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I've wondered that about Lemmon myself. My only guess is there may have been some unpublicized disagreement between them, such as Lemmon wanting too much money.

The young Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe. For all intents and purposes he played Marlowe in Out Of The Past, but it would have been nice to see him in an official adaptation when he was the right age. James Garner or James Coburn as The Sundance Kid. They both turned the role down (along with Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, and -- believe it or not -- Jack Lemmon). I really wish Garner could have played it -- it was perfectly suited to his reactive style. The young David Niven as Flashman in Royal Flash I wish Karloff could have repeated his Broadway role in Arsenic and Old Lace. Raymond Massey not only kills the Karloff jokes, but he's just plain bad I wish James Dean could have lived, if only so he could have done The Left Handed Gun. Jimmy Cagney in All The King's Men. He played a similar character in A Lion Is In The Streets, but that had a bad script. The real Huey Long had an everyman, hail fellow well met quality that Broderick Crawford lacks. Basically any western star as The Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles. John Wayne was offered it, Gig Young started shooting it but was fired. Dan Dailey agreed to replace him then pulled out the next day. The part was written for a traditional action hero. Joel McCrea, William Holden, Chuck Connors, Doug McClure, Neville Brand... There were probably dozens of actors who could have played it. The casting of Gene Wilder makes no sense. Peter Sellers worked about 5 weeks on Kiss Me Stupid, then had a near-fatal heart attack. Wilder hated Sellers and immediately replaced him with Ray Walston, who is the weak link in the finished film. Tony Curtis, Danny Kaye, and Tony Randall had been rumored for the role, and any would have been preferable to Walston. But here's one for the fantasies: What if the role could have been played by... Jerry Lewis?!? "Dean and Jerry -- Together Again!" would have made a priceless ad campaign.

Stunt gone wrong on the set of Tora! Tora! Tora! Fortunately no one got hurt and it looked so good that they ended up using it in the film.

Although we now call the film Ace In The Hole, it was actually released as The Big Carnival. I actually once saw Billy Wilder refer to it under that title in an interview. Today it's cited under the tabloidish title I Married A Communist, as it was previewed, but its actual release title was much blander: The Woman On Pier 13. My vote for the all-time greatest title change goes to the British WWII film Tomorrow We Live, which was changed in the US to At Dawn We Die.

How Charlie Chaplin created one of his most famous film illusions https://giant.gfycat.com/ObviousEuphoricHadrosaurus.webm

Noah Beery and Noah Beery Jr. in 1922

Poster/trade ad for a film that was never made: Portions of the script were reworked into The Mummy (1933); Orson Welles would later play the same character in Black Magic (1949).

I'm only familiar with him in the '33 State Fair, where he is acceptable. But he clearly made the right decision in getting out of acting. Norman Foster, Janet Gaynor, Louise Dresser, and Will Rogers in State Fair He's credited with directing Journey Into Fear '42, but how much of that is his and how much is Orson's is anybody's guess. His best film is probably Rachel And The Stranger.

I'm unfamiliar with his scriptwriting but I recall he would occasionally publish articles in TV Guide about the life of a working actor. I remember one where he talked about playing villains on TV and he said something like "We always have whitebread names, but we never look it". A couple of other writing actors, from the Combat TV show. Rick Jason wrote a memoir that was available online last time I checked. The most fascinating chapter was on making the legendary "Fountain of Youth" for Orson Welles, but other sections were interesting as well, such as how he learned on his first film the proper way to stand in his light. After retiring Dick Peabody ("Littlejohn") wrote some articles for his local paper. These are worth reading not only for Combat fans but also anyone interested in TV acting/production.

Hampton Fancher is perhaps best known today as the author of the first Blade Runner script draft -- he receives co-author credit on the final version. But he spent the '60s acting on almost every series on TV:

I saw on a music board that he had died, but no other info -- no description, no dates -- was given in the subject line. I assumed he was some European prog/heavy metal person I'd never heard of and gave him no more thought. lol at my ignorance

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Marvin Kaplan, a character actor known for the sitcom “Alice” and his voice-over work as Choo-Choo on the animated series “Top Cat,” has died. He was 89. He died of natural causes on Wednesday in his home in Burbank, Calif., according to a statement released by Theatre West. “It is with a sad and heavy heart to inform you our very own Marvin Kaplan passed away today at 5 a.m. in his sleep,” the statement reads. “We loved Marvin. He will truly be missed.” Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kaplan’s made his film debut in 1949’s “Adam’s Rib” starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Known for his sarcastic and deadpan delivery, Kaplan was featured in a variety of films, TV shows and animated series throughout his 60+ year career. Apart from “Top Cat,” Kaplan was well-known for his recurring role on the CBS series “Alice” as Henry Beesmeyer, a phone company employee named who often visited Mel’s Diner. He also appeared in small roles in films such as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” “The Great Race” and “A New Kind of Love.” http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/marvin-kaplan-dead-alice-top-cat-actor-dies-89-1201844857/

