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No new responses? Okay, time for another clue. My sister was in the movies, too, although her career was not as long as mine. One of the reasons may have been that she was too tall. She was not only taller than most women, but taller than most MEN! Who am I? Dan N.

Okay, here's another easy one: "Who wrote this? Harry? C'est la ****." Who said this, to whom, and in what movie? Dan N.

Well, it's January 21, exactly one week since I first posted this question: What famous film noir ENDS with this line: "Well, I'm afraid you'll have to wake him, then." Remember, it's the last line of the film. I've quoted it verbatim. No correct answers were forthcoming; so, here's the title: BLACK ANGEL (1946), a mesmerizing film noir directed by the ill-fated Roy William Neill. (He died of a heart attack at age 59.) The film is a murder mystery with all sorts of plot twists and red herrings... and one terrific payoff. In the final scene, homicide detective Broderick Crawford finds a clue that proves a condemned man is innocent... on the very day he is scheduled to be executed! So Crawford places a phone call to the Governor's mansion, early in the morning, before the scheduled execution. We hear only his side of the conversation. After he asks to speak to the Governor, there's a pause, then Crawford says: "Well, I'm afraid you'll have to wake him, then." Great ending to a great film noir. Cheers, Dan N.

"Cape Fear" (1962)? Dan N.

"Deep in My Heart??" YESS!! Jeannie, you are right! "When I grow too old to dream, I'll have you to remember" is the first line of the song that ends the excellent biopic, "Deep in My Heart" (1954). Your turn, Jeannie. Dan N.

"I am going to take a wild guess here is is from Pride Of The Yankees." A swing... and a miss! The movie in question is more recent than "The Pride of the Yankees." Added hint: You are all -- repeat, ALL -- going to hate yourselves, if you don't guess this one. Dan N.

"George Macready/MacReady/McCready?" No. George Macready was one of the most chilling villains I ever saw on screen, especially in "The Big Clock" (1948). But he was much more of a TV actor than a movie actor. Count his credits, and you'll see. Dan N.

Okay... What film is this line from: "When I grow too old to dream, I'll have you to remember." Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

"We Who Are About to Die?" Well, the IMDb does not have a "notable quotes" section for "We Who Are About to Die," so I cannot tell if the quoted line appears in that movie... but I doubt that it does. Anyway, it isn't the movie I was thinking of. Consider: The line is spoken by a police captain, who is trying desperately to reach someone... but the person is asleep. Now, think: WHO would a police captain be trying to wake up? And WHY would this be the FINAL LINE of the movie? Dan N.

"Robert Greig/Grieg? That's one name I've always noticed." Well, his name got misspelled a lot too. But he didn't appear in nearly as many films and TV shows as I did. Also, was he a painter? There is a "Robert Greig" who is, or was, arts editor with The Sunday Independent... but obviously, he would be from a later generation. Not your Robert Greig/Grieg. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

Dan Duryea and Kent Smith were both in "Peyton Place" in the 1960s. They were both born in 1907. Thus, they would both turn 100 this year. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

"Are you J. Carrol Naish?" Nope, not the versatile J. Carrol. In addition to my filmic duties, I also had a minor career as a painter. Some of my work is in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Who am I? Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

"I will let you know a clue Lana Turner was in it ." Than I guess it has to be "The Sea Chase" (1955). Dan N.

No replies to my trivia question? It's been five (5) days. Here's another clue: The line is spoken by a police captain, who is trying desperately to reach someone... but the person is asleep. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

I've said that I was in more than 200 films and TV shows. Neither Douglas Dumbrille nor Leif (Lief) Erickson was in that many. Douglas Dumbrille's name keeps coming up, in these trivia quizzes. Someday we should do a question where HE is the "mystery guest." Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

Do you know me? I was in more than 200 films and TV shows. I appeared in just about every genre there is: dramas, comedies, musicals, westerns.... In my earliest films, I appeared with such stars as Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Marion Davies, Maurice Chevalier, and Ann Sothern. Later on I was in films with such as Fredric March, Gene Tierney, and Robert Preston. Always a supporting player, never a star, I didn't really seem to register with most fans, although my acting was good enough that I kept working. In fact, there was an ongoing joke about the studios misspelling my name in a lot of my credits. To this day, half the people who know about me will spell my name one way, the other half will spell it differently. Who am I? Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

Nope, not The Grape. I'm not finding where Charlie Grapewin was ever the prot?g? of a famous Broadway playwright. As for me, one writer commented that the kind of characters I used to play "would have been right at home, at the Nuremberg trials." Who am I? Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

I'll guess: "Mister Roberts" (1955). Dan N.

Fay Bainter? Jane Darwell? Marie Dressler? A thousand pardons... by using the word prot?g? I was hoping to convey the fact that I am male. Prot?g?e is the female form of the word. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

I think you are: Richard Dreyfuss. You were the youngest (at 30) Best Actor Oscar winner until a few years ago, when Adrien Brody won at 29. You are one of only five actors to appear in films directed by both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. One of your best-known performances was with another group of "unknowns" -- in "American Grafitti" (1973) -- with one "notable exception," Ron Howard, who was already famous. I think. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

Okay, here's one that you guys and gals are sure to guess, right away. If you?re a fan of Golden Age movies, you?ve seen me ? probably many times. You know my face from the dozens of films I was in, but you probably don?t know my name. I was in many Broadway plays, and became the prot?g? of a famous playwright. Once in Hollywood, I embarked on a career that carried me through more than 170 films. Although my career in talking pictures was lengthy, I never appeared as a young person. I was always seen as either middle-aged or elderly. Who am I? Dan N. http://www.silentfiilmguide.com

You are: Jim Thorpe. Dan N.

Norbell is right! The mystery guest is Rick (Ricky) Nelson! Charlie T., thanks for listing the reasons behind the find. Another one you didn't mention (and you didn't need to) is that in "The Story of Three Loves" (1953), Ricky Nelson, then only 12 years old, played opposite dancer Leslie Caron (who played his French tutor). Congratulations to both of you! I posted this question January 11, SIX DAYS AGO. It would have been a week tomorrow. Lately these "Who am I?" questions have been getting answered correctly in a matter of hours, or a few days. I figure six days qualifies as a pretty good question. Norbell, your turn. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

"Well now, there's a response I might expect to hear from my congressman. Care to elucidate?" Okay, here's another clue. In one of my movie roles, I played opposite one of the great film dancers of the Golden Age. Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com

"Dan, the element of your clues that makes me pause is that the mystery guest appeared in TV shows in familiar, comfortable surroundings. What are we to make of that? Does it mean TV shows taking place in homes, rather than, say, "on the range?" Judith, you have hit on a very important point. In fact, that was my very first clue, was it not? Dan N. http://www.silentfilmguide.com