1931), a pre-code film about an aristocratic married woman who succumbs to a rich man to hide her losses at  baccarat and then her charity money in the stock market.  The caption to the still says, "I'll have to give you an I.O.U. until tomorrow night  ... .... ."

Marilyn Monroe:  Eli Wallach taking bets on Marilyn Monroe's ping pong game in "The Misfits" (1961).  (I'd like some confirmation about that scene.)  Wallach is grabbing cash, and Monroe has a ping pong paddle in her right hand.

 

Myrna Loy, Asta and William Powell  in "Song of the Thin Man" (1947), the 6th and final Thin Man film. All good things must come to an end.  Many scenes take place on an off-shore gambling ship.  In the still on the left, Powell is holding chips and a roulette layout is seen in the background. On the right, Powell and Loy could be playing gin rummy.  Loy has cards in her left hand, and Powell, in his right hand.  Asta is kibitzing.

Piper Laurie (left), Tyrone Power and Julie Adams in "Mississippi Gambler" (1953).  The person who listed this on eBay said, "You are bidding on a 8x10 HIGH QUALITY COPY NEGATIVE FROM THE ORIGINAL STILL as shown - {it has been inverted for the auction }   - the negative is perfect - the light intensity may look brighter than the actual negative - i do not scan these i use a lightboard to take digital images. "

Susan Sarandon:  Michel Piccoli and Susan Sarandon at blackjack table in "Atlantic City" (1980).

 

Ursula Andress (with the roulette wheel) in "Casino Royale" (1967). (Peter Sellers as James Bond was in the movie too.  Looks like he is sitting across from Welles, next to the woman.)

Girls playing roulette. The 'still' on the left: "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold" (1975) , starring Tamara Dobson.  Dobson, I am pretty sure, is the black actress, 3rd from the left, sitting at the end of the roulette table.   The 'still' on the right:  "The Monte Carlo Story" (1957), starring Marlene Dietrich and Vittorio De Sica.  I don't recognize the actors in that still.

Angie Dickinson playing poker in "Rio Bravo" (1959).  Still for sale, $15.00.

Bette Midler playing blackjack in "Jinxed" (1982).  Ken Wahl dealing.

Lindsay Crouse (left) playing poker in "House of Games" (1987).

Tri Garr -- Jackie Gleason (left) and Teri Garr (right) in "The Sting II" (1983).

Julie Hagerty and Albert Brooks at roulette table in the dark, outrageous comedy "Lost In America"  (1985).  I  recommend renting it, if only for the mesmerizing, funny and sad, incredible  scenes early in the movie with Garry Marshall as the Desert Inn Casino Manager.  Still for sale, $20.00.

Wonderful Marie Windsor in "Hellfire" (1949).  For sale, $10.00 (torn and staple holes at corners).

