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Well, that's close, but not exactly. Here's a hint: The Rosetta Stone for this one is "Taras Bulba." If you can figure that one out, the others will quickly fall into place.

I found this piece interesting from Wednesday's USA Today. Anybody notice what many of the books have in common? http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/01/14/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-gone-girl-unbroken-usa-todays-best-selling-books-list/21690823/

TCM On Demand for January 14, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. The Chase (1966) -- Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Richard Bradford, Robert Duvall, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Katherine Walsh, Lori Martin, Marc Seaton, Paul Williams, Clifton James, Malcolm Atterbury, Nydia Westman, Joel Fluellen, Steve Ihnat, Maurice Manson, Bruce Cabot, Steve Whittaker, Pamela Curran, Ken Renard. Uncredited actors: Eduardo Ciannelli, Davis Roberts, Grady Sutton. Redford, Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month for January 2015, stars as Bubber Reeves, an escaped convict who shakes up his Southern hometown when it appears he is headed back there. Brando plays the town's sheriff, who has many other problems to deal with besides being on the lookout for the escapee. In the following clip, the sheriff tries to protect Bubber from town vigilantes. Meanwhile, Bubber's wife Anna (Fonda) watches helplessly as her wealthy and powerful lover (Fox) is seriously wounded after an explosion. Produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde," "Little Big Man"), the film's screenplay was adapted by Lillian Hellman from a 1950s novel-turned-play by Horton Foote. Redford and Fonda appeared in the same film two other times -- in the 1967 screen version of Neil Simon's play "Barefoot in the Park," and in the 1979 Western romantic comedy "The Electric Horseman." Redford would later co-star with Duvall in "The Natural" (1984), and direct Bradford in "The Milagro Beanfield War" (1988). Expires January 20, 2015. This was the penultimate film in the long career of Hopkins, who plays the mother of the prison escapee. Her final screen role was in the 1970 film "Savage Intruder." Hyer, who co-stars as Mary Fuller, died on May 31, 2014 at the age of 89. Expires January 20, 2015. 2. Inside Daisy Clover (1965) -- Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowall, Katharine Bard, Peter Helm, Betty Harford, John Hale, Harold Gould, Ottola Nesmith, Edna Holland. Tale of a Depression-era teen (Wood) who becomes an overnight success as a movie star despite many trials and tribulations. Wood This was the first of three films in which Wood and Redford appeared together. The two others: "This Property Is Condemned" (1966) and "The Candidate" (1972, in which Wood appears briefly as herself). Based on the novel by Gavin Lambert -- who adapted it for the movie's screenplay -- the film was produced by Alan J. Pakula and directed by Robert Mulligan, the team that brought "To Kill a Mockingbird" to the screen. The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Supporting Actress (Gordon), Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (Robert Clatworthy, George James Hopkins) and Best Color Costume Design (Edith Head, Bill Thomas). Plummer, a standout as hard-nosed film producer Raymond Swan, starred in another picture of interest released the same year -- "The Sound of Music." Memorable scene: After experiencing a series of setbacks -- including a failed marriage to actor Wade Lewis (Redford) and the death of her mother (Gordon), Daisy suffers an emotional breakdown while looping a musical performance at a movie studio: Expires January 20, 2015. 3. This Property Is Condemned (1966) -- Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Mary Badham, Alan Baxter, Robert Blake, Dabney Coleman, John Harding, Ray Hemphill, Brett Pearson, Jon Provost, Bob Random, Quintin Sondergaard, Mike Steen, Bruce Watson. Uncredited: Nick Stuart. This Great Depression-era drama, based on a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, stars Redford as Owen Legate, a railroad representative who comes to a small town Mississippi town with bad news. Many railway workers are to be laid off because of hard times. Meanwhile, Legate becomes enamored with Alva Starr (Wood), the desirable daughter of the local boardinghouse owner (Reid). This was the first of many collaborations between Redford and director Sydney Pollack. Among their other films together: "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), "The Way We Were" (1973), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "The Electric Horseman" (1979), "Out of Africa" (1985) and "Havana" (1990). Badham, Oscar-nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird," plays Alva Starr's younger sister Willie. After this film was released, she retired from filmmaking at the age of 14. She returned in 2005 for a small role in the film "Our Very Own," which starred David Carradine and Allison Janney. Her older brother John Badham achieved success as a director with such films as "Saturday Night Fever" (1977), "War Games" (1983), "Blue Thunder" (1983), "Short Circuit" (1985) and "Stakeout" (1986). He continues to stay busy in 2015 as the director of recent television episodes of "Supernatural," "12 Monkeys" and "Constantine." Expires January 20, 2015.

