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  1. Julie Andrews to Hotel manager in "Victor/Victoria"...
  2. Hey, it's my thread. But it's ok... What Oscar-winning actor formed a motorcycle precision team ?
  3. "The Secret Of Santa Vittoria" ?
  4. I'll take it... Chinese movie in Mandarin: A young schoolteacher leaves her little village to search for one of her male pupils who went to look for work in a big city...
  5. Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or......."
  6. Emory Parnell as Charles the butler in "Sabrina" ?
  7. Peter Lorre Next: Edmund Walker
  8. Director Richard Benedict Next: Henry McKinnies Jr.
  9. "Animal Farm"...what's this sudden interest in Orwell ?
  10. Duplicate Edited by: mudskipper on Mar 19, 2011 8:12 PM
  11. Right... It soon became evident that Wong's career would continue to be limited by American anti-miscegenation laws, which prevented her from sharing an on-screen kiss with any person of another race, even if the character was Asian but being portrayed by a white actor.[35] The only leading Asian man in U.S. films in the silent era was Sessue Hayakawa. Unless Asian leading men could be found, Wong could not be a leading lady.[3 In the 1930s, the popularity of Pearl Buck's novels, especially The Good Earth, as well as growing American sympathy for China in its struggles with Japanese Imperialism, opened up opportunities for more positive Chinese roles in U.S. films.[85] Wong returned to the U.S. in June 1935 with the goal of obtaining the role of O-lan, the lead female character in MGM's film version of The Good Earth. Since its publication in 1931, Wong had made known her desire to play O-lan in a film version of the book;[86] and as early as 1933, Los Angeles newspapers were touting Wong as the best choice for the part.[87] Nevertheless, the studio apparently never seriously considered Wong for the role because Paul Muni, an actor of European descent, was to play O-lan's husband, Wang Lung. The Chinese government also advised the studio against casting Wong in the role. The Chinese advisor to MGM commented: "whenever she appears in a movie, the newspapers print her picture with the caption 'Anna May again loses face for China' " MGM's refusal to consider Wong for this most high-profile of Chinese characters in U.S. film is remembered today as "one of the most notorious cases of casting discrimination in the 1930s" Your thread...
  12. "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round" with Gene Autry also featured Joe DiMaggio.
  13. I'll take it Lavender: Passwords: --Military hospital --Scot
  14. Thanks... The hidden city of Madara in Algeria....Film and star ?
  15. Sorry... Although critically acclaimed, this Oscar-winning film is sometimes remembered today as "one of the most notorious cases of casting discrimination in the 1930s". Which movie ? Who were the two actresses involved ?
  16. Joseph Wiseman from "Dr. No"...
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