One of the scariest things you'll ever hear: The Mysterious Traveler - "Behind The Locked Door" (1951)

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff. It is based on the true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the so-called "thrill killers" who murdered a young boy in 1924 in order to commit "the perfect crime." The story is told in flashbacks, beginning with a 1958 parole hearing. Song list Prelude Why- Nathan Everybody Wants Richard- Nathan Nothing Like a Fire- Richard and Nathan A Written Contract- Richard and Nathan Thrill Me- Nathan and Richard The Plan- Richard and Nathan Way Too Far- Nathan Roadster- Richard Superior- Nathan and Richard Ransom Note- Richard and Nathan My Glasses/Just Lay Low- Nathan and Richard I'm Trying to Think- Richard and Nathan Way Too Far (reprise)- Nathan Keep Your Deal With Me- Richard and Nathan Afraid- Richard Life Plus 99 Years/Finale- Nathan and Richard

Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius having a cigarette and reading the paper before filming continues on Planet of the Apes

If Gilligan is remade it will be turned into a "slob comedy" emphasizing the question of what happens on an island with four men and only three women. There was already a sketch on the old Kimmel-Carolla Man Show that used this approach to the premise.

In 1955, ABC commissioned several episodes under the banner of their "Warner Brothers Presents" anthology series — filmed on some of the same sets previously occupied by Bogie and Bergman — which dispatched nightclub owner Rick Blaine (Charles McGraw) on new adventures. Almost three decades later, David Soul headlined a prequel version that attempted to fill in the gaps before Ilsa re-entered Rick's life

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/14/25-films-set-for-a-reboot-or-remake/ 25 films set for a reboot or remake 2. Mary Poppins (1964) Director: Robert Stevenson Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and David Tomlinson THE REMAKE Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep and Lin-Manuel Miranda Set 20 years after the Disney original, the new film will take place in Depression-era London. It is due to take its storylines from PL Travers’s children books focusing on Poppins’s continued adventures with the Banks family. Blunt will star as the titular supernanny alongside the Tony-winning creator of the Hamilton musical as a lamplighter named Jack. 11. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Director: Lewis Milestone Starring: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray Honours: Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director THE REMAKE Director: Roger Donaldson Starring: TBA. Although Travis Fimmel is currently attached to the project. Like Logan’s Run, All Quiet is positioned as a re-adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel, rather than a remake of the original film. Daniel Radcliffe was once attached to the production, but it’s understood he is no longer involved. 23. The Birds (1963) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy Honours: Nominated for one Academy Award; Tippi Hedren won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer THE REMAKE Director: Diederik Van Rooijen Starring: Naomi Watts Alarm bells may ring when you hear that Michael Bay - he of Transformers and Pearl Harbor fame - is producing this new take on the Hitchcock original. The last notable Hitchcock remake was Gus Van Sant's 1998 version of Psycho, a shot-by-shot copy starring Vince Vaughn.

In the '30s remakes added sound In the '60s stories were were remade to add color and widescreen The the '70s "revisionist" remakes took advanced of loosened censorship While a major reason or remakes today is CGI, I think the main reason is simply a story's track record, producers can tell the studio "It's worked before!" Some of the remakes still don't make sense to me. I don't really understand remaking Ben-Hur. I presume the religious angle was de-emphasized in this new version. That was a big selling point of the original.

Last year I posted a list of '60s Universals that have fallen into obscurity and seem to have been unaired for decades: The Bofors Gun -- great Nicol Williamson performance Work Is A Four Letter Word The Adding Machine Angel In My Pocket -- Somebody requested this awhile back I'll Never Forget What's'is Name -- the best Richard Lester movie Richard Lester never made Banning -- the greatest golf movie in history, if that means anything What's So Bad About Feeling Good Don't Just Stand There -- has this been show anywhere in the past 25+ years? It seems to have utterly vanished -- not just from TV but also the public consciousness. P.J.-- Harper-imitation with George Peppard has something of a following. Some of these films have been uploaded to YouTube (and then quickly disappeared)