In most instances, I prefer to read the book before seeing the movie version. But one thing I've always appreciated about the television miniseries concept is how it whets one's appetite for reading the book later. I'm sure that's what happened in the 1970s when ABC aired TV versions of "QB VIII," "Rich Man, Poor Man" and "Roots." It all goes hand in hand.

Ah, that Season 5 episode of "The Twilight Zone" was “The Bewitchin’ Pool,” written by the great Earl Hamner, Jr., who later created "The Waltons." By the way, Redford and Wood technically were together in three films. She has a brief appearance as herself in "The Candidate" (1972).

Meryl Streep received a record 19th Academy Award nomination (this time for Best Supporting Actress in "Into the Woods"). And there will be only eight films vying for Best Picture at the 87th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, February 22, 2015. Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper received his third consecutive Oscar nomination, this time as Best Actor in the Clint Eastwood-directed film "American Sniper." Cooper also received a nomination as a producer of the film, which is up for Best Picture. The big winners were "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" with nine nominations each. Here's a list of the nominations, which were revealed Thursday morning: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/2015-oscar-nominations-complete-coverage/

TCM On Demand for January 13, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) -- James Darren, Cindy Carol, Don Porter, Jeff Donnell, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova, Danielle de Metz, Joby Baker, Trudi Ames, Noreen Corcoran, Peter Brooks, Lisa Gastoni, Claudio Gora. Carol became the third actress (after Sandra Dee and Deborah Walley) to play Frances "Francie" Lawrence, the teen known in Malibu surfing circles as "Gidget" (girl + midget = her nickname). Having graduated from high school, she joins her boyfriend Moondoggie (Darren) and several friends on a summer vacation to Rome. The group is chaperoned by the eccentric Albertina Blythe (Landis). Gidget's parents are played by Porter and Donnell. Porter went on to reprise the role of Russ Lawrence in the 1965-1966 ABC television version of "Gidget" that starred Sally Field. The film was directed by Paul Wendkos ("The Mephisto Waltz"), who was behind the camera for the first two efforts based on novel by Frederick Kohner -- "Gidget" (1959) and "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" (1961). Expires January 19, 2015. 2. Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011) -- Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne sits down with actress Luise Rainer (pronounced RYE-ner), who, at the time the session was filmed, reigned as the oldest-living Academy Award winner for acting. She died on December 30, 2014, less than two weeks shy of her 105th birthday. TCM observed her birth and death on Monday, January 12, 2015 by scheduling seven of her movies and this interview filmed in 2010. The German-born actress, who lived her final years in London, was the first person in history to win back-to-back acting Oscars. She won the 1936 Best Actress award for her performance in "The Great Ziegfeld" and then followed it with the 1937 Best Actress award for "The Good Earth." Expires January 19, 2015. 3. Roman Holiday (1953) -- Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings, Tullio Carminati, Paolo, Carlini, Claudio Ermelli, Paola Borboni, Alfredo Rizzo, Laura Solari, Gorella Gori. For her performance in this film, Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress and became a major star. Directed by William Wyler, the black-and-white romantic tale stars Peck as an American journalist who becomes the unwitting companion of an AWOL European princess (Hepburn) during her official visit to Rome. The film also won Oscars for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story (credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, a front for the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo) and Best Black-and-White Costume Design (Edith Head). It received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Albert), Best Writing, Screenplay (Hunter, John Dighton), Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Franz Planer, Henri Alekan), Best Black-and-White Art Direction-Set Decoration (Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler) and Best Film Editing (Robert Swink). Memorable scene: The writer tells the princess the legend of the Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth), which is located in the portico of the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin: Classy move: This was Peck's movie in terms of star billing, but he was so impressed by Hepburn's work that he insisted both their names should come before the film's title in the opening credits. Her credit says "Introducing Audrey Hepburn," although she had appeared in seven other films before this one. One of 12: Hepburn's Oscar was the first of the four major entertainment awards that she won. She became one of only 12 people to achieve EGOT status -- winning at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She picked up a 1954 Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role in "Ondine." After her death on January 20, 1993, she was voted a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming for her PBS series "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn." She also earned a posthumous Grammy in 1994 in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category for "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales." Expires January 19, 2015.

