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You are correct, Swithin. The memoir that she wrote about her father was "Papa's Delicate Condition", which was made into a movie with Jackie Gleason. She was nominated for a best actress Oscar for the 1928 film "The Divine Lady". George Preston Marshall was the original owner of the Washington Redskins. They were the first NFL team to have their own marching band and fight song. Well done, Swithin. Now it's your turn to post the next one.

My apologies to Starliteyes. I was looking at several threads and apparently got them mixed up. Lavender got the correct film,but it was Queenie Smith who played Ellie Mae Chipley, not the other way around. By the way, Sammy White, who played Ellie Mae's dancing partner, Frank Schultz, had played the role in the original Broadway show, with his then wife, Eva Puck, playing Ellie Mae. By the time the 1936 movie was made, they had divorced. Charles Winninger and Helen Morgan also reprised their Broadway roles. Nice work, Lavender. You're up next.

Thank you, Princess. Here's one that may be kind of tough because it goes way back. He was not in show business. He was a successful businessman who became an owner of a National Football League team in the league's early years. He was responsible for several innovations to make the game more appealing to fans.. He at one time had a romantic affair with silent screen star Louise Brooks, but he didn't marry her. She was a beautiful silent screen actress who made a few sound films in the 1930's before leaving show business for this marriage and to concentrate on her real estate investments, which were very successful. She became an author, publishing more than ten books, including a memoir of her relationship with her father, which was made into a 60's movie. She also returned to the screen one more time in the 1960's, many years after her previous appearances in the 1930's. She also wrote the lyrics for her husband's team's fight song, and, oh yes, she was once nominated for an acting Oscar.. If you know anything about sports history, then you will probably know which football team that I am referring to. A little research should tell you who this couple is.

Thanks, Lavender. Here is one that should be fairly easy. What musical film featured an actress named Queenie and a character named Queenie?

Goldie Hawn Next: St. Joseph, Missouri

The same thing happened in August when it was Summer Under The Stars month. That serial had only two episodes left and everyone had to wait more than a month to see the conclusion. I should think that TCM could squeeze in a couple of fifteen minute episodes.

Could it be James and Pamela Mason? I know that her father was at one time the president of Gaumont British Studios. A couple of James Mason's better known films would include "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", "Forever Darling", and one of every TCM's fan's favorites, "North By Northwest". He, of course, starred with Judy Garland in the second version of "A Star Is Born".

In the musical "White Christmas", Danny Kaye was a replacement for Donald O'Connor. Originally it was planned to have Fred Astaire play opposite Bing Crosby, as he had done in "Holiday Inn", but Fred was contemplating retirement and turned down the role. Donald O'Connor was then to be cast. He had played Bing's much younger brother in "Sing You Sinners" back in 1938, although this part called for the character to be Bing's old army buddy. Donald came down with an infection called Q-Fever, which is a disease that affects livestock. Humans can get it from being around infected animals. Donald caught it from working with Francis the talking mule. Danny Kaye and Vera=Ellen had appeared in two films together while they were under contract to Samuel Goldwyn in the forties. In fact, they played brother and sister in one film.

You are correct, Princess. After toiling in "B" movies for a decade or so, Jane became a well respected leading actress in films like "The Lost Weekend" and "The Yearling" in the mid-forties. Jane and Ronnie worked together in "Brother Rat" in 1938 and it's sequel "Brother Rat And A Baby" in 1940. They divorced in 1949. He became our first President to have been divorced. While he was President in the eighties, she was starring in "Falcon Crest" on TV. Good work, Princess. Now it's your turn.

It's not Jean Hersholt, It's Herman Bing. Just check the cast list on IMDB. He was identified last February by SCSU1975.

Yes, Stan Jones wrote many western songs, Including "Ghost Riders In The Sky". Here is Fess Parker: Nice work, Bagels. You're up next.

Thanks, Lav. With the clues that you gave, I figured that she was under contract to Warner Bros. These were the first names that came to mind. Now, this couple met while they were both under contract to the same studio. He was a sometimes leading man, and sometimes a second lead. His busiest years at the studio were in the 1940's, but he made movies into the 1950's. When his movie career was on the wane, he turned to television and hosted a couple of anthology series. In the sixties he retired from show business to take up a new career. She started in bit parts, then became a familiar face in "B" pictures before making the jump to leading lady in "A" pictures in the mid-1940's. She was still a lead actress into the mid-fifties, before turning to television. In her later years, she starred in an eighties TV series. Oh yes, along the way she won an Oscar.. Do you know this pair?

