lavenderblue19 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 You're on the right track and are1/2 right. Hart to Hart is the 2nd show. Hart to Hart has a similiar opening to the first show. The show is a 1950's show but a few years later than Mr and Mrs North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Could the 50's TV series be "The Thin Man" starring Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Correct Marsha. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk in The Thin Man and Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in Hart To Hart. The opening of both shows involve them in cars. In The Thin Man, they are together driving in a convertible, in Hart To Hart they are each driving a convertible. Both shows of course are mystery, crime shows, 2 gorgeous sophisticated couples solving murders. My next clue would have mentioned the film. Good work, your thread Marsha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Thanks, Lavender, This actor worked on stage, screen and television. He appeared in over 150 films playing matinee idols, gangsters, gigolos and appeared opposite actresses such as Bette Davis, Kay Francis, Ann Dvorak, Ginger Rogers as well as appearing with actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, and Tyrone Power. Later in his career he made guest appearances in numerable TV shows and during the 1950's for ten years played the neighbor in an ABC situation comedy featuring one of Hollywood's famous families and also appeared in a recurring role as the friend and buddy in a TV series starring one of Hollywood's leading actors. Name this actor and name the two 1950's TV series in which he appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Lyle Talbot comes to mind. He was Mary Croft's husband Joe Randolph in the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and he was also in The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob) ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Lyle Talbot comes to mind. He was Mary Croft's husband Joe Randolph in the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and he was also in The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob) ???? Great going, Lavender, - Lyle Talbot it is. The thread is yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Lavender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DownGoesFrazier Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thread Open Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote one song that fits squarely into the classic rock genre (Stones, Doors, The Who, Grateful Dead etc.). Song and artist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 My little red book - - is the only thing I can come up with off the top of my head. Its from what's new pussycat and was recorded by a real British Invasion rock and roll band Manfred Mann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 My little red book - - is the only thing I can come up with off the top of my head. Its from what's new pussycat and was recorded by a real British Invasion rock and roll band Manfred Mann. I'll give it you. The definitive (and much more rocking) version was by "Love". Listen to it. It's great. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Fra-- I had the Burt Bacharach record with Tony Middleton singing. It was pretty good, but I always thought it was the song that Tom Jones was born to sing. In my opinion, it called for a professional singer, not the lead singer of a rock and roll band. Burt Bacharach's music is so difficult that Ricky Nelson had trouble singing it. Next: This actress didn't get to do a lot but what she did do shows that she had a lot of potential. Aside from a handful of "A" movies, Her best work is on serial classic television in the early 60s. She could have been the template for the cheap curvy and, not quite as vacuous as she looked, ubiquitous blonde character in the 1950s and early 1960's. She appeared in movies starring Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, and Doris Day. She also had featured roles on TV in The Untouchables, Hawaii five-0 and The Beverly Hillbillies. Can you name her and some of the films that she appeared in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 It sounds like Barbara Nichols. She was in "The Pajama Game" with Doris Day, and "The King And Four Queens" with Gable, but I don't know of a movie that she was in with Fred Astaire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Miles, you're terrific, as always. Barbara was in The Bandwagon. When they're auditioning dancers for the show, Oscar Levant proposes Barbara as a possible candidate. For her audition she does A sexy but, ballet-challenged tour jeté. She doesn't get the job. Barbara's best role in the movies was as a "friend" of Tony Curtis in The Sweet Smell of Success. I grew up watching her on The Untouchables. She could hold her own with method actor Nehemiah Persoff. It seems that artists like Barbara Nichols never get the critical recognition that they deserve, but she is certainly warmly remembered by her audience. And Miles, you remembered her, didn't you? Miles, your turn-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Yes, I remembered Barbara Nichols. She was certainly typecast in her early screen appearances. Now, Buddy Ebsen was in a TV series that was based on an old movie. He played the role originated by Walter Brennan in the movie. Can you name the show and his character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Yes, I remembered Barbara Nichols. She was certainly typecast in her early screen appearances. Now, Buddy Ebsen was in a TV series that was based on an old movie. He played the role originated by Walter Brennan in the movie. Can you name the show and his character? This should be Northwest Passage, with Buddy playing Sergeant Hunk Marriner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 That's correct. It was based on the 1940 movie with Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Walter Brennan. It was set during the French And Indian War, or "The Seven Years War", as it was known. The series was filmed in color. Many episodes are available on YouTube. The series only lasted one season, 1958-1959. OK, Kid, the thread is yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thank you, Miles. One actor's hay days were the 30s & 40s in film. He wasn't through yet, though. He had two successful tv series from the 50s thru 70s, with a third (unsuccessful) tv series in the middle. Can you name the three tv series? corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 He debuted in an early 30s film with another actor who portrayed a famous detective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 It sounds like Robert Young. His two hit series were "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D." In between, he had a series called "Window On Main Street", which only lasted one season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Right on, Miles! A most excellent answer, as usual. Thank you Your thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Thanks. I'm sure that many of you remember the Davy Crockett craze of the fifties. It originated from a three part series on the "Disneyland" TV show. One of the supporting characters in the series did not speak. The actor who played him had played mutes in movies on more than one occasion. Can you name this actor, as well as the character that he played in the series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Nick Cravat- Busted Luck ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Yes, Nick Cravat was Burt Lancaster's buddy from his circus acrobat days. He played a mute in several of Burt's swashbuckler movies because he had such a thick Brooklyn accent that he couldn't disguise it, so it was decided that he wouldn't speak at all. In the "Davy Crockett At The Alamo" sequence, he plays an Indian who failed to catch a buffalo. Davy and his party call him "Busted Luck" and bring him along to the Alamo. Lavender, what do you think was the next big craze after Davy Crockett? I'm thinking Hula Hoops. You're up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I had a mint green hula hoop and a lavender one, Miles. Thanks for the thread, I'll pass this round. Thread Open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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