MilesArcher Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Is it "Cat People" and "Curse Of The Cat People" with Simone Simon, Kent Taylor, and Jane Randolph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 If Miles is correct, that's Kent Smith, not Kent Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 It is not any Cat People movie, or anybody named Kent, although a good guess. 4.) The married couple takes care of a weepy grandson, played by an actor whose first name looks like a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Time for a new clue, phroso? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Sorry, it was a busy day yesterday. 5.) A mysterious stranger drifts into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 *Psssssst!* I've developed a theory that when you don't get a response when you click or press "Enter", and then you click or press it 4 more times, all five of those clicks turn up on the page. For me this is happening only on the TCM site, and not on the other sites I visit. They are discussing this in the General Issues Forum. *But back to business:* Is it *Fury* (1936) ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Not FURY either, but that's a good guess. This one's tougher than I expected. 6.) The drifter has a creepily symbolic name and gives the viewer a vivid example of why you should never pick up hitchhikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 7.) This might be a good time to mention that the drifter is the one responsible for making the weepy grandson from Clue 4 into an orphan. In fact, he's also got sinister designs on the custodial grandparents. Edited by: phroso on May 28, 2010 10:09 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I know it's not NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, but just to reward your efforts with an answer, I'll guess it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Not NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, although your compassion is appreciated. The next clue should jog some memories. 8.) The grandfather has control over an apple tree which can hold people and objects against their will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 *On Borrowed Time* ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 ON BORROWED TIME is correct. Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, and Henry Travers later appeared in a more famous fantasy film entitled IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. George Bailey is still seeing a shrink as a result of seeing his mother married to Mr. Potter in this film. Nice going, cmvgor. The board is yours . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks, phroso. Saw it a couple of times over a couple of decades, and enjoyed it. New one: *1.* 1960. B&W. War story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 *Sink the Bismarck* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Not *Bismark*. *2.* A small Infantry unit saddled with a defensive position that they are too few to handle. Didos to try to make the enemy think their force is larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 *3.* The small cast includes a couple of well established action stars. Also a singer who sometimes took a significent acting role. Also a stand-up comic and "party record" star who occasionally took an acting gig in movies or TV. I do not see this title listed among the war movies being aired this Memorial Day Weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 It sounds exactly like HELL IS FOR HEROES (which imdb says was released in 1962.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 You are correct, phroso; bad proofreading. I had intended to say "1960s". A time-capsule feature of this flick: Bob Newhart was best known at the time of filming for his "telephone" routines, in which the audience heard only his end of a conversation. This script placed him in a dugout, where they found a listening device that the Germans had planted when they vacated the place. With the thought of conviencing the enemy their one-Squad force was at least a Company of men, he had a number of landline conversations with "HQ", insisting that they did not need any more reinforcements: "They're still fighting in Japan. Maybe you can send them there." phroso's thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I remember Newhart's scenes and have his "Button Down Mind" album. I always thought Peter Sellers' phone conversation with the Soviet premier in DR. STRANGELOVE was also a nod to Bob Newhart. Next clue: 1.) A man is set for life after making a lucrative business deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 *Dodsworth* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Yikes, DODSWORTH is correct! I was hoping someone would say EASY RIDER. Anyway, great job, Eve. As you probably know, TCM is showing a bunch of Sinclair Lewis adaptations sometime this week (Thursday?), DODSWORTH being the best of all of them. Your board. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 *Dodsworth* was the first thing that popped into my head?sometimes that happens?will be watching or recording when it comes up on TCM?thanks, phroso, I?ll be back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luciano Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Have to disagree about best being Dodsworth, think Arrowsmith far superior. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 1. A father favors an orphan over his own son (I prefer *Dodsworth*, but enjoy *Arrowsmith*, too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I can't track down the title I'm looking for, but is this resourced from a work by G.B. Shaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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