MarshaKatz
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O'Brien, Margaret
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Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra was in the movie "Follow The Boys" with Marlene Dietrich
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Roger Edens joined MGM as a musical supervisor and occasional composer and arranger of music most notably for Judy Garland.
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Nobody Lives Forever
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Thanks, Swithin,
The moment I saw this actress in a TV series I wanted to look just like her. Without a doubt the most sexy, fierce, strong female character I'd ever seen. She's won a BAFTA, a Tony, and an Emmy. She became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company very early in her career, a career in which she easily moves from stage to film to TV with the greatest of ease providing us with performance after performance of the highest caliber. She received her Emmy Award for playing perhaps the most indelible character created by Daphne Du Maurier. As Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" and this actress was made one in 1994.
Name the actress, the name of the iconic TV character she portrayed, the name of the TV series, and the role for which she won an Emmy Award.
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Thanks, Miles. You're absolutely correct. And I appreciate your posting the clip from the movie. I love the song and it's had a resurgence recently by John Pizzarelli who has recorded this song live on his CD called "Mercer Street".
The thread is yours.
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Swithin,
I believe this is the wonderful actress Gemma Jones, whose father was the great English actor Griffith Jones.
Gemma Jones starred in the BBC series "The Duchess of Duke Street Parts I and II" and an earlier BBC series called "The Spoils of Poynton" both televised on Masterpiece Theater. Films post 1990 in which Miss Jones played mothers are "The Winslow Boy", "Bridget Jones's Diary", and "You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger".
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TopBilled,
I just re-read your ClassiCategory for today and realized that you're referring to stage plays which I'm assuming eliminates musicals. If I'm incorrect, please let me know. However, if that's not the case, then I wish to submit the following movie which deviates from the Broadway stage version in every way possible -- and it's a musical.
Bye Bye Birdie - 1963 Film - I remember being very excited that Bye Bye Birdie was made into a film since I saw the original Broadway musical starring Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera and was completely in awe of it. The score, the direction, the choreography, the performers - everything about this musical was wonderful. However, the film was to me a nightmare. The worst of it was making Kim MacAffee the central character (played by Ann-Margaret) which she was not. Because this was done, the entire film changed from the original. Everything including Rosie's name was changed; Albert's profession changed; the racist attitude of Mae (Albert's mother) against Spanish people was omitted and to me, the worst part of all was the omission of so many of the show's songs which were integral to the plot e.g. "Baby Talk To Me", "What Did I Ever See In Him", "An English Teacher", "Normal American Boy", "Spanish Rose" and "100 Ways Ballet".
When I went to see the movie at Radio City Music Hall with my sister, we stood in a meandering line for hours and anxiously anticipated seeing the movie and the great Music Hall show. The Music Hall show was terrific (as usual), however, the movie was a plane wreck and we walked out of the theatre totally deflated.
It's bad enough when the song lyrics are toned down in musical movie adaptations of plays such as in West Side Story and Gypsy, but for the most part those movies stuck pretty close to the original characters, plot and song numbers (even though lyrics were changed due to the Hays Office).
Bye Bye Birdie the movie was just plain lousy and I cannot watch it.
Sorry to go on for so long, but I guess I saw my opportunity and decided to voice my opinions.
Love your column and look forward to it every day. I'm always learning something new from the various posts you get.
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Blue Jasmine
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The Rainmaker
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The White Cliffs of Dover
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Journey Into Fear
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Keating, Larry
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Murray Hamilton was in "No Time For Sergeants" with Myron McCormick
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Swithin, You're absolutely correct.
Michael Kitchen is the embodiment of "an actor's actor". I'm also remembered by his wonderful performance as The King in "To Play The King" the second installment of the British TV serial trilogy "House of Cards", which is one of my favorite series on PBS Masterpiece Theater which starred the great Ian Richardson.
The thread is yours.
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Walter Lang directed the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical "Call Me Madam" starring Ethel Merman who recreated her stage role in the movie version.
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Thanks, Princess. (BTW - Wildcat starring Lucille Ball was the 4th Broadway musical I saw and I've never forgotten that evening in the theater. After the show, Lucy came out and stood alone on the stage, the orchestra began to play, and Miss Ball did one the best "bump and grind" numbers I've yet to see. This was a night for the ages.)
Okay, here's my thread.
This British actor rarely gives interviews and is very mum about his personal life. His career includes stage, film, and TV. No matter the part or medium, he stands out and you can't help but remember his performance.
The first time I saw him was on PBS Masterpiece Theater in a British mini-series in which he portrayed a doctor who was the most obnoxious, conceited, annoying, conniving, and self-centered individual - but you adored him and I was hooked. As a member of the RSC he's played Mercutio and Iago and played opposite Sirs John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land". His film roles include two Bond films in which he played the recurring role of Bill Tanner.
Accomplished in every phase of acting, he will however always be remembered for the character he created on a British TV series which takes place on the home front during World War II.
Name this British actor, name the British TV series and the indelible character he created in this series.
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KarmaGirl,
Good job. But, just for the record, the play was called "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial".
The thread is yours.
And Kid Dabb - Like the name change.
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Lauren Bacall was in Confidential Agent with Charles Boyer
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Dean Martin was in Rio Bravo with Angie Dickinson
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Sorry for the delay, but I thought this thread has already been answered. If not, here are three hints:
Hint 1: The stage play was made into a very successful movie in which the older actor was not cast.
Hint 2: The older actor won an Academy Award for Best Actor in the movie version of a well known play.
Hint 3: The young actor starred in two very successful TV series.
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Orson Welles was in The Stranger with Edward G. Robinson
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Dick Powell was in Murder My Sweet with Claire Trevor
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What do these five actresses have in common?
Ginger Rogers
Martha Raye
Betty Grable
Pearl Bailey
Ethel Merman
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Oak, Gabriel - Alan Bates in "Far From The Madding Crowd"