Post a question about a movie & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

[red dog 1]

Re: "Benny & Joon"
A) Who was originally cast to play the role of Benny?
B) What actress was offered the role of Joon but turned it down?

[Harker]

1. Who portrayed Sam Spade in the 1931 film "The Maltese Falcon"?

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[some_of_us_are_sane]

3. Humphrey Bogart

Loved it! And WHO did he SMACK in the film?

[Harker]

4. Bogart played the part ten years later...

smacking Peter Lorre in the role of Joel Cairo.

The earlier version has been largely forgotten.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

6. Oh! Had NO IDEA

there WAS an earlier version!

[Harker]

9. I borrowed an amped up edition of the '41 from a library that had the '31 film, too.

Speaking of "Dracula", Dwight Frye, who played Renfield in the 1931 Bela Lugosi film also played Wilmer the gunsel in the '31 "Maltese Falcon."

[red dog 1]

10. Good question!

I was curious, so I looked it up.

I had never heard of the actor who played Sam Spade.

[Harker]

11. He shows up every so often when I'm reading about that era, or when I see the TCM schedule posted here.

[boonecreek]

25. Ricardo Cortez? nt.

[Harker]

27. Very good!

That one was festering for a while.

Also of note... Dwight Frye portrayed Wilmer the Gunsel.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

2. Don't know, but here's one....

What's the actor who starred in a GREAT older drama about a German officer who kills prostitutes and what is the name of the film?

[Harker]

5. Peter O'Toole as General Tanz in " Night of the Generals."

An old favorite of mine.

Omar Sharif and Phillipe Noiret were good in it, too.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

7. YES!!! I LOVE that movie!

He was more turned on by blood that F--king DRACULA! lol!!

[Harker]

8. Yes, he was utterly horrifying!

[red dog 1]

12. In Barton Fink, what was the name of the Hollywood hotel John Turturro stayed at?

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[Harker]

13. In "Thunderball", what was the name of Largo's yacht?

What does the name mean in English?

[Harker]

14. While we're bonding, what make and number golf balls were being played by Bond and Goldfinger in "Goldfinger"?

[VGNonly]

19. Slazenger 7

It will cost you stroke and distance!

[Harker]

21. "Here's my Penfold Hearts."

[ColoringFool]

41. "How do ye know, Sir?" "I'm standing on it."

[red dog 1]

15. Re: "Unforgiven" (1992) directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

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The script was originally optioned by what director, who failed to raise the money to develop the project any further?
(He's a famous director)

[red dog 1]

16. In Coal Miner's Daughter, what well-known person played Loretta Lynn's father.

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(Hint: Actor/Musician)

[Brother Buzz]

18. Levon Helm Was also in The Right Stuff

Chuck Yeager: Hey, Ridley, ya got any Beemans?
Jack Ridley: Yeah, I think I got me a stick.
Chuck Yeager: Loan me some, will ya? I'll pay ya back later.
Jack Ridley: Fair enough.

[red dog 1]

34. He was in a lot of movies.

I especially liked "Fire Down Below" (1997) a very good Steven Seagal movie where he played a preacher.

[Brother Buzz]

36. I liked his short part it the film, The Shooter

Mr. Rate: Would've been a bad job to take, though.
Nick Memphis: How come?
Mr. Rate: Whoever took that shot's probably dead now. That's how conspiracy works. Them boys on the grassy knoll, they were dead within three hours. Buried in the damn desert. Unmarked graves out past Terlingua.
Nick Memphis: And you know this for a fact?
Mr. Rate: Still got the shovel!

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[red dog 1]

17. Steve McQueen starred in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Eric (The Kid) Stoner. Who co-starred as Lancey (The Man) Howard?

[VGNonly]

20. In the film More American Graffiti

this real life musician played a role as the in the fictional band Electric Haze. He was originally from Texas, got busted, then moved to the SF Bay Area. He passed in 1999. Who was he?

[red dog 1]

22. A Google search of Electric Haze comes up with a Swedish hard rock band that formed in 2014,

is there also a fictional band called Electric Haze?
[I wasn't trying to answer the question, I was just curious about the "fictional band"]

[VGNonly]

23. Check this.

IMDB More American Graffiti Soundtracks

A hint: do you know the song Mendocino?

