[Same Name - No Relation]

I'll go with Baker, although I'm not familiar with Fay.

 

John and Romy

[Movie Trivia]

You are correct. finance. "Polly With A Past" was made around 1920. Clifton Webb made a few silent movies and was actually under contract to MGM for a short while in the early thirties, but he did not make any movies at that time. Most people thought that 1944's "Laura" was probably his screen debut, but it just marked the beginning of a career change for him. He was also credited with introducing Irving Berlin's song "Easter Parade" on Broadway. When Clifton Webb's mother died, he took it so hard that his friend Noel Coward is said to have remarked that it must be terrible to be orphaned at seventy. Your turn, finance.

[Movie Trivia]

Thanks, Eve. Actress Ina Claire played the second female lead in "Ninotchka" opposite Greta Garbo. Some years earlier she had married John Gilbert after Garbo jilted him by literally leaving him at the altar. Ina Claire had starred in a movie in the silent days that featured an actor who many thought actually made his screen debut in a well known 1944 film. Not so! He was a Broadway actor and dancer who made a few silent movies. In the forties and fifties he became well known for playing impeccably dressed, fastidious types, not unlike his off screen self. He was often cast with children. He was inseparable from his mother, with whom he lived until her death at age 91. He became so distraught when she died that he only made one more film after that and died a few years later. Who is this character actor and what was the film in which he appeared with Ina Claire?

[Same Name - No Relation]

Patrick

 

Pam and David Alan

[Movie Trivia]

Is it Brooke Adams and her husband, Tony Shalhoub, the star of "Monk"?

[Totally groove on Laurel and Hardy and hope we see more!!!]

For those of you in the Los Angeles area, the stairway that L & H used in "The Music Box" is still in existence. It is on Sunset Boulevard in the Silverlake district of the city. The area around it has changed a lot since 1932, but you'll recognize it when you see it.

[What movie is this picture from?]

Metz, any more pictures? It's been a while.

[Famouse Relatives - Different Names]

Sean Catherine Derek

 

Livingston Taylor

[Same Name - No Relation]

I think that you're going for the name BALL although Suzan, spelled SUZAN, was a cousin of Lucille.

 

Now:

 

Michelle, Mary, and Billy

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

Yes, Charlie, you are correct. Lassie was always played by a male collie. The original was named Pal, and subsequent Lassies were all played by his descendants, with one exception. In "Son Of Lassie", Pal played Laddie, the son of Lassie, and the part of Lassie was played by another dog. The original "Lassie Come Home" (1943) featured young Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor. "Son Of Lassie" was made two years later and their characters are now young adults played by Peter Lawford and June Lockhart. Coincidentally, in 1944, in "The White Cliffs Of Dover", Roddy and Elizabeth appeared as children, and later in the movie, as time has moved forward, their characters were played by Peter Lawford and June Lockhart. It's your turn, Charlie.

[By Any Other Name..]

Phyllis Diller

 

Old Standard "It Had To Be _______" She Was Known As The "It" Girl Mountain In France "_______ The Angels Sing" Hopalong Cassidy Worked At The ______20 Ranch Roy Rogers Owned The Double R ______ Ranch Egyptian Sun God Montana's Largest City She Played The Human Leading Lady In A "Lassie" Movie Called "Hills Of Home"

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

Thanks. Recently in the "Do You Know Me?" thread, the subject was Jan Clayton, who played Tommy Rettig's mother for several years on the "Lassie" TV show. In 1957 both Jan Clayton and Tommy Rettig left the show, He was replaced by young Jon Provost and another actress was hired to play his adoptive mother. That actress played the role for only one season and then she left the show and was replaced by an actress who played Timmy's mom for six years. Both of these actresses have been well known to TV viewers for many years and both are still working today. Who are they? By the way, the second actress who played the role for six years had been in a "Lassie" movie at MGM in the forties. What was the name of that movie? No partial answers now. Please give the names of both actresses and the "Lassie" movie that the second one was in.

[Do You Know Me?]

Yes, I am. Russell Hayden's second wife, Lillian Porter, was called "Mousie" for the rest of her life after Darryl F. Zanuck said she looked like a cute little mouse. Your turn, finance.

[Do You Know Me?]

Thanks. I had just posted something recently about her one time husband, Russell "Lucky" Hayden, on one of these trivia threads on this board. Jan Clayton was the original Julie Jordan in "Carousel" on Broadway. She played a singing inmate in "The Snake Pit", and she also played Tommy Rettig's mother on the Lassie TV series. Now:

I became one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, but I started out by writing scripts for Rin Tin Tin movies in the silent days. Do you know me?

[Do You Know Me?]

Are you Jan Clayton?

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

I was giving other people a chance to answer, but I decided to jump in. I believe that it's "Too Many Girls" which featued the film debuts of Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, and Van Johnson.

[By Any Other Name..]

Ridley Scott

 

Paul Simon Had a Hit With "Call Me _____" The "Uncle Remus" stories were Written By _______ Chandler Harris You Never Saw The Title Character In "Edward, My _______"

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

We'll give this one to finance. As far as I know, it was Bob Hope who played the role on Broadway. I didn't know about George Murphy. Bob Hope started in vaudeville as a dancer. But kudos to cujas for getting the Lucille Ball part correct. Lucy was a contract player at RKO. It was there that she met Desi Arnaz when they were in a film together called "Too Many Girls" in 1940. In the late fifties, Lucy and Desi bought the RKO studio and renamed it Desilu. Good work, both of you! Finance, it's your turn.

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

Thanks, Lavender. Before Max Steiner was at Warner Bros., he worked at RKO, the home studio of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the thirties. Fred and Ginger appeared in nine films together at RKO and one later at MGM. In one of their movies, Fred plays a bandleader whose friend inherits a Paris fashion house. It was originally a Broadway musical. What is the name of the movie and who played Fred's role on Broadway? And for extra credit, in the movie, what future star had an unbilled part as a fashion model?

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

I believe it's Max Steiner, who was tutored by Johanes Brahms. Steiner did the fanfare for a Warner Bros. picture called "Tovarich". It became the theme music for the studio for many years.

[By Any Other Name..]

Jack Carson

 

Clint Howard Had A Recurring Role On "The Andy Griffith Show" Playing A Little Boy Named ______ On "Taxi", Marilu Henner Played Elaine _______ "The Peppermint Twist" Was A Hit For Joey _______ And The Starlighters What Shirley Temple Called Guy Kibbee In "Captain January" Valerie Harper Played The Mother Of Demi Moore In "Blame It On _____"

[Do You Know Me?]

Correct, Eve. She also played a character known as "The Penguin", but it wasn't in Batman movies, it was the Blues Brothers films. It's your turn.

[Famouse Relatives - Different Names]

How about a clue?

[Same Name - No Relation]

Stevenson

 

Arthur and Dennis

[GENERAL TRIVIA QUESTION THREAD]

I'm sorry. It's lavenderblue's thread. I feel like Jerry Seinfeld's Uncle Leo. I'm old! I was confused!