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From Broadway to Hollywood
Permlink Replies: 1,274 - Pages: 85 [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Next ] - Original Post: Sep 30, 2010 5:28 PM Original Post By: cujas

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 19, 2013 12:58 PM   in response to: Edythevanhopper in response to: Edythevanhopper
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Some help here: The beautiful skipper/owner of the yacht is entertaining some zany guests along with a certain sailor when a reef changes their course.

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 1:59 PM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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An author known for children's stories wrote a play in the early 1900's. It went through 3 revivals including one in the late 80s. It was a Hollywood musical 30 yrs after the original and given a different title. It starred a well-loved actress as the skipper aboard. What play & the movie title ??

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Posted: Jun 12, 2013 5:27 PM   in response to: mr6666 in response to: mr6666
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...but her stage career dwarfed her film career. OK, how about Josephine Hull? Thread is open.

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 12, 2013 5:16 PM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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Helen Hayes?
for what it's worth, wiki's list of her 24 films is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hayes#Body_of_work

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 11, 2013 6:26 PM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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I'll pass, and open the thread.

BTW, Noel Coward is credited by IMDb with 17 Acting credits (as compared with 127 Writing credits). I checked that source becaused I did remember Our Man in Havana, and the list reminded me of his participation in Boom!

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 11, 2013 6:09 PM   in response to: Edythevanhopper in response to: Edythevanhopper
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OK. Let's kill this one off. Helen Hayes would do. Also maybe Cornelia Otis Skinner. flashback got two. his thread.

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Posted: Jun 11, 2013 6:06 PM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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Don't laugh me off the stage, but did Noel Coward actually appear on film? If not, I'll guess Noel Coward.

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Posted: Jun 10, 2013 5:45 PM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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OK, I'll contribute Katherine Cornell. How about a couple more?

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Posted: Jun 9, 2013 1:41 PM   in response to: flashback42 in response to: flashback42
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That's two. Think actresses for the others.

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Posted: Jun 8, 2013 11:50 PM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne?

Lunt -- 10 titles, 1923-1963.
Fontanne -- 9 titles, 1924-1967. ??

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 8, 2013 11:53 AM   in response to: finance in response to: finance
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Hints wouldn't be applicable. Either you know it or you don't, and I'm sure some of you can list 5 of them.

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Re: From Broadway to Hollywood
Posted: Jun 6, 2013 6:14 PM   in response to: Edythevanhopper in response to: Edythevanhopper
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Name at least 5 giants of the Broadway stage-post 1920 (non-musical) that virtually never appeared in films.

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Posted: Jun 6, 2013 10:18 AM   in response to: Edythevanhopper in response to: Edythevanhopper
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This has been hanging around for a week or more. I'll open the thread. It was A Shot in the Dark reworked to fit Inspector Clouseau who had been Walter Matthau as Benjamin Beaurevers in the '62 play.

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Posted: Jun 1, 2013 2:00 PM   in response to: Edythevanhopper in response to: Edythevanhopper
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Hint: The film that reworked the play was 2nd in the series of crime spoofs ??

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Posted: May 30, 2013 3:03 PM   in response to: Dothery in response to: Dothery
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Thanks for sharing. It looked like several of the songs never made it to Hollywood...a shame.

This broadway play opened on Broadway in the early 60s. Its supporting star won a Tony for the performance. When it got to Hollywood, the screenplay was reworked into a film that was recast with all new stars. Main character was given a "title" to fit into a series of films. New names to the rest of the cast as well. Name the title and the 2 main stars.

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