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About Mel
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A moviegoer for fifty years, I will attempt to answer practically anything that deals directly with films (silents and talkies), directors, actors etc..... If you can take the trouble to ask it...then I will spend the time to try and answer it.

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Ex-Cinema Manager and Film Publicist with a lifelong love of movies/

   

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"Train Wrecks"4/1/2008Popcorn Guy
  Q: Recently I saw something on popcrunch.com -- the 54 Worst Celebrity Trainwrecks. It was mainly ...
  A: Jim, Definitely Marilyn and Judy... probably Fatty Arbuckle... Errol Flynn, for all his daring-do, ...
2 old movies3/30/2008Mel
  Q: There were 2 old movies I watched when I was little(back in 50's or early 60's) One was about an ...
  A: The first one was "On The Beach" (1959), which starred Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire. ...
WWII british combat films3/30/2008Mel
  Q: Greetings- I was wondering if you can name for me any British combat films made during and about ...
  A: Here are some for you....... The First of the Few (1942), starring Leslie Howard & David Niven In ...
trying to find a film about a teacher in a school in the Bronx3/24/2008Mel
  Q: It is about a class in a school of the Bronx. It is about a teacher who get a class of very bad ...
  A: There were several films made throughout the 80's and 90's with this same basic storyline, and it is ...
question3/15/2008David Menefee
  Q: hy, i am traying to find this movie, that has the main story about a nuns life, how her parents take ...
  A: There have been many movies made over the years about nuns. To research the plots of them to find ...
Sarah Bernhardt's Tosca film3/14/2008David Menefee
  Q: I note with interest that you have written a book about Bernhardt's films. I am working with the ...
  A: Please feel free to visit my web site www.thegreatstars.com for information about Sarah Bernhardt's ...
Films about mental and social diseases3/7/2008Mel
  Q: I teach a high school film class. Please help me with titles of films that contain the following ...
  A: Try these..... Accidents (2006) Thin (2006) Girl, Interrupted (1999) 2:37 (2006) 301, 302 ...
movie about a nun3/3/2008Brad Lang
  Q: This movie was about a nun who fell in love with a soldier and left the convent. During the time ...
  A: This sounds like the story that was made as The Legend of Provence in the early days of film, and ...
"Our Gang" hometown movie3/2/2008Robert Demoss
  Q: Robert.....In the late 1940's or early 1950's, a local "Our Gang" movie was made in Kingsville, ...
  A: but I do know of at least one similar instance. Back in the '20s, the Hal Roach studio prepared an ...
"To Sir with Love"3/2/2008Popcorn Guy
  Q: If it was a joint that the students were burning, why did he send the boys out of the room to ...
  A: Nora... A possibility has been brought to my attention... someone emailed me that, in England, it ...
Linda Terry (aka Linda Perry)2/25/2008Brad Lang
  Q: Can you please point me in the right direction to find out anything about Linda Terry (aka Linda ...
  A: I really don't know that much about her, but here's her page on the Internet Movie Database: ...
Good Films....!!2/21/2008Mel
  Q: Though, I already have submitted my sincere thanks to the main page for your instant reply; still I ...
  A: I am inclined to view films first and foremost as an entertainment form and not as a form of art, ...
"The Grissom Gang..."2/21/2008Mel
  Q: Sir…the use of “fifty years” in your introductory note on Expertise prompted me to ask my question. ...
  A: "The Grissom Gang" (1971) is a remake of the 1949 British melodrama "No Orchids for Miss Blandish", ...
old B&W film2/7/2008Mel
  Q: trying to find the name of an old B&W film about a little boy his grand parents and there is a devil ...
  A: "Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his grandparents. The boy and his cantankerous old ...
old war film2/5/2008Mel
  Q: i remember a film about ww2 concerning a raid on a channel isle to bring back a cow to britain. do ...
  A: That was the 1951 film "Appointment With Venus" which starred David Niven and Glynis Johns. In the ...
Harpo Marx2/5/2008Juli D.
  Q: could you please tell me, the name of which Marx Brothers film where Harpo is holding the tale and ...
  A: Good Day Justan! I believe that the movie that you are thinking of is "Go ...
Tank/desert/post WWII/lost scientists/hostile arabs2/2/2008Mel
  Q: I saw this movie on television in about 1962 or 63. It was probably shot in the early 1950's. ...
  A: This is hardly what I would class as a "classic film" :). It was a "B" movie made in 1953 called ...
Old Movie2/2/2008Mel
  Q: Who took the female lead opposite Roger Moore in the movie The Nun. I saw this movie so many years ...
  A: If you are referring to the 1959 film with the following storyline...... "During the Napoleonic ...
name of this movie?1/31/2008Mel
  Q: i had seen this movie a year back. it was a black n white old thriller. i had borrowed the vcd from ...
  A: I'm having a little trouble with this one, in as much as the story you have outlined is identical to ...
