Swithin

Maybe it was Akim Tamiroff!

The Wicker Man (1973) Next: Peninsula

"Too Darn Hot" -- Kiss Me Kate (1953) The lyric was changed for the film. Ann Miller sings "Mr. Adam, for his madam, is not; because it's too darn hot." The original Broadway lyric is "Mr. Adam, upon his madam, is not..." Here are both versions. In any case, Mr. Adam is the Bible reference. Let's stick with another Bible reference of some kind

The Old Fashioned Way (1934) -- They're putting on a production of The Drunkard. Next: Another film featuring an old Ziegfeld Follies star

That's right, Lavender. Your turn! Here is Ona and her distinctive hair in The Shanghai Gesture: And in Gone With the Wind:

Today's hint: The actress who starred in one of Husband's movies is being featured on TCM later this week, though the musical film Husband directed is not being shown. The actress played herself in the film.

Margaret Rutherford was in Aunt Clara with Ronald Shiner.

Today's hints: Husband directed one of the best known films of an actress later to become a TV superstar. Wife took her own life. Although we are going for Wife's first husband, she also had a second husband, who is fondly remembered for his (non-performing) affiliation with the Metropolitan Opera. So -- When you name Husband and Wife, name Wife's two movies referred to in the first clue; name Husband's zany comedy, less successful follow-up with the same leads; and the film he directed with the future TV superstar. If you really want extra credit, name Wife's second husband, and his association with the Met.

House of the Damned (1963). Directed by Maury Dexter, written by Harry Spalding. (Not related to the 1996 film of the same name.) I didn't know this film, which was on Fox Movie Channel a few days ago. There's not much to this haunted house in California movie, but it's well photographed and does have a few good frights and a fair amount of tension (and a few loose ends). I wasn't expecting Ayllene Gibbons (remember her as Mrs. Joyboy in The Loved One?) to turn up as a sort of Deus ex machina at the end, but she does, and she explains everything. The very end is kind of sad, when Ayllene and her group march up the staircase, sort of like a reverse Fellini shot from The White Sheik. Frieda Pushnik, Richard Kiel, Ayllene Gibbons, John Gilmore

Husband was an actor turned director in the golden age. His most famous film is probably a zany comedy which was followed up by another less successful comedy with the same leads. Wife had a supporting role in a very famous movie, following that up a few years later with a starring role in a famously odd movie in which she has peculiar hair.

Ms. Johns originated the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music (1973), winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She introduced this song:

How about Peggy Lee and Brad Dexter. She gives me "Fever;" he was in The Magnificent Seven and was a producer on Lady Sings the Blues. She was nominated for Pete Kelly's Blues.

Chaya, I worked with Constance Towers on a project once. I've worked with hundreds of people in the arts but have to count Ms. Towers in the top five for being such a pleasure to work with.

That old woman is Ethel Griffies (Left), who, nearly 30 years earlier, thought that the tripe was tough, until Zeffie Tilbury pointed out that she was eating her veil. Mrs. Whack and Mrs. Moncaster in Werewolf of London (1935)

"And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is correct, and the thread is yours!

I'm surprised that I'm not familiar with Cantone. I guess the name sounds vaguely familiar. I actually record most of the movies I watch on TCM and generally scroll past the intros, so the comments and the way the camera moves tend not to affect me. Cantone probably should not have made fun of the song used in The Birds. Hitchcock's use of music is always well thought out. He had the lyrics changed a bit, as he did in that brilliant scene in Ambrose Chapel in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). In The Birds, Suzanne Pleshette's collection contains a prominently displayed recording of Tristan and Isolde.

Behold! A visual clue:

Never too Late (1965) Next: Song from a movie directed by John Cromwell.

1990: Mountains of the Moon (And Iain Glen should have won Best Actor for that scene where he sticks that thing in his ear!) 1991: The Black Robe 1992: The Long Day Closes 1993: Schindler's List/The Age of Innocence (Tie) 1994: The Secret of Roan Inish 1995: Angels and Insects 1996: The English Patient 1997: Event Horizon 1998: The Last Days of Disco 1999: Topsy-Turvy The Long Day Closes

"Mary's a Grand Old Name" sung by Irene Manning as Fay Templeton in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Next: Song from a movie directed by Henry King.

I agree with you both. I'm not familiar with Cantone, but I hope he is respectful. The horror film genre represents modern man's myths and folktales.

I agree with you that the 1931 version is superior. I do find, however, that Fredric March in his Mr. Hyde mode looks a bit like Jerry Lewis. I'm also a fan of Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971).

Conquest, War, Famine, Death

Films in which actors played characters whose hands developed into claws or talons: The Creeper (1948) -- Onslow Stevens' hand turns into a cat's paw. The Vulture (1967) -- Akim Tamiroff develops talons. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) -- Tamara Ustinov's hand turns into a claw.

John McGiver was in Who's Minding the Store with John Abbott.