MarshaKatz
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The two lead characters are brother and sister
Usually the leads in most movies are a romantic couple, or a hero and the villain. But here are some exceptions:
THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY...George Sanders plays aging bachelor Harry, and Geraldine Fitzgerald is his controlling sister.
OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER...This Japanese drama from 1953 was a remake of an earlier film about a young peasant girl who gets pregnant out of wedlock, and is looked after by her brother. It was remade again in the 70s.
LOVE STREAMS...real-life couple John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands play a middle-aged brother and sister who must care for each other after their love lives fall apart.
Mourning Becomes Electra - Rosalind Russell and Michael Redgrave portray Lavinia and Orin Mannon, brother and sister, in the film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about a father and son returning from battle after the Civil War.
Royal Wedding - Fred Astaire and Jane Powell portray Broadway musical stars brother and sister Tom and Ellen Bowen
Scarface (1932) Paul Muni and Anne Dvorak portray brother and sister Tony Camonte and Francesca "Cesca" Camonte. The film is loosely based on the career of Al Capone. Here Paul Muni's character is obsessesed with his sister Anne Dvorak.
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Thanks, Star
One of Hollywood's greatest legends starred in a 1930's movie musical in which he often would go over the dance steps with the one and only Fred Astaire before the dances were filmed.
Name the 1930's movie musical and this great Hollywood legend.
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Jeanne Crain
Gene Reynolds
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Jones, Mary - Jean Arthur in "The Devil and Miss Jones"
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Moscow On The Hudson
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Silverado
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Zellweger, Renee
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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The thread is now open.
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Thanks, DGF. Hope your Christmas was a happy one.
This film mentions both a very famous Hollywood Golden Age movie and a very famous Broadway smash musical.
Name the film. Name the Hollywood movie. Name the Broadway smash musical.
The two "romantic" leads were both nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress
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Here is something that you may not know. In the early fifties, a very popular song was a big hit for a young woman singer. Strangely, she never liked it, but she was under contract to a record company and the song was assigned to her. The song had been co-written by a Pulitzer prize winning author and playwright some years earlier. Can you name the song, the singer, and the author? If you need any clues, just ask.
Is the song Come On-a My House sung by Rosemary Clooney and co-written by William Saroyan?
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Xavier, Father - Henry O'Neill in "Anthony Adverse"
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Gale Storm
Gale Gordon
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Being There Will Be Blood On The Moon And Sixpense
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San Fernando Valley
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The Girl With Green Eyes
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Come To The Stable
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Zucco, George
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Nice ones, Marsha. Here's two more:
PATTERNS started as an episode on The Kraft Television Theatre in 1955.
THE RABBIT TRAP was originally presented in 1955 on Goodyear Television Playhouse.
Patterns, which was considered a breakthrough for Rod Serling, was originally broadcast live on Kraft Television Theater and due to popular demand was then re-broadcast live on February 9, 1955. The first time such a live television drama was repeated due to its popularity. The second performance was captured in kinescope and is available for viewing at the Paley Center for Media in NYC and in L.A. The original cast of Everett Sloane, Ed Begley and Richard Kiley were in both presentations. However, in the movie version, Van Heflin was cast in the Richard Kiley role.
I was a big fan of Playhouse 90 and saw both the original productions of Requiem For A Heavyweight and The Helen Morgan Story. It was such a rarity to have 90 minutes of live TV. They were bringing the theater to the viewing TV audience. It was quite exciting.
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Is the dancer Fred Astaire, the movie "Damsel In Distress", and the dancing partner Gracie Allen?
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Midnight In Paris
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Valjean, Jean - Fredric March in "Les Miserables" (1935)
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And Justice For All
Musicals on Tap
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star - you're absolutely correct. I really love this film and love James Cagney's dance numbers which indicate a "prelude" to his marvelous performance as George M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
Star - the thread is yours.