That was the second time that Redford and Freeman appeared in a movie together. The first was early on in the 1980 drama "Brubaker," in which Redford plays the title character -- the newly appointed warden of an out-of-control Southern state prison. He enters the place posing as a new inmate, and only reveals his true identity when a prisoner (played by Freeman) goes berserk and threatens to kill a prison guard:

Mr. and Mrs. Jolie-Pitt.

Are we forgetting the stars of the 2005 spy comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"?

On a contemporary basis, it may be hard to beat the Wayans family, but I haven't figured out how many times they've all appeared as relatives in movies. Here are Shawn and Marlon in "White Chicks" (2004), playing brothers who happen to be undercover FBI agents posing as wealthy heiresses:

The Cusacks also appeared in three other movies I can think of, but their characters weren't related: "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997) and "War, Inc." (2008). They have an older sister named Ann who acts. She was in "Grosse Pointe Blank," too.

It's from the off-the-wall 1985 Cusack film "Better Off Dead," written and directed by Savage Steve Holland ("Savage Steve" was a childhood nickname). In the years since, Holland has excelled at directing comedies for The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. As you can tell from the clip, the "I want my two dollars" line is a running gag involving a newspaper delivery boy who's been stiffed for payment. He appears at least one more time before the end credits begin. It reminds me a lot of the lost long-distance swimmer (played by Beatles road manager Mal Evans) who keeps popping up and asking the Fab Four for directions to the White Cliffs of Dover in "Help!" By the way, can you believe Cusack has been doing movies for 32 years? That's almost as long as Cary Grant's screen career.

Yes. At least once. The Cusacks played siblings in "Say Anything..." (1989), Cameron Crowe's well-regarded romantic comedy featuring John's most iconic screen moment (Hint: Think about a Peter Gabriel song and a boombox).

