TopBilled Posted July 4 FOUR DAUGHTERS (1938) Also FOUR WIVES and FOUR MOTHERS. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 4 Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Fantastic Four (2005) The Four Feathers (1939) The Four Seasons (1981) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted July 4 Beethoven's 4th Four Girls in White Four Christmasses The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Four Jills in a Jeep 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 4 1 minute ago, shutoo said: Four Jills in a Jeep Didn't know Kay Francis was so skilled on the piano! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted July 4 5 hours ago, shutoo said: Four Jills in a Jeep Not to be confused with FOUR JACKS AND A JILL 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 5 one thousand seven hundred fifty-ninth category A talent for playing the untalented Dorothy Comingore in CITIZEN KANE (1941) Jean Hagen in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted July 5 Gwen Welles as the hopelessly untalented singer in Nashville (1975) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 5 Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) Meryl Streep plays the real life heiress who wanted to play Carnegie Hall despite having no actual talent. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 5 I was trying to think of male examples. I guess Don Knotts as THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT comes close. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 5 17 minutes ago, TopBilled said: I was trying to think of male examples. I guess Don Knotts as THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT comes close. How about Ricky Gervais or Steve Carrell on The Office , Don Adams in Get Smart, Don Knotts on Andy Griffith? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 5 4 minutes ago, Peebs said: How about Ricky Gervais or Steve Carrell on The Office , Don Adams in Get Smart, Don Knotts on Andy Griffith? Well I thought of Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show but in one episode Barney was said to have a nice singing voice. And despite his occasional on-the-job blunders, he was still a competent lawman or else Andy would have had to fire him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 5 1 minute ago, TopBilled said: Well I thought of Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show but in one episode he was said to have a nice singing voice. And despite his occasional on-the-job blunders, he was still a competent lawman or else Andy would have had to fire him. It's been a while since I've watched Andy Griffith but I'm not sure that I'd call Barney competent. Didn't Andy only give Barney one bullet that he had to carry around in his pocket? There probably wasn't a deep pool of applicants in Mayberry. 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 5 3 minutes ago, Peebs said: It's been a while since I've watched Andy Griffith but I'm not sure that I'd call Barney competent. Didn't Andy only give Barney one bullet that he had to carry around in his pocket? There probably wasn't a deep pool of applicants in Mayberry. 😉 In the pilot, Barney was said to be Andy's cousin, or maybe it was Opie's cousin on the deceased mom's side. Whatever. They sort of dropped the family connection as the series went on. But Andy probably did feel beholden to keep Barney employed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted July 5 15 minutes ago, TopBilled said: Well I thought of Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show but in one episode Barney was said to have a nice singing voice. And despite his occasional on-the-job blunders, he was still a competent lawman or else Andy would have had to fire him. Actually, there were 2 episodes that dealt with Barney's lack of musical skill, trying to join the choir. In the first, someone sings for him off stage, and in the second it's discovered that Gomer has quite a singing voice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaya bat woof woof Posted July 5 Actually, Lucille Ball had a talent for getting herself into Ricky's show. I absolutely love Jean Hagen in Singin in the Rain (she steals the show for me). If you think about TV shows, how would you like to be a patient of House? More TV: Eva Gabor understood Arnold Ziffel (sp? - the pig) better than she understood recipe directions. Nick and Nora were always smarter than the police. For singing, Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown and that movie she made with Burt Reynolds and Jill Clayburgh Jean Hagen also couldn't act as L.L. (that voice was too funny) Many actors couldn't carry a tune so someone dubbed for them (Marnie Nixon). Also, many weren't able to dance in musicals, especially during balletic numbers (watch Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson in Kiss Me Kate or Gordon Macrae and Shirley Jones in Oklahoma - James Mitchell and Bambi Lynn (?) did the balletic numbers). I don't think most of the Partridge Family could sing (ditto the Brady Bunch) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 5 6 minutes ago, shutoo said: Actually, there were 2 episodes that dealt with Barney's lack of musical skill, trying to join the choir. In the first, someone sings for him off stage, and in the second it's discovered that Gomer has quite a singing voice. Yes, I remember the one with Gomer and Jim Nabors' singing voice. But not long ago I saw one from season 3 called "Rafe Hollister Sings" where a local hick played by Jack Prince sings at a town benefit. In the early scenes while discussing the benefit it is mentioned that Barney has a nice singing voice. This was after the one where Barney joined the church choir and couldn't sing. So maybe he had now improved...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 5 6 minutes ago, chaya bat woof woof said: More TV: Eva Gabor understood Arnold Ziffel (sp? - the pig) better than she understood recipe directions. That's hilarious. Love how you worded that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted July 5 Jerry Lewis's nasal singing was exaggerated to contrast smooth, suave Dean Martin in their films together 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted July 5 Mary in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 6 one thousand seven hundred sixtieth category At a casino ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY (1949) OCEAN’S 11 (1960) BUGSY (1991) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marianne Posted July 6 Casablanca (1942): Rick's Cafe Born to Kill (1947): Claire Trevor (aka Helen Brent) meets Lawrence Tierney (aka Sam Wilde) at a casino and they are a perfect match for one another The Big Sleep (1946): Lauren Bacall (aka Vivian Sternwood) can't stay out of Eddie Mars's casino long enough to hold on to her winnings, until Marlowe keeps them for her 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desilufan Posted July 6 4 For Texas (1963)- Dean Martin's character turns a steamboat into a floating casino. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaya bat woof woof Posted July 6 Sean Connery plays baccarat in Dr. No. The Great Sinner (Gregory Peck) (1949) Rounders (1998) with Matt Damon 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 6 A Martin Scorsese film from 1995 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
