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Redux said:
EDIT: Not Errol Flynn. He was offered and would have killed for it but Warners wanted full distribution rights and at that point Selznik didn't want to give that up. Of course he wound up giving up even more than that to MGM.

Some key points. The actor in question was not going to be allowed to do the movie when he made those comments, which thus could be considered sour grapes. He would have had to break a contract with Goldwyn and he was (contrary to some outside bravado) very insecure as an actor and was not going to do that. In fact he later said his real reason for turning it down was he didn't see himself as a smooth kind of character, much more rough-hewn. Despite all that he regretted turning it down the rest of his life, though he was very complimentary of Gable's performance..

Finally, it's been years since I read the novel, but my opinion then and that of many was that this guy was closer to Rhett Butler as written than was Gable (though Gable was the public's first choice). You have to remember that he was Selznik's first choice over Gable.
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Gary Cooper as Rhett, not as suave or flamboyant as Gable, more rougher and tougher? But similarly, a what if the author of Breakfast at Tiffanys had been able to get his choice for the lead? Supposedly Truman Capote wrote it specifically for Marilyn Monroe!
 
mhshuskies said:
Tales of Manhattan
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As great as Tales of Manhattan is, the greater interaction between Laughton and Lanchester was in Witness for the Prosecution.

For more extra credit points: who were the actor and actress who played in the Witness for the Prosecution remake?
 
Ok.... here is another one. Who was the child actor in the movie "Boys Town" who was hit by the car.
 
veryolddog said:
Ok.... here is another one. Who was the child actor in the movie "Boys Town" who was hit by the car.
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Argh! I just watched it last week and I can't think of his name! Pretty sure his first name was more of a nickname.
 
Ok...another one. What was the name of the actor who played "Little John" in the 1939 version of Robin Hood? And the character actor who played Friar Tuck.
 
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Another one: who were the two male stars of the Movie made in the 30's by Warner Bros. called "They Drive by Night".
 
veryolddog said:
Ok...another one. What was the name of the actor who played "Little John" in the 1939 version of Robin Hood? And the character actor who played Friar Tuck.
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Eugene Pallette, one of the very best supporting actors in so many films including Tales of Manhattan, My Man Godfrey, Mr Smith goes to Washington and so many more including Friar Tuck. Alan Hale as Little John. I think he was part of that Warner Brothers ensemble that showed up together, especially when Errol Flynn starred.
 
NY Fan said:
Eugene Pallette, one of the very best supporting actors in so many films including Tales of Manhattan, My Man Godfrey, Mr Smith goes to Washington and so many more including Friar Tuck. Alan Hale as Little John. I think he was part of that Warner Brothers ensemble that showed up together, especially when Errol Flynn starred.
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Warner Bros had a nice group of folks that would show up in lots of their movies. During the 30's, Jack Warner hired many actors that ran to the USA after Hitler took power and before he overran Europe. The movie "Casablanca" was loaded with them. Can you name a few of them?
 
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As a child, I loved watching Abbot and Costello movies. One I remember particularly, although not one of their early hits like Buck Privates, was a movie where Costello played the ghost of a tinker. The female lead character was called Melodie. Any guesses?
 
darkstar1 said:
As a child, I loved watching Abbot and Costello movies. One I remember particularly, although not one of their early hits like Buck Privates, was a movie where Costello played the ghost of a tinker. The female lead character was called Melodie. Any guesses?
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Is it Marjorie Reynolds? (I may be way off on this one)
 
Great job! She was in lots of movies in the 40s and 50s. Biggest hit was Holiday Inn with Crosby and Astaire.
 
