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Struthers, Sally

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Nero (Peter Ustinov) "Quo Vadis"

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Shane (1953)

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Ronald Colman was in "The Talk of the Town" with Jean Arthur

[The First Film That Comes to Mind...]

It's a Wonderful Life ("Annie")

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[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago)

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Quicksilver (1986)

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Pine, Robert

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Longbottom, Neville (Matthew Lewis)  from "Harry Potter..."

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp  (1943)

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Gary Cooper was in "A Farewell to Arms" with Helen Hayes

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Novarro, Ramon

[Films Which Are Considered Classics Which You Can't Stand.]

47 minutes ago, Brrrcold said:

Let's try some examples ... the particular era presents casting problems because of military service for the bigger (male) stars. Jack Carson and Rosalind Russell? Dennis Morgan and Ginger Rogers?
I'm sort of at a loss for alternatives.

Yep, I agree with you that Jack Carson or Dennis Morgan in the lead would not have improved WOTY.  (Some bigger stars who made movies that came out in 1942:  Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, Bogart.)  Claudette Colbert might have worked.  Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, maybe.   Replacing the leads in any movie would have changed it.  Who knows, maybe for the better or the worse. 

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An Unmarried Woman of the Year 

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Jordan, Mr.  (James Mason) "Heaven Can Wait"

[Films Which Are Considered Classics Which You Can't Stand.]

20 minutes ago, Brrrcold said:

Everyone is free to judge the merits of WOTY and the other movies - but if you imagine that movie with other stars from 1942 (e.g., Walter Pidgeon/Greer Garson) it's difficult to think it would be regarded as a significant movie.

 

Yep, it certainly benefits from the star power of Tracy and Hepburn, as do many movies they were in together and alone.  Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson would, I agree, not have improved WOTY.  I could think of a few other stars with a little brighter wattage that might have worked, though.

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Operation Pacific (1951)

[Films Which Are Considered Classics Which You Can't Stand.]

3 hours ago, Brrrcold said:

I think WOMAN OF THE YEAR is considered a successful film ONLY because of our parallel knowledge of the Hepburn/Tracy affair. Both main characters are egotists unworthy of the audience's sympathy.Nor can I see anything in the screenplay that suggests these two are worthy of each other's affection.

The handling of the orphan is appalling,

Wouldn't that translate into other Tracy/Hepburn movies being as successful?  ("Sea of Grass", "Keeper of the Flame", and "Without Love" aren't as well-loved T/H vehicles).  I think Hepburn and Tracy have great chemistry on screen in "Woman of the Year."  Hepburn's haughty demeanor fits her famous, globe-trotting, worldly character who is out of touch with more normal aspects of life. Tracy is perfectly cast as a the sports writer who falls for her.  While the orphan storyline may seem odd it underscores how much influence her character had and how clueless she was to the immense responsibility she had to that child.  It was a wake-up call to Tracy's character that she didn't have the emotional capacity or room in her life for the child or for him. It's not a perfect movie but it's more than just gliding by on the lore of their real-life affair.  That ending though...yikes. 

[The Initial Link--Crack the Initials of the Actor... You'll Get the Gist of It.]

Michael Redgrave

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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

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Kovacs, Ernie

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Murphy's Romance

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Hobbs, Peter

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Mike Connors was in "Good Neighbor Sam" with Romy Schneider

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Havisham, Miss  (Martita Hunt) from "Great Expectations" (1946)