jdb1 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Friends, I apologize for this lapse in good taste. This young person is apparently suffering from a surfeit of summer vacation, coupled with the after-shocks of a grueling rehearsal and theatrical performance schedule in the recent past. I hope you will continue to consider my entry. Here's hint: Two of the actors mentioned were cited by the Academy as best (not for this movie), but only one received the big award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 No takers? Here are some other, other words: The phrase "the leader of the year" is to be taken literally, and refers to the title character of this movie. The Star of this movie (who is not the title character), was at the time the biggest Star in the world. In fact, the failing movie studio that employed this Star was restored to solvency as a result of the very successful series of films this Star made. (That's Star power.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 "Captain January" Shirley Temple, "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" Guy Kibbee, "Babbitt" Buddy Ebsen, "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" June Lang, "Up in Arms" Jane Darwell, "The Lemon-Drop Kid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 All correct, except I was thinking of Darwell in "Chad Hanna." Award yourself a gold Star, and an honorary Oscar, if you have room on your shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 Vivisectionist, displeased with the job the saloon-keeper's been doing, plots to take over. A one-legged pirate seeks help from a Bowery Boy's sister and an undercover Fed to thwart him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 ? Seven Days in May (1964) Burt Lancaster - The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) Fredric March - The Iceman Cometh (1973) Kirk Douglas - Scalawag (1973) Ava Gardner - Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Edmond O'Brien - White Heat (1949) Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Very good, Metry! Correct down the line. Give it your best shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 A theatrical producer is in conflict with an egotistical prize fighter and a drunk, and want's to get away. He gets sympathetic support from the man who shot his balls off. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 "All right! Who did it?" Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusannO Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Just a quick guess now, will work on if wrong!!! Was it Mister Roberts??? SusannO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I need a complete answer. five movies, four actors. Get moving before somebody beats you to it. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusannO Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Metry Road... I have to go to work so I am kind of maybe cheating a little???? I am listing actors that I know are from movie but I do not have time to get all movies down. I realize I will not get credit, but in my mind I hear crowds cheering!!! William Powell "Ziegfield Follies" (producer Ziefield) Henry Fonda Jack Lemmon James Cagney (did he not shoot in most all his gangster movies???) Warmest regards and apologies for having to go.. SusannO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Dear SusannO , I'm cheering. You did well to get this far. The more I read the puzzle, the more it sounds like twenty other movies. You have the right actors, but the wrong sequence, and none of the movies correct (except the main one). Keep trying. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 OK, I'm SOO confused. You got a theatrical producer, a prize fighter and a man who either has no balls or shot off the producer's. Where's the fourth man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Opps, faound him--the drunk. But who's the ball-less wonder? The producer or the guy with the gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Geez. I have got to learn to type. And think before I post. I got it now--the "balls" on a Christmas tree. D'oh. So... How about "Mister Roberts" Producer is Henry Fonda in "Stage Struck" Prize Fighter is Cagney in "Winner Take All" Ball-less wonder is Powell in "The Thin Man" Drunk is Lemmon in "Days of Wine and Roses" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Excellent traceyk65, you did it. Good work. I was thinking of 'City for Conquest' (1940) in which James Cagney played a boxer. But he did indeed play a boxer in 'Winner Take All' (1932) which I had forgotten about. William Poweel shot the glass balls off the christmas tree (they were his glass balls). Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 By the way traceyk65, it's your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Oops, sorry. And thanks to SusannO for the starter... A nanny murders a southern gentleman and is blackmailed by a king?s consort and a ranch cook. She is defended by Philo Vance and forgiven by the jewel thief she has betrayed. There, I bolded all the people, in case anyone is as blind as I am... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 "The Letter" Bette Davis ("The Nanny") David Newell ("Gone with the Wind") Gale Sondergaard ("Anna and the King of Siam") Willie Fung ("Maisie") James Stephenson ("Calling Philo Vance") Herbert Marshall ("Trouble in Paradise") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Yep. Your turn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 A French captain, engaged to a woman with a mealticket, dumps her for a dope addict--with the enthusiastic approval of a cynical maid, the president of a tobacco company, and the vice-president of these United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 HINT: The tobacco company president and the mealticket lady were the last feature roles for their respective actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 FURTHER HINT: The French captain was played by a very NOT French actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWriteLA Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 FURTHER FURTHER HINT: The dope addict was Oscar-nominated for that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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