Emgee66 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 The play featured an actress that was not in the movie, to her great dismay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 This question could have been in the "Broadway To Hollywood" thread. It sounds like Dan Duryea in "The Little Foxes". The movie was directed by William Wyler and starred Bette Davis. The play had starred Tallulah Bankhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Miles, full marks to you; Dapper Dan is indeed the one i was looking for. Well done, over to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I was thinking of that, but I assumed it was a 1940 film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Thanks. Dan Duryea played great villains over the years. Now, as we have discussed before, Eleanor Holm had the female lead in a Tarzan movie. It was her one and only film. I was another actress who was once the leading lady in a Tarzan film. It was only my second film and it was also my last film. Do you know who I am and the name of the Tarzan film? I'll give you a hint. It was shot on location outside the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Another hint: Tarzan was played by a former Olympic athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Another hint: It was filmed in the thirties in Central America. It was produced by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of the Tarzan character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback42 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The actress -- Ula Holt ? Tarzan -- Shot Putter Bruce Bennett* ? The Green Goddess and The New Adventures of Tarzan ? *...I spent some time looking for another Olympic swimmer, like unto Weissmuller and Crabbe. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 That's right, flash. Ula Holt played Ula Vale and she was never to be seen in another movie. "The New Adventures Of Tarzan" was originally a serial. Later it was edited to feature length and released as "Tarzan And The Green Goddess". It was so chopped up that it's very hard to follow the story. Bruce Bennett was known as Herman Brix when he made the movie. He changed his name later. He became a pretty good actor in films like "Mildred Pierce" and "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre". Most Tarzan movies were filmed on studio backlots or in places like Griffith Park. One of Weismuller's Tarzan pictures was filmed in Silver Springs, Florida to take advantage of the very clear water for underwater swimming scenes. It was probably Gordon Scott who made the next Tarzan movie that was truly on location outside the U.S. Later, Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry followed suit. Your turn, flashback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback42 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks, Miles. Trying one. Do you know me? Born in the 1920s, grew up in time for WWII service in the Army Air Force. Credited with shooting down two Japanese fighters. Short of an Ace, but still -- two down. Got shot down myself, recovered from injuries, was discharged. // Went into show business via standup comedy. Joined up with a comedy partner; we did well on the nightclub circuit, wound up doing a lot of work in Las Vegas. // Married, divorced, remarried. My partner and I made two attempts at making movies; did not work out well. // Had an affair with a highly popular singer. // Events take off into some "can not be officially confirmed" territory here. My lady friend had another admirer who had a uh, had a Family. This figure was resentful of my presence in her life, and supposedly my life was threatened. // This person was approached by Federal authorities who asked his help in dealing with some matters in Castro's Cuba. Supposedly he asked them to bug the singer's dressing room to get information about her relationship with me. // My partner and I got into series television with a comedy-variety show that had a good and popular five-year run. The alleged Organized Crime figure had various conflicts within his Family, and with the Feds, and with his contacts in Cuba. At one time he was in a sort of exile in Mexico. At another he was in Federal custody for refusing to give testimony before a Senate committee. When he was out and moving around freely, he was often in the company of the singer. When he was abroad or in custody, she was often with me. He died in his apartment while standing at his stove and cooking, supposedly at the hands of someone he trusted. Our TV run ended, I worked on some other projects, then went into a comfortable retirement, in the US and abroad. I was a Type II diabetic, and I made some Public Service announcements about the disease. My death came about due to complications from the condition. Who am I. Who are these other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback42 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The singer mentioned in this narrative -- Her name was used in naming of the act that she sang with. She was summoned at least once before assembled Senators, and she told them she knew nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The comic Dan Rowan was having an affair with Phyllis McGuire , the mistress of mob kingpin Sam Giancana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback42 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Sam "Momo" Giancana. Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisters. and the straight man of the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In duo. On the "no official confirmation" front, slips of info on these matters can be found in the Wikipedia sites of Giancana and Rowen. An effort to tell this story with some accuracy can be found in the TV Movie Sugartime, which make use of the title of the McGuire Sisters' biggest hit. Emgee's thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I started out on Broadway, where i replaced a famous actor in a role that changed his career and was turned into an Oscar winning movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 After making movies in Europe and Hollywood i returned to Broadway and starred in a succcesful award-winning play. When offered to play in the movie version, i refused, not wishing to tie myself to a long-term contract. Another actor played in the succesful Oscar-winning movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 After that i played mostly supporting roles, but also the lead in a famous 50's noir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Ralph Meeker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 That's me! Good work; you can take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 THread is open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 My first movie role was in a film with what is now seen as a homosexual undercurrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Ben Gazzara? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 No, earlier. At the time many people probably didn't pick up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Montgomery Clift ? in RED RIVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Good guess, but no; The Search was his first movie. You're in the righ time-frame though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emgee66 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 i play a gangster in this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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