lavenderblue19 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Correct. The film is *Three On A Match* - a pre-code 1932 film. What's interesting about this one is the cast. Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak Humphrey Bogart, Eddy Arnold, Bette Davis, Lyle Talbot. Davis did not play a lead and Mervin LeRoy and Davis really disliked each other. This was also the 1st film Bogart got to play a gangster. There is a scene in this film where Bogart is mimicking Ann Dvorak's drug use- He rubs his nose as he's smiling. Pretty racey stuff. Scenes from *The Public Enemy* and *Baby Face* were used in this film. I enjoyed this one very much. Thread is yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I had never heard of Ann Dvorak before I saw ?Three on a Match? several years ago, and it has become one of my favorite pre-code movies. For a 1932 film, it really packs a wallop and is very good at bringing out the best of its stars and in telling its story with no holds barred. The scenes with Ann out of it and her son are particularly disturbing. She is a great actress who has been pretty much forgotten, except for us TCM fans. Here is my first clue: The murder that never happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Nora Prentiss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 No to Nora Prentiss a tale of imagination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Clue #3: Some of the characters aren't bad. They're just drawn that way. (It's not Roger Rabbitt.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 No to Snow White Review of clues so far: #1 the murder that didn?t happen #2 a tale of imagination #3 Some of the characters aren?t bad. They?re just drawn that way. New Clue #4: The all-male jury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclecharlie Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 (It's not Roger Rabbitt.) Clue #5: "Push the button." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 *How To Murder Your Wife* ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 That's it. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thank you, 'lana. Le'mesee here, le'mesee. *1.* A "Problem Play". A risk is suspected, it must be identified, proven and solved. Much like a crime & solution or a medical diagnosis, but that is not the context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 MYSTERY STREET? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Negative re *Mystery Street*. *2.* A scientist has a theory that certain machines will break down, and cause disaster. He is pretty sure as to the safe running-time of these machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 *3.* The science guy is bookish, restrained, not impressive. And people just don't want to believe the things he's warning them about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 *4.* The scientist is, in fact, an engineer in the very young field of aeronautics, working for an aircraft firm. A plane of a certain type has crashed, and there is an official reason on record. But the engineer fears that the planes of that line are subject to being weakned by metal fatuge after a given period of operation. Again, no one who matters wants to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 THE COURTMARSHAL OF BILLY MITCHELL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Negative re *Billy Mitchell. (19,815) *5.* British film. One title there. American star. Another title USA. The casting reunited two stars who had made a better-known movie twelve years previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Is it NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY with Stewart and Dietrich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Correct. Brit title *No Highway*. Your thread. after 65 views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Clue #1: A married couple opens up an old residence where no one has lived for quite a while to set up house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Any takers??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 blandings builds his dream house? or george washington slept here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 No to both, and I was just logging on to post Clue #2: The mistress of the house is intimidated by the new maid, who flirts with anything in pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodag Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 This sounds like it might be Gaslight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 You got it! Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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