Betty Grable in "The Dolly Sisters" (1945). "In 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take to cafe dancing. In 1912 they're still at it, but to pay Uncle's card debts they decide to go into vaudeville. Singer Harry Fox, whom they meet en route, schemes to get them an audition with the great Hammerstein; but their resulting success takes them far out of Harry's league. Lots of songs with a little story.," per IMDb.
Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien (standing) at poker table in "Torrid Zone" (1940).  Note the wood chip carousel. "Banana Company executive Steve Case [O'Brien] on a Caribean plantation group tries to convince his former co-worker Nick Butler [James Cagney] to take over the plantation No 7. But he is on his way to Chicago, to take over a job as a manager for another company himself. He has also troubles with US night-club singer Lee Donley [Sheridan], whom he wants aboard a ship back to the US, and rebel Rosario. He is able to get Nick to the plantation, but is he able to keep him there or will he leave it in a few days with Gloria, the wife of the former exectutive of No 7, Mr. Anderson ?," per IMDb
Helen Mack:  Robert Wilcox and Helen Mack in "Gambling Ship" (1938).  (Helen Mack appeared in my favorite film of all time, the Cary Grant-Rosalind Russell screwball comedy, "His Girl Friday" (1940).   Mack played Mollie Malloy, the girlfriend of the condemned prisoner.) -----------------------------------
Barbara Stanwyck, playing a compulsive gambler, is frantic here at roulette table in "The Lady Gambles" (1949). The posters for this movie exclaimed: "What was a the truth about Joan Boothe?"; "Where have I failed you as a husband?"; "You're not even a woman anymore... Just another dame with the 'fever'!"; "I picked her up in an alley... With a pair of loaded dice in her hand!" "When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.," per IMDb.
Jane Greer and Robert Mitchem in "Out of the Past"(1947) at roulette table. Wow, beautiful girl, beautiful movie, beautiful still! Perhaps the first film noir film ever made. eBay seller walterfilmusa says, " Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas; dir: Jacques Tourneur; RKO. One of the top notch and most collectible noir titles ever. Plenty of chemistry is exhibited in this scene at the gambling tables between femme fatale Jane Greer and tough guy Robert Mitchum."
Greer Garson in "Julia Misbehaves" (1948). "English dancehall actress Julia Packett hasn't seen her daughter since Susan was a few months old, having given her up to be raised by her respectable and wealthy father William (whom Julia never divorced.) When she gets an invitation to her daughter's wedding, she "borrows" some money from a male friend and heads off to the south of France for the nuptuals. While there she manages to establish a mother-daughter relationship, get another man to provide her with a lot of money, provoke her mother-in-law's ire, string along a potential husband and his mother, and rekindle the spark in William, all within a day or two. ," per IMDb.
Gail Davis (of "Annie Oakley" TV fame) with  Russell Hayden (left) and Harry Lauter (right most) in "Valley of Fire" (1951), a Gene Autry oater. "Mayor Autrey sends for a wagon train of women to settle in his town, but baddies Guilford and Rawlings plot to hijack the train and sell the ladies to love-hungry miners instead. ," per IMDb.
Gladys Valerie, Clay Clement and Barbara Castleton (l to r) in "The Heart of a Girl" (1918).  The story has to do with a congressman's political opponents spreading the (false) "news" that the youthful congressman was caught in a raid at a gambling house.
