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Thanks for the many replies.
Kid Dabb came the closest. The film in question is, in fact, "The Lady Eve" (1941).
But the final line -- the one that cracked up Roger Ebert -- is spoken by William Demarest, who plays Fonda's faithful valet.
After Barbara Stanwyck tells Henry Fonda that she is married, too... then Demarest, who has been insisting to his boss that she is the same woman he once married, bursts on the scene and says:
"Positively the same dame!"
KD, the thread is yours.
Cheers,
Dan
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That was a great game of golf, fellers.
That would be: Bing Crosby, 1977.
Cheers,
Dan
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cmvgor wrote:
WAG here, Dan:
Lover Come Back : Hospital orderly: "Now that's what I call cutting it close!
Good if true. But that line is NOT the one that Roger Ebert puts on a par with the final line of "Some Like it Hot."
There are many, many films with memorable final lines, of course. "Tomorrow is Another Day," "There's No Place Like Home," "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," and many others.
But those films are not comedies.
Ebert puts one final comedy line on an equal basis -- laugh-wise -- with "Nobody's Perfect." Since he is the dean of American film criticism, his remarks are entitled to respect.
Here's a hint: The "final line" is really TWO lines, and they come at the end of a classic film comedy of the 1940s. Either of the two lines will satisfy this question.
Cheers,
Dan
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Thanks, cmvgor.
Roger Ebert (b. 1942) has been America's foremost film critic since 1967 and still remains a prolific writer although his vocal chords were damaged in a 2006 operation, leaving him unable to speak.
Ebert has said -- and written -- that there is only one final line in a film comedy that is equal to "Nobody's Perfect" in "Some Like it Hot." (1959).
Name the line, and the movie.
Cheers,
Dan
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Name the only screenwriter who has been awarded three UNSHARED Oscars for movie scripts.
I think that would be Paddy Chayefsky.
He won Oscars for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955); "The Hospital" (1971); and "Network" (1976).
Cheers,
Dan
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Well, it's been more than a week, and no one has bothered to reply to this question.
I'm packing it in. Thread is open.
Dan
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Are you Mae Clark?
No I'm not Mae.
Now I'm getting depressed
YOU're getting depressed? Hey, I've had a question up on the General Movie Trivia thread since May 13, and NOBODY has tried to answer it. I'm packing it in.
Cheers,
Dan
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Are you thinking of Marie Dressler?
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Dan
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Still no guesses?
Okay, here's another clue:
The film in question -- this lady's first -- was made in the 1980s. As I say, she played the title role.
Then she had a long and lucrative career in television, which ended only when her character in a TV series was killed off. She is still working today.
Anybody out there?
Cheers,
Dan
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Hmmm... Not as "obvious" as I thought.
Here's the question again:
Name the actress who played the title role in her first movie, then went on to have a long and lucrative career in television... until her character was killed off on TV.
New clue: In one of her films, her character's name was not an actual name, but a number.
Cheers,
Dan
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Well, I thought it was a good quote when I put it up here. It's saucy, flirtatious, and I guessed it would attract a lot of replies. I guessed wrong.
The quote "Darling, getting engaged is like being vaccinated. Sometimes it takes, and sometimes it doesn't."
was spoken by the great Anna Lee, in the British film "First a Girl" (1935) to Sonnie Hale. That film, by the way, was the first English-language version of the Blake Edwards hit "Victor Victoria" (1982).
Anna Lee was quite the mainstay in American television. From 1978 to 2004 (the year of her death) she portrayed the wealthy Lila Quartermaine in not one, but two separate daytime serials: "Port Charles" and "General Hospital."
The thread is open.
Cheers,
Dan
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Here's one that is so obvious, you will guess the answer before my "Post Message" button gets cold.
Name the actress who played the title role in her first movie, then went on to have a long and lucrative career in television... until her character was killed off on TV.
Cheers,
Dan
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The quote in question is:
"Darling, getting engaged is like being vaccinated. Sometimes it takes, and sometimes it doesn't."
This line was spoken by a very well-known actress who had a long career in movies and television. She lived to her 90s, and was still working in TV near the end of her life.
Who is she, and in what movie did she make that remark quoted above?
Cheers,
Dan
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Yeah, I think that's Mariel Hemingway, in "Creator" (1985).
Cheers,
Dan
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Good work - this thread is yours...
Thanks, eve... but right now, I got nothing. The board is open.
Cheers,
Dan
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That would be James Mason, I think.
Born in the U.K. in 1909, an avowed pacifist during the war, and was nominated for Oscars for "A Star is Born" (1954), "Georgy Girl" (1966) and "The Verdict" (1982).
