MilesArcher

Are you Bob Peterson from the movie "Up"?

Nicholas Schenck ran Loews Inc. It was the parent company of MGM. He was Louis B. Mayer's boss. Now, do you know me? I was a former beauty contest winner who arrived in Hollywood with a husband and a baby. My married name was the same as a major star, and my maiden name was similar to that of another star, so I changed my first name and kept my married name. I started out in what were known as "prairie flower" roles. That is, the leading lady in "B" westerns. I worked with almost all of the top cowboy stars. I wasn't just a pretty face. I was quite adept at riding and I could shoot like I knew what what I was doing. I could even handle a team of horses pulling a wagon. When I started working with Gene Autry, he liked me so much that he put me under contract to his production company. I worked in many movies and TV shows with Gene, and some other shows that he produced. Eventually I got my own TV series where I became a positive role model for young girls. Even after my show was finished, I remained under contract to Gene and appeared in many rodeos that he sponsored. A little later, I guested on some other TV shows, including "The Andy Griffith Show". Do you know me?

This might sound a bit familiar. This actor trained at the Actors Studio, did a lot of stage work, and then broke into movies in the late sixties. He used a stage name for about ten years, then reverted to his real name for about eight years. He then appeared under one name or the other for a number of years. He couldn't seem to make up his mind. He specialized in playing weaselly criminals, lecherous villains, and corrupt businessmen. In other words, a real sweetheart! He once played a real life movie mogul in a major motion picture. We are looking for the two names he used. Remember, this is the Jeopardy thread, so please answer in the form of a question.

Yes, the boy names the pooch Yellow Dog and sometimes just calls him "Yellow". Let's recap our list of "colorful" animals once more. We've had Old Yeller, Big Red, The Black, Blue Boy, Golden Cloud, Little ****, White Fang, and Yellow Dog. We must be about at the end of the list. I guess we'll have to wait a bit to find out. I know the suspense is driving you all crazy. Right now, it's Mr. Sixes turn.

Are you Helmut Dantine?

I couldn't think of your name until just now, but are you Max Showalter, who used the name Casey Adams for years before going back to your original name? I should know this because you filmed "It Happened To Jane" with Doris Day in my state of Connecticut. You liked the area so much that you moved there. You played the husband of Jean Peters in "Niagara", and you played Ward Cleaver in the pilot for the "Leave It To Beaver" show. Finance would like to know if you are related to Buck Showalter.

Thanks. Speaking of Canada, in a 90's movie filmed and set in British Columbia, a teenage boy named Angus adopts a stray dog. The boy's father, played by Bruce Davison, has givent Angus some survival training. That comes in handy when the father, son, and dog are in a sailboat off the coast that capsizes in a storm. The father is rescued, but the boy and dog are not to be found. They made it to a lifeboat and drifted to land. It's the wilderness with no signs of civilization. The rest of the movie is about how they survive against the elements, including wild animals and weather, until a rescue party reaches them. The name of the dog is in the movie's title. What is it?

You are correct, sir. Young Miss Donahue was playing against type and appearance. Your turn, sixes.

Thanks. Margaret O'Brien made a movie as a teenager in which she and another girl were rivals for the affections of a boy. Much of the movie was set at a summer camp. The other girl, who was rather nasty, was played by a young actress who would go on to be a cast member of a well known TV sitcom. What was the name of the movie and who played Margaret's rival?

They are lemmings, which are small rodents found in arctic regions. The documentary was "White Wilderness".

Mia Farrow was up for the female lead in "True Grit" but she dropped out after Robert Mitchum told her that director Henry Hathaway was cantankerous. The role of Mattie went to Kim Darby. Of course, John Wayne won the Oscar and cast member Robert Duvall would be a future Oscar winner. Mudskipper, you learned a lot from researching those animal questions, didn't you?

Could it be Sean Connery in "Marnie"?

Yes, "White Fang", which has been made several times. It was Jack London's companion piece to "The Call Of The Wild". I'll bet mudskipper knows the name of the dog in "The Call Of The Wild". So now, our "colorful" animal list has Old Yeller, Big Red, The Black, Blue Boy, Golden Cloud, Little ****, and White Fang. We might be running out of names. We'll have to wait and see. It's Mr. Six's turn now.

If you put a mustache on him, it could be Frank Reicher, who played Captain Englehorn in the original "King Kong".

The man on the phone is Charles Judels. Edited by: MilesArcher on Oct 5, 2010 10:49 PM

Thanks. Let's change the setting. In a story that takes place in the Yukon territory, a young fellow rescues a wolfdog (part wolf-part dog) from the men who abused him and entered him into vicious dog fights. Now the task at hand is to domesticate this wild animal and bring him to civilization. The name of the dog is also the name of the movie. What is it?

General Sterling Price was the cat in "True Grit".

Yes, L'il ****, or Little ****, ended up giving his life to save Mattie and Rooster. A character named Rooster got me thinking. We could probably come up with a whole new thread about movie characters with animal names. Let's see, there's Kitty Foyle, Youngblood Hawke, and Colonel "Bat" Guano to start with. But that's for another time. So now we have yet another movie animal with a "colorful" name. We've had Old Yeller, Big Red, The Black, Blue Boy, Golden Cloud, and Little ****. Can there be any left? We'll have to wait to find out. Mudskipper, who, I believe, also has an animal name, is up now.

Yes, I am Dickie, or Dick Jones. I was in "Stella Dallas" in 1937 and "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" in 1938. In 1940, I did the voice of Pinocchio in the Disney classic. I worked extensively with Gene Autry in the late forties and early fifties in both theatrical movies and Gene's TV series. He put me in "The Range Rider" as Dick West, sidekick to the Range Rider, played by Jack, later Jock, Mahoney. We both did most of our own stunts. Later, I starred in "Buffalo Bill Jr.", also for Gene's production company. Good Job, Lana. Your turn, now. Oh, by the way, do you remember who sponsored "The Range Rider"?

Thanks. Do you know me? I was a very accomplished horseman at a very early age. I worked in a rodeo owned by Hoot Gibson. He used his Hollywood connections to get me started in movies. At first, I played bit parts and often I played the star as a boy. I was in some top movies and a lot of "B" pictures. I did a few "Our Gang" comedies and I even did the voice of a memorable character in an animated movie. I served in World War II, at least in the latter part of the war. After the war, my riding ability, and the fact that I could do my own stunts, got me noticed in westerns again, and I worked a lot with one of the leading western stars of the day. When he went into TV, I appeared often on his show. He got me the part of a sidekick in another western series with another former stunt man, and eventually I got a series of my own. Later, I did some guest spots on other TV shows. I retired from acting in the sixties and went into business. I was not yet forty years old. Do you know me?

I was going to guess "Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood" because it featured Bruce Dern, who has been featured on the Hitchcock thread, but I didn't know of any connection to someone who had just died. Here's a new one: In "True Grit", Kim Darby buys a horse from Stother Martin so she can accompany John Wayne and Glen Campbell. The horse ends up carrying her and John Wayne part way to civilization after she is bitten by a rattlesnake. What did she name the horse?

Are you Florence Eldridge, who was married to Fredric March?

You don't need to be too perceptive to enjoy "High Anxiety", an homage to Hitchcock by Mel Brooks. Of course, was Brian DePalma's "Body Double" a homage to Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and "Vertigo"? Was his "Blow Out" an homage to Antonioni's "Blow Up", or were they just rip-offs?

Nehemiah Persoff was in "Never Steal Anything Small" with James Cagney.

You are correct, sir. I believe I made an error on the previous post. I think it was the Twelve Oaks resort that Fred Crane was involved with. Your turn, Dan.