FredCDobbs
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Cedric Hardwicke? thought of him at first but his first sound film performance was before 1939? Same with Thomas Mitchell. HunchBack of Notre Dame. this would have been Maureen's debut and Laughton I believe had already won the Oscar?
the mystery guy is a man wearing a horned helmet.
I haven't been able to find any post-1939 male winner who made is first sound film in 1939. Maybe I missed someone or misunderstood the complex clues. Maybe the guy in question never received an oscar but someone else in the film did (one before 1939 and one after 1939). I don't know. This seems more like a math test.
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Recapping, we have:
3. The film featured the screen debut of an actor who would eventually win an Academy Award (not for this film).
List of Academy Award Best Actor winners by age
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Academy_Award_Best_Actor_winners_by_age
List of Academy Award Best supporting actor winners by age
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Best_Supporting_Actor_winners_by_age
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Dick Powell directed The Conqueror (1956).
Agnes Moorehead played his mother. Pedro Armendáriz played his head bodyguard.
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well, for the record, I REALLY DID, but no one has ever accused me of having good taste.
Ha, ha, ha, I'll bet you have a fantasy of being kidnapped by a Mongol War Lord!
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Fred, did you have an answer you forgot to post, or are you just reminding everyone of the photo?
I was just bringing the puzzle to the top of the thread again, along with your clue.
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I tried. It was just SO BAD. And Wayne looked ridiculous. No one came off well though. : I sat through about an hr of it, but wasnt paying close attention a lot of the time.......
He sounded like Ethan Edwards to me.
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Who is the guy with the horns?
Character actor, appeared in a few silents, mainly known for sound films and stage work, including one stage role in particular from a famous play.
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...And then I stayed up for a good bit of THE CONQUEROR.
i couldn't take more than about 10 minutes of it. It was a very stupid film.
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My opinion is.... these WW 2 documentaries weren't very good. The Battle of Midway was just a bunch of isolatec scenes with no progressive full story of what happened. It was just a random mix of isolated shots that did not fit together to tell a complete story. I think it was a mistake to suddenly put top drama directors in charge of making documentaries, especially under heavy fire. The cameramen seemed to be scared as heck and hiding behind buildings and trees. Real documentary cameramen get out in the open and if they die, they hope their film survives. Like cops.... go right out under fire shooting and hope you survive it. But don't hide behind trees and buildings.
The OSS documentary was amateurish and silly. Something like what a university film student could make.
But I'm very glad that TCM aired them!
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The reason I wrote "sorry to say" is because I've usually seen more new movies by this time of year than I have in 2015. I like going to see first-run films and the whole cinema experience. Just haven't gotten around to that many this year, I guess.
LOL, yeah. $12 tickets, $5 popcorn, 200 people texting with their cell phones. Tiny mall theaters. Little screens.
Modern Cinema Palace:
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Hey, where is INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS on TCM? Why did that film disappear and replaced by some unknown 1980s film?
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THE THIRD MAN:
CALLOWAY: I told you to go away, Martins. This isn't Santa Fe...I'm not a Sheriff, and you aren't a cowboy. You have been blundering around with the worst bunoh of racketeers in Vienna...your precious Harry's friends, and now you're wanted for murder.
MARTINS: Put in drunk and disorderly, too.
CALLOWAY: I have.
What's the matter with your hand?
MARTINS: A parrot bit me.
CALLOWAY: Oh, stop behaving like a fool, Martins.
MARTINS: I'm only a little fool - I'm an amateur at it - you're a professional. You've been shaking your cap and bells all over town.
CALLOWAY: Paine, get me the Harry Lime file and Mr. Martins a large whiskey.
MARTINS: I don't need your drinks, Calloway.
CALLOWAY: You will.
I don't want another murder in this case, and you were born to be murdered. So you're going to hear the facts.
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Yes, you are correct.
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Made silent and sound films.
Well known in the 1930s.
Faded into oblivion by the late 1930s.
TCM shows some of her sound films occasionally.
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Why would they be joking?
i was joking.
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HIGH NOON
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Were there multiple versions of this film?
Sometimes people, such as film students, cut out scenes from movies while making their own documentary.
One time TCM showed THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI with the entire Fun House mirror sequence missing, and they showed the second Tarzan film with the nude swimming scene completely missing.
And in many cases, the distributors are not aware that the key scenes have been removed by someone.
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You guys are joking, aren't you?
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UNION PICIFIC, 1939
The real Union Pacific, 1869:
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Barbara Stanwyck?
Yes it is Barbara Stanwyck, photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson
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I forgot about Bye Bye Braverman being on late last nite. I was gonna get it on my vcr. nice goin', tcm. please schedule it better next time.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Double Indemnity
GUESS WHO?
in Games and Trivia
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I don't think so.
After re-reading the clues, I think the puzzle is talking about 3 separate actors:
Academy Award winner before 1939
Academy Award winner after 1939
The mystery man with the horns
With all of them in the same film. Both the guy with the horns and the 2nd Academy Award winner first appeared in their first sound film (the same film) in 1939, based on a famous book.