Cheers,
Dan
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Kid Dabb wrote:
Ok. Here's the second barrel:
Sheena 1984 PG starring Tanya Roberts
Absolutely right! Ms. Roberts has TWO top-to-toe nude scenes in "Sheena" (1984), although they are so innocent they did not call for an R-rating.
Your board, KD.
Cheers,
Dan
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Okay, here's a film quote I haven't seen here recently:
"Darling, getting engaged is like getting vaccinated. Sometimes it takes, and sometimes it doesn't."
Clues: The speaker of the line is a woman.
Name the film, and the actress who speaks that line.
Cheers,
Dan
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Wow. Some good guesses here, but no cigar.
"The Blue Lagoon" (1980), "Paradise" (1982), and "S.O.B." (1981) were always rated R in the U.S.
The famed Julie Andrews "nude scene" in "S.O.B." is merely topless, not full-body. I guess "Paradise" with Phoebe Cates would have qualified, if it had been rated PG, but it wasn't.
The question, one more time:
Name the only film that shows not one, but two, full-length nude scenes of the lead actress, yet is rated no stronger than PG in the U.S.A. It was released in the 1980s.
Name the actress and the film.
Cheers,
Dan
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Wow, a lot of replies to answer, here.
Whoever guessed "Last Tango in Paris" -- that film was released in the 1970s, not the '80s. And I believe it was rated NC-17.
"The Crying Game" (1992) was rated R.
"Ragtime" (1981) was rated PG and it was released in the right decade -- the 1980s -- but please notice that in the celebrated "nude" scene where Elizabeth McGovern is naked from the waist up for, I dunno, maybe FIVE MINUTES? -- we do not see her body full-length.
In the film in question, we get to see two different scenes in which an actress is seen full length, and totally unclothed. Yet it was rated only PG, meaning any child of any age could buy a ticket and go see it, without an adult. Scary.
Here is another clue, if you need one: The lady in question is, indeed, the lead actress.
Name the film, and name the actress.
Cheers,
Dan
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Was it Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet perhaps?
It's been years since I last saw Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" (1968), and if there is a nude scene in it, I don't remember it. Perhaps it was so brief it was forgettable?
Anyway, that movie was originally rated "G." The IMDb tells us it was re-rated "PG" in 1973.
As I said before, the film I am asking about shows us the nudity full-length. Does "Romeo and Juliet" do that?
To save all of you from guessing about, over several years of MPAA-certified movies, let me boil it down for you.
The movie in question was released in the 1980s.
The question again:
Can you name THE ONLY FILM from the era since 1968 to have not one, but two, full-length nude scenes... and still receive only the mild "PG" rating?
You now know it is from the 1980s.
Name of the film?
Cheers,
Dan
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cmvgor wrote:
swinging wild here...
The Illustrated Man ??
Hi, cmvgor, and thanks for replying.
"The Illustrated Man" (1969) has nudity, but it's all in a couple of brief closeups of a fat man's butt. There is no full-length nudity in this film.
It's interesting, though: This film was originally rated "M" (meaning Mature Audiences only), then re-rated to "PG" when it became available for home video. Apparently the MPAA decided that a few seconds of bare butt is not morally dangerous to youngsters.
The film I'm asking about shows, as I said, full-length nudity, in two different scenes, and they are not onscreen for mere nanoseconds. They take up most of a minute, at least one of them does.
New clue: It's a female that is shown in the buff, not a male.
So what is the title of the film? Remember, it was originally rated PG and is still rated PG.
Cheers,
Dan
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Thanks, Miles. Here's one I don't think was ever mentioned here:
After the old "Production Code" era ended in Hollywood, the Motion Picture Association of America adopted a new ratings system in 1968. Thereafter, new films would be rated "R," "PG-13," "PG," or "G." The really objectionable films would be rated "NC-17."
Now then. Can you name THE ONLY FILM from the era since 1968 to have not one, but two, full-length nude scenes... and still receive only the mild "PG" rating?
I asked this question on one of the other message groups I visit. I know the answer, but no one else seems to know.
To clarify: This is a mainstream film. It was produced in the U.S.A. by a major American studio . It was shown in movie theaters. It survives in TV showings. It was not rated "R" -- meaning Restricted -- or "NC-17" -- meaning no one under 17 admitted.
And yet, there are two scenes, not especially brief, that show an adult character fully nude, from head to toe. And it is rated "PG," meaning anyone of any age can be admitted to see it, no parents required.
Can you name the film?
Cheers,
Dan
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I think it was Donald O'Connor.
Cheers,
Dan
GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD
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Since no one seems too eager to answer the last "General Trivia Question," let's try this one:
Name the actor who wore a monocle in his FIRST film... and never wore one again in a film, though he had a 53-year career, and appeared in over 80 films.
Cheers,
Dan