frankt65 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Is it The Witches Eve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Good guess, Frank, but not *The Witches* 2. Starts with a funeral, ends with a coin toss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 3. Oscar-winning actress in the lead (and she was nominated for this role); a variety of Oscar nominations, one win; based on a novel by a popular English writer who did not like the film adaptation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt65 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Travels With My Aunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 That?s the one, and it stars the divine Dame Maggie. Hadn?t seen it before & recorded it when it was on TCM the other day?great work, again, Frank. The thread is yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Didn't Maggie win 2 Academy Awards?...Actress for Jean Brody, and Sup, Actress for California Suite...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt65 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Thank you eve. I had remembered Graham Greene being quoted about his displeasure with this film upon its release. Okay.... Clue 1: During the cold war a nuclear physicist is quietly collecting secrets which he intends to sell to an unmentioned foreign power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 One of my uneducated wild guesses: TORN CURTAIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt65 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Sorry finance not Torn Curtain. Clue 2: He takes up in a rundown building in New York City. The surrounding tenants do not have much to say to each other - even the sexy woman who lives down the hallway, who flirts with him. Maybe it is better that things are left unsaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 If there is a lack of conversation throughout, I?ll guess *The Thief* with Ray Milland?by the way, in my last clue for *Travels With My Aunt* I noted that Maggie Smith was an Oscar winner and was nominated her *Aunt* role as well ? my mention of ?a variety of nominations, one win? was a reference to *Travels With My Aunt*, not Maggie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt65 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 You have it eve....The Thief it is. Give us a real tough one!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Thanks, Frank?let?s see how ?tough? this one is? 1. This movie is populated by grotesques, toadies & every sort of fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 *NIGHTMARE ALLEY*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt65 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Is it Freaks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Great guesses, but no... 2. A successful man loathes the very people who have propelled him to the heights he?s achieved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 *ALL THE KING'S MEN* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Good guess?not the right film (though it applies to another thread waiting for an answer?) 3. He runs into an old pal from school who?s now a cabbie?among others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 A Face in the Crowd??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 These are all excellent guesses, but so far?no?here?s clue #4 4. In glorious black & white?but b&w was all but over by the time this film was made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 *The Sweet Smell Of Success* ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Another fine guess, C, but that?s not it either? clue #5 5. Known for its acidic humor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 the loved one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Good guess, but it?s not *The Loved One* 6. He worries a lot?about life?about his work?about women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 *MANHATTAN*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt65 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Fellini 8 1/2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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