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THE FORTUNE COOKIE Popular invented stories

SABRINA VERA DRAKE or DAISY KENYON

THE ATOMIC KID Departed phone

PETER?S FRIENDS ?which was really stupid because they didn?t know who Peter?s friends were?in fact, they didn?t know Peter. They knocked on the door of this huge mansion and a balding man with sad eyes answered and said he hadn?t the foggiest idea about Peter?s friends but invited them in for a cooler. He introduced himself as Max and said he had only one friend left and that...

Boy, there some real hall-of-famers on this thread. Therealfuster! I wonder whatever happened to sweet loliteblue. (Yes, they were before my time...hmm, I must remember them from a past life)

>Have I mentioned the plot of "Vertigo" lately? Tell us again, Fred! Tell us again!

>oh i know which trilogy you are talking about and i sorta worried about that too before i saw Leslie's version, Fanny, but i watched it anyway, b/c i love her stuff and she never lets me down with her performances. i think you will like it if you give it a chance Swashy!. And like it I did though it was touch and go there for awhile. And our Miss SOTM did good though she had to share honors. There are not many principal characters in this one but enough to make is seem like an ensemble piece. As for Leslie, she yearns, loves a man who disappoints her, makes an emotional sacrifice, marries a man she doesn?t love, and then undergoes upheaval when her former lover returns. So she has a lot to do and does it well although I don't feel somehow that, overall, the role, despite the above, allows her the full range she is capable of doing. Yes, I was reluctant to see this movie at first because the of the awful shadow of the earlier French trilogy done in the 30s, but as I live and learn, I find it's a good idea to let go of the imaginings and just sit down and enjoy. I was worried about Maurice. For some reason, I know not why, I had assumed he would be Cesar, which really doesn?t make much sense. It was soon clear how easily he settled being the other guy, Panisse. After all, if you have an older guy who goes for a young girl, who better than the man who can sing ?Thank heaven for little girls? without making us raise an eyebrow. Charles Boyer is no second fiddle to anyone but I can imagine him thinking, ?O mon Dieu,? upon learning he was wanted for the role of Cesar. Cesar was played by Raimu, who is practically a legend in this role. Boyer lacked the comic edge in some ways but otherwise he had all the bluster of a good Cesar and he certainly looked the part. He wore that Cesar-defining hat so well (and in more ways than one). Maurice is a toned-down Panisse (not so many temper tantrums) but that worked well too. Whatever one may think of his principal motive in the story he was basically a decent man, and again, who else to play such a role than Monsieur Chevalier. Due to the inevitable associations of past roles of these two actors, it was difficult for me at times to see them as simple small-town fellows. This was important in the earlier movies where the provincial simplicity of the characters lent a certain charm to the story. But I was won over. Leslie Caron, at the beginning anyway, had a sort of worldly, metropolitan, foxy look which belied the notion of provincialism but it didn?t matter much because after becoming Madame Panisse, i.e. marrying someone who had a little stash, she was transformed into a picture of well-dressed, well-coiffed elegance. This is a primarily a love story but it is also the story of an extraordinary and often stormy friendship between two men, Cesar and Panisse. I admit, I struggled with these two actors in these two roles, especially in the early going, but by movie?s end I was totally won over. There is really no need for comparisons after all. Maurice and Charles were really good as these two characters, the shadow of those earlier giants (for the moment, at least) be hanged. Something I wondered about, how to take an 8-hour trilogy and pare it down to 2 ? hours. They used the main events of the first two movies and basically dropped the third altogether, save for a beginning idea, the illness of Panisse. From there they fashioned a new but essentially similar ending and did it very well too. The story didn?t miss a beat. Spoiler At the end I was surprised to see Fanny take the blame for the whole mess. if I remember correctly, this was not so clear cut in the earlier version. Fanny?s confession in this later version makes it seem that Marius got a raw deal, something I had thought from the earlier movies, but there can only be partial vindication for me because Fanny was perfectly justified IMO in doing earlier what she was sorry for later. Had she not acted accordingly her relationship with Marius would have surely been tainted. I?m being vague about the details of all of this to avoid too much of a spoiler. But in this later Leslie Caron version they had Fanny say what she did to tie up a loose end, I believe. And as usual with this movie, it works fine. //

The Devil to Pay ?