I think that William Holden and Brenda Marshall fit the clues. They were married for thirty years. A film for him would be "Sunset Boulevard", and one for her would be "The Sea Hawk".

Thanks, that was a tough one. Next: With a dollar's worth of beans,A new pair of jeans,Got a woman to cookAnd wash, and things.

You are correct, Starlit. The song became one of Frances Langford's signature songs, along with "Embraceable You". She would usually sing them on her military tours with Bob Hope. Here are clips: Nice work, Starlit. You're up next.

The song is called "Freedom" It was written by Richard and Robert Sherman and was featured in the 1974 version of "Huckleberry Finn". It was sung in the soundtrack by Roberta Flack.

Thanks. Now, the classic song "I'm In The Mood For Love" was introduced in a musical by a young woman who would go on to be a top singing star. A little later, it was sung in an Our Gang comedy short by two youngsters. Can you name the movie where the song was introduced and the woman who sang it? Can you also name the comedy short it was featured in and the two young people who sang it then?

Jean Harlow Next: Independence, Missouri

I believe it is a Cole Porter song called "I've Got My Eyes On You". It was sung and danced to by Fred Astaire in "Broadway Melody Of 1940". Later in the year It was heard as background music in "The Philadelphia Story". Early the next year it was sung by Kathryn Grayson in her film debut in "Andy Hardy's Private Secretary". Some of the Hardy family movies were just shown on TCM this week.

Arturo, it's been a week and no one has replied. I think we need a clue or two, or possibly just the answer, so we can then move on.

Terrific answer, Lavender. Isn't it strange that two modern day (for the time) films could be remade as westerns set in the 1800's? You can see the influence that television had on the film industry in the 1950's. From "Last Of The Comanches", Broderick Crawford was then starring in "Highway Patrol", and Jay Silverheels was playing Tonto in "The Lone Ranger". Future TV stars appearing were Lloyd Bridges ("Sea Hunt"), Barbara Hale ("Perry Mason"), and Martin Milner ("Route 66"). Alan Ladd's co-star in "The Badlanders" was Ernest Borgnine, who would later star in "McHale's Navy" on TV. Good job, Lavender. You get the thread.

We'll call this a double feature question. A war movie that starred Humphrey Bogart was remade years later as a western with Broderick Crawford. One actor appeared in both versions in basically the same role. Can you name the two movies and the actor who appeared in both? Also, a film noir that starred Sterling Hayden was remade, sort of, a few years later as a western with Alan Ladd. Again, one actor appeared in both films, although in not quite the same roles. Can you name these two films and the actor who was in both? If you were watching TCM last month when they were showing originals and their remakes, then you probably know the answer to this one.

Very good, Princess. It is indeed the beautiful Anita Louise. She played the wife of Gene Evans and the mother of Johnny Washbrook on the 1950's series "My Friend Flicka". Here she is with her TV family: Left to Right: Anita, Johnny Washbrook, Flicka, Frank Ferguson, and Gene Evans. She also appeared in a movie with Shirley Temple called "The Little Princess", but much to our chagrin, it was not about the Princess Of Tap. Here she is with that other tap dancing princess. Princess, it's your turn next.

A beautiful leading lady in films in the thirties and forties found her movie career coming to an end in the late forties. She turned to television in the fifties and landed the role of a wife and mother on a popular western series. She did sporadic TV work for about fifteen more years until her death. Can you name this actress and her western series?

I believe they would be Rita Johnson and Diana Lynn. They both appeared in "The Major And The Minor". Rita's troubles started when she was hit in the head by a falling hair dryer in 1948. She developed brain troubles and had to have several surgeries. She became partially paralyzed, but she lived until 1965, when she suffered the cerebral hemorrhage. Here is Rita. Diana had been a child piano prodigy, making her film debut at age 13. She suffered a stroke which led to the brain hemorrhage. She died at age forty-five in 1971. Here is Diana.