cmvgor
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I can name the movie, but I don't know the follow-up questions. (I saw it as a theatrical release.)
I'll let someone more industrious come up with the full set of answers.
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*Royal Wedding* (1951), Astaire and Powell ???
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BRIT -- Loo
AMER -- John, Head, Latrine
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...And Tommy Lee Jones as the American gangster, with Melanie Griffith as the moll who turned on him after she met Bean.
Got it. Go.
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...onward, ever onward with the multiple clues...
A young Irishman, needing a job, carries a "help wanted" sign from the window into the nightclub
and is presented to the club owner. It turns out to be cleaning, but any job will do. Simply by being present when a difficulty comes up, he winds up driving musicians around when their plane arrives early, etc. After work, in a restaurant, he overhears the London visiters' plans to harm his boss. Thus it is he who warns the boss in plenty of time to turn the tables. It is he who winds up in possession of the thugs' car.
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Hooooweee! MrArcher, there are probably some people around here (not me) who may know how to track down that info, and I'll leave it to them. But I have another suggestion also. Try posting that question on the nearby Forum "Information Please!". Specifically, the thread ***ASK MONGO*** may be helpful. The person who presides at that thread is resourceful, but many others log on when they have useful information. Yours is essentially a statistics question, and there may be someone around who can go to sources and come up with the answer. Drop some bait in both pools, and you may get a useful bite. Good luck.
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Yo, Miles;
Bingo and dead right. A lot of star power (Spacek, Laurie, Steenburgen, Furlong, Durning, McDowell, etc), and a look about the film that did not say big budget. And IMO, one of the best-
ever adaptions from an origional work (a Truman Capote novella in this case) to the screen.
Walter Matthau's son Charles directed.
Thread's yours.
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Of the boy's aunts, one sister diminates, and the other feels defensive and threatened.
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Emissaries summoned from London visit the club owner to reason with him. One of them carries the tools of his trade in a briefcase. They are two wooden blocks shaped so that one can rest his elbow on one block and his wrist on the other. The third item is a short steel rod used to break the forearm neatly. The club owner is forewarned. He turns the tables, breaking the visitor's arm
instead. He then hands the keys to their car to the aide who had discovered the purpose of their visit. They are escorted to the station, and they return to London by train.
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Kinfolks said, "Jed, move away from there!'
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A British star known to Americans as both a singer and an actor runs a nightclub that will not sell out under pressure to the thuggish "developers". He is always instructing his employees and aides, "Remember to get the receipt." This line comes several times, and it has a payoff at the end.
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Southern USA setting. Small town. An orphaned boy being reared by elderly female relitatives.
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Dan;
Will consider it. My usual reason for going the one-chance route is that I don't _have_ any follow-
up questions. But it's worth consideration. In fact, I'll try that with this example.
_U.K Setting_. But key roles for American stars. And built around an American involvement. A
seaport city is cultivating American investment for business. An "America Week" is in progress.
American investors are gathering and some shady American types are trying to piggyback on the
money that is going to roll in.
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Last questioned settled, thread open...
A recent discussion on another thread about the "teaming" of actors in films that were not series
or sequels brought this mid-90s production to mind. It features two stars who worked together a number of times -- but in support roles. And they work separately, having no significent scenes with each other. Also, there are a goodly number of support roles played by A-List character actors, and a couple more names that often get star billing. Great ensemble acting. PG-13 rating. Adaped from a novella by an honored American writer by an Oscar winning scripter.
The film?
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But then one day he was shootin' at some food...
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Elder, John -- John Wayne in *The Sons Of Katie Elder*
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Recycled from another thread, but usable on this one.
BRIT -- I'll use a trunk line to phone my solicitor.
AMER -- I'll call my lawyer long distance.
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I really thought somebody would recognize this one. *Mr. Saturday Night* stars Billy Crystal
(also writer and first-time director) as a comic who was big on TV in mid-century, but now is working small rooms at nursing homes. David Paymer gives an Oscar-nominated performance as
"Buddy Young, Jr.'s" brother and agent. (For the career if not the personality, cf Jackie Gleason,
Sid Caeser, Danny Kaye.) The incident described when I posed the question is endgame, and is typical of Buddy's career and life, Offered a chance to work with Walter Matthau, he blows it
by demanding a chance to take Matthau's role. So, back to the nursing homes. It is not a comedy, but a drama. And a worthy one.
Thread's open
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Blaisdell, Clay -- Henry Fonda in *Warlock*
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Deep in December how sweet to remember
The fires of September that made us mellow...
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Try to remember, and if you remember
Then follow (follow) follow (follow) follow...
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I too have good memories of that play. I saw it (the first time) in a college production, and someone I cared for was Asistant Director, and had supervised the singing rehersals.
Try to remember the kind of September
When no one wept except the willow...
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Looks like the last piece has used up all interest; let's try another:
Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow...
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BRIT -- Torch
AMER -- Flashlight.
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