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  1. Thanks, finance. I don't get exposed to a lot of the kind of information that works best in this thread, but I just ran across a piece of info that may fit. At least I'll try, and I _won't_ drag it out if it's inappropriate. Take this fact: Novelist Grace Matalious, soon after publishing Peyton Place, was introduced to a man who had the same name as the high school principal in her book. There were objections to the use of his name, and the character's name was changed in all subsequent printings of the novel. The origional name never got into the paperback editions at all. Writers and moviemakers have such problems, from time to time, including settlements for damages. Now the case at hand. Another blockbuster novel, another first-time hit by a novelist, and another blockbuster movie on the way. A man with a past contact with the author sued for damages because one of the characters had his last name. The movie was very big, and the plaintiff then included the filmmakers in his suit. The story had a WWII setting, and as luck would have it, the actor playing the character with the name in contention gave an Oscar performance. The plaintiff lost Who? Title? Name in contention?.
  2. At about 125 Views: Back to plot points. Stuff hits fans. Voices are raised; matters are resolved; acceptances and resolutions are reached. The outsider will not become an insider. The embroidery project is referenced again when the wife is seen arranging to put it away and keep it at the summer cottage instead of take it back to the main house. _Husband_: "I rather liked that." _Wife_: "We don't have room for it at home."
  3. Steptoe, Albert -- Welfrid Brammel in *Steptoe and Son* (The Brit TV source for Sanford And Son)
  4. The husband is portrayed by a British-born actor who often played American roles, and fit smoothly into that image. The wife had a long career, mostly in comedy, but she had serious drama chops also. I usually don't forget this point: Early 1960s release.
  5. Pearl, Juniper ("Joon") -- Mary Stuart Masterson in *Benny And Joon*
  6. Nancy -- Shani Wallis in *Oliver!* (1968)
  7. At about 100 Views or so: Blend and stir. What could change things here? The wife hired the daughter's tutor with the thought in the back of her mind that she was also recruiting an eventual lover. Then, with summer's-end departure looming, he appeals to her in terms indicating a _mother_ image. (Can you say "fuggetaboutit"?)
  8. That would fit the situation of the Beatles, with *A Hard Day's Night* and *Help!*
  9. *101* "Right, hands on hips, then: ♫ Down on your heels, up on your toes! ♪ ♪ That's how it feels, that's how it goes...." ♫
  10. duplicate J deleated and saved.
  11. In this small cast, there are a number of awards and a lot of award nominations. One cast member took home an Oscar due to a previous performance.
  12. Try looking up what you can find out about the late _Will Rogers_ (1879-1945). As far back as his pre-film career doing rope tricks on the Vaudeville stage, he chewed gum during his act, and he made jokes about men who chewed tobacco instead. I know this from his biography. I haven't seen many of his movies, but he may have carried that habit over into his films. Good luck.. ,
  13. That was an absolute cannonball of a clue! Harry Carey, (Sr) received the dedication of the remake of *3 Godfathers* (1948, some sources say 1949) Harry Carey, Jr. was in the cast of that movie. (??)
  14. Hernandez, Raul -- Trinidad Silva in *UHF* (1989)
  15. As part of her artistic persona, the wife works much of the summer on sizable and elaborate piece of embroidery. It is on a frame set up on an easel, and the parlor is her workplace.
  16. These people are in a summer home, on the Pacific coast; the time is approaching when they will return home. The tutor fixes on the wife as the person most likely to be able to give him a permanent place with this family.
  17. Eldon, Barry -- Ralph Bellamy in *Air Hawks* (1935)
  18. Chico -- Horst Buchholoz in *The Magnificent Seven*
  19. "We're cannibals here. We eat each other."
  20. Not *Tomorrow The World*. The husband is a successful business owner. The wife runs the family otherwise, and she has social and artistic pretensions. The son feels crowded by his father's strength and his mother's domination. The daughter has some shallow (ditsy) romantic notions. They all react in their own ways to the tutor's presence.
  21. Correct, Eve. A recent airing of *Bandoloro!* got me on the subject of Dean Martin Westerns, and I came up with this one. Your thread.
  22. *3.* The ruse comes out when it is noticed that the man with the Bible is holding it upside-down.
  23. There are hints of Nazi oppression experiences in the tutor's background. The source is a stage play about a British family, which became a film about an American family. Removal in both time and distance from Germany weakened the force of the story according to commentary as of relase date.
  24. "Why are you always holding yourself up to be petted like that?"
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