Margaret Lockwood in "Hungry Hill" (1947) at roulette table.
Cyd Charisse hugged by Dan Dailey at roulette table in the musical film "Meet Me In Las Vegas" (1956).  Co-star Paul Henreid has red hanky in his jacket pocket. (Note: there is a still of Dailey alone, from the same movie, in the "Other Males Actors" still page.)	Rancher Chuck Redwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie.  Every time he holds her hand the numbers come up for Chuck--not only at the casino but on his ranch, where the chickens lay a record-breaking number of eggs and an oil well gushes. The center of activity is the Sands casino, but they saunter through many other glamorous spots in America's foremost gaming gulch. Between spins of the wheel, lots of great tunes and dance numbers are presented. Among the guest stars who pop up in clever scenes are Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, and Pier Angeli, and the film also offers a wonderful 10-second shot of Peter Lorre sitting at a blackjack table and snapping to dealer Oscar Karlweis, "Hit me, you creep."
Cyd Charisse and Dan Dailey again, here at the blackjack table.  See entry above.
Bunny Yeager shooting dice in the movie "Bunny Yeager's Nude Las Vegas" (1964).  Plot: A magazine hires photographer Bunny Yeager to do a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas.
Marie Windsor interrupts a poker game in "Belle Starr" (1954).
Jean Arthur interrupts a poker game in "Arizona" (1940).
Dorothy Dalton and Conrad Nage in Cecil  B. DeMille's "Fool's Paradise" (1921) beside poker slot machine. IMDb summary: "In a Mexican border town Athur (Nagel) befriends cantina girl Poll (Dalton). She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa (Mildred Harris). When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped into thinking Poll is Rosa and marries her. When his vision is surgically restored, he leaves for Siam to find Rosa." Wow, they don't make them like that anymore!
This is an original 1927 print of a scene from Erich von Stroheim's "Foolish Wives" (1922) with Rudolph Christians as Andrew J. Hughes, Miss DuPont as Helen Hughes, his wife, Maude George as Her Highness Olga Petchnikoff, Mae Busch as Princess Vera Petchnikoff, and Erich von Stroheim as their cousin, Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin.  Hard to see, but chips and other monies (plaques, cash) are on the table.	"A Russian emigre leases a villa near Monte Carlo after WWI, and poses as a count in order to take advantage of women, with the aid of two of his mistresses pretending to be his cousins, attempts to swindle unsuspecting women and citizens in Monte Carlo. They hatch a scheme to ingratiate themselves with the American ambassador and his gullible wife. Mrs. Hughes wants some excitement, and he seduces her. While the Count relates his sob story about needing 90,000 francs to Mrs. Hughes, the maid in jealousy sets the house on fire. Both escape the flames, but the Count does not escape his just desserts" -- per IMDb. Initially budgeted at $250,000, the film's production soared above $1 million, thanks to Stroheim's [the director's] excesses. [It was advertised as the first million dollar movie.]  ... ... When asked by a studio executive why he couldn't substitute ginger ale and blackberry jam as props for the champagne and caviar, Stroheim replied, "Because my actors will know the difference, I will know the difference, and the camera will know the difference." .. .. ..  After six months in the editing room, Stroheim turned over his cut of the film to Universal Pictures in December, 1921. The film was 32 reels and 8 hours long, but Stroheim insisted it was now "a perfect story." When asked how it would be possible to present thirty-two reels for an evening's entertainment, Stroheim replied, "That's a detail I hadn't time to bother about." (The magazine, "Photoplay," suggested that the movie should be re-titled, "Foolish Directors," and released as a serial.) Universal took over the movie, and edited it down to 14 reels, with a 3 1/2 hour running time. Stroheim hated the shorter version, complaining that all that was left of his masterpiece was "the bones." -- per IMDb.
