Poinciana Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I would have loved to known you. Are you Diana Lynn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 ?Yes, I am Diana Lynn, star of The Miracle of Morgan?s Creek, My Friend Irma, My Friend Goes West, The Major and the Minor (my first major role,) You?re Never Too Young (Martin & Lewis? remake of it, which I was in, in a different role,) and Bedtime for Bonzo, Reagan?s film with a chimp. I also portrayed journalist Emily Kimbrough with Gail Russell as author and actress Cornelia Otis Skinner in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, and its followup, Our Hearts Were Growing Up. Even though I could play Gershwin?s Rhapsody in Blue and have for a recording, I never found much enjoyment in playing the piano, because it was forced on me by my mother, who herself was an accomplished pianist and teacher. I was to have been Anthony Perkins? wife in Play It As It Lays, but fate stepped in. I did look great on the cover of LIFE, though.? (I have a small collection of old LIFE magazines, and the issue with her on the cover is one of my favorite.) Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poinciana Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I've had a marvelous career. As a young man I went on stage, then some silent movies and, because of my sonorous voice, was able to make the transition to talkies. I played a President of the United States (the same President) 8 different times. A record! Who am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poinciana Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I've had a marvelous career. As a young man I went on stage, then some silent movies and, because of my sonorous voice, was able to make the transition to talkies. I played a President of the United States (the same President) 8 different times. A record! Who am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poinciana Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Apparently I'm also able to replicate myself...sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Are you Sidney Blackmer? (many film portrayals of Theodore Roosevelt) Edited by: finance on Mar 27, 2010 9:49 AM Edited by: finance on Mar 27, 2010 9:52 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poinciana Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Good going, it' all yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I was a leading man and character player of stage and screen. I began my stage career in the late '30s and made my first film appearance during WW II while in uniform. After the war, I signed with Fox, and began playing often humorless and grim leads and second leads in films. I also played many TV roles. Active in liberal causes, I was instrumental in electing a Democratic governor in the '50s, and participated in a famous civil rights march in the '60s. I also made an unsuccessful state legislature bid. I was for a time married to an actress better known than myself. Edited by: finance on Mar 28, 2010 3:44 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Hint: This actor had what was described as a "craggy" face. Edited by: finance on Mar 29, 2010 10:56 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlenemccarthy Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Gary Merrill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Gary Merrill is correct, Arlene. Good debut. Now you have to come up with a decription of a star , the same way I did. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Gary Merrill is correct, Arlene. Good debut. Now you have to come up with a decription of a star , the same way I did. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlenemccarthy Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I'm a sometime red haired lady from Ohio. I was originally a Warners contract player. Some of my leading men have been Kirk Douglas, Chuck Heston, and Robert Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Are you Eleanor Parker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Arlene---Is Eleanor Parker correct? I have a new one ready to go. Edited by: finance on Mar 30, 2010 10:54 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlenemccarthy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Yes Ms Parker it is ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Born in Ohio, I was an announcer and reporter before beginning a stage career in the late '30s. I won an award in the mid-'40s for a Broadway lead, and made my film debut two years later. That year, in my third film, I played a memorable role in a noir-type lead. From then on, I selected my roles carefully, returning periodically to the stage. I also appeared frequently in European films, including a film of one of Italy's most famous directors. In the '60s, I starred in a TV series, and later was the off-screen narrator of many documentaries, and a premier international athletic event. Edited by: finance on Mar 30, 2010 4:45 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hint: The movie mentioned in the clues, the film in which I first made a big impression, had a similar title to both a George Raft movie and a Farley Granger movie. Edited by: finance on Mar 31, 2010 10:48 AM Edited by: finance on Mar 31, 2010 3:14 PM Edited by: finance on Mar 31, 2010 5:29 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwarne Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Are you Richard Basehart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 deleted Edited by: finance on Apr 1, 2010 11:42 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Yes, I am Richard Basehart. I had a stroke, and never recovered, soon after serving as narrator for the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in LA. Your thread, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 To Peter Warne: You are up on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Since peterwarne seems to have disappeared (maybe he's on a bus from Florida), I'll take it: I was a former actor and dancer, who choreographed many stage and screen musicals and ballet productions of the '50s and '60s. I also directed many Broadway musicals, and in the late '60s began directing films, many of which were stage adaptations. I directed comedies, dramas, and films centering on dancing, and received a best director Oscar nomination. Several of my films were co-produced by my wife, a ballet dancer. My second wife had a connection to an American political dynasty. Edited by: finance on Apr 7, 2010 10:49 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Herbert Ross? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I am Herbert Ross, Your thread, Eve........ You don't know the answer to my "General Trivia" question, or have you not looked at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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