lavenderblue19 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 It is Red Hot and Blue Betty Hutton and Victor Mature. Not shown very often on TCM. Not the best Betty Hutton film and Mature was miscast, but I love Betty. Good work Milies, your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Thanks, your description of the movie didn't make it sound like a real laugh-fest! Now, if you were watching TCM earlier today, you may have seen an actor that you recognized in a supporting role early in his career. However, if you looked for him in the credits at the end of the movie, you would have seen that he was billed under a different name. This actor would go on to have a pretty good movie career in the forties and into the fifties, although he never achieved major star status. In the fifties he started to work in TV, and in the sixties and seventies he worked almost exclusively in TV. I won't tell you the name of the movie he was in that was shown today, but I'll give you a hint as to his identity. In his early career, he had a youthful appearance. If June Allyson was known as the girl next door, then this actor should be known as the boy next door. Can you name the actor, the movie he was in that was shown today, and the name he was billed under in that movie? Please, no partial answers, finance. It's all or nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Why you ask am I trying...knowing nothing I'm guessing Andy Griffith billed as Phil Taylor in The Howards of Virginia...haven't seen any movies today so I have foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Sorry, Andy Griffith's first movie was "A Face In the Crowd" in the fifties, and he was always billed as Andy Griffith. It was a good guess though, and fairly close too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Revisiting The Howards of Virginia I discovered Tom Drake was the boy next door in Meet Me In St Louis. He was billed as Richard Alden, now my answer is The Howards of Virgina with Tom Drake billed as Richard Alden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 RED HOT AND BLUE also may have been composer Frank Loesser's only film appearance as an actor. Was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Miles,Edythe I know it's irritating to have a question interrupted, but felt compelled to answer finance. According to everything I've read it was his only appearance in a film. I was going to use that as a clue, but figured that was a dead giveaway to the answer. Interesting story, When I was a teenager, my best friend's brother was a famous Broadway producer. He produced *The Apple Tree* , *1776* and *Pippin* . Obviously he has won many Tony awards. Frank Loesser was the one to give him his first break. Miles and Edythe- Hope you had a great 4th of July holiday Miles Edythe's answer- *The Howard's Of Virginia* and Tom Drake. Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Jul 5, 2012 3:33 PM Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Jul 5, 2012 4:11 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Loesser made a pretty good, piano-playing gangster. Now back to the question at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yes, Edy. I thought that "Boy Next Door" clue would be a giveaway. Tom Drake was indeed billed as Richard Alden. The actor that you first guessd, Phil Taylor, played Cary Grant's other son. Your up now, Edythe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Thanks Miles. I don't remember ever seeing him in anything other than Meet Me in St Lous. This movie ('50s) was shot first in CinemaScope and afterwards a standard version was shot because the director and producers were afraid many theaters wouldn't be equipped to run the CinemaScope version. Standard version was costly and never released to theaters. There was an airing of the standard version on TCM back in the'90s. Any guesses?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 This is an MGM movie from '54. The story is MGM had high hopes for Brigadoon and our film had budget cuts and was shot in only 48 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 How 'bout that! Your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Two wrongs don't make a right, but this actress won an Oscar anyway for this early B&W film. Name her and the film.. Edited by: allaboutlana on Jul 11, 2012 4:36 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 This actress was married to a top movie executive. Any guesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Norma Shearer? THE DIVORCEE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 That is correct. I was of course alluding to her affair after she found out about Chester's. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Two men and a woman have many unusual experiences while going very fast in a car. Edited by: finance on Jul 12, 2012 3:44 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 A robbery of a supermarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm taking a wild guess with a nifty film I like a lot *Something Wild* - Ray Liotta ((BIG SIGH here) Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Not the one. The robbery was done to get money for the two men to finance careers as racing car drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 How about *Dirty Mary Crazy Larry* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That's the one. Yours, Lavender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSandtcm Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 A 13 Year Old Girl and her family go into Hiding! She wrote something! She and her sister died of Typhus in a concentration camp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 *Diary Of Anne Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I'm definitely right and I think whoever posted is not on the up and up. Thread Is Open to legimate posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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