flashback42

deleated Edited by: flashback42 on Jan 22, 2012 6:32 AM

Val Lewton (also a pseudonym), horror flick producer?

*Porgy And Bess* it is, Sixes. Your thread.

*A* *Raisin* *In The Sun* ??

*Martin Kane* -- 1949 title role for Lloyd Nolan

Between 1935-1938, Leonard Slye (the pre-Roy Rogers) worked in some twelve films with titles such as *Slightly Static, Way Up Thar, The Big Show*, etc. Sometimes uncredited, or as Leonard Slye, or Len Slye, or a couple of other names, or as "Guitarist for The Sons of the Pioneers". The first film that lists him as Roy Rogers, also has that as the character name. He seems to have joined the list of kiddiewestern stars who used his professional name as the character name.(Rex Allen, Gene Autry, etc.) Another "early work" name: Doug McClure was uncredited in 1956's *Friendly Persuasion*. The first time I saw him in an acting role I recognized him from a Vitalis commercial. He worked steadily in films and TV ("Trampas" in *The Virginian*) from teen roles to sitcom grandfather.

I'm posting this one, without names, in order to ask if anyone knows or has an opinion as to whether there is any truth to it. Alleged roman a clef incident: Young talented singer, with potential as an actor, is under a repressive contract to a band leader who will not release him from the contract. An Organized Crime figure intervenes; the singer is released from the contract, and the band leader's life is spared. Any truth to any part of this alleged event??

*None But the Lonely Heart* ???

♪...you is my woman now, yes you is, yes you is...♫

The star told of this incident when asked by Dick Cavett which films he would like to "throw in the toilet". He kept trying to steer the conversation to a film he felt proud of. But Cavett wouldn't let it go.

Further research. From the IMDb site of *Lassie Come Home:* Pal, who portrayed Lassie earned a salary of $250 per week, while the young Elizabeth Taylor earned a mere $100 each week. (Taylor was, after all, in a support role only. On a quick scroll-through, I was unable to find the salary of Roddy McDowell, who did have the lead (child) role.) *Next Up:* Actor, established somewhat and early in his career. Made a film specifically to satisfy -- and thus end -- his contract. By law, he had to be paid union scale for the work, but he called it "working for nothing", just getting out of the contract. Actor? Film?

Not *Meet Me In St Louis*.

Spot on, Sixes. In context, the assertion is that the name is an Aborigine term meaning that the large tract of jungle, mountains, crocs and gold lodes is the property of Mick Dundee. Sixes' thread.

Uh, stick, uh, what gives? I had the good sense to look that up on IMDb. Findings: Judy -- $500 weekly, Toto -- $125 weekly. What's your source of information?

Understood, metz. I enjoy the 'movie star in classic tv' thread, and I like to follow it. But I wanted the freedom to include people who did not necessarily fit that description. Consider: ...TV star or actor who had not yet made it to the big screen. ...Actor, but not, or not yet, a star. ...Notable off-camera people with an interesting story attached. Introduce someone like that, and the smart money says there'd be somebody waiting in the bushes to pick that nit. It would take a professional contract drawer-upper to phrase it to satisfy everybody. But that's a secret, now. Don't tell anybody. YO, STICK. Any response yet to the answer submitted? We've got Toto and Young Judy, waiting for their turn.

Whew! Correct 'lana. As mentiond, Mr. Andrews had previously had one of the major roles in *The Oxbow Incident*. lana's thread.

> > Belongamick > > > > It's way yonder past the Outback, mate.

Not a Fonda film. On returing to the town, he finds his old girlfriend now married, with a son that she admits is his.

WAG here: Young Liz and Lassie in *Lassie Come Home* ???

Eleven years prior to the release of this film, the star had a lead role in a large-cast Western (B&W) which also had a lynching as a key event.

back from page 4, four days lapsed; assuming open thread. Next up: "New York? Why, that's a long way off! It's way past the Custom House!" ???

Legend; While doing a turn as a scriptwriter in Hollywood, William Faulkner didn't like it there. On one occasion in a studio he asked a supervisor if he could go home. Permission granted, in the belief that he meant to return to his local Los Angeles apartment. But he went back to his home is Mississippi. Last notation I read on this says it never happened.

somewhat better?

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:}{quote}by that i mean use ..another thread for "classic TV " metz, the term catchall in the title was meant to denote that TV was included. Note, please, that the opening question of the thread related to series TV, and even included a mention of a spinoff.

Not *Rawhide Years.* The lynching: He was standing on a wagon, noose around his neck but the rope not tossed over the limb. The team were spooked and started running, the rope trailing behind. Several times the rope snagged on a barrier, and applied pressure on his neck. Thus the noose burns.