metz44 Posted April 20, 2011 what talent.. initials J C movie......R. ..or S.... also made some Educational" shorts Edited by: metz44 on Apr 20, 2011 3:28 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted April 20, 2011 joe cook rain or shine 1930 CATCH IT ON TCM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 21, 2011 Now I feel better.Never heard of him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted April 21, 2011 too bad..catch the movie when its on tcm..you'll enjoy it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 23, 2011 This musical star went on from "Button up Your Overcoat" on Broadway to "?"( legendary songs and musicals) in Hollywood during the 30's and 40's. Can you name this Movie Star and the famous films/songs associated with her/him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted April 23, 2011 is it the boop a doop gal helen kane?...if so... songs..i wanna be loved by you thats my weakness now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 25, 2011 just watched Debbie Reynolds in "Three Little Words" pretending to be Baby Boop-- no-- Hint--this was a musical star who primarily danced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 25, 2011 Ginger Rogers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 25, 2011 no--a real dancer who was trained professionally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 25, 2011 Eleanor Powell? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 25, 2011 Do you want to answer the whole question? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 25, 2011 I declare this thread is open to any and all comers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted April 25, 2011 The one who sang "Button Up Your Overcoat", was it Ruth Etting? She was a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies and acted with Eddie Cantor. She sang "Ten Cents A Dance"and also "Love Me Or Leave Me" which was the title of her movie biography starring Doris Day.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted April 26, 2011 WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THE ORIGINAL QUERY..I AM CONFUSED Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted April 27, 2011 a reply would be greatly appreciated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 27, 2011 Eleanor Powell performed "Button Up Your Overcoat" on Broadway in "Follow Thru" in 1929. Ellie is famous for The Broadway Melody Movies of 1936, 1938 & 1940. In these films, she introduced the Freed-Brown classics:"You Are My Lucky Star" and "Broadway Rhythm"-- Gotta, Dance, Gotta Dance-- also she re-introduced "The Broadway Melody". Gene Kelly performed all the Freed-Brown classics in The Broadway Melody of 1952 which they called "Singin' In the Rain". Ellie also introduced Cole Porter's "Rosalie" (sung by Nelson Eddy) in Rosalie and "Swing' the Jinx Away" and "Rap-Tap On Wood" in "Born to Dance". I don't know anything about Ruth Etting. Do you have the show and date for her? Edited by: cujas on Apr 27, 2011 7:09 PM Edited by: cujas on Apr 27, 2011 7:18 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 28, 2011 OK, let's get out of this morass with a new question: Name the first Best Actor Oscar winner who won for the same role he had originated on Broadway. What film? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CineramaRick Posted April 28, 2011 George Arliss in *Disraeli* (1929) Thread open to all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 28, 2011 There was no morass--simply the correct answer to the question I posed. This thread is open. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 28, 2011 That is correct. I was thinking that the first one was Paul Lukas for WATCH ON THE RHINE, but obviously Arliss was earlier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted April 30, 2011 This thread is still open. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted May 1, 2011 This actor had his breakthrough in Broadway playing a role in a John Steinbeck play. Later, when the play was made into a movie, he was replaced by another actor more famous for playing a lycantrope. The first actor, however, won a Best Actor Oscar with his role in a movie adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize winning novel. ...He was also in another well-known movie which won its leading lady a Best Actress Oscar. In this film, he replaced the actor who played the original role on Broadway... Questions: 1) Who was the actor ? What John Steinbeck play was he in ? Who replaced him in the movie version ? 2) What was the title of the movie for which our actor won an Oscar? 3) What was the title of the third movie ? Who won the Best Actress Oscar for this movie? Who played the original role on Broadway that our actor replaced ? Good Luck, Everybody....Get out your reference book, Flash... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 1, 2011 Broderick Crawford-----"Of Mice and Men"-----Lon Chaney, Jr. ALL THE KINGS MEN BORN YESTERDAY-----Judy Holliday------Paul Douglas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
