A Movie Scene Quiz

Yay, Mac. East of Eden (The Land of Nod) is correct.

Do you have time to give it a whirl? (So far, we've covered about 37 books/movies. )

Rosalind Russell (2) + Reese Witherspoon (1) + to + Diana Dors (1)

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (Rosalind Russell) + Fear (Witherspoon) to Tread Softly, Stranger (D. Dors)

You got it!

I had gotten as far (in the previous question) as figuring out that Swift used "the land of Nod" as a metaphor for sleep, but that didn't help, since all I could do with that knowledge was keep endlessly going over and over the list of Jeffrey Chandler movie titles, looking for the word "nod", which I was sure was hiding in there somewhere! Had I been more familiar with the Bible, I would have known that the expression comes from Genesis 4:16, which reads:

And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Who knew? (Well, mac obviously did.) Instead, all the Bible clue did was to send me on a wild goose chase, trying to figure out how "A Story of David" could be made to fit the question!

This was what clued me in - the combination of "bible" and "direction" worked...

And that quote was used in either the book or movie (maybe both) . James Dean was called "Cal" and his brother, Richard Davalos was called "Aron" (alluding to Cain and Abel).

I thought "direction" might help.

I'm thinking about a new one.

New Q:

Anna Magnani (2) + Deborah Kerr (l)

The Secret of Santa Vittoria (Magnani) + The Chalk Garden (Kerr)

(The Chalk Garden was one of loislane's and my favorite movies, when we were teenagers!)

Yes to the Secret Garden, bree.

I'd like to see Chalk Garden again. I remember enjoying it the first time I saw it.

(I chose Secret Garden so I'd have a tie-in to East of Eden.)

Your turn.

Chalk Garden!! Oh my!!! I can remember bree and I screaming a line from that movie, probably to be clever--or annoying--it's so confusing which is which when you're a teenager!
Gosh--I've got to see that again--Hayley Mills, Deborah Kerr and the remainder of the Mills family. Just loved it!

bree-you and I were on the same wave length--I kept trying to use the Story of David as well!

New question:

Richard Benjamin (2) + Anthony Quinn (1)

The Last Married Couple in America or The Last of Sheila - Richard Benjamin + the Greek Tycoon - Anthony Quinn

"I can remember bree and I screaming a line from that movie, probably to be clever--or annoying--it's so confusing which is which when you're a teenager! "

I want to know what that line was.

I'd tell you what the line was if I could remember it, but I'm afraid I have absolutely no recollection of it at this point (and the "memorable quotes" page for the movie at imdb did nothing to jog my memory). I do remember that we thought the name of the Deborah Kerr character -- Miss Madrigal -- was very cool.

The Last Tycoon is correct. Did you notice that, in addition to giving you two titles to choose from for Richard Benjamin, I also gave you two titles for Anthony Quinn? In addition to The Greek Tycoon, he was also in a movie called Tycoon, which starred John Wayne.

Ah, very good. I didn't catch "Tycoon" for Quinn -- and I saw that movie with Wayne. ( I wouldn't recommend it. )

(I think Miss Madrigal is cool, too. )

New question:

Margaret O'Brien (1) + Cary Grant (3)

OOooo, I think theline was something like,
"You want to wrap everything up like a one big box of chocolates! TRY!!" The last part was really screamed...

Gosh that was fun! Wish it would come out on DVD so I could Netflix it!

Now to the matter at hand...hmmm...

NOW, I can't wait to see Chalk Garden.
And every time I hear that Forrest Gump line about chocolates, I'll think of you two ordinarily reserved, refined, sophisticated ladies SCREAMING out loud.

Fitzgerald tie-in:

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (O'Brien) + This is the Night (Grant)

And here's the stanza of Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale" from which the title is taken:

Away! away! for I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy,
Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
Already with thee! tender is the night,
And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,
Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays;
But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.

"reserved, refined, sophisticated": how well you know us!

I love that ode. Thank you bree.


Take it away.

(Oh, and the origin of the title "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes"? )