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OK for the moment goodbye Mrschips (couldn't resist).
Lets begin a game.
Clue # 1 Sisters
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Born this day December 18th:
Posthumous
Admirable movie star Betty Grable (56) 1916-1973.
In "Million Dollar Legs" (which she had), "A Yank in the R.A.F", "Tin Pan Alley", "Moon Over Miami", "Coney Island", "The Dolly Sisters", "Mother Wore Tights", "How to Marry a Millionaire". Was married to Jackie Coogan and Harry James.
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Lead/co-star Celia Johnson (73) 1908-1982.
Appeared in "In Which We Serve", "The Captain's Paradise", "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and in her Oscar nominated role in "Brief Encounter".
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Superlative Character actress Gladys Cooper (82) 1888-1971.
In "Now, Voyager" (Davis' mother), "Mr. Lucky", "Valley of Decision", "Love Letters", "The Green Years", "The Bishop's Wife", "Rebecca", "Kitty Foyle", "The Song of Bernadette", "Seperate Tables", "My Fair Lady" etc.
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Mongo
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Born this day December 18th:
Former child star Gary Gray is 67.
On screen in bit parts since the 1940s. He was featured in "Rachel and the Stranger" with William Holden and Loretta Young. Alsi in "The Girl from Jones Beach", "The Great Lover" with Bob Hope, "The Next Voice You Hear" etc. He is now retired.
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Co-star/supporting actor Roger Smith is 71.
In "Man of a Thousand Faces", "Operation Mad Ball", "Auntie Mame", "Never Steal Anything Small" etc.
Was married to Victoria Shaw (3 kids) and currently married to Ann-Margret (36 years).
Neuromuscular disease forced his retirement.
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Co-star/support Peggy Cummins is 78.
In "Moss Rose" with Victor Mature, "The Late George Apley" with Ronald Colman and memorable in "Gun Crazy" aka "Deadly is the Female" with John Dall. Was fitted for costumes for the lead in "Forever Amber" when Linda Darnell got the part.
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Prominent co-star/support Ossie Davis is 86. In "The Cardinal", "The Scalphunters", "Gone Are the Days", "Do The Right Thing", "The Client" etc. Married to Ruby Dee.
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Mongo
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Hello Mrschips. You are correct it is "Johnny Belinda".
It's your turn.
Mongo
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Clue # 3 Feisty Aunt
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Clue #2 Widowed father
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Here we go.
Clue # 1 Novia Scotia
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rosinryanz I read that she died of a heart attack.
Mongo
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"The Bride of Frankenstein"?
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Born this day December 17th:
Co-star/supporting actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 73.
He gave strong performances in "The Music Box" with Jessica Lange and as the patriarch in "Avalon". Also in "Shine", "The Last Good Time", "Holy Matrimony" etc.
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Supporting actress/co-star Patrice Wymore is 77.
In "Tea for Two" with Doris Day, "The Big Trees" with Kirk Douglas, "I'll See You in My Dreams", "Ocean's Eleven" (1960) etc. Widow of Errol Flynn their daughter Arnella died in 1998.
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Posthumous:
Supporting/co-star Richard Long (47) 1927-1974. Popular and appealing actor in "The Stranger" with Colbert, "The Egg and I", "All I Desire", "Cult of the Cobra", "The House on Haunted Hill" etc. Was on TVs "The Big Valley".
Was married to Suzan Ball and Mara Corday.
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Co-star/support Joan Woodbury (73) 1915-1989. Was the miniture queen in the bottle in "The Bride of Frankenstein". Also in "They Gave Him a Gun", "King of the Zombies", "Charlie Chan on Broadway", "Blue Skies",
"The Ten Commandments". Was married to actor Henry Wilcoxon. Remember Woodbury soap?
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Co-star/support Katina Paxinou (72) 1900-1973. Oscar winner for "For whom the Bell Tolls" as Pilar. Also in "Confidential Agent" with Boyer, "Mourning Becomes Electra" with Roz Russell, "Prince of Foxes" with Tyrone Power etc.
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Mongo
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"Tender Mercies"?
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Born this day December 16th:
Lead/co-star Liv Ullmann is 64.
Oscar nominated actress in "40 Carats", "A Bridge to Far", "Cries and Whispers", "The New Land", "Face to Face", "The Emigrants", "Scenes from a Marriage", "Autumn Sonata" with Ingrid Bergman.
Director Ingmar Bergman was a big influence on her career.
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Posthumous:
Supporting actor Hardie Albright (71) 1903-1975.
Appeared in "So Big" with Stanwyck, "Cabin in the Cotton" with Davis, "Saboteur", "Pride of the Yankees",
"Angel On My Shoulder" with Muni.
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Supporting actress Lenita Lane (93) 1901-1995.
