MilesArcher
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Do you know me? In movies I played all kinds of roles, but I seem to be best remembered for playing fathers. I played Margaret O'Brien's father twice. I played Elizabeth Taylor's father twice. I even played Doris Day's father twice. I starred in two TV series that were both based on well known movies about fathers. I eventually ended up on a TV series that featured a horse. No, I was not the horse's father. Now do you know me?
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More hints: #1 was a country singer and actor who appeared as a truck driver in several films with Burt Reynolds. The title of his biggest hit song was included in the title of his TV show.
#4 was a husband and wife mime team. They were also terrific dancers who appeared on many variety shows in the seventies.
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You are correct, Lavender. The other name tag says "BOB". Hitchcock supposedly said actors were like cattle. He denied saying that. He said that the actual quote is "Actors should be treated like cattle".
Nice work, Lavender. It's your thread.
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3 hours ago, shutoo said:
yes...I wanted to begin and end on Inspector Queen
maybe a couple more clues will help with the two remaining...
4. This British actor first played this father role in a popular comedy...his fictional family was given their own film series (and radio series) following that film...one of his on screen 'children' became quite famous for something other than acting. oh yes--he shares his name with a Hollywood vip.
12. This actor was already famous for his television work, and some successful comedy films before his dad role. Interestingly, the same actress played his wife in all the films, but the kids kept changing (although their character's names remained the same).
#9 (Not 12) doesn't look like him to me, but the clues fit Chevy Chase in the National Lampoon Vacation series. Beverly D'Angelo played his wife in all of the movies, but the kids, Russ and Audrey, were played by different youngsters in each film.
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Alfred Hitchcock was supposed to have once said that actors were like cattle. For a gag, some of his stars had some calves brought to the set with name tags.
What was the movie, who are the stars pictured here, and who was being referred to on the name tags?
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#12 Charley Grapewin played Inspector Queen, the father of Ellery Queen in the Ellery Queen movie series of the early 1940's.
I think #6 is Lewis Stone, the father in the Hardy Family series at MGM.
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You are correct, Princess. However, there is no commonality for all ten photos other than stars posing with animals. Audrey Hepburn worked with that fawn in a movie called "Green Mansions". The animal handler on the set thought that it might be a good idea for Audrey to take the fawn home with her for a while so the two of them could get used to being around each other. She named the little fellow Pippin.
Eleanor Powell used her own dog, Buttons, for a dance number in "Lady Be Good". Here it is:
There are still more photos to be identified. Any more guesses?
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Like Harold Lloyd, many celebrities liked to be photographed with animals, sometimes their own, sometimes not. Can you name the famous folks in these photos
1. Oh my. I haven't seen this guy in a while.
2. I think that this gal was blonde in only one movie.
3. This actress worked with the little guy in a picture. She got to take him home.
4. I think we have a backseat driver here.
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5. This fellow used his own dog in a movie.
6. This lady did the same, using her own dog in a movie.
7. Perhaps you would recognize this lady if she was wearing a green suit.
8. This couple's favorite musical group may have been Three Dog Night.
9. Who is this beautiful actress? She was often blonde. Did you notice the price of the magazine?
10. No, it's not a hand puppet. Who is the pretty lady?
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Let's see now, cutter, editor, and scriptwriter. All of those jobs were handled at various times by Alfred Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville. She helped write scripts for many of his films, including "Rebecca", "Suspicion", "Saboteur", and "Shadow Of A Doubt". Her father had worked in the costume department of an English film studio, which was where she got her start in the business.
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Could it be Blake Edwards? He was involved in creating TV series like "Peter Gunn" and "Mr. Lucky'. He produced movies like "Breakfast At Tiffany's", "Days Of Wine And Roses", and "The Pink Panther " movie series. What did they all have in common? They had music by Henry Mancini. Oh, by the way, Blake Edwards married Julie Andrews and produced several of her movies.
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This month the SOTM on TCM is Jane Powell. In 1948, Jane starred in "Three Daring Daughters". It was recently shown on TCM. The other two daughters were played by Ann E. Todd and Elinor Donahue. All three of those ladies are still with us.
And speaking of Elinor Donahue, she made several movies with Margaret O'Brien. One was "Her First Romance" in 1951. Also in the cast was Elinor's future "Father Knows Best" co-star, Billy Gray. In the story, Margaret O'Brien has a crush on a boy played by Allen Martin Jr. Also featured were veteran child stars Jimmy Hunt and Sharyn Moffett. All six of those folks are still alive today, some sixty-eight years later.
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A couple of "Our Gang" films from 1937 have some survivors. "Reunion In Rhythm" featured Georgie Jean LaRue and Sidney Kibrick, both born in 1928, who are still alive today. Also, "Our Gang Follies Of 1938" featured Georgie Jean LaRue and Annie Ross. Annie Ross was born in 1930 and was then billed as Annabelle Logan. Here she is at age seven.
