flashback42
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American film? Foreign?
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Nation, Novalee -- Natale Portman in *Where The Heart Is*
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'lana, I don't know what the other Item he supposedly had in that script, but I do have another bit of info about that routine: Both Mr. Benny and his biographer (and writer and producer) Milt Josefberg claimed credit for being the one who wrote that joke.
Other radio stuff to answer all or in part:
...Fill-in-the-blank title: Mr.____, Tracer of Lost Persons.
...What radio sleuth, an insurance claims investigator, narrated his cases in the form of itemizing his expense accounts as the story unfolded?
...Freebie: Who was radio's Marshal Dillon?
Edited by: flashback42 on Feb 14, 2012 12:35 PM
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Correct at an even 40 Views. Mona drowned at the begenning of the story, but the investigation generated flashbacks that gave her a lot of screen time. Showed many reasons why so many hated her. It may be one of Bette Middler's signature performances.
stick's thread.
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Jones, Gravedigger -- Godfrey Cambridge in *Cotton Comes To Harlem* (1970)
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I'm still reading these posts with Professor C's ghost looking over my shoulder. The current headline case quite possibly does fit into the classic definition of Tragedy. And it's possible that others are waiting to make their own headlines. I'm not up on the latest increments in their cases. but Gary Busey and Randy Quaid currently seem to be in situations that could still go either way.
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The P.I. on this case is an alcoholic, currently dry. The man who hired him took a chance. With this actor in this role, both the performer and his audience are on comfortable, familiar ground.
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Guest Star -- Second generation Showbiz. Later to have two popular series of his own. He passed away during the run of the later series: some adjustments were made, and that series continued.
Edited by: flashback42 on Feb 13, 2012 9:04 PM
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The deceased's car went into a lake, and she drowned. The best local mechanic, a woman, demonstrated that the brake line had been cut.
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Small town, everybody knows everybody. The deceased was talented and relentless at making enemies. Her husband and one of her sons are among the prime suspects.
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The TVM's title mentions the clue that focused the sleuth's attention.
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"Uhh...Let's see now, the bride on my forehand and the groom on my backhand..."
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Early in the surveillance, a body turns up. A man who was many stories up is now at street level and very dead. Officials are considering suicide, but the P.I. , based on one fact, is thinking murder.
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lavender, I'll try one that should go down quickly.
Popular sitcom. Two support characters in a romance. She gives him a putup/shutup on their strung-out engagement. They decide to wed right then and there, in the company of the friends that are present. (Can you spot a no-new-set plot device when you see one? I thought you could.) The hastily-summoned minister who shows up (Guest Star} thought he was being called to someone's emergency, and he did not detour or delay. He's dressed and ready for a tennis match.
What show? Who?
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Cullen, Noah -- Sidney Poitier in *The Defiant Ones* (1958)
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Good matchup of the plot point, Sixes, but note the title of this thread.
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A fatality. Female. Indications it's a homicide. Investigator's headache because everybody hated this b***h.
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Early 1980s TVM noir. Wife. Suspicious husband. Life-weary P.I hired to tail her. For these three performers, these roles fit like gloves.
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*The Picture of Dorian Grey* ?
*The Devil and Daniel Webster* ?
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(Mr.) X -- Robert Vaughn in *Blind Vision* (1996)
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In the belief that the player thought this was "A to Z of Actors and Actresses" --
Venable, Louis -- Frank Beal in *Cimarron* (1931)
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> {quote:title=Baker wrote:}{quote}Vaughn, Robert
Uhhh...What actor? What film?
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Underwood, James ("Doc") -- Lewis Stone in *The Three Godfathers* (1936)
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From *Blade Runner*
"How long do I live?"
"I don't know."
"My birthday is April 10, 2017. How long do I live?"
"About four years."
"More than you! Painful to live in fear, isn't it?!"
...Brion James and Harrison Ford,
"The light that burns twice as fast burns for half as long."
...Joe Turkel
Find the Movie Star in Classic TV
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Bea Arthur? Norman Lear called her and asked her to do a guest appearance on *All In The Family.* That appearance segued into her starring role on *Maude.*
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