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Two films featuring B.S. Pully, who was a Minsky comedian. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Guys and Dolls (1955)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) The Happy Years (1950)

1. Terence Fisher The Astonished Heart (1950) [Fisher's horror films are too stodgy.] 2. Richard Fleischer The Happy Time (1952) 3. Milos Forman Loves of a Blonde (1976) 4. Neil Jordan The Company of Wolves (1984) 5. Anthony Mann The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) 6. Otto Preminger Kidnapped (1938) 7. Irving Rapper Now, Voyager (1942) 8. Mark Robson The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) 9. Frank Tashlin Who's Minding the Store (1963) 10. Robert Wise The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The Shape of Water (2017) Next: Coonskin cap

Joyce Redman was in Tom Jones with Edith Evans.

Right you are, Lavender. The actress who won Best Actress for one of Litvak's films was Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia. Becky Sharp (dir. by Mamoulian) was the first feature film to use the three-strip Technicolor process. And Litvak's Confessions of a Nazi Spy was a film that offended the Nazis. And the thread is yours.

Hint: The feud was with another actress, with whom she was in two films.

The Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna Anastasia (1956) -- Helen Hayes Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) -- Irene Worth Anastasia (1997) -- Angela Lansbury (voice)

Hint: The wife was involved in a famous Hollywood feud.

This husband and wife, director and actress, were Oscar nominated. They were married the year they made their one movie together. Both husband and wife were important and prolific members of the Hollywood community, each making several films that we all know and (I think) love. Several actresses were nominated for Best Actress Oscars for his films; one of them won. The wife's Oscar nomination was for a film which is known for a certain technical innovation. A film directed by the husband was banned in many countries, and possibly led Adolf Hitler to ban the films of a certain studio (or so the story goes). Name the husband and wife, and some of the details based on the information provided above.

"The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" sung by John Payne and others in Garden of the Moon (1938) Next: Song mentioning a religion, or some form of spirituality (for example, the song above mentions the Whirling Dervish, which is an Islamic Sufi concept; it also implies that the Whirling Dervish is a Hindu, which is a mistake).

"Alice Blue Gown" -- sung by Anna Neagle in Irene (1940) Next: Song mentioning someone's age

Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson. Adaptations of his novels: Arrowsmith, Dodsworth, etc. Tess Harding, the character played by Katharine Hepburn in Women of the Year was based on Dorothy Thompson. The role was played by Lauren Bacall in the musical. (This came immediately to mind because just yesterday, I happened to view a clip in which Sinclair Lewis presented an Oscar for Best Screenplay to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.)

Scene from Deep in My Heart (1954). Joan Weldon comes in toward the end of the song.

I think The Mask of Dimitrios is their best work, and a great film. It was made during war time, when many younger actors were at war, which gave Lorre and Greenstreet opportunities to star, as they did in Three Strangers. I particularly want to single out Victor Francen's work in one long scene with Peter Lorre in the film. I think Francen's work in that scene is brilliant.

On Svengoolie tomorrow, March 6, 2021:

Dorothy Neumann (The Undead, 1957) Next: Played a victim in a 1950s horror film

In addition to her movie and television roles, Ms. Weldon enjoyed a career as an opera singer, performing at the opening of one of the theaters in New York's Lincoln Center. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joan-weldon-actress-pursued-by-giant-ants-in-them-dies-at-90

"In Bloom" -- London Road (2105) Next: Sung in a very grand house

"Goodnight My Love" -- sung by Shirley Temple in Stowaway (1936) Next: Another song from a 1936 movie

Rukh, Diana -- Frances Drake in The Invisible Ray (1936)

Joe Bolton Next: Occasional guest on a pre-Johnny Carson Tonight show

It's a powerful scene between mother and son. The pills are sometimes flung across the room.

Sex was watered down even before the play was first presented. It's basically about a very glamorous woman (Florence Lancaster) and her young adult son, Nicky. The original intent was that the son was gay, but that could not be done in England in those days, with the Lord Chamberlain censoring scripts until 1968. The mother is evidently having an affair with the son's best friend, to whom the son is also attracted. Finally, there's a catharsis, and the son admits to being an addict and the mother vows to be a better mother. There's a scene with pills. It's one of my favorite Coward plays. He starred in the New York premiere, having performed the role in London, and it helped to make him a star. Leo G. Carroll, playing the wonderfully named supporting character Pauncefort Quentin, was in the New York production as well. Lilian Braithwaite played the mother. The production I saw in London in 1989 starred Maria Aitken and a 30-year old Rupert Everett.