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Very good, Shutoo. You're three for three.
Tony Orlando and Dawn were so popular that their show was extended for two seasons.
The Hudson Brothers Show did not make it past the summer.
The Hudson Brothers - Left to right: Bill, Bret, and Mark. Bill married Goldie Hawn and is the father of actress Kate Hudson.
I saw Helen Reddy perform at a county fair in Portland, Oregon in the early eighties. When she went into "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar", it seemed to be a stirring fight song for all of the women in the audience.
There are still seven photos left to identify. Here's one hint:
#1 was a country singer and actor. His show was a summer replacement for "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour".
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We've been talking about TV shows from the fifties and sixties a lot. Let's give our younger members a trip down memory lane with some seventies shows.
Some 1970's variety shows started as summer replacement shows. Some of them were canceled after just a handful of shows, while other were successful and were given slots on the regular network schedules. From the following photos, can you name these shows? If you remember the seventies, most should be easy.
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I believe that this is Andy Williams. The TV show with the Marx brother was "The College Bowl" with Chico Marx. Andy also got to sing on "The Steve Allen Show". Of course, he hosted his own variety show in the sixties. In the 1940's, he was a chorus singer at MGM, working with Kay Thompson.
You'll have to look fast to see Andy in this clip from "The College Bowl".
You'll see more of Andy in this next one:
I hope I'm right, Princess. I could really use those brownie points.
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Yes Princess, it's Jimmie Dodd. The western series that he joined was "The Three Mesquiteers" series, where he played Lullaby Joslin. So he went from being a mesquiteer to being a mouseketeer. He was in "Flying Tigers" with John Wayne, "Buck Privates Come Home" with Abbott and Costello, and "Living In a Big Way" with Gene Kelly. He wrote the opening theme to "The Mickey Mouse Club". It was called "The Mickey Mouse March". He also wrote the slowed down version for the closing theme and called it "The Alma Mater". He also was responsible for many of the songs on the show, including the daily themes as well as "Encyclopedia", "Beauty Is As Beauty Does", and "Hi To You". He also wrote a song that was recorded by Annette Funicello called "Lonely Guitar". She also sang it on an episode of "Zorro".
Monday was "Fun With Music Day" and Jimmie Dodd gave us this little number:
Princess, it's your turn now.
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Do you know me? I started out as a singer and guitar player in bands. I got into films in the early 1940's, in very small roles, usually as a singer. There was a popular western series about three cowboys who roamed the west . When the series changed studios, I was brought in to be the comic relief of the group, as well as sing a few songs along the way. The previous guy had been called Alibi. I was called Lullaby.
After being noticed in these westerns, I got to be in lots of other films, almost always in small roles. I was in a war movie with John Wayne, a comedy with Abbott and Costello, and a musical with Gene Kelly. In the 1950's, I was hired initially to write music for a TV show that would feature talented youngsters. I impressed the producers enough so that I became the adult host of the show. I also wrote the opening and closing themes songs, as well as many other songs performed on the show. Do you know me?
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With a clue like that, it must be Harold Lloyd.
Here is Harold, minus his glasses again, with his Great Dane, Prince.
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Nancy Kelly
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A Song From "Cabin In The Sky" Was "Happiness Is A Thing Called _______" + William Holden Met His Wife, Brenda Marshall, When He Was Making "The Remarkable ______________"
Say it fast!
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Could #10 be Harry Houdini?
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You are correct, Starlit. Here is a clip of that very pretty song:
Nice job, Starliteyes. You're up next.
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The was a great hockey player with the Montreal Canadians in the forties and fifties named Maurice Richard. He was known as "Rocket Richard" because of his powerful slap shot. His much younger and smaller brother, Henri, played for the Canadians from the mid-fifties until the mid-seventies. He was known as the "Pocket Rocket".
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Here's one from a well known composer:
I've got your picture by my bed
'Twill soon be placed beneath my head
To keep me company the whole night throughAfter a week and no responses, I will give away some hints.
The song was written by Irving Berlin and recorded by several top vocalists and bands in the forties. It was sung by a soldier during a stage show in a World War II era movie.
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Thanks for your input, Brrrcold. Madge Blake was identified by The Princess Of Tap on May 24th. Besides "The Real McCoys and "Batman", Madge Blake played the mother of Larry Mondello on "Leave It To Beaver". She also played Joey Bishop's mother on the first season of "The Joey Bishop Show".
We have all of the puppets and their human friends identified now. Lavender got seven, Princess got two, and Shutoo got one, so Lavender gets to post the next question. I had originally thought of posting them to the "Guess Who" thread, but I realized that they fit the "Retro Trivia" thread very nicely.
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Do You Know Me?
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Yes, that about sums it up. Sorry I didn't get it in until after Father's Day. Nice work, Lavender. You're up next.