[red dog 1]

35. I know the song well & lived in Mendocino County for 10 years.

Is it Augie Meyers?

[VGNonly]

37. It was Doug Sahm.

Augie recently died in March.

Regarding Clarence White, Gene Parsons (not related to Gram) still lives in Caspar CA Mendocino County. Gene runs a small lodge in Caspar. It's said that he is sometimes seen in his workshop where he invented the B-Bender along with Clarence.

[VGNonly]

24. What actor was also in both

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting with Newman and Redford?

[Harker]

26. Charles Dierkop.

Flatnose Curry and one of Doyle Lonegan's gunsels.

[VGNonly]

28. What Butch & Sundance costar was also in

True Grit and Little Big Man?

[Harker]

29. I'll have to make a guess, having only seen Little Big Man when it was first in theaters...

and True Grit only once many decades ago. I don't remember much of either of them.

Jeff Corey?

[VGNonly]

30. Yes Jeff Corey!

He was in B&S as Sheriff Bledsoe who tried to convince the outlaw duo to give themselves up. In True Grit he was outlaw Tom Chaney. In Little Big Man: Wild Bill Hickok.

[Harker]

31. He's a treat.

[VGNonly]

32. He always gave me sort of a John Carradine vibe.

Like John C he was a very active character actor, a lot of offbeat roles, sometimes a bit creepy.

[Harker]

33. I can see that.

What a fun thought!

[red dog 1]

38. Who was originally cast to play George Spahn (Spahn Ranch) in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"?

(Bruce Dern ended up playing the role)

[VGNonly]

42. Burt Reynolds

I would to see a sequel with Cliff Booth. His character was far more interesting than Rick Dalton.

[red dog 1]

44. "The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth," a sequel, is scheduled to be released later this year in select theaters

and on Netflix. (Wikipedia)

[VGNonly]

45. I hadn't heard of it.

[Harker]

40. "The Silver Chalice" was the first film in which this actor appeared with Paul Newman.

They would appear in five more together.

Who is he?

Bonus points for each jointly credited film cited.

[red dog 1]

49. Robert Redford?

[Harker]

50. No, they only made two together.

[VGNonly]

43. What was name of the rabbit

in Local Hero?

[VGNonly]

46. Which actor played the role of Kasper Gutman?

[303squadron]

52. And the answer is

Sydney Greenstreet

[VGNonly]

47. Which duo played Nick and Nora Charles

in The Thin Man and the sequels?

[JoseBalow]

55. William Powell and Myrna Loy

My favorite movie couple, they were so awesome together!

Bonus question: What was their dog's name in those movies?

[VGNonly]

58. It's been said that their effortless repartee and easy manner

brought fans to think that were really married, a wonderful pairing.

The dog was Asta portrayed by Skippy. He also played in several Cary Grant films; Bringing up Baby and The Awful Truth.

[VGNonly]

48. Which actress had her last ever film role

in Shane?

It was also her first role ever in color.

[Bluestocking]

51. In the movie Psycho

What was the color of Norman Bates mothers dress?

[JoseBalow]

56. Shades of grey, in the original version

It's a black and white film...

[303squadron]

53. In the movie Casablanca

With the exception of the flashback scenes, the events in the movie happened during what week?

[VGNonly]

54. Around December 41

The specific week, I can't say.

Who was the last credited cast member? (died in 2016)

[303squadron]

57. Close but there is a specific week

Can’t think of her name but it was the woman on guitar during the singing of La Marseillaise.

[VGNonly]

59. Madeleine Lebeau played Yvonne,

not the guitar player. She was Ricks girlfriend, later she played the field.

[303squadron]

60. I may get the exact quotes wrong but they are close

Rick: “It’s December 1941 in Casablanca. What time is it in New York?”

Sam: “ Oh, I don’t know boss.”

Rick: “I bet they are asleep in New York. I bet they are asleep all over America.”

So, if it’s December 1941 and they are still “asleep” in America, Casablanca takes place between December 1-6, 1941.

[VGNonly]

61. Makes sense.

There is no mention of Pearl Harbor in the film.

America was asleep, the calm before the storm. The US was still playing the isolation card while the much of the world was dealing with real and absolute terror of war.

[red dog 1]

62. Who directed "More American Graffiti"?