>I think the whole back story with the Schumanns and Brahms is really fascinating. Did you see the movie? Hans Conried was a good Schumann and having to portray a man who mentally declines. It's been awhile but I remember that he did well with that. Brahms is so often depicted as the old guy with the long beard and cane but as a young man he was quite handsome. Robert Walker was well cast as Brahms. He loved Clara but even after Robert's death, she rejected him although they remained friends...or so I believe. I don't the story either, really. Kate was fine as I remember. They have remarkable ways in movies to convincingly show actors playing the piano. Sometimes the actors will take a few lessons. Kate looks good at the keyboard. >He did some fine chamber music as well. The Piano Quintet is one of most famous. The opening measures are so captivating...and famous.

THE RETURN ?on her acting career that others could have but denied her because of her origins as well not having to look on while white actors were cast in Asian roles. She politely declined libations and observing the effect of all the gaiety coolly realized the apparent truth of what they were saying about ?that Karenina? woman. The voice of the director was suddenly heard calling out, ?Anna?!? But which one? The...

GLADIATOR DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS or THE ROBE

A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER ?as they found Alexsei Alexsandrovich Karenin lying on the floor in Viv?s chambers. ?Hey,? said Vivien with alarm, ?This isn?t in the movie.? ?Maybe it?s a rewrite,? said Alan. Vivien groaned, more lines to remember. Little Shirley was singing a happy song in the other room, eerily incongruent with the scene. They drank more kvass (they needed it) and wondered what wouldh happen next. Then...

NATIONAL VELVET BLUE VELVET or THE BLUE GARDENIA

The Rains Came problematic

>EL DIABLO IS A NAME. A character in a number of DC comics. Hi *Jenetico*, DC comics! With all due respect, it's a stretch to go to Comic Land when practically every answer has been the personal name of someone in the movie business. But even if so, on the first clue you provided an answer that overlooked a consonant and had a different vowel. On the second clue you provided an answer that was singular instead of plural. Diablo is not plural. Honestly, *Jenetico*, El Diablo could not possibly be the answer. I guess I thought it was a particularly good clue---for me anyway, not the best of players---and I didn't want to see it go to waste. But it's only a game. Peace to you, Jenetico. >By the way, what name were you going for? *Miles Archer*: I'll just shelve it for now. In the example you gave in your own case, the unexpected response you received was at least a result of a correct reading of the clues you gave. Now back to the game. Sorry to *all* for the interruption. laffite

ANNA KARENINA ...who was offering him a mug of Russian kvass. ?Not that strong really, but good. This stuff is a little low class for me, but I?ve come down in the world.? Alan was aghast to hear the voice of Miss Leigh. ?Are you on a cut too?? he asked. She said, ?Yes, I asked my husband for a divorce again?and he sneezed.? Alan thought, what interesting people you meet on cuts. If only it wasn?t so dark. Then another voice was heard, the...

El Diablo is incorrect. Remember, we're looking for someone's name. Let's continue on, I can post it again later if no one wants it now. Cheers

A Christmas Carol morning sickness

THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE or THE INVISIBLE MAN

THE INCREDIBLE MR LIMPET THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN or DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE

Un Singe en Hiver (...quand Monseiur se condiut sagement) hors d'oeuvre

PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION KING LEAR or LIFE WITH FATHER

Richard Boone (not be confused with Richodd Boone, of course) O.K. Cor____ + Devils

Thank you for your very complete answer. It was the Call (instead of key) that puzzled me. I might question call to represent the first syllable of COLLinge (if, as you say, it should sound like COLLins) the vowel is slightly different. But close enough, I guess, especially if you know the actress to begin with. A clever clue.

Germinal ??