A Movie Scene Quiz

I think Richard Dreyfuss might fit all the roles, but I don't think he's who you have in mind.

Fictional musician - The Competition and Mr. Holland's Opus

Fictional Professor - Krippendorf's Tribe

Fictional Shakespearean actor - The Goodbye Girl as Richard III

Shakespearean character - Othello as Iago and
Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead

You're right on both counts: Richard Dreyfuss fits all the roles, but he isn't who I'm thinking of. The actor I'm thinking of died (tragically young) before Richard Dreyfuss was born.

I'm thinking Leslie Howard, but I don't know a movie in which he played a Shakespearean actor.

Fictional musician - Intermezzo
Fictional professor - Pygmalian
Shakespearean character - Romeo and Juliet

Leslie Howard is correct, and so are the three movies you named. He was a Shakespearean actor in It's Love I'm After.

I never saw "It's Love I'm After". Maybe TCM is listening.

I'm off to bed now, but will check in in the A.M.

Shakespearean character
Sea Captain
Fictional novelist
Veterinarian

If I'm right, this is funny, because I almost used this actor a round or two ago.

Rex Harrison

Shakespearean character - Cleopatra (?) - he played Julius Caesar, who was a character in a play by Shakespeare, so I suppose that could make him a Shakespearean character, even though the movie version of Cleopatra wasn't based on Shakespeare
Sea captain - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Fictional novelist - Blithe Spirit
Veterinarian - Dr. Dolittle

I'm off to bed too, and will check in tomorrow.

Rex Harrison. Yes, you are absolutely correct and, of course, I should not have said Shakespearean character, and I can offer no excuse for that error except that Shakespeare was on my mind, thank you - and, instead of concentrating on the question, I was spending too much time deliberating whether I should have asked "professor" or "King" instead. And, you got it anyway.

Sweet dreams.

No problem -- just don't do it again (joking)! When I was thinking of using Rex Harrison, I considered including his role as Saladin in King Richard and the Crusaders, but I couldn't think of a good way to describe it.

I won't start a new round now because I won't be around A2K much today. If someone else wants to ask a new question before I come back, please go ahead.

Andrea Marcovicci has been teasing my foggy brain cells ever since Bree first mentioned her and I listened to her on Amazon. So, I googled this evening to learn more about her. I was surprised to see how many TV shows she's appeared on and that she was in "Jack, the Bear "which I have seen twice, and The Front, although I haven't seen that Woody Allen movie in many years. I'm going to find my tape of Danny DeVito's Jack the Bear and watch it again. I am not familiar with her Broadway shows in which she co-starred with Howard Keel in "Ambassador" and Anthony Newley in the musical "Chaplin" portraying all of Chaplin's wives. "Chaplin" sounds intriguing. Has anyone here ever seen it?

No, I've never heard of the musical Chaplin... sounds interesting though.

I found this statement in the obituary of Anthony Newley that appeared on the BBC's website when he died in 1999:

"In 1983 he wrote a musical, Chaplin, based on the life of Charlie Chaplin. It opened in Los Angeles, but failed to survive to reach Broadway."

(which would explain why there's nothing about it on ibdb.com)

Ahh, but no one's mentioned that incredible musical highlight Nefertiti!! In 1977, Andrea and the cast including Michael Nouri opened in Chicago with this musical.

I found a whole website (of course) devoted to the musical, which apparently has wandered around a bit; and I had to really hunt for an album, but I did discover one in a shop in Chicago some 6-7 years ago. Some good tunes, but it died a premature death.

This is the site:
http://nefertitithemusical.com/nefertiti_history.html
and on this timeline you can check out Andrea's Time cover and the album!

Hi. I just returned from a shopping trip to find all this interesting stuff. Thank you so much. So, "Chaplin" never made it and I guess we'll never hear the music. That's sad.

From "Brothers" to Nefertiti"with a Grammy nominated hit, "It Happens Very Softly" (sounds like a title for an ALW song ) to "Children of the Sun" to "Nefertiti" again - maybe it just needs one more title change to become a smash hit on Broadway. I wouldn't be surprised.

I have a CD of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Pipe Dream" based on John Steinbeck's "Sweet Thursday". It starred Helen Traubel (opera singer), Judy Tyler and William Johnson (don't know what happened to them). It opened in November of 1955 at the Shubert Theatre and only ran for 246 performances, the shortest run of a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. And it has lovely music. Perry Como had a big hit back then with one of its songs, "All at Once You Love Her".

You start to light her cigarette,
And all at once you love her . . .
You've scarcely talked, you've scarcely met,
But all at once you love her . . .

You like her eyes, you tell her so,
She thinks you're wise and clever . . .
You kiss goodnight and then you know,
You'll kiss goodnight forever . . .
You wonder where your heart can go,
Then all at once you know . . .

Speaking of "olden days" - But, I'm anticipating that one day that, too, will be revived.

Oh, man, the lyrics to that song are so familiar! I'm sure I've heard it sung before, but I've never seen Pipe Dream (as far as I can remember). I may have it on a recording of songs from various Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals -- but which one? Now I'm going to drive myself crazy until I remember where I know it from.

If you have Windows Media, try this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001NTQV/ref=pm_dp_ln_m_2/002-2768783-6108039?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples

Scroll down to Disc 2, No. 8.

I know how you feel. I'm still trying to remember two songs from the past. (lol)

That's the song, all right, but it isn't the version I can hear in my head. I have a feeling the version I know may have been recorded in the 1960's by one of those creamy-voiced Como or Crosby wannabes like Jack Jones or John Davidson. However, I just dug out all the LPs I still have from high school and college (and let me tell you, that was the spookiest feeling I've had in a while), but I didn't find any recordings of the song. I'll just have to stop trying to remember where I've heard it before, and it will probably come to me by itself.

This is the CD I have. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003FDU/ref=pm_dp_ln_m_2/002-2768783-6108039?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples

Perry is the only other person I've ever heard sing it. We used to roller skate (in the rink) to that song. (lol)

Bree: When you hear those records today, do you stiill get "that old feeling"?

Well, most of the LPs I had in high school and college were by people like the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, etc., so the "old feeling" I get from listening to them probably isn't quite the same as the feeling you get from listening to your Perry Como recordings (yours is probably preferable), but yes -- they do give me that old feeling whenever I listen to them!

Now I'm starting to think that the version of "All at Once You Love Her" that I've heard before may have been sung by a woman, with appropriate modifications to the lyrics ("He starts to light your cigarette" and "You think he's wise and clever" -- because heaven forbid a woman in a popular song should be wise, or even clever!). But that doesn't help, and in fact makes things worse because it doubles the field of potential singers. I just looked through all my Barbara Cook recordings, thinking she was the most likely Rodgers and Hammerstein interpreter, but no luck. I give up (for tonight).

Oh, the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel have the same effect. Had their complete collections on record at one time. Have S & G on CD. I never really got into the Mamas and Papas, but I did like Mama Cass singing "Dream a Little Dream of Me", but they really overplayed that one on radio.

I'm off to bed now. So Sweet Dreams to all.