TCM On Demand for January 12, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Annie Hall (1977) -- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Newman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner, Martin Rosenblatt, Hy Ansel, Russell Horton, Marshall McLuhan, Dick Cavett, Truman Capote, Mark Lenard, John Dennis Johnson, Tracey Walter. Former standup comic Allen co-authored and directed this film that achieved a rare feat for a comedy: It won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Nominated for Best Actor, he received Oscars for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (shared with Marshall Brickman), while Keaton earned the Best Actress award for playing the title character. The intelligent comedy, which set the tone for Allen's subsequent quality movies, is about the failed relationship of standup comic Alvy Singer (Allen) and Annie (Keaton's real name is Diane Hall. She used her mother's maiden name professionally). With Alvy serving as an occasional narrator, the film features a mixture of fast-paced witticisms, sight gags and fantasy moments. One of the best examples of the latter is when Alvy tires of listening to a long-winded, self-described media expert (Horton) while standing in a movie line: In another scene, Annie's brother Duane (played by Walken, who won a 1978 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Deer Hunter" two years after Allen's movie was released) reveals a dark secret to Alvy: In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked the picture No. 31 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. When the AFI updated the list in 2007, the film dropped to No. 35. The movie's cinematographer was the great Gordon Willis, who died of cancer on May 18, 2014, 10 days shy of his 84th birthday. Willis, who never won a competitive Academy Award, received an honorary Oscar in 2009 "for unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion." If you look carefully, you'll see early screen appearances by Sigourney Weaver, John Glover, Beverly D'Angelo, Jeff Goldblum and Shelley Hack. Memorable quote No. 1: "You keep bringing it up, but I don't want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is that you can make a right turn on a red light" -- Alvy to his friend Rob (Roberts), who suggests a move to Los Angeles. In real life, Allen has an aversion to the West Coast and prefers New York City. In fact, the only time that he showed up at an Academy Awards ceremony was on March 24, 2002, when he introduced Nora Ephron's post-9/11 short film featuring New York scenes in movies. Memorable quote No. 2: "A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know, it has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we've got on our hands is a dead shark" -- Alvy, agreeing with Annie that their relationship is over. Expires January 18, 2015. 2. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) -- Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Yaphet Kotto. Director Norman Jewison's splashy, '60s-style cat-and-mouse game inspired a 1999 remake starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary and Dunaway. McQueen stars as the title character, a polished thief who becomes involved with Vicki Anderson (Dunaway), the skilled insurance investigator who becomes suspicious of him. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song -- "The Windmills of Your Mind" by Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Noel Harrison, who performed the song in the movie, died October 19, 2013 at the age of 79. Noel's father, Sir Rex Harrison, performed "Talk to the Animals" in the 1967 musical "Doctor Dolittle." It also won the Oscar for Best Original Song, giving the Harrison family an unprecedented, back-to-back achievement. Expires January 18, 2015.

As I posted on another thread, Taylor Negron played the guy who delivered the pizza to Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) during Mr. Hand's history class in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982).

Taylor Negron played the guy who delivered the pizza to Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) during Mr. Hand's history class in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982).

George Clooney has been nominated for eight Academy Awards in six different categories, and has won Oscars twice. He also has four Golden Globes. At tonight's Golden Globes presentation, he will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his contributions to film and television and his humanitarian efforts. http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/george-clooney-receives-2015-cecil-b-demille-award-1201392870/

No. That's not it.

In Ian Fleming's book, it was a movie poster of Marilyn Monroe in "Niagara." The second 007 movie used a poster of Ekberg in the Bob Hope comedy "Call Me, Bwana" most likely because Monroe had died, but also because the Hope-Ekberg film was made by Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli.

