MilesArcher
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You got it , skip. Telly Savalas was the villain. Your turn.
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The leading lady is now called a Dame. The movie was part of a series, but the leading man only played the role once.
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I would like to see them do some double features of "related" movies, such as "Vertigo" followed by "High Anxiety" or "Casablanca" followed by "Play It Again, Sam".
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It sounds like "Perri", the story of a flying squirrel. Well. not really flying, but more like gliding. I believe I read that actress Peri Gilpin was named after this movie.
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The one in the middle looks like Jack Norton, who always played a drunk.
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Yes, Dick Powell sang it to his then wife, Joan Blondell. If you looked for it on Youtube, you're probably still humming it. Your turn, muddy.
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Yes, "Big Red" was the story of an Irish setter. No. finance, it was not about basketball player Dave Cowens. Some of the movie was filmed in Quebec province in Canada and several French-Canadian actors were used. Now we've had "Old Yeller" and "Big Red". Could there be any more movies about animals with a color in their name? Well, stay tuned and find out. For now. it's mudskipper's turn.
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As long as we're doing lines from songs, here's some:
In spite of the worry that money brings, just a little filthy lucre buys a lot of things.
And I would take you to places you'd like to go, but outside of that, I've no use for dough.
It's the root of all evil, of strife and upheaval.
But I'm certain, honey, that life could be sunny, .......
The next line is the title of the song which was featured in a musical in the thirties. The song became a standard and has been recorded by many singers and bands over the years. Can you name the song, the movie it was first featured in, and who sang it in that movie?
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Please don't stop now, metz. I'm pretty good at this, but I don't know them all, so I don't always respond. Perhaps a few more hints and slightly bigger pictures would get more responses. Again, please don't give up.
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We already know that Disney made a touching "boy and his dog" movie called "Old Yeller". Disney did another one that starred Walter Pidgeon as the gruff owner of a dog that is loved by a young boy. The dog's name is also the title of the movie. Can you name it?
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How about Captain Flint or Cap'n Flint, Long John Silver's parrott in "Treasure Island"? I'll be back later with a new question.
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There's probably more than one correct answer, but the pig in "Animal Farm" is named Old Major.
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The line is " Is it all going in one ear, and out the other? ". The song is "Hey There" from "The Pajama Game". It was sung in the movie by both John Raitt and Doris Day. It was written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It became a big hit for Rosemary Clooney and it was also recorded by Frank Sinatra.
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It sure was. They may have been fighting over their co-star, Marlene Dietrich. Your turn, speedy.
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Thanks. On the page that lists the threads for the forum there are columns marked Thread, Author Views, Replies, and Last Post. Every time somebody views the thread, the Views number increases. Now:
When Billy Wilder was casting "Some Like It Hot", he tried to get Edward G. Robinson for one of the roles. When Robinson heard that George Raft was already in the cast, he refused to do the movie. Wilder tried to lure him by giving a role to his son, Edward Jr. It didn't work. Robinson and Raft had worked together in a movie some years before and they did not get along at all with each other. In fact, the story that has circulated is that they got into a fist fight. Can you name that earlier movie where they worked together?
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It sure can. Tell me, sixes, did you cry at the end when you first saw it? I think everyone did. Your turn now.
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Very good, Dan. "Summer Holiday" was just shown on TCM a few days ago. I think what hurt the movie was that the songs were not that memorable or catchy. The movie was actually made in 1946, but not released until 1948. Possibly MGM had an idea that it wasn't going to be a big hit. By the way, Mickey Rooney will celebrate his 90th birthday next week on September 23rd. Your turn, Dan.
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Well, here's one that I believe was also adapted from a Newbery award winner. It's a coming of age story about a young boy who has to become the man of the house, or in this case the farm, while his father is away. He has to look after his mother and younger brother, all the while trying to train an ornery dog, who is also maturing.
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It sounds like "Iron Man" with Jeff Chandler and Rock Hudson.
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Are you "Rascal" the raccoon?
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Thanks. It's not that unusual for an actor or actress to be in two versions of the same story, but playing different roles in each. Herbert Marshall was in two versions of "The Letter". In the 1929 version, he played the lover who is shot and killed. In the remake in 1940, he played the husband of the woman who does the shooting. Both Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum had parts in the remake of "Cape Fear" after playing the leads in the first one, and the late Kevin McCarthy, after starring in the original "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers", was still on the run in a cameo appearance in the remake. There was however, an actor who played a young boy in a movie that was first made as a drama and then more than a decade later, when it was remade as a musical, he played the older brother of the young boy. The original movie retained the title of the novel that it had been adapted from. The musical had a completely different title, and although it had a top cast and was fairly well done, it was not very successful at the box office. Can you name this actor and the two movies?
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Is it Fannie Flagg, whose real name was Patricia Neal? She wrote "Fried Green Tomatoes" and appeared in "Five Easy Pieces".
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You've got it, lavender. Harry Earles had been one of the stars of "The Unholy Three" with Lon Chaney and Victor McGlaglen. He and Daisy also had two sisters who were little people. Harry is one of the "Lollipop Guild" munchkins in "The Wizard Of Oz". Daisy is also in Munchkinland. Your thread if you want it, lavender.
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Apparently, Mr. Kern was a busy guy, even after he died. Mudskipper got it. If you look back at the original question, you'll see that I tried to help by asking for "more" and "even more". "Can't Help Singing" was Deanna Durbin's only movie in color. She sang "More And More" part way through the movie and she was joined in a reprisal of the song at the end of the picture by leading man Robert Paige. It was shown on TCM earlier this summer. This was a 1945 movie, as was "State Fair". The Oscar nominations and awards were made in 1946, after Kern's death. The winner that year was "It Might As Well Be Spring", which was written by Kern's old friends, Rogers and Hammerstein. They had few Oscar nominations because most of their songs heard in movies were originally in their Broadway shows, and were not eligible for original song Oscars. "State Fair" was an exception. At that time many songs could be nominated for Oscars. The rule was later changed to a five song limit. This information came from wikipedia. Mudskipper's thread, unless he wants to give it away.
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I believe that "Perri" was one of those "true life adventures" that Disney was so famous for. Now:
This week's birthday boy, Mickey Rooney, starred in a couple of movies about horses. In the first one, he plays a former jockey who helps a young girl to train her horse. In a later film, he helps a young boy to train a horse. What are the names of the movies and what is each horse called?