MilesArcher
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Nehemiah Persoff was in "Never Steal Anything Small" with James Cagney.
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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.
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Thanks. Another GWTW cast member, Fred Crane, who played one of the Tarleton brothers, was only in one other theatrical move. It was a Cisco Kid movie made in the late forties before they did the TV series. He did a few TV shows in the sixties, then retired from acting to run the Tara Resort outside Atlanta. Talk about capitalizing on your fifteen minutes of fame! I happen to have a DVD of that Cisco Kid movie that was in a five dollar bin at Walmart. I had peviously recorded GWTW from TV, so I have the entire film collection of Alicia Rhett and Fred Crane. Now:
I was born in Trinidad and in the forties and fifties I appeared in about a dozen movies and several TV shows, usually playing a calypso singer. Sometimes my parts were unbilled, but when I did get screen credit, you couldn't forget my name. I named myself after a legendary fictional character. Do you know me? I'll give you another clue. I worked in several movies for producer Val Lewton. By the way, I played such minor roles that I wouldn't have even made this thread if it weren't for my unusual name.
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Is it Nehemiah Persoff?
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Are you Alicia Rhett who played India Wilkes in "Gone With The Wind"?
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Correct, Poinciana. And as we found out recently, Fannie Flagg's real name is Patricia Neal. Your turn now.
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Does anyone else here think that actress Leelee Sobieski looks like a younger version of Helen Hunt?
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Speaking of "Five Easy Pieces", an actress who appeared in that movie later wrote a novel that became a movie. She wrote the screenplay and had a small part in the film. What is the name of that movie and who is the actress/author?
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You've got it, muddy. Your turn now.
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A movie in the forties called "On Our Merry Way" would team two actors who would co-star in a TV sitcom many years later. Who are they and what was the TV series?
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Yes, I am Larry Fine. The "top banana" was Ted Healy. In the late fifties, Columbia stopped making short films and they sold our old films to television syndication. There was even a set of bubble gum cards with pictures from our old films, and promoting our feature film "Have Rocket Will Travel". We stayed active in features and personal appearances for about 8 more years. It was said that my face was calloused from all the times that Moe slapped me. It was a tough way to make a living. Your turn, finance.
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Thanks. I was a comic violinist in vaudeville where I made friends with two brothers who were part of a comedy act working with a "top banana". They asked me to join the act. The boss said he'd pay me $90 per week, or $100 per week if I'd forget that fiddle. I said "For $100, I'd forget everything". After a few years, we had a movie contract at MGM. We appeared with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The boss wouldn't pay us what we thought we were worth, so we went out on our own to another studio where we worked for many years. One of the brothers left the act and was replaced by another brother. He eventually passed away and two more replacements followed. When our old films were shown on television, our career was revived. We now had a whole new generation of fans. Do you know me? I'll give you another clue. My nickname was "Porcupine".
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Is it "Five Easy Pieces"?
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Is it Wally Cox?
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Sherree North
She Was Blanche In "The Golden Girls" Danielle Spencer's Role In "What's Happening?" Joan Van Ark's Role In "Knots Landing" + He Was Corporal Rusty In TV's "The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin"
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I think you are actress, dancer, and choreographer Marge Champion. You were an artist's model for Snow White and other cartoons. You won an Emmy for choreography, and you are the step-mother of actress Katey Sagal.
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Blue Boy it is! Golly, it's another movie animal with a color in it's name. Let's see, we've had Old Yeller, Big Red, The Black, and now Blue Boy. Could there be any others? Hmmm, I guess we'll just have to wait to find out. Right now, it's Mr. Sixes turn.
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Thanks. There are three versions of "State Fair". The father of the family, Abel Frake, was played by Will Rogers, Charles Winninger, and Tom Ewell in the various versions. In each movie, Abel Frake enters his prized Hampshire boar in the pig contest at the state fair. What was the name of the little porker?
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Would that be "The Parent Trap"?
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Is it Edgar Dearing?
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What took you so long? Yes, I am Paul Kelly. Your turn, Lana.
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Thanks. Do you know me? I was a child actor on Broadway and in some silent movies. As a young adult, I alternated between the stage and Hollywood. I became friends with a theatrical couple that I met in New York. I had an affair with the wife. Her drunken husband found out and we had a horrible fist fight. He died and I went to prison for manslaughter. The woman was also imprisoned for a while for covering up evidence. Shortly after our releases, we married and resumed our careers. I was typecast in tough guy roles, usually playing second leads, mobsters, or cops. After nine years of marraige, my wife died in a car accident, leaving me with her child, whom I had adopted. I remarried a year or two later, this time to an actress who did bit parts. We stayed happliy married until my death. Through the thirties, forties, and early fifties, I was one of the busiest actors around. I won a Tony award for drama for the play "Command Decision", but the movie role went to Clark Gable. I starred on Broadway in "The Country Girl", but the film role went to Bing Crosby. I was in a Tarzan movie with Johnny Weismuller, A Torchy Blane movie at Warner Bros., and a movie with Lassie. In the fifties, I did some TV work as well as movies. I died of a heart attack on election day after voting for Adlai Stevenson. Do you know me?
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You've got them, cujas. Both were based on books. In the book, "The Pie" was short for the piebald, which is a horse with black and white patches all over. We would call it a pinto. Since they didn't use a piebald in the movie, they said that a neighboring farmer referred to the horse as a pirate, because he had gotten into the farmer's crops. "The Pirate" was shortened to "The Pi" or Pie.
"The Black Stallion was simply called "The Black". Now we have another movie animal with a color in it's name. I wonder if there are any others. Maybe we'll find out soon. In the meantime, cujas, it's your turn.
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You sound like John Ireland, although I thought you were born in Canada.
Film Homage
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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?