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Post by egoodstein on Jul 5, 2020 22:04:02 GMT -5
Contagion
What was the first film for Barbara Bel Geddes?
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Post by erik on Jul 6, 2020 8:46:20 GMT -5
I think it was in 1947's THE LONG NIGHT with Henry Fonda.
Name the 1978 Terence Malick-directed period film that featured a score by the late Ennio Morricone (who passed away this past weekend at the age of 91).
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 18, 2020 13:04:22 GMT -5
Days of Heaven-- I prefer the music to the film in fact! What was the first film scored by Franz Waxman for MGM (1936)?
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Post by erik on Jul 18, 2020 18:37:50 GMT -5
I think it was FURY, directed by Fritz Lang.
Tom Tryon had been an actor, before two painful experiences with a noted Teutonic despot director forced him to quit to become a novelist. Name this infamous director.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 28, 2020 21:36:42 GMT -5
Otto Preminger
Another for the late Annie Ross: in what Judy Garland film does Ross play Judy's younger sister (under her real name, Annabelle Logan)?
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Post by erik on Jul 29, 2020 22:12:48 GMT -5
I think it was PRESENTING LILY MARS in 1943.
Name the 1976 horror film that was directed by the same mastermind behind the late 60s/early 70s Gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows (Bonus: Name said mastermind).
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 9, 2020 15:11:54 GMT -5
Burnt Offerings??? Dan Curtis was director I think.
In what film early in her career (1943) did Deborah Kerr play three women? And who were the co-directors?
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Post by erik on Aug 9, 2020 21:16:11 GMT -5
I think it was THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP.
Name the intense 1948 psychological drama that starred the late Olivia de Havilland as a woman who ends up in an insane asylum not knowing how or why she got there.
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 25, 2020 19:30:09 GMT -5
The Snake Pit.
Who were Olivia De Havilland's main male co-stars in The Heiress?
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Post by erik on Aug 27, 2020 17:23:57 GMT -5
Montgomery Clift and Sir Ralph Richardson
The suburban community of Sierra Madre in Southern California was the filming location for what famous 1956 sci-fi/horror classic?
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Post by egoodstein on Sept 12, 2020 9:00:49 GMT -5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
What Hayley Mills film was directed by her father John Mills and written by her mother (Mary Hayley Bell)? (film has two titles depending on where released)
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Post by erik on Sept 12, 2020 17:29:42 GMT -5
I think it was called SKY WEST AND CROOKED (also known as GYPSY GIRL)
Just before becoming a film director, what short-lived (13 episode) TV western series starring Brian Keith did Sam Peckinpah create and produce?
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Post by egoodstein on Sept 19, 2020 19:57:14 GMT -5
The Westener
Future fi;lm/TV producer Aaron Spelling wrote 20 episodes of what TV western anthology series in the late '50's/early '60's? And who introduced the shows and starred in several?
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Post by erik on Sept 20, 2020 13:16:52 GMT -5
Zane Grey Theater, with Dick Powell hosting and starring in several of them.
In what 1958 Western opus did Alfonso Bedoya (the Mexican bandito Gold Hat in TREARUE OF THE SIERRA MADRE) make his final screen appearance, as a ranch hand?
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Post by egoodstein on Oct 24, 2020 15:59:17 GMT -5
The Big Country
What novel was The Big Country based on, and who wrote it?
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Post by erik on Oct 24, 2020 17:57:35 GMT -5
It was originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post as Ambush In Blanco Canyon, and was written by Donald Hamilton.
What 2003 Western, directed by and co-starring Kevin Costner, was based on a novel by Lauran Paine?
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 4, 2020 11:21:09 GMT -5
Open Range
No country for Old Men and All the Pretty Horses are films based on novels by which author?
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Post by erik on Nov 4, 2020 20:38:57 GMT -5
Cormac McCarthy
The husband/wife team of Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin wrote the screenplay for what highly acclaimed 1979 Norman Jewison-directed dark comedy?
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 15, 2020 15:08:46 GMT -5
I think it might've been And Justice for All.
For what 1977 Mel Brooks film was Levinson also a writer (and also appeared in cameo role)?
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Post by erik on Nov 21, 2020 18:12:32 GMT -5
HIGH ANXIETY (Brooks' attempt to spoof Hitchcock, although he may not have gotten in on the Master's own sense of humor [IMHO])
Name the 1950 film-noir classic where Edmond O'Brien has only a short time to find the culprit who has poisoned him.
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 28, 2020 15:29:38 GMT -5
DOA
What 1977 John Cassavetes features (among others) vet actress Joan Blondell?
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Post by erik on Nov 28, 2020 18:17:36 GMT -5
OPENING NIGHT
Name the film Sidney Poitier starred in that was filmed on Linda Ronstadt's actual home ground, and while Linda was a teen (Hint: this was the film that won Poitier his Oscar)
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 11, 2020 14:36:25 GMT -5
Lillies of the Field
In what 1983 film does Lilia Skala (Mother Superior in Lillies of the Field) play a retired ballerina 'mentor' of the leading actress?
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Post by erik on Dec 12, 2020 16:43:30 GMT -5
I think it may have been FLASHDANCE.
Name the 1969 Civil War western opus that paired John Wayne up with an actor--Rock Hudson--that he knew was gay (YIPE!).
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 19, 2020 19:19:24 GMT -5
The Undefeated
What 1940 adventure film directed by Rouben Mamoulian stared Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone and Linda Darnell?
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