Movie when I was a kid...70's1/22/2008Mel
  Q: Have wondered for years on the name of this movie. All I remember is that at the end, a man has to ...
  A: The film was called "Against A Crooked Sky" (1975) and he was actually tring to rescue his sister ...
Henry SPIKE Lee1/20/2008Robert Demoss
  Q: I was wondering if you knew the whereabouts of an Our Gang member, called Spike. His most ...
  A: John H. (or Jack) Davis died on Nov. 3, 1992. Robert and Richard Smith are both deceased as well. ...
Henry SPIKE Lee1/20/2008Robert Demoss
  Q: I was wondering if you knew the whereabouts of an Our Gang member, called Spike. His most ...
  A: I'm sure somebody somewhere knows what became of him, but it doesn't seem to have become public ...
romantic comedy1/16/2008Mel
  Q: My wife & I are trying to remember an old movie. The only thing we can remember is when this young ...
  A: That was the 1964 film "I'd Rather Be Rich", which starred Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams ...
Title of a classic film1/14/2008Mel
  Q: I remember the plot of a movie I saw years ago as an old man playing chess in the evenings with a ...
  A: I'm afraid I didn't recognise this one at first, but an Internet colleague suggested that it sounded ...
Operation Bodyguard; D- Day1/13/2008Mel
  Q: Mel- I saw a black and white war movie about 17 years ago and have not seen it since and it's ...
  A: Yes, Operation Bodyguard was the overall Allied strategic deception plan in Europe for 1944, carried ...
Old black and white movie1/13/2008David Menefee
  Q: I am 50 and my youngest brother is now 41. When he was a little boy about 8 years of age we ...
  A: The description you have offered does not ring a bell with me, I am sorry to say. I might suggest ...
British? movie on sahara in ww ii1/5/2008Mel
  Q: For a long time I have been searching for a film , I think British film, black & white covering the ...
  A: That sounds like you might be referring to a film called "Ice Cold In Alex" made in 1958. It centred ...
old scary movie12/29/2007Juli D.
  Q: Looking for the movie Death Comes Home for the Holidays... about some sisters... they all get ...
  A: I'm afraid that this film does not sound familiar. Not being a big horror fan myself, I looked both ...
scary older movie12/28/2007Mel
  Q: i watched a scary movie in the early 1970s.it took place in a large house these little people would ...
  A: Yes, I remember watching that one, late one night with my wife beside me, and it scared the pair of ...
Chicago12/26/2007David Menefee
  Q: Do you know if the 1927 silent film Chicago is on DVD or VHS? If so where can I order it. Thanks
  A: Long before the musical and long before the musical film, this property had a successful run in ...
the movie (penny serenade)12/22/2007Mel
  Q: i would like to know where to find this movie to purchase or just to watch - it stares Carey grant ...
  A: "Penny Serenade" (1941) starred Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. It is widely available on DVD and VHS ...
B&W film title & Actors12/14/2007Mel
  Q: I have watched this film many times with my Grandma when I was young but havent seen it for a while. ...
  A: This film was called "It Happened On 5th Avenue". It was made in 1947 and starred Don DeFore, Ann ...
old film-all I have is the plot12/13/2007Kirsten
  Q: WWII spy theme. man goes to get info from contact but contact is killed. contacts back-up. back-up ...
  A: My deepest apologies regarding the delay! I am a collegiate athlete and have been out of state ...
Old movie12/13/2007Kirsten
  Q: I am trying to remember the name of a film I saw about 40 years ago. Leading man with mustache ...
  A: My deepest apologies regarding the delay! I am a collegiate athlete and have been out of state ...
map tattooed on chest12/12/2007Kirsten
  Q: .. I saw this movie whaen i was a little girl (about 10years ago.. lol ) Anyways, I remember very ...
  A: I apologize for the delay, I've had to really research this one. I've done extensive research and I ...
buster? >>character name12/12/2007Kirsten
  Q: I remember watching an OLD BLACK and WHITE movie that was really funny, but I only remember sparse ...
  A: I apologize for the delay. This question required me to do a little bit of research, as I wasn't ...
Ciizen Kane12/12/2007Kirsten
  Q: I just heard on radio that Orson Welles' Oscar was up for auction. Of course they mentioned Citizen ...
  A: I agree that when my dad made me watch Citizen Kane as a kid (about ten years ago) I did not like ...
Citizen Kane12/12/2007Mel
  Q: I just heard on radio that Orson Welles' Oscar was up for auction. Of course they mentioned Citizen ...
  A: I must confess that this has always been a source of puzzlement for me also. "Citizen Kane" is ...
need name of movie12/11/2007Kirsten
  Q: I have been searching for a long time on this one :also I have seen others searching for the same on ...
  A: Although I am not 100& sure, I think the film that you may be thinking of is "Hell in the Pacific." ...
old christmas movie12/11/2007Kirsten
  Q: im trying to find the name of an old christmas movie but i can't remember who was in it. the basic ...
  A: Yes, I came across that too, with Timothy Bottoms playing opposite Osmond. I assumed that you'd be ...

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