A Movie Scene Quiz

Gotcha.

I see more Andie McDowell than Emma Thompson in the photo on the cover of Savage Beauty. But it took me a minute or two to come up with that, so it wasn't like an instantaneous kind of recognition.

Oh, I see what you mean by Andie McDowell, but there's someone else.

[Edited to delete google image of Emma Thompson that didn't take. )

Everybody's busy and I'm in the mood for some music. So --
if you answer correctly, you don't have to ask one - unless you want to, that is.

Oldie - Musical

She sings that she's as good, if not better, at doing what he does. He acccepts her challenge and sings along to prove her wrong.

Gee -- would that by any chance be Annie Get Your Gun?

Do you know, I've never seen the movie version of Annie Get Your Gun, nor did I see the recent Broadway revival with Bernadette Peters (or with Reba McIntire, who replaced Bernadette Peters and was said to be fabulous). I did, however, see a production that starred Betsy Palmer at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, sometime in the 1960's. And of course I know the music, which (like so many Irving Berlin scores) is part of the American consciousness, whether you ever saw the show or not.

Yes, that is Annie Get Your Gun. And, I've said it before, but I'll say it again, it was the first live stage production I ever saw and Annie was played by Mary Martin and I thought I'd gone to heaven. Betty Hutton was good in the movie, but they left out "Moonshine Lullaby" and that's a favorite of mine. Judy Garland bowed out of the movie, although there are a few of her songs ,from when she started production, on record. Big break for Hutton.

Would you like to ask one or shall I continue?

Please continue -- I don't have a scene at the moment.

My pleasure.

Oldie - Musical

The poor fellow delivers her ballet shoes and then is accidentally locked in a closet/room, preventing him from attending the performance. But - it doesn't matter. He hears the music and sees the entire ballet - in his mind.

All I can think of is The Red Shoes, but I don't know if you'd call that a musical. I'll have to ponder some more.

I'd call the Red Shoes a musical, but that's not the one I have in mind. And maybe you wouldn't call this one a musical, but it has lots of music in it.

One song is sung while school children are doing their arithmetic - another on a boat, etc.

The King and I?

Not The King and I.

Oldie - Musical

The poor fellow delivers her ballet shoes and then is accidentally locked in a closet/room, preventing him from attending the performance. But - it doesn't matter. He hears the music and sees the entire ballet - in his mind.
One song is sung while school children are doing their arithmetic - another on a boat, etc.

He is a cobbler. He made the ballet slippers.

Wild guesses

Captain January
Han Christian Anderson

And your wild guess paid off, Feaola. Hans Christian Andersen is correct.

Do you have time to ask one or would you rather I continue?

Continue, continue (since Fealola hasn't come back)!

Oldie:

She sings about the sweltering temperature.
She also duets with a fellow about "fidelity to one another in their own style".

Kiss Me, Kate (with what sounds like lyrics back-translated from the Japanese)

I'm glad you understood. Yes to Kiss Me Kate.

Oldie

A G.I. falls for a parachute factory worker and goes AWOL. The sad part is that she meets a prizefighter and dumps the G.I.

Oh, I forgot to say it's a Musical.

Yikes. No idea. Must be a movie musical. Not originally from the stage?