Merle Oberon (supposedly) in "Over the Moon" (1939).  Neither looks like Oberon to me.  Maybe the woman in the background, though it is pretty odd to make a still with the star of the movie in such an inconsequential place.
Mary Astor and Wendell Corey at slot machines in "Any Number Can Play" (1949).  Note, they signed this still. Gambling-house owner (Clark Gable) finds himself estranged from his wife and son.  Must-see movie for gambling content, including much gambling paraphernalia.  More than almost any other movie, this one concentrates on gambling philosophy and culture. "This postwar movie was one of Clark Gable's last for the studio that made him a star--MGM. Gable is older, perhaps wiser, but here fully capable of playing this role with all of the insight into life that his 49 years have earned him. ... Gable was perfect for the world-weary professional gambler that he plays here--the part fits him like a glove. And he's surrounded by great character actors such as Frank Morgan, Lewis Stone, and Mary Astor, to name a few." per IMDb
Raquel Welch shooting dice in "Lady In Cement" (1968), a Frank Sinatra detective movie. "Having come across a blonde with her feet encased in cement while on a diving trip, Miami Private Eye Tony Rome (Sinatra) is helping out his police buddy on the case when he is hired by a very large guy to find a girl who just might be the same one. Rome is soon wanted by both hoods and cops, but help may (or may not) be at hand from the striking Kit (Welch).", per IMDb.
Bernadene Hayes and Kane Richmond playing poker in "Don't Gamble With Strangers" (1946). "Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint," per IMDb.
Unknown movie, about 1920's, showing masked girl, dressed as a boy, gambling with a bunch of boys.  From an 8 x 10 still.
Dyan Canon (center) and Janice Rule (w/ cigarette) in "Doctors' Wives" (1971), playing poker. "The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze," per IMDb.
Julie Christie at baccarat table in "Darling" (1965).
Carole Lombard (left) playing cards in "No More Orchids" (1932). "At the urging of her curmudgeon old grandfather Jerome Cedric (C. Aubrey Smith), spoiled rich kid Annie Holt (Carole Lombard) is forced to marry into royalty in order to save her banker father, Bill Holt (Walter Connolly), from financial ruin. The man she really desires is Tony Gage (Lyle Talbot). It takes a well-written insurance policy and a sacrificial act on the part of a close relative to re-unite Annie and Tony. ," per IMDb.
Peggie Castle and Randolph Scott (2nd right) in "Tall Man Riding" (1955). "Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna [Dorothy Malone], believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings. ," per IMDb.
This is an 8 x 10 still for the low-budget exploitation movie about world-wide prostitution, "Women of Pleasure" (1954).  Casino scene here.
Paulette Goddard and Stanley Clements (sitting next to her) at roulette table in "Hazard" (1948). "As part of a bet, a compulsive gambler agrees to marry the winner, a professional gambler. Before he can "collect," she skips town. The gambler hires a private detective to track her down so he can collect his "winnings." ," per IMDb.

