| "Dragnet" (1951) | Carolyn Jones "Playing a 1953 blonde LA hussy being questioned by Joe Friday in the police office. He offers her then lights her cig, she takes a quick drag with apparently no inhale and a corresponding fake exhale. Then another, where she 'accidentally' blows that fake exhale up at Friday, and she waves her hands to dissipate the smoke in front of his face. Then--a long deep drag, full inhale, long exhale. This would be a 1953 unfiltered Chesterfield, the sponsor of the show at the time. Within this 2 minute scene, there is a quick closeup of her taking a drag and a couple quick nonspeaking closeups of her holding and semi-sneering at Friday. This might be Jones' very first rol "
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