TCM On Demand for January 11, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Big Jake (1971) -- John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton, Glenn Corbett, John Doucette, Jim Davis, John Agar, Harry Carey, Jr., Gregg Palmer, Roy Jenson, Virginia Capers, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, William Walker, Tom Hennesy, Chuck Roberson, George Fenneman (narrator). Directed by George Sherman ("Count Three and Pray"), this Western film was written by the husband-and-wife team of Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink, two of the creators of "Dirty Harry." Set in the year 1909, the film stars Wayne as the title character, Jacob McCandles, a rancher renowned for his prowess with a gun. The problem is everyone seems to believe he's been dead for years, which clearly annoys Jake. McCandles goes into action when a sinister band of outlaws -- headed by John Fain (Boone) -- invades the McCandles ranch, wreaks havoc and kidnaps for ransom Jake's grandson and namesake (played by Wayne's youngest son Ethan. The actor named his son after his character in John Ford's 1956 Western "The Searchers"). This was the last of five films in which Wayne and O'Hara appeared together. The others: "Rio Grande" (1950), "The Quiet Man" (1952), "The Wings of Eagles" (1957) and "McLintock!" (1963). She plays McCandles' estranged wife, Martha. His boys are played by Patrick Wayne (his real-life progeny), Mitchum (son of Robert) and pop singer Vinton. The film features many other actors who had worked with Wayne on other projects. Boone, for instance, was also in "The Alamo" (1960) -- he portrayed Sam Houston -- and "The Shootist" (1976), which turned out to "The Duke's" final film. Narrator Fenneman became a familiar television presence during the 1950s as the on-screen announcer for Groucho's Marx's game show "You Bet Your Life." This was one of the final screen appearances by the veteran actor Cabot, who starred in "King Kong" (1933) and became a familiar presence in many of Wayne's films. He died of cancer in 1972 after finishing his work as a villain in the 1971 James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever." Memorable quote: "I am grateful to you both. But I don't think this is a job for the Rangers, Buck, nor for the Army, sir. It is, I think, going to be a very harsh and unpleasant kind of business. And will, I think, require an extremely harsh and unpleasant kind of man to see to it." -- Martha McCandles, politely turning down offers of help from authorities and suggesting that her estranged husband, Jake, is the right man to track down the kidnappers. Memorable dialogue: McCandles has the same reaction whenever someone is surprised that he's still alive. Expires January 17, 2015. 2. Miami Connection (1987) -- Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamond, Maurice Smith, Angelo Janotti, Kathy Collier, William Ergle, Siyung Jo, Richard Park, William P. Young, Joy Sharpe, John Leeson, William Hollingsed. This independent martial arts film was produced, co-written and co-directed by Kim, the movie's lead actor. He stars as the leader of a rock band called Dragon Sound, whose members are skilled in Taekwondo. They soon find themselves matched against a group of sinister, motorcycle-riding ninjas involved in the Miami narcotics trade. Kim co-authored and co-directed the film with Park, who appears as Uncle Song. Expires January 17, 2015. 3. Thunder Road (1958) -- Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, Trevor Bardette, Sandra Knight, James Mitchum. Uncredited actors: Peter Breck, Jerry Hardin, Mitchell Ryan. Star Robert Mitchum created the story and co-produced this tale of Lucas Doolin, a Southern bootlegger who eludes law enforcement authorities thanks to his impressive driving skills. Randy Sparks performs the movie's theme song "The Ballad of Thunder Road." Mitchum recorded a version of the song, which he co-wrote with Don Raye. The song charted on Billboard's Hot 100 twice -- in 1958 and 1962. Here is Mitchum's version with footage from the movie: Cast notes: Five months after this movie was released, Barry, who co-starred as federal agent Troy Barrett, began headlining the NBC Western drama "Bat Masterson"...Mitchum's eldest son James plays Doolin's younger brother and mechanic, Robin. The role originally was intended for Elvis Presley, who priced himself out of the movie...This film marked the screen debut of Smith, who was renowned as a jazz singer and longtime partner (and wife) of musician Louis Prima...Knight, who appears as Roxanna Ledbetter, was married to Jack Nicholson from 1962 to 1968. Their daughter Jennifer Nicholson appeared in a few movies, but has excelled as a fashion designer and the owner of a Venice, California boutique called Pearl Drop. Expires January 17, 2015.

Gena Rowlands, a two-time Academy Award nominee, will receive a Lifetime Achievement award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Saturday night. The 84-year-old actress earned acclaim for her screen collaborations with her late husband, actor and independent filmmaker John Cassavetes. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/gena-rowlands-i-never-wanted-762462?utm_source=twitter

Here's a Hollywood Reporter piece about how underappreciated Rod Taylor was in his native land, which is amazing when you realize how many Australian actors are over here now. Just about every television series features an Aussie, or at least it seems that way! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rod-taylor-an-appreciation-762421

