Princess of Tap

Very big hint - the guitarist was in a rock and roll group.

If this keeps up we'll have to turn this into the Frank Loesser thread. Lonesome, it's great to ReDiscover another American classic pop composer! Miles, it's still your turn--

David Copperfield

John Gilbert Next: Teenage heartthrob

Suspicion

As Ms. Dunne would say--"Xacctly!" Star, it's all yours--

Hint #3 - this artist did indeed copy the style of Chuck Berry and recorded a number of his Tunes.

The so sad beauty of Montgomery Clift's acting was so in tune with his persona. His physical changes and pain after the automobile accident heightened the strength and intensity of his acting. I have a hard time equating that handsome young man in The Heiress with that suffering human being in Lonelyhearts. The Way Montgomery Clift's character in Suddenly Last Summer could reach out as a psychiatrist to Elizabeth Taylor's alleged madness seemed more peer-like than professional wisdom. I don't know exactly what transpired on the set of Suddenly Last Summer, but apparently Joseph Mankiewicz was sadistic in his direction of Monty and received a rather nasty reprisal from Katharine Hepburn when the shooting was over. After that I saw him in The Misfits and Freud. His minimalist performance in both of these movies was heartbreaking, yet poignantly effective. I think when you saw Monty onscreen you were seeing his physical and emotional pain reconstructed into artistic communication.

Being a big fan of both Poitier and Widmark, I can tell you they made another movie together called The Long Ships.

Hint#2--The speaker was famous for playing the guitar.

Hint#2-- and this actor appeared with all the great leading ladies-- Loretta Young, Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich and Myrna Loy, just to name a few.

Limey-- it's bloody well your turn!

This thread is still open.

I'm an actress who was at home in comedy and drama, as well as westerns,period pieces and musicals. I have fans who like me in tear jerkers; yet a great many prefer me in romantic comedies. I think I like the musicals the best because I get to sing. I don't want to brag but I'm a A1 top-tiered movie star. Oh, by the way, I have been nominated for the Academy Award.

Vertigo

Star-- the question reminded me of Fred Astaire's first movie Dancing Lady. Your hint reminded me of Flying Down to Rio and Merian C Cooper's interest in flying-- he married the girl that was supposed to be opposite Astaire, can't remember her name. Then they hired Ginger Rogers to take her place. So that's how Astaire & Rogers first came together. Had to look her up - - Dorothy Jordan doesn't really ring a bell. Probably because she worked primarily in pre-code.

Yeah, Marsha-- I was thinking Most Happy Fella cuz I know the Big D number really well. But I've been working for the last couple of weeks on the favorite thread for Carole Lombard. In my mind, I just about have memorized every Carole Lombard movie ever made. And believe it or not she starred in they knew what they wanted. At a certain age the brain will just going in One Direction. I think the first time I saw Big D was with Carol and Julie at Carnegie Hall. Do you remember that?

From a musical historical perspective, 42nd Street is a good example, but I would select at least 2 films from the following list of musicals: Top Hat Singin' in the Rain An American in Paris West Side Story The Sound of Music Gigi The Wizard of Oz Meet Me in St. Louis The Love Parade or Love Me Tonight The thing about musicals is that it's not just one genre. You have to look at the fact that some are cinematic adaptations from the Broadway stage, and some are original musicals created just for film. Also some musical aficionados would heavily point out that there is a class of musicals that feature primarily dancers, another class that features primarily singers and a third class that has both prominently featured. FYI-- the most recent AFI Top 100 greatest movie list include these musicals-- #6) The Wizard of Oz #10 Singin' in the Rain #41 West Side Story #55 The Sound of Music #68 An American in Paris #90 The Jazz Singer #91 My Fair Lady #100 Yankee Doodle Dandy I would have to agree with the AFI listing. I think the Wizard of Oz and Singin'in the Rain are the two most influential and superior musicals ever made. Oz is a musical fantasy extravaganza featuring a large cast, fun movement and starring a great singer. Whereas Singin' in the Rain is a tongue in cheek satire of Hollywood --a dance musical extravaganza created by a dancer, for dancing, starring a dancer to Showcase Dance in the musicals. I don't think there's one great singer featured in this movie. But they all can dance. On the other hand, of course, there would be an argument for The Sound of Music because the influence it's had since its release is tremendous. However,I wouldn't say it's more popular or known better worldwide than the Wizard of Oz -- but it's a close second. The two musicals that I've selected are influential in the art of filmmaking, they're influential to American popular culture and they're influential as to how the public and critics judge musicals in general and specifically.