Was in "Imitation of Life" '34, "Ginger" with Jane Withers, "The Women", two Charlie Chan pics "Dead Men Tell", "Castle in the Desert", two with Vincent Price "The Mad Magician" and "The Bat".
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Mongo
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Mr. Chandler died of blood poisoning following spinal surgery.
Mongo
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I recently saw the fresh faced pretty girl Jeanne Crain in "A Letter to Three Wives" on Fox Movie Channel. She was also a treat in "Margie", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "The Model and the Marriage Broker" and in my favorite segment in "O. Henry's Full House" etc.
Mongo
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Born this day December 15th:
Co-star/supporting actor Tim Conway is 70. Appeared in "The Worlds Greatest Athlete", "The Apple Dumpling Gang", "The Shaggy D.A.", "Gus", "The Private Eyes".
A smash on TVs Carol Burnett Show.
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Supporting actress Laura Elliott is 77. In "Samson and Delilah", "A Place in the Sun", "The Mating Season", "Paid in Full" and as Fraley Granger's wife
in Hitchcoks "Strangers on a Train" (who is strangled by Robert Walker).
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Posthumous:
Former child star Jo Ann Marlowe (55) 1935-1991. In "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Roughly Speaking", "Night and Day". Was the good daughter Kay in "Mildred Pierce".
*********************************************************Lead/support Jeff Chandler (42) 1918-1961. Popular actor Oscar nominated for "Broken Arrow". Also in "Bird of Paradise", "The Iron Man", "War Arrow", "Female on the Beach" with Crawford, "Jeanne Eagels" with Novak, etc.
Died during surgery.
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Mongo
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No doubt it was quiet as a church mouse around here today. Perhaps things will pick up during the week.
Mongo
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Gonna scoot now and prepare for the finale of "Survivor".
Be back Thursday for afternoon trivia.
Coffeedan will return sometime tomorrow with another week of nutbusters.
Mongo
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No takers? The answer is the film "The Spiral Staircase" with George Brent, Dorothy McGuire and Ethel Barrymore.
Mongo
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classicsfan its obvious that members are busy getting with the yuletide season scuttling around the stores and decorating their homes.
We did most of our shopping on Friday and we are close to done. How about you?
If you have time for a round or two just me me the word.
Mongo
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I guess I better stop reading the newspaper since it appears I'm all screwed up. When Kazan died it read that he DID rat out Polonsky among others.
It further fueled my speculatation when Kazan was awarded his special Oscar and many in the film colony was against it. Why?
In any event I will always appreciate Kazan as a fine film director while I will doubt his integrity as a human being.
Mongo
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Born this day December 14th:
Lead/co-star Patty Duke is 57. Won her Oscar for "The Miracle Worker". Also in "Billie" and as Neely in the awful "Valley of the Dolls". Was married to John Astin.
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Supporting actress Marge Redmond is 73. Appeared in "The Trouble with Angels", "The Fortune Cookie", "Family Plot", "Hear No Evil".
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Co-star/support Elyse Knox is 86. Pretty blonde in mostly "B" films. Also in "Lillian Russell" with Alice Faye, "Hit the Ice" with Abbott & Costello, "The Mummy's Tomb" and a series of Joe Palooka films. Mother of actor Mark Harmon.
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Posthumous:
Star/co-star Lee Remick (55) 1935-1991. Lovely actress in "Anatomy of a Murder" , "Wild River", "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Oscar nominee), "Experiment in Terror,
"The Omen" etc.
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Lead/co-star Dan Dailey (64) 1913-1978. Song and dance man starred with Betty Grable in "Mother Wore Tights", "When My Baby Smiles at Me", "My Blue Heaven" etc. Also in "What Price Glory" with Cagney, "There's No Business Like Show Business" etc. Son committed suicide.
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Character actress Frances Bavier (86) 1902-1989. In "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Bend of the River", "Man in the Attic", "It Started with a Kiss" etc. Famous as Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show".
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Supporting actress Lillian Randolph (81) 1898-1980.
On screen from the 1930s in "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", "Sleep, My Love", "Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte" and as Annie the maid in "It's a Wonderful Life".
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Mongo
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Sunday's question:
The following plot is from what film:
Homicidal killer shot by his distraught mother. Servant girl rescued.
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The answer to Afternoon Trivia is "Watch on the Rhine" with words spoken by Lucile Watson.
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Can you really blame Polonsky for wanting to shoot Kazan since he ratted him out to save his own ****. I understand that Dymtryk also ratted out his comrades.
Understand I'm not in defense of Commies I just don't like rats.
Shameful.
Mongo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
in Staff Discussion Forum
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Classicsfan I've been using the dates of birth and death
1916-1973 for a while now. Also the age (56) that the star was when he/she died in the posthumous section.
I stopped the dates for a few weeks and I got a request to continue them, which I did.
I'm glad this and the extended list of movies are helpful to you.
Mongo