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(1) THE COURT JESTER? (2) BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY?

Lon Chaney Sr.

1925

TONDELAYO--HEDY LAMARR in "WHITE CARGO" (1942)

Track of the Cat ?

BOETTICHER, BUDD

QUICK MILLIONS

(2) BULLETS OR BALLOTS?

(1) FOUL PLAY?

YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH

(3) VICE SQUAD? (4) REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE?

WAGONMASTER

WEIR, PETER

ULMER, EDGAR

Hint #2--Photographer mentioned was involved in the production of a horror film about Mayans.

speedracer5--I've seen five that are scheduled for tomorrow. E.S.T.Times they're on and my takes : 10:00 a.m. "H.M. Pulham, Esq." (1941)--One of Lamarr's best films and acting jobs. 8:00 p.m. "White Cargo" (1942)--Based on a 1908 play, script is full of howlers--Lamarr should have got an Oscar for keeping a straight face. Lamarr plays Tondelayo, a Native Temptress. There was a brief excerpt from this film in "That's Entertainment Part II" (1976). "I am...Tondelayo". 11:45 p.m. "The Heavenly Body" (1943)--Lamarr does look heavenly in this silly piece of froth--and Powell Does costar--6.5-7/10--Really, it depends on your tolerance for silliness. 3:00 a.m. "Comrade X" (1940)--LawrenceA nailed this ripoff of "Ninotchka"--but it does team Lamarr and Gable. 4:45 a.m. "Lady Without a Passport" (1950)--Lamarr and John Hodiak try for Noir--Everything's there except a good script. Still, worth a watch or a recording.

How Green Was My Valley?

Hint; She was P Nellifer for H.Hawks

MilesArcher--Correct on all counts. "Green Dolphin Street" (1947) won the Oscar for Best Special Effects; "The Rains of Ranchipur" (1955) was nominated. Your thread, Miles.

Needham, Hal

Hint #2--Welsh costar.

double post.

Sepiatone--The movie you're describing sounds a lot like 1940s' "The Long Voyage Home". It was directed by John Ford, it takes place on a tramp steamer, and Waynes' character has a thing for ginger beer. Nailed It--Esther Williams--She had two small parts, then starred in her third film, "Bathing Beauty" (1944) and remained a star throughout her career. Nailed It--Howard Keel--He was third billed in his first film "The Small Voice" (1948), second billed in "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), and remained a star until the studio system ended. He made a late career comeback in the television night time soap "Dallas" (1978--?)

THE CRIMSON PIRATE

"Four Frightened People" (1934)--Starring Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, and William Gargan, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. This Pre-Code movie ( it was released in early 1934) ends up as a parody of jungle films, thanks to its' not deciding if it's a drama,romance, adventure film, or comedy. The mix of acting approaches makes the film funnier. Boland plays her part for comedy after the opening minutes, Marshall and Colbert play their parts for high drama, and Gargan plays his part straight faced. The plot; the four are passengers on a Malay bound steamer, and bubonic plague breaks out among the crew. The passengers panic and commandeer a lifeboat so they don't catch the disease. They make it to an island, but have to go through a jungle to make it to civilization. There are numerous bits of insanity in this film. Colbert breaks her glasses and becomes beautiful; the Four play bridge after a hard days' hike; Boland carries a little dog (Pekinese?) throughout the film; Marshall gets a Native spear right in the spine, and there's not only no blood, he also recovers in ten minutes time. DeMille has the bath scene under a waterfall this time; a monkey steals Colberts' clothes, and she makes clothes out of tree leaves. Boland is hysterical, whatever she does. Marshall lets loose with sarcastic one liners. Colbert is too serious, and Gargan is just annoying. A very funny film after the first ten minutes, whether it was meant to be funny or not. 3/4.