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I have solved the mystery. I did not see a Mongolian film. (Btw A Mongolian Tale played in New York at the Lincoln Plaza.) The film I saw was actually an Icelandic film called When the Raven Flies (1984), which did play at the Film Forum. I now recall that we had dinner at the Middle of the Road Restaurant, which was a Mongolian restaurant. There are indeed little horses in the Icelandic film, as there would be in Mongolian films, which helped lead to my confusion. With the Mongolian restaurant and the Icelandic movie, I guess I had a "little horse" evening! From The New York Times review: "'When the Raven Flies,'' which opens today at the Film Forum I, is more than just a curiosity (though it certainly is that, since Icelandic films are so rare here). Mr. Gunnlaugsson is a skillful storyteller, and he gives the film a slow, brooding style and an irreversible momentum."

I think this asinine 2020 adaptation qualifies to be mentioned in this thread. The one saving grace was the performance (and interpretation of the role) by Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep. Hugh Laurie was also pretty effective as Mr. Dick. Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep

I thought my clues over the top obvious, but maybe not! Raining here, but I think it's not going to be as bad as predicted.

You are correct, Lavender. Now it's your thread -- use it well! Ms. Arlen on the right

That may be a possibility. I'm going to check to see if I won the Oscar contest around that time. The Film Forum's mission is to show revivals of classic films as well as unusual new films, many foreign. Here's their current schedule: https://filmforum.org

Well it's public domain, so that's always an incentive!

I'm pretty sure it was a Mongolian film. The way it came about was, every year I was in an Oscar context with a few friends. The winner got a movie and restaurant dinner of one's choice. I picked the Mongolian film one of the years I won. So I just have to see if I can remember, looking at old calendars, at which year I may have won. Also, I doubt I would have selected a Chinese film, as I was never much of a fan of Chinese movies.

Since it was sort of connected with a social event, I can try to pinpoint the approximate year after a bit of research. But I'm pretty sure it was in the 1980s. The little horses are typical of Mongolia.

I saw a very enjoyable film many years ago at the Film Forum in New York. It was either Cambodian or Mongolian. There were men on little horses. I've been trying to remember the name for decades! (Actually, I think it was Mongolian).

I'd love to see the films, I loved the first book.

Barbara Pepper as Bonnie Fleagle in Murder, He Says (1945) -- "There ain't no jail can hold her!" Next: Played someone chubby but not overly fat

For those who couldn't get enough of House on Haunted Hill when it was on Svengoolie last week, TCM will be showing it on October 22! 06:15 PM House on Haunted Hill (1958)

Without question, my favorite film that Robert Redford was in, is Out of Africa, although it's not his movie, and I wish he had tried to do more of an English accent.

Green Dolphin Street has several great character actors, who add real style to the film: Gladys Cooper, Edmund Gwenn, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, and Dame May Whitty. I have a friend who was related to Richard Hart.

Here's an interesting article from about a year ago. It also refers to Rondo's wife: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/movies/2020/11/12/documentary-explores-the-beauty-of-rondo-hatton-tampas-disfigured-horror-icon/ "Voted Most Handsome Boy in his Hillsborough High School senior class of 1913 and a star on the football field there, Hatton’s looks changed when he returned from World War I. His nose, brow and chin grew too large for his face. The disfigurement was initially blamed on exposure to German mustard gas during the war, but he was later diagnosed with acromegaly disease — a hormonal disorder that develops when the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone."

Check out the ears, the ears tell the story.

Jessie Ralph was in David Copperfield (1935) with Violet Kemble Cooper.

A Cold Wind in August (1961) --(I was a very tender age -- about 12 -- when I saw this film in the Surrey Theater in the Bronx, but I was not yet torrid.)

Mandragora (1997) Next: Rafting

"In Waikiki" -- Sung and danced by Ann Sheridan in Navy Blues (1941) Next: Sung on horseback

The irony is that he was voted handsomest boy in his high school class. That was before the acromegaly set in. "He starred in track and football at Hillsborough High School and was voted Handsomest Boy in his class his senior year."

On Svengoolie tomorrow, August 21, 2021:

Have you seen Roger Livesey in one of his final wonderful roles, as the Duke of St. Bungay in 18 episodes of the miniseries The Pallisers? If not, you may enjoy this brief scene.

I hadn't heard of the fumetti until I saw The White Sheik either. I haven't seen that version of Lady Chatterley's Lover, only a 1993 British miniseries, with Sean Bean as Mellors. I'm a huge D.H. Lawrence fan. His first novel, The White Peacock, is my favorite novel. It would make a great miniseries, in the right hands. There is a minor character, Annable, who is an prototype of Mellors. (As you probably know, there is an earlier version of Lady Chatterley's Lover, titled John Thomas and Lady Jane.)

"Angel Baby" -- Crazy Love (1987) Next: Sung wearing a sweater