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Unidentified celebrities at the Azalea Festival, Wilmington, NC, ca. early 1950s

March 31, 2008 | Subscribe to this post
Posted by Elizabeth Hull in Uncategorized

7 Comments so far

1. Ron Holland on April 15, 2008 8:58 pm Edit This

   I think the lady in the fur coat is Kathryn Grayson, movie star and North Carolina native. You might check to see if she was ever Azalea Queen.

2. Elizabeth Hull on April 16, 2008 12:03 pm Edit This

   You’re right, Ron. Grayson was Queen in 1957. I thought the man next to her might be her husband, so I did some searching — no luck on the ID, but I did see on her Wikipedia bio that “throughout the 1950’s, she carried on an affair with mogul Howard Hughes, and was briefly engaged to him.”

3. Cecelia Moore on April 20, 2008 6:50 am Edit This

   The young lady in the white sweater looks like Debbie Reynolds and the man between her and Grayson is also a movie star but I can’t remember his name.

4. BR on April 24, 2008 12:38 pm Edit This

   The man between the two women is Dale Robertson, star of the TV series “Tales of Wells Fargo” (1950’s, I think) and various western movies.

5. CLM on June 24, 2008 10:59 am Edit This

   I think the man between the women is Andy Griffin.

6. bill berry on August 7, 2008 3:15 pm Edit This

   my comment is mr andy griffin played shief taylor wonderfull show want everyone that i sure love to meet my griffin i even seen movies he was in also like to have his email adress want him to know my 90 year old mother know this we just moved here in wilmington nc we on 1233 edgewater club road wilmington nc 28411 hope i get meet mr andy his show matlock good also mother and myself from aiken south carolina my sister jeannie b. evans been in nc for years she wanted us move here here we are i would like explain to mr andy about my life.

7. Stacy on August 21, 2008 2:00 pm Edit This

   I wonde rif My nana Martha Preston and her 1st husband were there.