(opinion question): who was the single most important force in the era when movies transitioned from silent to talking, including the following 'golden decade' up to ww2?.
hint, not this guy;
'In September 1926, Jack L. Warner, head of Warner Bros., was quoted to the effect that talking pictures would never be viable: "They fail to take into account the international language of the silent pictures, and the unconscious share of each onlooker in creating the play, the action, the plot, and the imagined dialogue for himself."
hint, 'xxxxx was one of the highest-grossing films of the early sound era and is today justly hailed as a landmark of early sound, of early color use, and of the epic action film genre.'
hint, every so often, hollywood makes a new biopic of his incredible life.
hint, he used to land a plane on the fairways at Saybrook's Fenwick golf course.
hint, he didn't suffer fools, and he didn't play nice with others. all he did was get stuff done. cool.
let's have a tune in his honor.

ps. this 'movie' part of his career was just a footnote in his life, a blip.
today, long after his depature, there is a new and pioneering technology brand with his name on it. look up.
 
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darkstar1 said:
The female lead character was called Melodie
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Think William Bendix's wife in the TV series The Life of Riley a few years later.

And to move to TV for a moment, OT from our OT: Bendix had been doing the role on radio for several years before the series moved to TV. But he was not the first actor to experience Chester A Riley's "revoltin' developments" on TV; what two actors did it first? One (who has been referred to in our horror movie discussions) did the pilot. The other, who later became a huge TV star, did the first season.
 
veryolddog said:
Warner Bros had a nice group of folks that would show up in lots of their movies. During the 30's, Jack Warner hired many actors that ran to the USA after Hitler took power and before he overran Europe. The movie "Casablanca" was loaded with them. Can you name a few of them?
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Of course: Marcel Dalio who was at that moment getting divorced from the "Yvonne I love you" lady, the great Conrad Veidt Cuddles Shakal etc. Actually, you could ask who were the only Americans. BTW - I first saw Casablanca in my college freshman year, and it introduced me to old movies, and what an introduction!
 
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Redux said:
Think William Bendix's wife in the TV series The Life of Riley a few years later.

And to move to TV for a moment, OT from our Bendix had been doing the role on radio for several years before the series moved to TV. But he was not the first actor to experience Chester A Riley's "revoltin' developments" on TV; what two actors did it first? One (who has been referred to in our horror movie discussions) did the pilot. The other, who later became a huge TV star, did the first season.
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The star of "One of these days, Alice, pow, zoom, right to the moon".
 
NY Fan said:
The star of "One of these days, Alice, pow, zoom, right to the moon".
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Very good. But who did the pilot for what became the William Bendix version of Life or Riley? He may be the single most prolific actor in the 1930s-40s Universal Horror cycle we've been discussing.
 
Redux said:
Very good. But who did the pilot for what became the William Bendix version of Life or Riley? He may be the single most prolific actor in the 1930s-40s Universal Horror cycle we've been discussing.
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You stumped me. But do you know the actor and actress in the Witness for the Prosecution remake?
 
ClifSpliffy said:
(opinion question): who was the single most important force in the era when movies transitioned from silent to talking, including the following 'golden decade' up to ww2?.
hint, not this guy;
'In September 1926, Jack L. Warner, head of Warner Bros., was quoted to the effect that talking pictures would never be viable: "They fail to take into account the international language of the silent pictures, and the unconscious share of each onlooker in creating the play, the action, the plot, and the imagined dialogue for himself."
hint, 'xxxxx was one of the highest-grossing films of the early sound era and is today justly hailed as a landmark of early sound, of early color use, and of the epic action film genre.'
hint, every so often, hollywood makes a new biopic of his incredible life.
hint, he used to land a plane on the fairways at Saybrook's Fenwick golf course.
hint, he didn't suffer fools, and he didn't play nice with others. all he did was get stuff done. cool.
let's have a tune in his honor.

ps. this 'movie' part of his career was just a footnote in his life, a blip.
today, long after his depature, there is a new and pioneering technology brand with his name on it. look up.
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Are you referring to Hughes' "Hell's Angels"?
 
Who was the bat boy for the NY Yankees that got fired for bringing Babe Ruth 12 hot dogs and 12 beers before a game but later starred in The Babe Ruth Story ?
 
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The Babe Ruth Story was one of the sappiest and worst sports pictures ever made. But I did like The Jim Thorpe Story. What actor is the link between the 2 movies?
 
what famous old movie is this quote from?
'i think there's just one kind of folks ... Folks.'
 
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