[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

The Platters — “Wish it were me” — the only good part in a rotten movie GIRLS TOWN

 

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another case of this — you like the song but not the movie

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GOODBYE MR CHIPS

CINDERELLA

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Roy Rogers was proud he never played a bad guy

 

Fred MacMurray’s fans didn’t like him playing a bad guy in THE APARTMENT so he didn’t play against type again

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“The Heather on the Hill” from the wonderful TV musical version of BRIGADOON

 

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another song that starts with H

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SANTA FE TRAIL

DESTINATION TOKYO

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“Ease on Down the Road” from THE WIZ

 

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a song from another musical remake

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“I Get Around” used in FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR

 

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Sung while eating or at a dinner setting

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1 hour ago, shutoo said:

 

Nobody's car would start in The Day the Earth Stood Still   

I believe this happens in the beginning of VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED as well

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THE GREAT RACE — Natalie Wood’s car dies in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“You and the waltz and I” from SEVEN SWEETHEARTS

 

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another movie song that starts with Y

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HORSE FEATHERS

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Just watched THE DARK PAST on Noir Alley and Eddie said it was a remake of BLIND ALLEY (which I’m pretty sure are both B movies)

 

An A movie remake of a B movie — the 80s musical version of the B horror film LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

[Character's name in the title]

MY GIRL TISA (1948)

[Name Movies That Have Animal Titles]

LIFE IS A DOG (1933)

[Movies with a country in the title]

HOLIDAY IN MEXICO

[Movies with a State in the Title]

THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN

[A to Z for Alliterative named Actors, Characters, and Movies]

Hugo Haas

[Short Titles (6 letters or less)]

BAIT

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

FIESTA (1947) -- this wonderful number is just Ricardo Montalban playing Aaron Copland's "El Salon Mexico" on the piano

 

 

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a song about music (a type of dance, a music lesson, etc)

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“Fifi from the Folies Bergere” from SLIGHTLY FRENCH

 

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another song that starts with F

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SUMMER AND SMOKE

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER

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Common theme in film noir that 1 simple decision like going into a house or talking to a stranger spirals your life out of control.  These come to mind:

D.O.A. 

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

DETOUR

SCARLET STREET

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

QUICKSAND

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“The oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York”

 

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another song that starts with O

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A hilarious number from BELLS ARE RINGING -- "A Simple Little System" about a gambling ring

 

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another song about gambling or that mentions a gambling item (dice, cards, Vegas, etc)

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GRAND HOTEL -- Lionel Barrymore is blowing the wad because he's dying of cancer (cancer, right?)

MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES -- Lon CHaney dies of cancer

ADVISE AND CONSENT -- the President is dying of cancer (spoiler alert!) (again, I think it was cancer)