cmvgor
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*101* yet again
"Naaah. In this economy, a used helicopter franchise is just a slow way to starve."
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> {quote:title=theladyeve wrote:}{quote}
> This one shouldnt be too difficult:
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> Nothings to good for ___________________ (blank is the title of the movie)
"...*The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* " finishes the quote. Could also be used in the "first/last lines" thread. Irony: the man actually fitting that description is now dead, and has been buried by charitable friends in a pauper's funeral.
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Correct, Eve. A Brooklynite named Joseph A. Maggio had been in the same Infantry company with James Jones, the novelist who later wrote From Here To Eternity, at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii in the period before the Japanese attack on 12/7/1941. Circumstances of the war later separated them into different outfits, and they lost contact with each other. Jones admittedly gave a character the name _Angelo_ Maggio, but aspects of the character (dishonorable discharge, rolled gays for pocket money) were just creations of the author. This first brought complaints, with the publisher (Scribner's) the deep-pocket defendent. It actually went into court later, near the publication date of another novel, Some Came Running. The Defense was able to produce witnesses who had heard Joseph A. Maggio actually boast about the connection with the novel. The jury found for the Defense after some 4 hours deliberation. I picked this up only because I'm currently reading Into Eternity:The Life Of James Jones, American Writer by Frank MacShane.
An amusing similar story that I won't wait to pose as a question: English novelist / scriptwriter Graham Greene got so tired of nuisance law suits over his characters' names that, upon writing the novel (then the screenplay) for *The Comedians*, he named his three main characters Smith, Jones and Brown.
Eve's thread.
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deleated. duplicate post.
Edited by: cmvgor on Apr 19, 2010 3:19 AM
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Sixes, I'll hold rodag's place until he gets back.
New one, first line:
"Geeeze, what a dramatic airport!"
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Early Fifties movie.
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deleated duplicate W
Edited by: cmvgor on Apr 18, 2010 10:44 PM
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Utley, George -- Tom Poston in *Newhart* (1980s TV)
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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?.
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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."
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Steptoe, Albert -- Welfrid Brammel in *Steptoe and Son* (The Brit TV source for Sanford And Son)
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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.
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Pearl, Juniper ("Joon") -- Mary Stuart Masterson in *Benny And Joon*
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Nancy -- Shani Wallis in *Oliver!* (1968)
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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"?)
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That would fit the situation of the Beatles, with *A Hard Day's Night* and *Help!*
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*101*
"Right, hands on hips, then: ♫ Down on your heels, up on your toes! ♪ ♪ That's how it feels, that's how it goes...." ♫
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duplicate J deleated and saved.
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Some old favorites went by just last night:
*1.* ..."We've got to get this woman to a hispital."
..."A hospital?! What is it?"
..."It's a big building with patients. But that's not important right now."
*2.* ..."There's a little problem in the cockpit."
..."The cockpit? What is it?"
..."It's the little room at the front of the plane where the pilot is. But that's not important right now."
*3.* "Flying that plane is no harder than riding a bicycle. Just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."
...all from *Airplane!*
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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.
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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.. ,
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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. (??)
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Hernandez, Raul -- Trinidad Silva in *UHF* (1989)
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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.
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Edited by: cmvgor on Apr 19, 2010 7:45 AM