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Character plays the harmonica? (You Can't Take it With You, Meet John Doe, Room for One More, Houseboat, Once Upon a Time in the West)

Well, that particular issue is a bit complicated, because everything in the novel is told from Humbert's point of view, and filtered through his highly subjective, wishful-thinking view of events. When he starts acting like a jealous, jilted lover, this is probably more a reflection of his unrealistic expectations and myopic view of reality, rather than of her having "led him on" in any meaningful sense. Even he ultimately recognizes that he robbed her of her innocence (although that recognition may in itself may be a bit of playing to the reader-as-jury).

Torrid Zone (1940) Summertime (1955) The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) 90 Degrees in the Shade (1965) Last Summer (1969) Summer of '42 (1971) Summer Heat (1987) Wet Hot American Summer (2001) My Summer of Love (2004)

Network (1976) -- Howard Beale Next: "I can afford a blemish on my character, but not on my clothes."

Hi Bunny, in all fairness, I did say "any answer in the general ballpark will be considered correct," so I'm gonna just go ahead and give you this one! 🙂 What I was looking for was that in each case the female protagonist explicitly rejects a marriage or relationship proposal by a male one. Philadelphia Story: Stewart gallantly offers to step in when Hepburn's wedding plans fall apart; Hepburn graciously refuses The Heiress: years after Clift stands her up (failing to show up for their planned elopement), De Havilland turns the tables and forbids him entry when he tries again An Unmarried Woman: Clayburgh rejects Bates's offer to spend the summer with him in Vermont, and Murphy's final effort to rekindle their relationship (after his girlfriend leaves him) My Brilliant Career: Davis twice rejects Neill's marriage proposal Emma: Paltrow rebuffs Cumming's fervent avowals of love Sorry this category was a bit ramshackle! Nice work, and your thread...

Hint two: rejected offer (you're on the right track, Bunny, and the movies involved are all correct, but the connection is a bit more specific)

Thanks, Bunny! Yes, I've seen the before-and-after photos, and the situation looks pretty dire. Here's hoping some meaningful action can be taken before it's too late (if it isn't already). Next: Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift Jill Clayburgh and Alan Bates (and, later in the same film, Jill Clayburgh and Michael Murphy) Judy Davis and Sam Neill Gwyneth Paltrow and Alan Cumming Hint: sorry, not happening (Note: The "category" involved here is a bit loose, but the situation in each case is fundamentally similar. Any answer in the general ballpark will be considered correct, so no need to come up with an overly precise definition.) 🙂

Hoover Dam?

Yes, I'm aware of that somewhat ironic fact. But this doesn't seem likely to make laffite any more willing to see the film version, since his issue is that it still doesn't represent Welles's vision.

It's still a wonderful movie, and in many ways his most perfectly directed one, so I hope you can find a way to experience it somehow. My own solution is to simply stop watching at the end of the final "comeuppance" scene, which makes a logical ending in itself. (Everything after that scene is not directed by Welles.)

Peter Wyngarde (left) looks like Peter O'Toole's long-lost brother:

I would recommend both Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, assuming you have a tolerance for dialogue-heavy films without a distinct plot. He is also excellent in Boyhood. Hawke does have a tendency to be cast as characters who are earnest, well-meaning, and low-key, which perhaps doesn't always equate to "memorable."

Ah, I didn't notice your answers--they were within a quote box that I could only see the top of (#'s 1-3), and which I didn't realize you wanted me to expand. Yes, you got all the remaining ones! Great work, Miles, and your thread. 🙂

My apologies, I forgot this was still hanging out there! Here are some clues for each of the remaining ones: 4. Head Cheese (1974) -- classic underground horror film 5. Anhedonia (1977) -- Oscar-winning romantic comedy (e.g., Best Actress) 6. Watch the Skies (1977) -- UFOs 8. Spaceman from Pluto (1985) -- teen travels back in time 30 years 9. The Body (1986) -- four young boys in 1959 10. When I Grow Up (1988) -- boy gets his wish, with unexpected consequences 11. Wiseguy (1990) -- "I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?" 12. The Cut-Wh*re Killings (1992) -- Oscar-winning western 13. Black Mask (1994) -- Royale with cheese 14. Coma Guy (1995) -- Sandra Bullock romantic comedy 15. Wind-Up Heroes (1995) -- classic animated film that later had three sequels

I knew you'd dispatch that one pretty easily! (Hope you don't mind that I passed your own idea back to you.) 🙂 Nice work, Bunny, and your thread...

Thanks, Bunny! That was fun. 🙂 Next: Dominic Cooper Shirley Jones Uma Thurman Lillian Gish Jake Gyllenhaal Sidney Poitier (Hint: another skip through the calendar)

Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet have definitely inspired the most foreign-language versions (about twenty of each), and Indian filmmakers seem particularly drawn to Shakespeare's works as source material. Some R & J examples include Julieta y Romeo (Spain,1940), Les amants de Vérone (France, 1949), Romeo y Julita (Argentina,1953), Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (Czechoslovakia, 1960), Fury of Johnny Kid (Italy/Spain, 1967), Made for Each Other (India, 1981), Loving Hurts You (Spain, 2002) and Romeo and Juliet Get Married (Brazil, 2005). Foreign-language versions of Hamlet include Blood for Blood (1935, India), The Bad Sleep Well (1960, Japan), Johnny Hamlet (1968, Italy), Un Amleto di meno (1973, Italy), The Angel of Vengeance -- The Female Hamlet (1977, Turkey), and Hamlet Goes Business (1987, Finland). Some other interesting Shakespeare adaptations include: Ran (1985, Japan) (King Lear) Makibeto (1999, Madagascar) (Macbeth) The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002, New Zealand -- translated into Maori) Sen noci svatojánské (1959, Czechoslovakia) and Sogno di una Notte d'Estate (1983) -- puppet-animation and musical versions (respectively) of A Midsummer Night's Dream Frivolous Wife (2008, Korea) (The Taming of the Shrew) The Journey to Melonia (1989, Sweden/Norway) (The Tempest) Timon (1973, Yugoslavia) (Timon of Athens) A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931, China) -- silent version of Two Gentlemen of Verona

Alternating months of the year? Temple: Captain January (1936) Gosling: The Ides of March (2011) Lancaster: Seven Days in May (1964) Powell: Christmas in July (1940) Fontaine: September Affair (1950) Lollobrigida: That Splendid November (1969)

Yes, Bunny, that's it! You also found some additional examples I hadn't thought of. (I was thinking of Jurassic Park for Attenborough, and The Lady from Shanghai for Sloane.) Nice work, and fast! Your thread... 🙂

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935, 1999) Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) The Prodigal (1955) Hester Street (1975) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) The Witches (1990) Death Becomes Her (1991) Shrek 2 (2004) Mirror Mirror (2012)

Thanks, Bunny! Next: Richard Attenborough Jason Isaacs Everett Sloane Emma Thompson Gene Wilder (Hint: another prominent prop)

Shoes? McLaren: Shoes (1916) Garland: The Wizard of Oz (1939) (ruby slippers) Shearer: The Red Shoes (1948) Carell: Get Smart (2008) (shoe phone) Purnell: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) (Emma Bloom's weight boots)

Julian McMahon and Kerr Smith:

Yes, ma'am / sir! Close also played a man in Hook, and Swinton in Constantine and Suspiria. Nice work, Bunny, and back to you. 🙂

Whistle Stop (1946) Truck Stop Women (1974) Clockstoppers (2002) The Music Never Stopped (2011)