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That would be a Gershwin song called "Let's Kiss And Make Up" from "Funny Face". The number features a skinny old guy named Fred, and a skinny young woman named Audrey. Together they can't weigh more than 150 pounds. There's also a cow, or is it a bull? I don't know, but the old guy tries to impress the young woman with his matador skills. Check out this clip:

Pretty good so far, Princess, but #5 is not Lee Meriwether. #5 had an examination room in a gynecologist's office named for her in the movie "Dr. T & The Women". How's that for an obscure clue? #7 brought a suit against her employer, a TV network.

Who are these women and what do they all have in common? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

You are correct, Starliteyes. Here is Eleanor Powell in a big production number from "Rosalie". I believe this is how the Princess Of Tap used to dance. Maybe she still does! Good job, Starlit. You're up next.

This is for Lavenderblue and anyone else who is interested. Here are photos of Charles Farrell through the years. Here he is as a matinee idol in the 1920's. He made quite a few movies with Janet Gaynor, including the silent "Seventh Heaven" and the sound film "Sunnyside Up". Later, here is how he looked at about the time he played Shirley Temple's father in 1938. He was in his late thirties at the time. In 1939 he played an airplane mechanic in "Tail Spin" with Alice Faye. He was being relegated to supporting roles at this time. In 1941 he retired from acting. He was long active in Palm springs, where he and Ralph Bellamy had established the Palm Springs Racquet club. Farrell hosted many celebrity tennis tournaments over the years. He was elected Mayor in 1948. Here he is in his early forties. He came back to acting for "My Little Margie" in 1952, which was both a TV show, as well as a radio series at that time. After "My Little Margie", he starred in his own series "The Charles Farrell Show", but it was cancelled after half a season. That was the end of his acting career, which had spanned more than thirty years.

This one: Later in the movie it is heard over and over in the big production number. Next: A song with "Honeymoon" in the title.

Sorry about that oversight, Lavender. You and Princess are correct. Yes, John Lodge was #1, Charles Farrell was #3 and Michael Whalen was #4. Here is the list of the actors with the movies where thy played Shirley's father. You'll notice that the word "little" is used several times. 1. John Lodge - The Little Colonel 2. Ian Hunter - The Little Princess 3. Charles Farrell - Just Around The Corner 4. Michael Whalen - Poor Little Rich Girl 5. James Dunn - Stand Up And Cheer and Baby Take A Bow 6. Herbert Marshall - Kathleen 7. John Boles - The Littlest Rebel 8. Barton MacLaine - To The Last Man 9. Joel McCrea - Our Little Girl 10. Gary Cooper - Now And Forever I didn't even include Henry Fonda. He played Shirley's dad in "Fort Apache". I believe that many people think that Shirley always played an orphan, but that was only the case about half the time. The thread is open for now.

Yes, they all played Shirley's fathers in movies. That should be enough of a clue right there for the last two. #3 had been a romantic leading man in the transition period from silent to sound movies. He was originally from the Boston area and his Boston accent in his sound movies was unmistakable. He retired from acting in the early forties, only to come back in the fifties in a TV series where he played the father of the star. Here is a younger picture of him. #4 was in two movies with Shirley. In one he played her father. Shirley gets lost in the city and is first taken in by an organ grinder and his family, and then by a down on their luck show biz couple. In the second movie, he plays a soldier who leaves his post to take Shirley's mother to a dance. He is arrested when a prisoner escapes. Here he is "horsing around" with Shirley.

You have the connection right, Lavender. #1 is not Marc Lawrence. #1 left acting after World War II and went into politics. We also need #3 and #4. It might help to figure out what everyone's connection with Shirley was.

That's the one. The doll's name was Talky Tina. Although it was probably based on the "Chatty Cathy" doll, it was kind of the forerunner of the Chucky doll in the "Child's Play" movies. Someone on IMDB pointed out that the doll's name was Tina and the little girls name was Christie, both nicknames for Christina, so maybe the little girl was somehow getting back at mean step-father Telly Savalas. I don't know. That's too deep for me. All I know is that it was a very scary episode. Here is a very short, but creepy, summary clip. Nice work, Lavender. It's your thread now.