 

Glenda Farrell (left) in "Dark Hazard" (1934).  ("In most movies, she only had supporting roles, but she's best remembered as a hard-boiled, fast-talking --she was able to speak 390 words in a minute-- reporter Torchy Blaine in the film series of the same name.")  Her co-star in many of the "Torchy Blaine" movies was Barton MacLane  as Lt. Steve McBride.

Elizabeth Taylor as "Poker Alice" (made for TV movie, 1987)

Jodie Foster as Mrs. Annabelle Bransford, Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick, Jr., and James Garner as Marshal Zane Cooper in "Maverick" (1994).	Jayne Mansfield in unnamed movie.

Anne Baxter at chuck-a-luck wheel in "One Desire" (1955). "The tale of a professional gambler and a bar woman in turn of the century Colorado. Tacey Cromwell (Anne Baxter) and Clint Saunders (Rock Hudson) move to Randsburg for a better life, taking in Clint's little brother and the daughter of a man who was killed in a mine accident. Enter a senator's daughter (Julie Adams) who schemes to win Clint's love and take the two children away from Tacey, going to great lengths to get what she wants...even if it is from beyond the grave!," per IMDb. ------------------------------
Leticia Roman and Ken Scott (standing, upper left, I believe) gambling with dice in "Pirates of Tortuga" (1961). -------------------------------
Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr., holding chip boxes, in "The Pick-up Artist" (1987). "A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a mobster.," per IMDb.
Marlene Dietrich in "The Spoilers" (1942), also starring John Wayne and Randolph Scott. "In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.," per IMDb.
Joan Greenwood in "Moonfleet" (1955). "Men restrain man who gambled with a woman & lost!" "Moonfleet, the 1955 Fritz Lang romantic swashbuckling pirate sailor adventure thriller ("Wild and Wonderful As the Thrill-Packed Novel That Inspired It!"; "Based on the Novel by J. Meade Falkner"; "Produced by John Houseman") starring Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Whiteley (billed as "Jon Whiteley [Academy Award Winner]"), and Melville Cooper."
Michele Carey at craps table in "The Sweet Ride" (1968). "An aging tennis hustler (Tony Franciosa), young protégé surfer (Michael Sarrazin), and young protégé musician (Bob Denver) live the buddy life at Malibu beach pad. Surfer falls in love with starlet (Jacqueline Bisset) who washes up on beach. Starlet is beaten up by her possessive producer/lover/sugar daddy after she has revenge sex with motorcycle gang leader. Motorcycle gang leader is in turn beaten up by Franciosa and Sarrazin. Main characters all grow up a bit. ," per IMDb. ---------------------------------
Ginger Rogers (blonde seated, center) and Stanley Baker (standing, left of her) in "Twist of Fate" (1954). "Ginger Rogers is in love with an international businessman, Stanley Baker, who is actually the head of a syndicate that mints illegal coins for the Continental market. But she soon learns that Baker has been deceiving her and has no intentions of divorcing his wife. So she meets Jacques Bergerac, a potter, and falls for him (onscreen and off).....," per IMDb.
Arlene Dahl in publicity shot for her movie "Inside Straight" (1951), starring David Brian, Barry Sullivan, and Mercedes McCambridge also. "Rip MacCool has learned early in life that "money talks" (and other stuff walks), as does the audience via flashbacks, and when he arrives in San Francisco, he has no qualms about being ruthless in business, and his first fast-deal bilks Ada Stritch out of her hotel. A combination of shrewd deals and playing the stock market builds him a financial empire. He marries Lily Douvane [Dahl], who presents him with a child, but Lily has some ambitions of her own and leaves him, taking a sizable chuck of his money on the way out. He soon marries Zoe Carnot, his son's nurse, loses and wins a fortune again, but sinks into gloom when Zoe dies giving childbirth. He keeps piling up the money and he soon as most of it in San Francisco, and there is about to be a run on the bank, operated by Ada Stritch (from way back there), and the city and its citizens face ruin. Rip puts up his fortune against the bank and a hand of cards dictates winner-takes-all.," per IMDb.
Margia Dean in poker game in "Last of the Desperados" (1956).
Marjorie Hoshelle offering some chips to Zachary Scott in a gambling casino, as Victor Francen (w/ cigarette holder) looks on, in "THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS" (1944).
Lou Costello standing beside a table, at which Bud Abbott, Marjorie Main and others are playing poker, in "THE WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP" (1947).
Yvvonne De Carlo in front of Chuck-a-Luck wheel in "Border River" (1954). "Zona Libre is a small enclave across the river from America. Despotically ruled by General Calleja, it offers sanctuary to outlaws, at a price. Newly arrived is Clete Mattson [Joel McCrea] who has $2million in gold to buy guns for the Confederacy. But who can he trust with so much money around? Certainly not Calleja, but maybe the eye-catching Carmelita [De Carlo]? The General thinks she's his property but she seems rather to fancy Mattson. Whatever's going on, Mexico wants the place back. ," per IMDb.
Adrian Booth (a/k/a  Lorna Gray) watches soldier and gambler play cards in "Oh! Susanna": (1950).

