DownGoesFrazier Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 He was annoyed that she went ahead and announced it. I'll be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 The father of a future pop singer was the original lead in a Rodgers and Hammerstein show. Another actor, at the beginning of his career, occasionally substituted for him in this role. The two actors? (with names as they were billed) Name of the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 100% correct, Miles. Yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Here is an eerily similar question. The father of a future pop singer was the male lead in a Rodgers and Hart show. Can you name him? I'll give you a hint. This show was in the 1930's. His future wife was in the show. Their daughter would become a pop singer and actress in the sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Ray Heatherton? Joey Heatherton's dad. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Yes, Ray Heatherton played Val Lamar in "Babes In Arms" on Broadway in 1937. The song "My Funny Valentine" is sung about his character. Also in the show was a young actress named Davenie Watson. They would later marry. Their daughter's name is Davenie Johanna Heatherton, of course, better known as Joey. If you lived in New York City in the fifties and sixties, (I did not), you would be familiar with Ray Heatherton from local television where he appeared as "The Merry Mailman". Also in the cast of "Babes In Arms" were future movie song and dance men Dan Daily and Ray McDonald. Another thing in common with finance's question about "Carousel" is that the female lead in "Babes In Arms" was played by former child star Mitzi Green. In "Carousel", the part of Carrie was played by Jean Darling, a former child actress in the "Our Gang" comedies. Your turn, lavender. Do you remember "The Merry Mailman"? And while we're feeling so merry, I want to wish everyone on the TCM message boards a Merry Christmas from merry old Miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 A Very Merry Christmas To You, Merry Ole Miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Jack and David Cassidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Correct. Your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 This thread is open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Name two pre-1960 heads of major studios who began their Hollywood careers as screenwriters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Darryl F Zanuck and David O Selznick?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I don't think Selznick fits the clues. Give me one more. (His company was not a "major" studio. It was an independent production entity.) Edited by: finance on Dec 26, 2012 5:51 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I'm not looking things up, just a guess Walt Disney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Not Walt. This guy eventually headed a studio that had been a juggernaut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewballDame Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 The other one must be Dore Schary who took over MGM's production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Correct. You got Schary and Lavender got Zanuck. Either one can take the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewballDame Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Lavender can have it. I might not have time to check the boards in the next couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Thanks. This Oscar winning director had a tough time with 2 legendary stars on the set of an early 60's film. Both wore toupees because they were balding, and both had a rough time taking direction because of hearing problems. Both stars had hearing aids. Director, film, and the 2 legendary stars of this film ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 John Ford - John Wayne - Jimmy Stewart - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Right director, Jimmy is correct, John is not . Different film. Comanches involved in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yes Kid, you did think of a film that had Comanche in the plot that was an early 60's film. *Two Rode Together* is the film. Jimmy Stewart and Richard Widmark both were balding and wore toupees and both had hearing aids. They had a difficult time hearing John Ford's directions. Good work, your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 The leading man for this film was not the studio's first choice. William Holden and Marlon Brando were being considered. The leading man was thought to have been too old and away from the screen for too long - although on stage, and no longer a box office attraction. The director insisted and got his man. This film had three directors. The first couldn't get along with two of his actors, one being the very man he insisted upon playing the lead role. He's rumored to have punched him in the jaw during a heated argument. The other actor (a very famous actor playing a supporting role) called his bluff about 'tangling' with each other which resulted in this first director leaving the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 MISTER ROBERTS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Nice job, finance. Your thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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