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Clue # 8 A printing press
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classicsfan, Jane Wyman had a few "small" spots on TCM while commenting on a film and/or a star that she worked with.
When her daughter Maureen died I sent a card and she herself responed to it which was very nice.
Although she had many offers and big bucks to write a book about her life with Ronald Reagan she declined.
She is first class all the way and a mighty good actress.
A little gem I failed to list was "Miracle in the Rain" with Van Johnson in which she gave a touching performance
(as usual).
Mongo
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Clue # 7 "Cousin Henry"
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Born this day January 4th:
Co-star/supporting actress Dyan Cannon is 67.
In films since the 1960s she was in "The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond" w/Ray Danton, "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (Oscar nominee), "Doctors' Wives", "The Love Machine", "Such Good Friends", "The Last of Sheila", "The Virginia Hill Story", "Deathtrap", Heaven Can Wait" (Oscar nominee), "Author, Author", "Out to Sea" etc. Was married to Cary Grant, have one daughter.
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Co-star/support Barbara Rush is 77 today.
In "When Worlds Collide", "It Came from Out of Space", "Magnificent Obsession", "Captain Lightfoot", "No Down Payment", "The Young Lions", "The Young Philadelphians", "The Bramble Bush", "Strangers When We Meet" (good role), "Come Blow Your Horn", "Superdad" etc. Was married to Jeffrey Hunter.
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Splendid screen star Jane Wyman is 90 today.
Best actress Oscar nominee four times in "The Yearling", "Johnny Belinda" (won the award), "The Blue Veil", "Magnificent Obsession". Also in "Slim" w/ Fonda, "The Crowd Roars" w/ Robert Taylor, "Brother Rat", "Larceny, Inc.", "Night and Day", "Magic Town", "The Glass Menagerie", "Three Guys Named Mike", "So Big", Pollyanna" etc. Started career as a blonde. Once married to Ronald Reagan. Had a crush on Lew Ayres while making "Johnny Belinda". Lost daughter Maureen to cancer in 2001.
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Posthumous
Supporting actor Sorrell Booke (64) 1930-1994.
In "Black Like Me", "Fail-Safe", "Up the Down Staircase", "What's Up, Doc?", "The Iceman Cometh", "Freaky Friday", "The Other Side of Midnight" etc. Popular as Boss Hogg in TVs "Dukes of Hazzard".
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Character actor Jesse White (80) 1917-1997.
On screen since the 1940s in "Harvey", "Bedtime for Bonzo", "Death of a Salesman", "Million Dollar Mermaid", "Witness to Murder" w/ Stanwyck, "Not as a Stranger", "The Bad Seed", "Marjorie Morningstar", "A House is not a Home" etc.
In TV commercials he was the Maytag Repairman.
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Supporting actor Stirling Holloway (87) 1905-1992.
Amusing in appearance and voice he was in over 100 films including "Elmer the Great", "The Gold Diggers of 1933", "Dancing Lady" w/Crawford, "Alice in Wonderland" (the frog), "The Merry Widow", "Maid of Salem", "Of Human Hearts", "The Blue Bird" w/Temple, "Meet John Doe", "A Walk in the Sun", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" etc. He voiced many Disney films including the stork in "Dumbo" and especially as Winnie the Pooh.
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Mongo
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Sunday's Question:
He played Tony Camonte in which film?
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Answer: She is Joan Crawford in the movie "The Best of Everything".
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Speaking of collections I have about 3,000 45rpm records (most with original sleeves) stacked in a file cabinet. Lucky I have a jukebox to play them from time to time.
There mostly hits from the 1950s and 1960s with a few newer ones in the mix.
Also have oodles of recorded VHS tapes with 2 to 3 movies on them. Many not on video including "A Hatful of Rain", "Pickup on South Street", "Wild is the Wind" with Magnani, "Jeanne Eagles" w/ Novak, "The Little Fugitive", "The Window", "Nightmare Alley" etc. etc.
Also books galore. Many biographies, Whatever Became Of..
The Films Of..., Screen World, Who's Who in Hollywood etc. etc.
The only thing is I will have to live eons in order to enjoy them all.
Mongo
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The last three request' are dynamite! I adore those stars Sheridan, Crain and Blondell. Let's hope that TCM can accommodate these request sooner or later.
Mongo
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Sandy the funny part is that I was looking at the name Abby when I typed in the name Libby. Go figure. Perhaps I was thinking of Ida Lupino's character in "Deep Valley". Yeah, sure.
Also I'm glad that you enjoy the Birthday thread.
Mongo
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Evening Trivia:
She played Amanda Farrow in what film of the 1950s?
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virtualpope your in the groove. Congratulations!
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Additions: Born this day January 3rd.
Posthumous
Co-star/supporting actress Zasu Pitts (69) 1894-1963.
Comical star in over 200 films including silents. Talkies include "Life with Father", "Francis" (the talking mule), "This Could be the Night", "The Gazebo" w/Glenn Ford, "The Thrill of it All" ( a delightful Doris Day comedy", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" her last. In the TV series "Oh! Susanna" w/Gale Storm.
The cartoon character Olive Oyl was patterned after her with the hand-wringing and nervous speech pattern.
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Character actress Josephine Hull (71) 1894-1963.
Delightful actress who was in "Arsenic and Old Lace" as Aunt Libby, "Harvey" won Oscar in a supporting role, "The Lady from Texas" etc. She had a 50 year career on Broadway.