Adolphe Menjou watches Ginger Rogers rolling dice from cup in "Stage Door" (1937). Comedy drama of struggling actresses at a NYC hotel for actresses.  Great movie, loaded with talent: Gregory La Cava (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award), nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award,  playwrights EDNA FERBER and GEORGE S. KAUFMAN, director GREGORY LA CAVA, produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Ann Miller, and Andrea Leeds (in her nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award role.
Priscilla Dean, Gustav von Seyffertitz (her left) and     John Bowers (right) in "The Dice Woman" (1926).  Notice she is pointing to a pair of dice on the table. "Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells her his car for a diamond bracelet. The car has been stolen and the police arrest her, but she escapes and takes refuge on a freighter bound for China. She has no money and has to work her way there. Her father learns of her destination and hires Hamlin to bring her safely home. Meanwhile, she has taken a job as a croupier at the dice table in a casino. Datto recognizes her and kidnaps her for ransom. But Hamlin is looking for her.," per IMDb.
Virginia Gray publicity/glamour photo, c. 1938: "Vintage original Virginia Grey -dice Glamour Photo MGM..  A great numbered – MG 65828 - M.G.M studio photo of the beautiful Virginia Grey wearing a “man tailored suit”as she stands between a pair of large dice.  This stunning photo of Ms. Grey is beautifully staged – has an attached description of Ms. Grey’s career at M.G.M.  The photo measures 8 x 10. Gray worked steadily in films and TV from the 1930's to 1970. She generally starred in "B" pictures and gave support in "A" pictures. The publicity photo seen here was sent to the newspapers in connection with her supporting role in the Clark Gable-Myrna Loy-Spencer Tracy 1938 film "Test Pilot."
Tuesday Weld and Fabian. Per seller: "snapshot-like television photo was produced to promote appearances by teen heartthrobs, TUESDAY WELD and FABIAN, on an unidentified television program of the early 1960s. We believe the photo may be; THE DICK POWELL SHOW, from an episode entitled: Run Till It's Dark. ... It features a great shot of TUESDAY WELD and FABIAN at a craps table, in a casino. Fabian is helping Ms. Weld balance the stack of chips she is holding in her hand.."
Whoopi Goldberg in "Sister Act" (1992). "A Vegas singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV. This alerts the mob to her whereabouts, and the chase is back on. ," per IMDb.
Shelly Winters sitting on roulette table.  Probably a promo still for "Frenchie" (1950), a western co-starring Joel McCrea. "Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other." -----------------------------------
Olga San Juan, Donald O'Connor, Lew Parker and Martha Stewart  (l to r) with Wheel of Fortune in "Are You With It?" (1947).  O'Connor plays an actuary who misplaces a decimal point, which forces his employer into the carnival business.
Carol Mathews in unnamed film, maybe a publicity photo.  Chips on the table, and she is handling chips.
Maureen O'Hara (right) at roulette wheel in a 1954 film, according to the seller.  Film is probably "Malaga" (1954). IMDb: "Joanna Dane, a former O.S.S. operator (forerunner of the CIA), is sent to Tangier by the American authorities to find out who is behind a powerful ring of smugglers that does a booming business in contraband with counterparts in Spain and Italy, and also contribute to a high death rate among the Tangier policemen. ... ......."
Jane Russell and George Brent  (both in foreground) at blackjack table in "Montana Belle" (1952).  This is an "original lobby card measuring 8x10 inches. This lobby card is from Great Britain. ... ....  The lobby card (also known as Front of House/ FOH card in the UK) was created by the film studios to publicise the movie and was intended for display outside the movie theatre in special glass display boxes."
Marlene Dietrich in publicity shot for "Rancho Notorious" (1952), a Fritz Lang "western based on the story "Gunsight Whitman" by Silvia Richards. Vern Haskell [Arthur Kennedy], a nice rancher, seeks out to avenge his fiancé's death when she is killed during a robbery. His revenge leads him to Chuck-a-luck, Altar Keane's [Dietrich] ranch set up to hide criminals, and he finds more than he bargains for." per IMDb.
Frances Langford and Guy Standing in "Palm Springs" (1936). "A notorious gambler who is short of money want his daughter to marry a British young man, who has plenty of money. At first she obeys, but then she falls in love to a poor, young American," per IMDb.
Barbara Hale in "Lady Luck" (1946).   "Mary now runs a bookstore in L.A. with her grandfather, whose past gambling excesses have left her hating everything about the pastime. Unfortunately she falls for Larry, who makes his living in this very line of work. He vows to change but going to Las Vegas to get married may not be the best choice for them. Indeed, Mary's forefathers all had gambling in their blood and if she does ever get to try the tables anything could happen. ," per IMDb.
Maureen O'Hara and MacDonald Carey (sitting, blue jacket) at baccarat table in "Malaga" (1954).   "Joanna Dane, a former O.S.S. operator (forerunner of the CIA), is sent to Tangier by the American authorities to find out who is behind a powerful ring of smugglers that does a booming business in contraband with counterparts in Spain and Italy, and also contribute to a high death rate among the Tangier policemen.  Most of the action is set in Tangier, with a brief interlude in Spanish Gibraltar, per IMDb. An 8 x 10 still, known as Front of House/ FOH card in the UK.
