coffeedan1927 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Good morning, everybody! Was up early this morning taping movies off TCM during their birthday tribute to Dickie Moore. No, I'm not that big a fan of Dickie, but I didn't want to miss the first two films, THE EXPERT (1932) and THE STAR WITNESS (1931), starring one of my favorite character actors, Charles "Chic" Sale. One of America's most beloved one-man acts, Sale had played old men since his late 20s, and was still in his mid-40s when he made the two movies mentioned above. Funny thing about THE STAR WITNESS -- Walter Huston, who looked dapper and handsome as the DA in that movie, was actually a year older than Sale, who was playing an elderly man! I ended up jotting down a lot of notes for a profile of Chic Sale, which I'll be posting in another folder later today or tomorrow. But note that you can see him in two more films this week, on Thursday's birthday tribute to Jackie Cooper: WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND (1932) at 10:30 am, and TREASURE ISLAND (1934) at 4:30 pm. Now, on to this week's movie trivia . . . Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Monday's question: What popular song can be heard on the soundtracks of THE SHIP FROM SHANGHAI (1929), SPEAK EASILY (1932), IDIOT'S DELIGHT (1939), LITTLE NELLIE KELLY (1940), and NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959), among others, and was itself the title of a classic musical? Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
path40a Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 That would be "Singin' in the Rain", of course! Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 Of course, path! You are correct! Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 Tuseday's question: What movie hero was originally created by author Johnston McCulley? Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I think it was "Zorro" vallo Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 Boy, you got that one quick, vallo! You are indeed correct! Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 Wednesday's question: In what film does Jack Oakie say, "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"? Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
shainablue1 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 " If I Had A Million" while sitting at the hamburger stand with Gary Cooper! I just recently bought this movie, and I was wondering if he copied the character of Popeye, or if the character ( I forget his name ) copied Jack Oakie!! Do you know by the way? Link to post Share on other sites
shainablue1 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I meant " character FROM Popeye" Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites
path40a Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Wimpy is the character's name, and it's hard to say which came first. I suspect that Wimpy copied the line from the Gary Cooper film given it's release date in 1932. Link to post Share on other sites
shainablue1 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I found this out about Wimpy in the " Wikepedia" or whatever...."His famous line, which was first introduced to the Popeye cartoons in the 1934 cartoon, "We Aim to Please", is "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today". " So Wimpy did copy the line from Jack Oakie! Interesting to me anyway..... Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 15, 2005 Author Share Posted September 15, 2005 Good job, shaina! You are correct! By the way, cartoon character J. Wellington Wimpy (his full name) first uttered that line in E. C. Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre in the late '20s. One of my sources says 1928, the year before Segar introduced Popeye the Sailor in the strip. So it was a fairly established line by the time Jack Oakie used it in IF I HAD A MILLION in 1932 -- you can tell that by his delivery of the line. By the way, Segar hated spinach . . . Link to post Share on other sites
shainablue1 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 So much for the Wikepedia.... Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 15, 2005 Author Share Posted September 15, 2005 Sorry, folks -- both my computer and I have been running rather sluggish today . . . Thursday's question: What noted American film director once made a biopic about the Dalai Lama? Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
feaito Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I'm in between Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone...but I'm just guessing, not sure at all. Link to post Share on other sites
thakhek5 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 It's Kundun - directed by Martin Scorsese (written by Melissa Mathison, Harrison Ford's ex-wife). I loved it! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 We'll split the winnings with Feaito and Thakhek5. The answer was Martin Scorsese who directed "Kundun". Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Evening Trivia: What precise role do Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Colman, and Steve McQueen have in common? Link to post Share on other sites
thakhek5 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 They all played prisoners on Devil's Island? Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 They sure did, thakhek5. Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedan1927 Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Still more slo-mo computer problems, folks . . . Friday's question: In what movie does Jimmy Durante say, "Come to my room in a half-hour -- and bring some rye bread"? Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 The man who came to dinner? I wish this film was available on dvd.......vallo Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Vallo, you are correct. Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Evening Trivia: In what film did James Cagney get himself jailed for vagrancy? Link to post Share on other sites
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