mr6666 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 take a stab at Val Lewton & Cat People maybe, but can't find the 'technique' you're referring to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Val Lewton and CAT PEOPLE are both correct. The technique is known as "LEWTON BUS" It's called that because he built tension up slowly in a scene that turns out to be harmless. the bus scene in CAT PEOPLE has Jane Randolph coming out the tunnel and then the bus shows up and we hear the bus, but all the while we're thinking the noise is going to be Jane attacked by Simone. He was a master at that, I think. Ok, you're up mr6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 W. C. Fields masquerades as a missionary in what comedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 W. C. Fields masquerades as a missionary in what comedy? hint: based on a short story by Rupert Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 hint: 1933 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 See MOVIE TITLES-AKA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 MArcher got it with.... -Miles' thread..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Well, technically, Edythe got it, but I'll take the next one anyway. Howard Keel and Doris Day had worked together in "Calamity Jane" and they were the producer's first choices to play the leads in another musical. However, they were not under contract to the studio that was producing the musical and arrangements could not be made to get them. What was the musical that they could not do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Not sure about this one, since Howard did make this film, but I'll try ANNIE GET YOUR GUN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Sorry, no. The first choice for "Annie Get Your Gun" was Judy Garland, but she was constantly late or absent from the set and finally MGM fired her. The musical that I am referring to in my question was made a few years after "Calamity Jane". The leading man's singing voice was dubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'll try Josh Logan's South Pacific. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Any more hints on this Miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 South Pacific is correct. I had so much trouble getting into the trivia boards yesterday that I gave up for a while. I finally got in late, but I didn't have time to peruse all of the threads. Mary Martin had played Nellie Forbush on Broadway, but she was deemed to be too old for the movie. Ezio Pinza had passed away. Mitzi Gaynor was a suitable replacement for Doris Day. They put some gray in the temples of Rosanno Brazzi and dubbed his singing voice with opera singer Georgio Tozzi. The movie was not as big of a hit as the producers thought it would be. It was almost nine years between the opening of the Broadway show and the movie. Also, they used different colored lenses to heighten the mood in many scenes, much like stage lighting in a theater, but that was not a popular tactic with most movie audiences. It's your turn, Edythe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Thanks Miles. Doris would have made a good Nellie but I'm glad Mitzi got the role. I saw Kelly O'Hara as Nellie in the revival of South Pacific. Wow! Recently TCM aired a special featuring the teaming of Steven Spielberg and John Hughes. There was another composer who added invaluable moods to the movies he scored. Nominated over a dozen times for best score or song he won for a movie in the 70's. Can you name him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 No guesses for a few days. HINT: Think of Chinatown without any mood music. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Didn't that documentary feature John Williams, not John Hughes? Anyway, I think that the answer to your question is Jerry Goldsmith, a very prolific film composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 John Williams of course. Thanks Miles, keep me honest! Jerry Goldsmith is the answer I was going for. He added more than music. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Miles, your thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Miles, your thread want this or open....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Sometimes there are just too many threads to keep track of. Here is a new question. Two youngsters appeared in a movie with Greer Garson. Later, they would work together and become popular on "The Mickey Mouse Club". Can you name the two and the Greer Garson movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 HER TWELVE MEN the 2 cuties Tim Considine and David Stollery (Spin and Marty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 This just further proves the old adage that you have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat Lavenderblue to the answer. She is correct, of course. Disney wanted Tim Considine for the role of Marty, but Tim said he would rather play Spin, the cool kid that everyone liked. He recommended that the producers offer the role to David Stollery. Ok, Lavender, it's your turn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 This just further proves the old adage that you have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat Lavenderblue to the answer. She is correct, of course. Disney wanted Tim Considine for the role of Marty, but Tim said he would rather play Spin, the cool kid that everyone liked. He recommended that the producers offer the role to David Stollery. Ok, Lavender, it's your turn now. I get up extremely early in the morning, but I would still not be able to beat her to answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Well, finance, for once you've made a statement that no one can dispute. I found a clip of Tim Considine's screen test for the part of Marty, the role that he didn't want. Here it is: And here are Tim and David some forty years later: And here they are just last year: Have they aged just a bit? It's still Lavender's turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thank You Miles and Finance. I'm blushing, lovely compliments next Her husband did not want his wife, this actress, to star in this film, he felt it might tarnish her image. She insisted and they were both glad she did. Name the film, the actress and extra bonus points for her husband's name ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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