Swithin
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3) Unlike the film Anna and the King of Siam, The King and I did not kill off Anna's son Louis, who lived into his 60s in London.
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On Svengoolie tomorrow, April 10, 2021:
Another film from that great year, 1957, this is an intelligent film which ends with a message about man's place in the universe.
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7 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
Ben Casey was my favorite TV doctor, but Richard Chamberlain was nice and everybody watched Dr Kildare too.
Raymond Massey was Dick Chamberlain's Dr Gillespie. Massey portrayed "Abraham Lincoln" in Illinois and received an Oscar nomination.
His most famous wife was Adrianne Allen, an actress, who created the role of Sybil Chase in " Private Lives" in the West End production.
When the couple got divorced each married their own divorce lawyer. Their real life divorce inspired the Katharine Hepburn -Spencer Tracy movie "Adam's Rib".
I don't know which movie you want for Ray Massey's nastiness because he was nasty in every movie I ever watched him in.
But he horrendously tormented Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon in "The Scarlet Pimpernel". Oh,how I love that movie!
You got it, Princess! The young couple he was particularly nasty to, whom I was thinking of, was Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane. Allen and Massey had two children: Daniel and Anna, both actors. Daniel Massey's godfather was Noel Coward. Daniel later played Coward in the movie Star! Both Noel Coward and Raymond Massey were mentioned in the Bells Are Ringing song "Drop that Name."
And their divorce lawyers were married to each other, before they married their clients, Raymond and Adrianne.
Well done -- your thread, Princess!
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17 hours ago, Swithin said:
More hints:
1. The song "Drop That Name" from Bells Are Ringing drops the names of both the husband in question (toward the end of the song); and the son's godfather (toward the beginning of the song), whom the son played in a film;
2. The husband had an important supporting role in a hugely popular 1960s drama series, the star of which was one of the great heartthrobs of the time (male).
Today's hint: The husband's supporting role in the TV show with the heartthrob was a medical show.
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Mary Nash was in Heidi with Mady Christians.
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More hints:
1. The song "Drop That Name" from Bells Are Ringing drops the names of both the husband in question (toward the end of the song); and the son's godfather (toward the beginning of the song), whom the son played in a film;
2. The husband had an important supporting role in a hugely popular 1960s drama series, the star of which was one of the great heartthrobs of the time (male).
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Completes John Ford's "Cavalry trilogy:"
Fort Apache (1948)
Rio Grande (1950)
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10 hours ago, Swithin said:
Thanks Lavender.
She was primarily a stage actress who made several movies. One of her stage roles was in the original cast of a very famous 20th Century play. He was a stage and screen actor, nominated for an Oscar. He played many virtuous characters (was particularly famous for one) but was equally at home in roles that were villainous, dour, and unforgiving. In one film in particular, he was really nasty to a sweet young couple.
Husband and wife inspired a movie that we all know well, written by one Hollywood couple for another Hollywood couple, though in some ways the real life ending is more amusing.
Name the couple, the stage role she created, his Oscar-nominated film, and the film in which he is just such a b_itch to the sweet young couple.
Also name the film that husband and wife inspired, and how it turned out in real life.
The couple had a son and a daughter, both of whom became actors. The son's godfather was the author of the now classic play that his mother had appeared in. The son later played his godfather in a movie.
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Thanks Lavender.
She was primarily a stage actress who made several movies. One of her stage roles was in the original cast of a very famous 20th Century play. He was a stage and screen actor, nominated for an Oscar. He played many virtuous characters (was particularly famous for one) but was equally at home in roles that were villainous, dour, and unforgiving. In one film in particular, he was really nasty to a sweet young couple.
Husband and wife inspired a movie that we all know well, written by one Hollywood couple for another Hollywood couple, though in some ways the real life ending is more amusing.
Name the couple, the stage role she created, his Oscar-nominated film, and the film in which he is just such a b_itch to the sweet young couple.
Also name the film that husband and wife inspired, and how it turned out in real life.
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Charles Vidor and Evelyn Keyes. He was born in Hungary. She was in Gone With the Wind, a very famous film. He directed Gilda. He had problems with Harry Cohn at Colombia.
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Gandhi is a decent, noble movie, as is E.T. None of the Best Film nominees that year was really outstanding. Regarding some of the other Oscars mentioned, I think one of Oscars poorest choices was Chariots of Fire over Reds. As an Anglophile, I enjoyed Chariots, but it's not really a great film. Reds on the other hand is one of the greatest films of all time. I think at that time, the Academy members were so concerned about being called left-wing, that they were afraid to vote for a film about an American Communist.
Two other points: I think Out of Africa is a great film, in fact, my favorite Meryl Streep movie, and a brilliant adaptation of one aspect of the life of Isak Dinesen. I think its win was justified, even in what was a very competitive year. And, much as I love Peter Shaffer, whom I knew and worked with, I think A Passage to India is David Lean's masterpiece and should have won Best Picture.
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Shocking (to me) that Rebecca won the Best Picture Oscar, over The Grapes of Wrath! (I also prefer Foreign Correspondent, which was also nominated, to Rebecca.)
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9 hours ago, TopBilled said:
What a posh-looking schedule (design-wise), thanks for the link! Of course after checking the "R's," I went straight to the "K's" in hopes that King of the Zombies (1941) would have been scheduled. It was nominated for Best Music Score. But sadly no, it's not there.
Regarding Rebecca, although it has many elements that should make it a favorite, I'm not mad about the film. It's not near the top of the list of my favorite Hitchcock films.
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Andrews, Mr. -- Robert Emhardt in The Group (1966)
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"Will You Remember?" -- Maytime (1937)
Next: Another song set in a springtime scene (not necessarily the words, but the scene)
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More with Francis L. Sullivan: (Btw I knew his godson).
Great Expectations (1934)
Great Expectations (1946)
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Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Wings (1927)
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All Mine to Give (1957)
Next: Tablecloth
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1 hour ago, TikiSoo said:
When the gal awoke from her ordeal, NO ONE noticed the empty clothes on the chair? C'mon. I am glad Sven pointed out the movie was mostly shot in an empty grocery store (the only big box stores at the time)
I think they do refer to the empty clothes. Diana says to the other guy, "That's why I can't hate Quintus." The guy says, "I can't hate him either." Then he looks over at the empty clothes and says "All I have left for his is pity."
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Happy Easter!
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"Pennsylvania 6-5000" -- Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, danced by Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
Next: Song used in a film that has one or more rabbits (not a cartoon)
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Wilson (1944) -- This biopic about Woodrow Wilson, although rather hagiographic, is one of the great all-time movie biographies. It was critically acclaimed and was nominated for ten Oscars, winning five. It lost money at the box office.
I think it's a brilliant movie with a fabulous cast who give great performances. It also features the best representation of a political convention ever put on film, the Democratic Convention of 1912.
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4 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
apparently DIAHANN CARROLL starred in an ALL BLACK BROADWAY REVIVAL OF AGNES OF GOD, now that I would like to see!!!!!
I think Ms. Carroll stood in for Elizabeth Ashley during the original production (twice), when Ms. Ashley was on vacation. I don't think there's been a revival of that play on Broadway.
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/agnes-of-god-4166#Replacements
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First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind
in Games and Trivia
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"The Tennessee Waltz" -- Wise Blood (1979)
Sung in a British movie featuring post-15th century royalty