A Movie Scene Quiz

Excellent article. She is such a treasure.

(I love that she lost the Grammy to Rod Stewart - talk about apples and oranges.)

Alex Rodriguez came close to hitting for the cycle tonight. Do all you baseball fans know what the expression "to hit for the cycle" means? It's when a batter gets a

Bridget Fonda (one word from a title),

a

Ronald Colman (one word),

a

Yul Brynner (one word),

and a

Reese Witherspoon (one word) + Don Rickles (one word),

all in one

Stephen Rea (one word).

Single White Female
A Double Life
Triple Cross
Sweet Home Alabama--Run Silent Run Deep
The Crying Game

You got it, wandeljw! Your turn.

I can't think of any good question right now.

On talk shows, Don Rickles told funny anecdotes about working with Clark Gable in "Run Silent Run Deep". Have any of you heard his anecdotes before?

I haven't heard any of them, so let's hear some!

In lieu of asking the next question, I will tell another funny Hollywood story.

In 1956, Don Rickles won a role in the Clark Gable submarine movie "Run Silent Run Deep". Rickles talked often on talk shows about working with the legendary Clark Gable. Needless to say, Gable did not really understand Rickles' strange sense of humor. As a practical joke, Rickles and fellow cast member Jack Warden snuck into Gable's dressing room trailer. They took their clothes off and were hugging each other, waiting for Gable to arrive. Gable briefly stepped into his trailer and then quickly ran out, screaming obscenities!

Oh, that wacky Don Rickles!

Funny story, Wandeljw.

Bree, I don't think I'd have been able to answer your question. I never heard of "hit the cycle". Good one.

Good Morning. No tales to tell today. But, there is music in the air.

One movie title for each of these actors has something in common. (A different movie title for each actor)

Donald O'Connor

Roy Rogers

Van Johnson

Tom Hanks

Frances Gifford

(Humphrey Bogart was in one, too.)

What a joy to come out of a morning of meetings and find a medley of Cole Porter songs waiting for me!

Anything Goes (Donald O'Connor)

Don't Fence Me In (Roy Rogers)

Easy to Love (Van Johnson) (I almost said The Last Time I Saw Paris, before I remembered it was written by Kern and Hammerstein)

Every Time We Say Goodbye (Tom Hanks)

My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Frances Gifford)

All Through the Night (Humphrey Bogart)

Yes to all. I'm pleased that you enjoyed the Cole Porter, Bree.

I could have used Cary Grant, too, but thought that would be a dead giveaway. However, I see you had not difficulty nailing them.

There was a reason why I chose my signature line!

I'll try to think of a new question to post tomorrow. This evening I'm going to a concert of French songs of the Belle Epoque. Maybe my next question will be about that subject (she threatened, emptily).

Have an enjoyable evening. While you're listening to beautiful music, I'll be covering furniture, bookcases, computer, etc. I'm having new windows installed in the A.M. and my alarm goes off when a contractor says there may be "just a little dirt".

Looking forward to your question provided it's not in French.

So just how much dirt was there?

Last night's concert was great, despite the fact that I was wrong about the era: the program consisted of French songs from between the wars, not from the belle époque. Some of the composers whose songs were included on the program were fairly obvious choices (Poulenc, Roussel, Charles Trenet), but there were also songs by several composers whose works I wouldn't necessarily have expected to find on a program of French songs, like the guy who wrote:

Raul Julia

Brock Peters

Mia Farrow (a one-word movie title) + Harvey Fierstein (one word from a title)

and

Burt Lancaster (one word from a title) + Ruth Chatterton (one word from a title)

Indeed, one wouldn't expect a German's songs to be found on a French program. I'm glad you enjoyed the concert. Were there vocalists, or was it strictly instrumental?

Mack the Knife - Raul Julia

Lost In the Stars - Brock Peters (I love that song.)

September (Mia Farrow) - Torch Song Trilogy (Harvey Fierstein)

The Crimson Pirate (Burt Lancaster) - Frisco Jenny (Ruth Chatterton)

As soon as I saw Brock Peters, I knew it had to be Kurt Weill, but not being familiar with Pirate Jenny, I was looking for "Stay Well". (lol)

(Just a few patches of dirt, but I took all unnecessary precautions.)

Of course, if you hadn't taken those precautions, there would have been much more dirt!

You got all the Kurt Weill songs, of course.

There were two mezzos and a baritone at the concert. I hadn't heard of any of them before, but they were all excellent. The justification for including the Weill songs on the program (there were two of them: "Complainte de la Seine", and "J'attends un navire") is that he wrote them while he was living in France, and they have French lyrics. According to Steven Blier -- who put the program together, accompanied the singers on the piano, and provided witty commentary between songs -- members of the French resistance used to whistle the melody of "J'attends un navire" ("I am waiting for a ship") as a kind of password.

Oh, that's very interesting. I just listened at Amazon to the first line of "J'attends un navire" sung by Teresa Stratas. I'm not familiar with it and don't believe I have ever heard any songs from Marie Galante. I think I'd like it.

No tie in here, just a quickie. Inasmuch as we associate so many songs with him, I was surprised that I could find only one song that he actually composed. He's an oldtimer, but I'm sure you've heard some of his arrangements. Here's the song that he composed:

Dustin Hoffman (one word from a title) + Cary Grant (one word from a title)

and a song that he made popular:

Patrick Dempsey - (complete title)

Signing off for the evening. I'll check in tomorrow A.M. before I leave for an appointment.

We could stand some of your sunshine, Mac. It's 48 degrees right now and dropping. brrrr.

It is surprising that Glenn Miller only composed one song. I bet there were others that were less well known.

Moonlight Mile (Dustin Hoffman) + Penny Serenade (Cary Grant)

In the Mood (Patrick Dempsey)