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At some 150 Views, enough to retire the question. *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* and *Smiley's People* are from the same author (John Le Carre) and the latter is a sequel to the former. The mid-60s movie I referenced was *The Second Best Secret Agent In the Whole Wide World*, a satire of Bond movies. The theme was sung by Sammy Davis, Jr.
In a scene in the 2011 filming of *Tinker Tailor*, Davis' record is playing, and a number of people in the party are singing along with it. My "post a link" muscles atrophy when my son isn't home, but anyone interested can track it down and hear Mr. Davis' version of the song.
♫ Not the tenth, ninth, eighth, seventh, sixth or fifth or fourth or third or first when a challange is hurled♪...
But the second best secret agent in the whole wide bloomin' world! ♫
(spoken) I think!
Edy's thread.
Edited by: flashback42 on Mar 26, 2012 7:44 PM
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> {quote:title=flashback42 wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}Hey, the number 41 got skipped!
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> > Would the 1979 movie "1941" have been an acceptable submission for no. 41?
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> Of course it would! In the vernacular, "My bad" on that one.
A caution on my last post. My position seemed reasonable to me, but one may decide that 1941 is not available for use until after 1940 was reached, and used or ruled out. danjw should probably rule on this.
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Skipping "X"
Yvette -- Lilli Palmer in *Good Morning, Boys* (1937)
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The source of the story in the later movie is a 1974 novel about the discovery and exposure of a "mole" in British intelligence services. The plot had some similarities to the real-life events concerning the notorious Kim Philby exposure and defection. The author knew his subject matter; he had worked in British Intel, and was acquainted with Philby. The stories he wrote were in contrast to the more entertaining Bond-type movies. As mentioned, this story had received an earlier treatment in a miniseries.
Oh -- The novel and the miniseries did not include the incident with a Christmas party, and the singing of the theme from an American movie.
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}Hey, the number 41 got skipped!
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> Would the 1979 movie "1941" have been an acceptable submission for no. 41?
Of course it would! In the vernacular, "My bad" on that one.
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♫He's not number one...
But not the worst...♪
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Whew! Correct at 205 Views. I saw *Gypsy Colt* at time of release. I had never seen *Lassie* at that time,but my 4th Grade teacher had read it to the class on an after-lunch schedule. Even on that background, I knew that "Colt" had "Lassie's" plot. Never saw the earlier movie til years later.
skipper's thread.
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The movie opens with the sequence described above -- the horse arriving at the schoolhouse at end of schoolday. Near the end of the movie, the horse again arrives at "school's out" a the end of a long and adventurous trek, somewhat the worse for his experiences, but very welcome.
As mentioned before, this film is a remake of an earlier film. -- One in which the central relationship involved a boy and a dog.
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"Being right is not a bulletproof vest, Freddy!"
...Ray Liotta to Sylvester Stallone in *Copland.*
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The 1960s movie: A ratpacker sang the song on the soundtrack of the American version.
The 21st Cen. movie: A remake of sorts. Had been done before as a BBC miniseries.
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Good to know, but it was a lucky guess.
Got nothing at the moment. Open thread.
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A Bio? Let's try this.
*Three Little Words* starring Red Skelton and Fred Astaire.
The Soundtrack list shows a title, Where Did You Get That Girl?
Does any of this fit in?
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Sixes, I can easily picture Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon or Buster Keaton in the situation you describe, but I'm out of ideas of how to track it down. I'm sure I never saw it. I hope these prelim questions may be helpful to someone else.
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(Back from Page 3)
*42nd Street* (1933)
Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Busby Burkley choreography. Score includes Shuffle Off to Buffalo.
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Correct, skipper. Jessica Walker as the wackjob.
mudskipper's thread.
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I had trouble finding it myself. It's used only a couple of times in the movie, and I watched it with Captions turned on, and learned only that it started with a Z and was a pretty long word. Luckily some posters on the IMDb site were also curious about it, and I found the spelling there. Can't pronounce it even yet.
With the thread open again, I'll try another one. A TALE OF TWO MOVIES:
Mid 1960s. Lots of action "Spy" filicks around. The 007 stories were the trendsetters. One movie made then was a satire on the Bond flicks. An open ripoff. British made; one title in the UK; another in the US. The US version had a theme song, performed by a famed American singer.
A movie filmed in the present century. Another espionage film, again one made in England. A very serious story on a very realistic Cold War theme. Story set in the late 1960s, with nothing of gadgets, just dreary facts of espionage and the life that went with it. In one sequence, memory takes over and flashes back to a Christmas party some years earlier. One character remembers a couple of plot-important incidents that make sense now (in his "present"). Dominating the party at this moment: A recording of that American singing the theme of the mid-60s movie is playing, and a number of the partygoers are singing along with it.
The films? The song? The singer?
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Edited by: flashback42 on Mar 24, 2012 10:45 PM
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The slow-life community was small enough that the horse was allowed to trot freely through the streets under a very narrow schedule. Each day as the school day was about to end the horse would go to the one-room school and would be waiting outside when the girl's class was dismissed. The town was used to it, and the locals joked about being able to set your watch by him.
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The man trying to get control of his personal and professional life is getting static from an obsessive and resourceful female stalker.
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Correct Edy. A coastal town in Mexico. I Mapquested it to varify it exists; seems to be a resort area. -- A number of hotels listed, etc. I was disappointed that the *Shawshank* crew went to the Virgin Islands to film that reunion between Andy and Red.
Edythevanhopper's thread.
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The key poster in this logjam has been known to abandon a thread in the middle of a question. It's either move on or let the thread fall dormant. Next up:
Zihuatanejo
This is a place name, but not a fictitious one, so it doesn't belong on that thread. Name a well-known movie in which that place has an important role. I have one such movie in mind. If there are more, explain the connection.
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On the money, CA. The story went from War Drama to Soap Opera.
Your thread.
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He waited for years; joked about trying to catch her between marriages.
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The speaker -- an acclaimed actor / director in his first self-directed performance.
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Thanks, Sixes. Next up:
"I'm trying to uncomplicate my life, and I can't even answer the door."
describe the scene game
in Games and Trivia
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Yo, Sixes. I've sorta used myself up on this question. Is skipper on the right track?