Miles, it seems like Frank Loesser is one of the greatest American composers that nobody remembers. People do remember Guys and Dolls - - but they just don't think about how great those songs were like Sinatra's Luck Be Be a Lady Tonight. I have a recording of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin singing Nathan Detroit from some TV special; it's simply fantastic. And he had another hit show-- They Knew What They Wanted with a hit song called Joey, Joey - - the only person I remember singing it was Judy Garland, who sing it to her son on her TV show. Michael Feinstein is trying to carry on the work of Bobby Short - - who did those kind of albums superbly years ago. In particular I liked Bobby Short's albums for Cole Porter and the Gershwins. His work is how I initially learned tap numbers from Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell movies.

5) Modern Jazz Dancer Jack Cole did the choreography for the film-- he was a serious dance professional who liked to call Marilyn a "talented amateur" dancer.

Azure-- I see your correction now. But I knew as soon as you re-read it yourself, you would see the mistake.

Well, Limey, You soldiered on and got the correct answer. Apparently Mr. Hopkins as well as Mr. Burton are from Wales. And the way he told it was that he was around the old neighborhood and he saw the kind of lifestyle that Richard Burton had from acting-- beautiful blonde wife and a very fast and expensive sports car. Immediately Hopkins decided that was the life for him. And he's done pretty good at it, hasn't he? PS- - from what I remember of Oliver! I'm still scared to hear Mr. Reed's name. I know he's a good actor but I'm not so convinced he was acting in that movie. It sure did look real to me.

Debra-- Ida directed movies that were sensitive to women's issues. The DVD that I bought is called The Bigamist. And she also co-stars in that movie. Sorry to say I haven't seen Hard and Fast. The Hard Way came along when there was a plethora of movies. If it wasn't the hit it should have been from Warner Bros, it was because the top slot for that kind of an actress had already been taken by Bette Davis. You have to know a little bit about the studio system to understand how actresses were promoted according to types. Bette already have the slot for the aggressive- affirmative, no prisoners taken woman and she was making a lot of money at the box office. So the studio didn't see any point of promoting a similar-type actress when they could find another actress, with a different type characterization and make additional money from a fresh audience with the other-type actress. The other movies that she directed had subjects concerning rape and polio attacking a female artist who was a dancer. Ida had also been a victim of polio. She even made one Macho movie, just to prove that she could. It's called The Hitch-Hiker. There are several movies that she stars in that I really like. Her starring debut at Warner Brothers was a movie called They Drive by Night. I don't know how familiar you are with Classic Hollywood movies but this movie is full of stars of the era like Humphrey Bogart, George Raft and Ann Sheridan. I would take a look at it. Then she has a wonderful part in a Humphrey Bogart movie called High Sierra it's a classic. Later she went on to another Studio 20th Century Fox and she made this terrific film noir called Roadhouse. It's also a classic and co-stars Richard Widmark. I also like another noir called on Dangerous Ground, which co-starred Robert Ryan. I would suggest that you look her up under Wiki or IMDb to find out more about her and see what you think might interest you. Also you should know she directed a lot of Television. She directed The Untouchables with Robert Stack; at that time she may have been the only woman actually doing that in classic television. Also, I would suggest you see some of the Bette Davis movies of the era, if you haven't already, to see what kind of competition she was up against. Another actress who made similar type movies was Barbara Stanwyck. I would say anything with Ida in it from 1940 on is probably quite good. Good luck!

And Star from the time of Dear Mr. Gable until her death, who wrote Judy's special material? Roger Edens, of course. Star, you are perpendicular and hanging on a cable car and next--

5) The Beach Boys' Carl Wilson was Dean's son-in-law. Carl was married to Gina Martin at the time of his death.