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I know the producer & the musical but I don't know the drama & the mystery. (Anyone for doubles?)

Karen Morley was in SAMSON AND DELILAH with Victor Mature Victor Mature was in MY DARLING CLEMENTINE with Henry Fonda Henry Fonda was in SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION with Paul Newman Next: Ann Sheridan

Hey Kyle, Thanks for completely plowing over my comment with yours, which was posted exactly one minute after mine (ha ha). The provocative nature of your post ensures mine will hardly make an impression! Oh well. I don't hold it against you. I agree with you, actually. Isn't it funny that most of the problems people have with Ben have NOTHING to do with what they see of him on TCM (his politics, his personal life, etc.). I think if you were to scratch the surface, most people who don't like him feel he is where he is because of his last name & that's what truthfully sticks in their craw about him.

Okay, I feel compelled to give my two cents on Ben. I like him. It's just I liked the old Ben more. Since we both share the same demographic (middle-aged white male), I found his acerbic sensibility refreshing. My beef with him isn't his politics or his delivery or his personal life or any of the other surprisingly hate-filled complaints given on this message board. My biggest complaint with him is that now he seems more concerned with his perfectly-coiffed doo than anything else. I miss the old Ben who, as an outsider, was quick to see through the bs that was & is such a big part of Hollywood.

Psycho (1960) Next: 20th century cowboy

Great idea for a thread, LuckyDan. You know, Jimmy Stewart said movies were made of moments, moments in time. And this moment, "where I turn & look at the girl", as Jimmy says, is one of my all time favorites. I also think it's apropo since someone earlier posted a scene from Obsession--Brian DePalma's homage to Hitchock in general & this film in particular. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN6xyG82c90

Was it possibly "The Longest Day"? I believe there's a french woman in that who owns a movie theatre.

Okay. Duh. Still don't know what he's asking. He went to the theatre & heard a song in a movie & wants to know what song it is? Could you be more specific?

If you like the movie, you should check out the book by Truman Capote. Don't know if you like to read or not but he's one of the great American writers of the second half of the 20th century. "In Cold Blood" is based on a true story in which a family in Kansas was murdered by two drifters in the 1950's. Nowadays we hear about murder & serial killers almost daily but at the time, it was a big shock to the country &, like President Kennedy's assasination, was an important event that contributed to the country's loss of innocence. Why would two strangers murder a decent, hard-working, God-fearing family for no apparent reason?

What's SUtS?

Stayin' Alive?

It must be actors who appeared in movies with him (no directors or screenwriters or producers). And no more than seven associations. I'll start with Jack Lemmon. Jack Lemmon was in The Odd Couple with Walter Mathau Walter Mathau was in Bad News Bears with Tatum O'Neal Tatum O'neal was in Paper Moon with Ryan O'Neal Ryan O'neal was in A Bridge Too Far with Robert Redford Robert Redford was in The Sting with Paul Newman Next: Laurence Olivier

Is that how this works? Sorry. I really do want to respect these message boards. The answer to my post is Robert Redford.

LOL Just trying to be funny (or rude depending on how you look at it). My bad. BTW, good job phroso, identifying what all my films had in common.

I am so intrigued & at the same time so stumped.

It was the philanthropy part that gave it away, huh?

"My father was a stern disciplinarian to me & my half-brother while growing up. I loved sports & got an athletic scholarship after graduating from high school. While in college, my mother died. As a result, I quit school and, broke & homeless, bummed around Europe as a starving artist. The money from my paintings I'd sold at an exhibition gave me enough to come back to the States. I ended up in NYC, still wanting to be an artist. I found myself in an acting class at a prestigious theatre arts school because I'd decided to become a theatrical set designer. Surprisingly & totally inadvertently, I discovered I liked pretending to be other people & got the acting bug. I became a professional actor, quickly getting acting jobs on broadway & on tv. I made my debut in feature films in the early 60's & by the early 70's, I had become the biggest movie star in the world."

"I grew up the son of a prosperous owner of a sporting goods store. When my father died, I had to make the decision to take the safe path & take over the family business or follow my heart's desire & become an actor. I chose to sell the family business. I came to New York, studied at the Actor's Studio, & met my future wife while in a hit Broadway play. My first movie was so bad it almost ended my film career before it started. But I went on to become one of the most popular stars ever with a career that spanned over six decades. My name became synonomous with quality, integrity, & philanthropy."

They all have the same birthday. My turn: Charleze Theron Mary Tyler Moore Brad Pitt James Macavoy Tom Skerritt John Turturro Matt Damon Will Smith Jack Lemmon Donald Sutherland I'm guessing this one's pretty hard so I'll give you a hint: think famous actor/director

They're all movies I've never seen. My turn: Paper Moon Ordinary People Julia Spiderman 2

Good job, Metz! Let's try one a little more difficult: "Long ago my father said 'Norman, you like to write stories.' And I said yes. He said 'Some day you'll write our family story. Only then will you understand what happened, and why." Lemme know if you need hints.

Ninotchka (1939)

Quinlan, Hank--Orson Welles in "A Touch of Evil" (1958)

Yep. Four Daughters. Just saw it for the first time a couple of days ago. It was better than I thought it would be. John Garfield plays "Micky." I believe it was the movie that made him a star.

I'm not Cagney but I'll play . . . "We really gave it to her, didn't we? We really stuck the knife in her, didn't we Bert? I loved her, and I traded her in on a pool game. Of course that wouldn't mean anything to you. Just win. Win, you said. Maybe it doesn't stick in your craw but it does in mine. You spit it out! Just like you spit everything out! You're a loser! Cause you're dead inside and you can't live unless you make everything else dead around you! You better tell your boys to go all the way with me, Bert, cause so help me God, if they just bust me up, I'll put all those pieces back together & I'll come back here & I'm gonna kill you.