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Mongo
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Afternoon Trivia:
Which Oscar winning actress played the part of Alicia Huberman and in what movie?
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You are correct Lon and welsome to the boards. Congratulations!
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Clue # 6 Secret Service Agent
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Not yet moira.
Clue # 5 "The Skipper"
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Born this day January 3rd:
Supporting actress Mara Corday is 74.
Universal contract player in "Son of Ali Baba" w/ Tony Curtis, "Playgirl" w/ Shelley Winters, ""Man with a Star" w/Kirk Douglas, "Foxfire" w/Jeff Chandler, "Tarantula" (good horror), "The Giant Claw", "The Black Scorpion" etc. She was the widow of Richard Long.
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Co-star/support Robert Loggia is 74.
Oscar nominee for "Jagged Edge" also in "Somebody Up There Likes Me", "The Greatest Story Ever Told", "Revenge of the Pink Panther", "S.O.B.", "An Officer and a Gentleman" as Gere's dad, "Psycho II", "Scarface" w/Pacino, "Prizzis Honor", "Big" etc.
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Posthumous
Singer/support Maxine Andrews (79) 1916-1995.
Appeared in "Argentine Nights", "Buck Privates", "Hold That Ghost", "Private Buckaroo", "Hollywood Canteen", "Road to Rio" etc. Along with sisters Patty and Lavern they were one of the most popular and successful singing trios of all time.
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Leading actor Ray Milland (79) 1907-1986.
in "Charlie Chan in London", "The Gilded Lily", "The Glass Key", "The Jungle Princess" w/ Lamour, "Beau Geste", "I Wanted Wings", "Reap the Wild Wind", "The Major and the Minor", "Lady in the Dark", "The Lost Weekend" (won Oscar for brilliant performance), "Golden Earrings" (fun w/Dietrich), "Alias Nick Beal", "Rhubarb" (about a cat), "Dial M for Murder", "Love Story", "Frogs" etc. Married over 55 years at his death.
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Asian actress Anna May Wong (56) 1905-1961.
In "King of Chinatown", "Island of Lost Men", "Lady from Chung King", "Bombs Over Burma", "Impact" w/Ella Raines, "Portrait in Black" w/Lana Turner etc. She was born in California.
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Lead/co-star John Loder (90) 1898-1988.
English actor in "King Solomon's Mines" '37, "Tin Pan Alley", "How Green Was My Valley", "Now, Voyager", "Gentleman Jim" w/Flynn, "Old Acquaintance", "The Brighton Strangler", "A Game of Death", "Dishonored Lady", "The Story of Esther Costello" w/ Crawford etc. Hedy Lamarr was one of his six wives.
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Lead actress Marion Davies (64) 1897-1961.
Delightful blonde in silents and talkies. "Blondie of the Follies", "Peg o' My Heart", "Polly of the Circus", "Going Hollywood", "Ever Since Eve" her last.
Born in Brooklyn she was the mistress of newspaper magnant William Randolph Hearst.
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Mongo
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It looks like another clue is needed here.
Clue #4 A United Nations interpreter
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Saturday's Question:
Which actor played abolitionist John Brown is two films?
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feaito your answer is correct. Congratulations!
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Just saw a commercial advertising TCMs "31 Days of Oscar" even though February has only 29 days this year.
TCM will run Oscar month from February 1st. through March 2nd. this year. Thats good new for me since I enjoy their Oscar presentations especially the mini spots featuring former winners and the Oscar winning or nominated shorts.
Mongo
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Afternoon Trivia:
Which character actor played a kindly counterfeiter and in which film?
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Stella you are correct. Congratulations!
It was Newman's wife Joanne Woodward and their daughter Clea who earned BA degrees.
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Born this day January 2nd:
Supporting actor John Considine is 66.
In "The Greatest Story Ever Told", "California Split" w/
George Segal, ""The Late Show" good flick w/ Art Carney, "A Wedding" w/ Carol Burnett, "When Time Ran Out..." w/ Paul Newman, "Made in Heaven" etc.
Brother of Tim Considine.
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Co-star/support Anna Lee is 91 today.
On screen from the 1930s in "King Solomon's Mines" '37, "Seven Sinners" w/ Dietrich, "How Green was my Valley" as Bronwyn, "Flying Tigers" w/ Wayne, "Bedlam" w/ Karloff, "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "Fort Apache", "The Horse Soldiers", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" as Davis' next door neighbor, "The Sound of Music", "Star!" w/ Julie Andrews etc. A longtime regular on TVs "General Hospital" (in a wheelchair). Mother of Venetia Stevenson.
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Posthumous
Actress/ballet dancer Vera Zorina (86) 1917-2003.
Imported to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn on a 7 year film contract. In "The Goldwyn Follies", "On Your Toes" w/ The Ritz Brothers, "I Was an Adventuress" w/ Richard Greene (remember him?), "Louisiana Purchase" w/ Bob Hope, "Follow the Boys" w/ Raft, "Lover Come Back" w/ George Brent etc.
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Mongo
~*~Classic Film 21 Questions~*~
in Games and Trivia
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feaito you hit the nail on the head! I was trying to be coy with the two questions about endearing Edmund Gwenn
and you finally caught me (both films dealt with counterfeiters also).
He is one of my favorite character actors and in "Mister 880" he shined like the top of a Christmas tree.
Congratulations!
Mongo