TCM On Demand for January 10, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Neil Simon's 'California Suite' (1978) -- Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Dame Maggie Smith, Sir Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Herbert Edelman, Denise Galik, Gloria Gifford, Sheila Frazier, Dana Plato. Smith won her second Academy Award -- a Best Supporting Actress statuette -- for this Simon comedy in which she plays an Oscar nominee who doesn't win. Her first Academy Award was in the Best Actress category for her performance as the title character in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969). Simon's film, directed by Herbert Ross ("The Goodbye Girl," "The Turning Point"), is a West Coast version of his stage play "Plaza Suite," which was turned into a 1971 film starring Matthau. In a February 2013 "60 Minutes" interview, Smith, who was in her late seventies and starring in the acclaimed British television series "Downton Abbey," bluntly told CBS correspondent Steve Kroft she did not enjoy working with the man who directed her second Oscar-winning performance. "I found the director a bit tricky, a bit spiky," Dame Maggie said. "He was jagged. He was very difficult." Ross, who also directed the Peter O'Toole version of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969), "The Sunshine Boys" (1975) and "Footloose" (1984), died in 2001 of heart failure. "I had nothing to do with his demise," Smith declared to Kroft. Expires January 16, 2015. 2. Neil Simon's 'Murder By Death' (1976) -- Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Dame Maggie Smith, Sir Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood, James Cromwell, Richard Narita. Directed by Robert Moore ("The Cheap Detective," "Chapter Two"), Simon's spoof of detective mysteries assembled an all-star cast to send-up some of the greatest fictional sleuths. They are: Sam Diamond (Falk), based on Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade. Sidney_Wang (Sellers), modeled after Earl Derr Biggers' Charlie Chan. Dick and Dora Charleston (Niven, Smith), based on Hammett's married couple Nick and Nora Charles from "The Thin Man" series. Jessica Marbles (Lanchester), derived from Miss Marple, Dame Agatha Christie's British senior-citizen investigator. Milo Perrier (Coco), a version of Christie's Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. The investigators (and various assistants) are invited to the mansion of the mysterious millionaire Lionel Twain (author/celebrity Capote in a rare film role). Even more curious than the invitations are Twain's staff, which includes a blind butler (Guinness) and a deaf, nonspeaking housekeeper (Walker). Memorable quote: "You've all been so clever for so long, you've forgotten to be humble. You tricked and fooled your readers for years. You've tortured us all with surprise endings that make no sense. You've introduced characters in the last five pages who were never in the book before! You withheld clues and information that made it impossible for us to guess who did it! But now, the tables are turned. Millions of angry mystery readers are now getting their revenge." -- Twain, while explaining his reasons for inviting the detectives to his mansion. Expires January 16, 2015. 3. Synanon (1965) -- Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens, Alex Cord, Richard Conte, Eartha Kitt, Barbara Luna, Alejandro Rey, Richard Evans, Gregory Morton, Chanin Hale, Casey Townsend, Larry Kert, Bernie Hamilton, Mark Sturges, Lawrence Montaigne, Patricia Houston. Uncredited: Jay Sebring. Produced and directed by Richard Quine, this drama chronicles the growing bond between two people (Cord, Stevens) admitted for substace abuse to a rehab center called Synanon House. O'Brien plays the recovering alcoholic who runs the center. The movie was filmed at an actual rehabilitation facility in Santa Monica, California. Sebring, who appears as Jay the barber, was a real-life celebrity hairstylist and onetime boyfriend of actress Sharon Tate. On August 9, 1969, he and Tate and two others were murdered at a Los Angeles residence by members of the Charles Manson Family Expires January 16, 2015. 4. The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) -- Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Joey Forman, John Banner, Leon Askin, Maureen Arthur, Robert Carricart, Theo Marcuse, Larry D. Mann, John Myhers, Chanin Hale, Barbara Morrison, Benny Baker, Fritz Feld. Directed by George Marshall ("Destry Rides Again," "The Ghost Breakers"), this Cold War-era comedy stars Sommer as the title character, a world-class East German athlete who causes a stir when she pole vaults to freedom in West Germany. The film features four actors from CBS sitcom "Hogans Heroes" (1965-71) -- Crane, Klemperer, Banner and Askin. Expires January 16, 2015.

Thanks for the verification. For some reason, I was thinking that "The Getaway" was released after "The Great Gatsby." Then I realized that it was earlier. It just made sense that MacGraw's hookup with McQueen was the reason she didn't play Daisy. Too bad! I liked her spunk as an actress.