Lavender, #6, #9, and #10 are correct, but #5, #7, and #8 are incorrect. #5 was a song and dance man in several movies. #7 was a sort of rival to Bing Crosby at one time. #8 played lots of lawmen and lots of villains. You should see him multiple time on TCM this month.

A major Hollywood studio once bought the movie rights to a successful Broadway musical. It took some years before that movie was made. In that period, the studio decided to drop the songs that had been done in the show while it was on Broadway, and replace them with new songs written by another well known composer. The original music for the Broadway show had been written by George and Ira Gershwin, as well as Sigmund Romberg and P.G. Wodehouse. What was the show and who was the composer hired to write all new songs for the movie version?

Years before he was TV's "Kojak", Telly Savalas guested on an anthology series in an episode that featured a child's toy. It was not just an ordinary toy. He was not at all fond of the toy. What was the series and what was the toy? What was so special about it?

Some of these guys might be easy to identify, some maybe not. What do they all have in common? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Starlit, you are so close that I'm going to let everyone know the answer. The song is "They Always Pick On Me" from "Hello, Frisco, Hello". That's the movie that gave us the Oscar winning song "You'll Never Know". Here is a recording by Alice Faye. It was one of those turn of the century songs that Fox featured in many of their forties musicals. Starliteyes, you did a lot of work on this one. You get to go next.

I recognized #2 right away. That's Francis McDonald, who was in about a zillion westerns in both movies and TV shows. I know that one of his more famous roles was portraying John Wilkes Booth in "The Prisoner Of Shark Island". That's the one where Warner Baxter plays Dr. Samuel Mudd, who set Booth's broken leg after Lincoln's assassination. Going with that idea, a little research finds that in D.W.Griffith's "The Birth Of A Nation", Booth is played by future director Raoul Walsh. I found his picture and that is #1. In 1930, Walter Huston played the title role in "Abraham Lincoln" and Booth was played by actor Ian Keith. I found his picture and that is #3. Ian Keith, with a lot of makeup was in some of the Dick Tracy movies in the forties, playing an over the top ham actor called Vitamin.

That's correct, Lav. "Car 54, Where Are You" was on from 1961 to 1963. She played Mr. Drummond's housekeeper, Edna Garrett, starting in 1978. Two season's later, Edna left to work at the private girl's school on "The Facts Of Life". Here is an episode of Car 54 where she is featured. If you watch it, you should recognize several actors who would become much more famous in years to come. Nice work, Lavender, You get to go next.

Yes, they all played Jesse James, and I'm sure that there are several more who did also. Well, that didn't take very long. Good job, Princess and Rich. OK, Rich, how about posting the next one?

One more clue: It was sung by Alice Faye. .

Who are these men and what do they have in common? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

While we're waiting for someone to come up with a challenging question, here's one that shouldn't be too tough. Getting back to "Car 54, Where Are You?", when the series ended, both Fred Gwynne, who played Francis, and Al Lewis, who played Officer Schnauser, went from Car 54 to "The Munsters". There was someone else who had a semi-regular or recurring role on Car 54 who later became a regular on a long running sitcom. Actually it was the same character on two sitcoms, but it was quite a few years after Car 54 went off the air. Can you name this person?

It was in a Twentieth Century Fox musical in the 1940's.

Oooh, Oooh, Lavender, you got them. Joe E. Ross became a favorite of my friends at school. They often imitated him with his expressions Oooh, Oooh, and Do you mind? DO YOU MIND? "The Phil Silvers Show" was on for four seasons, but Car 54 only ran for two seasons. Beatrice Pons was only on the Silvers show occasionally, but she was pretty much a regular on Car 54. Here's a typical episode of Car 54. Since you were a New Yorker then, Lavender, you probably noticed that the show was filmed on location. Nice work, Lav. You get to go next.

Let's make it a little more complete: I'm so very lonesome, awfully sad, It's a long time since I've been glad But I know what I'll do by and by, I'll eat some worms and then I'll die. And when I'm gone you wait and see... It was sung by a top musical star in a movie that also featured the Oscar winning song for that year.

Here's a hint: Both shows had the same creator/producer. One show was on in the 50's. The other one was on in the early 60's.