Jeffrey Hunter,  Mitzi Gaynor and Keefe Brasselle (left to right) in "Three Young Texans" (1954). "A western about a Texan who robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime, a young girl who attempts to help him after learning about the theft, and a cowboy friend who demands a share of the money.," per IMDb. An 8 x 10 still, known as Front of House/ FOH card in the UK.
Scene from "Three Young Texans" (1954).  See above. An 8 x 10 still, known as Front of House/ FOH card in the UK.
Claire Trevor (or Helen Burgess?) in "King of Gamblers" (1937). Can anyone ID the coin-op game in the still for me? A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy. SPOILERS: Akim Tamiroff, Paramount's resident crime lord, runs all the illegal gambling activities in a major city. Reporter Lloyd Nolan struggles to get the goods on Tamiroff, but runs up against a stone wall until he meets sexy but tough nightclub singer Claire Trevor (obviously dubbed). Trevor is anxious to avenge the death of her innocent sister (Helen Burgess), who was done in by Tamiroff's henchmen. Though only a "B" picture budget, King of Gamblers was given "A" treatment by director Robert Florey. The film was part of an unofficial Paramount series based on the FBIs J. Edgar Hoover book Persons in Hiding," per IMDb.
Cher on roulette table in publicity for "Good Times" (1966). "Done in a similar style to the musical duo's TV show "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour", this film is more a series of unconnected skits and parodies than a single running plot. When Sonny gets offered a role in a movie, he talks Cher into giving it a try. The proposed script, however, turns out to be awful, but in order to get out of doing this stinker of a project, Sonny has just ten days to come with his own better script. The rest of the film follows his daydreams as he plots out possible storylines starring him as a Wild West sheriff, a jungle king, and as a private eye.," per IMDb.
9 players left to right: Suzanne Pleshette (#1), James Garner (#2), Dub Taylor (#6) and Jack Elam (#8) in "Support Your Local Gunfighter" (1971). "James Garner plays a ladies' man who ends up on the run from a conquest. He has an embarrassing problem that requires a doctor, but that is not immediately disclosed. He and a town barsweep form a plot to impersonate a well known gunfighter so that Garner can pay off his debts and skip town before the soon to come arrival of the real gunfighter. ," per IMDb.
Mae West holds four aces in "I'm No Angel" (1933). "The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into a lion's muzzle! With this attraction the circus makes it to New York and Tira can persue her dearest occupation: flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents. Among the guys she searches the love of her life, from whom she only knows from a fortune-teller that he'll be rich and have black hair. When she finally meets him, she becomes a victim of intrigue.," per IMDb.
Lana Turner with Clark Gable in an 8 x 10 publicity photo for their movie "Honky Tonk" (1941). "When gambler Candy Johnson comes to the small-town Yellow Creek he has set his mind on the narrow path to live an honest life. He falls in love with young Elizabeth Cotton and with the money he won at gambling he opens up a saloon.," per IMDb.
Heddy Lamarr and Peter Lorre (above her) at roulette table in "The Conspirators" (1944). "Vincent Van Der Lyn (Paul Henreid), a Dutch freedom fighter in WWII, is forced to neutral Lisbon to escape the Nazis. There he meets a small band of underground conspirators. The group's leader, Ricardo Quintanilla (Sydney Greenstreet), knows that one of their number is spying for the Nazis, and needs Van Der Lyn to help identify the traitor.," per IMDb.
Deborah Kerr placing a bet at a roulette table, as Robert Walker and Peter Lawford look on, in "Please Believe Me" (1950). "Alison Kirbe of London, receives a telegram from Texas, that she has inherited a livestock ranch. It is plastered throughout the London newspapers that Alison has become a rich heiress, and is sailing to the United Slates alone to claim her inheritance. Or so she thinks. Three men ... take an interest in Alison, after reading about her," per IMDb.
Coleen Gray in publicity still for "Frontier Gambler" (1956).  (She was in two of my favorite films, John Wayne's "Red River" and Tyrone Power's "Nightmare Alley.") "A marshal investigating the death of a woman who owned a gambling house finds that he's developing an attraction to the image of the dead woman, and then she shows up very much alive.," per IMDb.

------------------------------------ Joanne Woodward at poker table  in "Big Deal at Dodge City"(1966) 8x10 color still showing Charles Bickford / John Qualen / Robert Middleton / Kevin McCarthy / Jason Robards (from left to right). The movie is better known as "A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY." Famous poker movie-con game.  Henry Fonda "dies" during poker game, and wife Woodward takes over his hand...... . 300 pixels

Ann Blyth (at far left) in "Our Very Own" (1950).  Cards, chips, currency (?) at poker game.

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