A Movie Scene Quiz

Aah, Bree. I do envy you your talent. Speaking of Clair de Lune - that was the first classical record I bought (a 78, but you won't remember those) when I was a teen. It was performed by Jose Iturbi and of all the renditions I've heard since then, I have never heard any performed as well as that one. Very Happy

I've never heard the complete Suite Bergamasque, but I love Debussy. I have La mer (a favorite), Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Iberia and Nocturnes: Nuages & Fetes.

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you two blow me away :-) i love listening to you both..

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Good morning, Willow. Don't blow away too far. The next installment will follow shortly. Laughing

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always keeping both eyes open for you! :wink:

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This actor was:

Churchman (not sure if "priest" is technically the correct word here), at least twice
Newspaper publisher
Policeman
General

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if this is a real oldie ..i am probably lost....but will keep thinking...

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It's pretty old: the most recent movie I'm thinking of was made in 1970.

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well i saw George C. Scott's face for general...but am not familiar with many other roles of his..maybe the peter sellers movie where he also played a general...but i am probably way off base.

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Not George C. Scott or Peter Sellers

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Dang, I forgot I have to go to an 11 o'clock meeting, but a reminder just popped up on my computer screen! I'll be gone for an hour or so, but keep those guesses coming.

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My first thought was Burt Lancaster, but the policeman has me stumped unless it's Desert Fury in which he was a lawman of some sort. I'll give it a shot:

Churchman: The Devil's Disciple and Elmer Gantry
Newspaper publisher - The Sweet Smell of Success
Policeman - Desert Fury
General - Twilight's Last Gleaming and Seven Days in May

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Not Burt Lancaster, but nice try!

The policeman one is a little tricky, since it's in a movie I don't think many people have seen.

That's three guesses, so I'll give a hint:

The newspaper publisher was based on a real-life publisher.

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Before you gave your hint, a lightbulb went off. lol

Orson Welles

Churchman - Moby Dick and A Man for All Seasons
General - Catch 22
Newspaper publisher - Citizen Kane
Policeman - Touch of Evil? (He was so nasty in that one)

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I must have just missed your answer, before I went out for a (long) lunch.

Yes to Orson Welles, and you got all the movies right. I said "churchman" instead of "priest" because he was a cardinal in A Man for All Seasons, and I was afraid it would be misleading if I just said "priest".

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I agree. "Churchman" was the best way to phrase it.

I haven't found any careers/professions that this actor played twice, but I notice that he's listed as "Dr." in at least five movies.

Newspaper Editor
Sergeant in British Army
Advertising Executive
Real-life songwriter

The most recent movie was in 1959.

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Cary Grant

Newspaper editor - His Girl Friday
Sergeant in British Army -Gunga Din (this was the one that gave it away, once I established that Douglas Fairbanks Jr. never played a real-life songwriter!)
Advertising Executive - North by Northwest
Real-life songwriter - Night and Day

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I couldn't remember whether he earned a living by painting in An Affair to Remember. ( I really didn't care what he did - I just enjoyed looking at him Very Happy

) And I knew "angel" would give it away.

Good show.

Toss one in when you have some extra time.

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I know what you mean about An Affair to Remember -- there are so many movies where it's hard to say exactly what the leading man did for a living. I thought about using The Third Man for Orson Welles, but I had no idea how to describe what Harry Lime did, and "black-market dealer in watered penicillin" would really have given it away!

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LOL

I watched The Third Man a few nights ago. My former employer had just returned from Venice where he saw the ferris wheel and, of course, heard the Third Man Theme over and over. He said they played it in all the restaurants. (lol) So, he watched the movie - the first time ever - on the same evening I did, and couldn't praise it enough. I've seen it many times, but I am embarrassed to admit that this was the first time it registered with me that it was black-market penicillin.

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I'm not sure it's explained all that well in the movie, to tell you the truth.

I need to do a little work (just a little) this afternoon, so I may not be able to come up with a new question today. If you've got one, please go ahead -- otherwise, I'll be back when I can.

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