allaboutlana Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Absolutely correct! Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Here are some interesting clips of Julie Andrews in those early days. and And the day she met Carlotte Church, with whom she has a lot in common. And Charlotte's tribute song to Julie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XApSFvSnub0&feature=related I hope you enjoyed those clips. Now, Julie Andrews' first Broadway show was not "My Fair Lady". What was the show and who played her part in the much later movie version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 "THe Boy Friend"? Twiggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 If you like short answers, I can oblige. Yes, your turn, fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'll be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 finance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 These two well-known actors had the same first name. One was in well-known films with Robert Taylor, Robert Ryan, and Jennifer Jones. The other was in well-known films with Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly, and Spencer Tracy. The two actors? Edited by: finance on Oct 12, 2012 4:33 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Hint: The two actors began their film careers around the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Hint: The common first name of the two actors was unusual, and had three letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickisilverwolf Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 ^Pure guess:^ ^Van Johnson and Van Heflin?^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Correct, silverwolf. Yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickisilverwolf Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Thank you very much! Speaking of names . . . It's unusual for an actor to have his or her full name in the title of a feature film in which he or she appears. The only modern example I can think of is *Being John Malkovich*. However, I can think of a couple of examples, one from 1949 and one from 1952. The two actors involved often worked together, but not in these two films. Can you name the two movies involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Did Al Jolson appear in THE JOLSON STORY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickisilverwolf Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 That's an excellent guess, and I had to look it up to see if it qualifies. Apparently (other than his voice) he only appears in a brief shot, and is uncredited. The two actors I'm thinking about both have major roles in these films. I might add that both might be classified as "horror comedies" (and that at least one of them is truly a horrible comedy!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 You're probably thinking of "Bela Lugosi Meets the Brooklyn Gorilla" from 1952, and "Abbott And Costello Meet The Killer - Boris Karloff" from 1949. If you didn't specify the complete names, then all of the "Abbott And Costello Meet ..." movies would be included. So would "Here Come The Nelsons" with Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Ricky. By the way, Jackie Robinson played himself in "The Jackie Robinson Story", and my favorite of these would be "My Pal Trigger", a fictionalized biography, with Trigger in the title role. Rumor has it that The Invisible Man played himself in several movies, but I can't verify that because I never saw him. Edited by: MilesArcher on Oct 14, 2012 2:07 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickisilverwolf Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Kudos for a brilliant response! It's all yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Thanks, Here's a little film history lesson for today. In a situation similar to the plot of "Singin' In The Rain", Alfred Hitchcock was filming a silent movie when the studio told him that they decided it should be a sound film. Rather than re-shoot all of the scenes already filmed, he decided to have the actors dub their own lines, and then speak normally for the scenes yet to be shot. However, his leading lady was a foreign actress with a thick accent. Her dialogue would be almost unintelligible, so he had another actress speak the lines off camera, while the foreign actress just moved her lips. The film was released in both silent and sound versions, because many theaters at the time were not equipped for sound. What was the name of the film, and who were the actresses involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 *Blackmail* - Anna Ondra had a thick German accent - Beautiful Joan Barry (Rich & Stange) voice was used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 You got it, Lavender. "Blackmail" became the first British talkie. Your turn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks Miles. There's a film that was made in this century that paid homage to a director.. An actress that was in a film that this director made over 4 decades prior was also in this contemporary film. The contemporary film remids us of his style of film that he was known for.Name the actress and the 2 films and the director ???? Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Oct 15, 2012 6:36 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I'll try a cheap shot at this (being that it's footage of her). "Chaplin", Modern Times with Paulette Goddard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Sorry. The director was known for melodramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickisilverwolf Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hmmm. This almost sounds like it has something to do with the new film *Hitchcock*, but I can't find any actress in it who was also in a Hitchcock film. (Helen Mirren is old enough, but nothing by Hitchcock is listed in her credits.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 This has nothing to do with Hitchcock. Helen Mirran has nothing to do with this. It's a film that has already been released and received good reviews and multiple Oscar nominations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 My guess is the wuxia movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Ang Lee's tribute to wuxia director King Hu, who made "Come Drink With Me" with actress Cheng Pei Pei over forty years ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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