The Lady Eve

The *Tales of Hoffman*

Well, I was thinking it might be Joan Bennett and Walter Wanger but misread one of your clues (and thought the mom had been nominated for but didn?t win an Oscar)?so that last clue seems to seal it, must be one of their two daughters?

3. A spy ring

clue: music

Ursula ? voice of Pat Carroll in *The Little Mermaid*

*Rebecca* nw: smarmy

Tom Cruise?s second film was *Taps* (1981); it was Sean Penn?s first feature film and co-starred young Timothy Hutton and Oscar-winning screen veteran *George C. Scott*

*Oklahoma!*

Could it be Johnny Hyde, the talent agent, who has often been given credit for making her a star? He may not be well-known today because he died in 1950 at the very beginning of her career ? and, of course, talent agents aren?t always well-known.

Is it Brooke Hayward?

Not this time...the pair is from a different era...

*A Thousand Clowns* Radical for no reason

Hugh Herbert

It is. L is Lydecker (Webb) and M is McPherson (Andrews)?your thread?

*To Catch a Thief*

*Small Town Girl* Rim of the blade

Rex Harrison to Rudy Vallee in *Unfaithfully Yours*

*The Bad and the Beautiful*

Oddjob ? Harold Sakata in *Goldfinger*

2. International intrigue

*West, Nathaniel* - the acclaimed author of *The Day of the Locust* who was also a screenwriter, he worked on *Five Came Back* and others before his untimely death

That?s because they *are* remakes, unlike some of your earlier claims?but back to the fun! This one-time studio bigwig claimed to have been the inspiration for a couple of sexy leading characters in hit movies of decades gone by?he is reputed to have seduced many a leading lady (and not-so-leading-ladies) and even proposed to one of the biggest of stars who was his lady love for some years?reportedly illiterate, his beginnings would curl your hair! Who is he? Who was his near-bride? and what studio was he affiliated with? Edited by: theladyeve on Mar 5, 2010 7:14 PM

Here?s one: 1. Boy meets girl; boy offends girl

Love *The Eddie Duchin Story* - your clues were sounding awfully familiar and the last one, of course, clinched it for me. Great choice. It?s late, will be back with a movie. Thanks, lavender.

*Quindlen, Anna* - co-produced the TV adaptation of her novel, *Black and Blue*