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| Frank Sinatra | 7/16/2008 | Mel |
Q: Sir....While watching Godfather (original one) on DVD, one of the senior members in room commented ...
A: I really don't know the answer to that one, but I think it's fair to assume that he did know many of ...
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| Clark Gable | 7/10/2008 | Popcorn Guy |
Q: A couple of blocks of homes in our neighborhood of Merrick, Long Island, New York are called "Gable ...
A: Rod... Traditionally, a "gable home" is a home with an outcropping including a window, or a ...
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| Movie I saw on Tv in the 70s or 80s | 6/21/2008 | Brad Lang |
Q: Brad, I hope you can help me with this one. I remember watching a movie on the television when I ...
A: I believe that in at least some of the Japanese movies featuring Gamera the flying turtle, there ...
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| Help | 6/20/2008 | Juli D. |
Q: Okay well im writing a screenplay about twin girls who one night start hearing voices and they ...
A: Good day Julia! Sorry for the delay in answering your question. ...
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| Looking for Name of Sci-Fi / Drama | 6/19/2008 | Mel |
Q: I've spent hours googling as many keywords as I can recall, but without success...so now I'm turning ...
A: I remember that one well, as it's one of my favourite flms of the 60's and I consider it to be a ...
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| plane crash movie | 6/16/2008 | Brad Lang |
Q: The pilot of the plane survived and walked around talking to ppl everyone else on the plane died in ...
A: I believe the movie you're remembering is called "Sole Survivor," a 1970 TV-movie. (Also made as a ...
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| Fig Leaves | 6/9/2008 | David Menefee |
Q: Hey David, I see in one of your posts you mentioned that the silent movie Fig Leaves is available on ...
A: The availability of silent films on DVD is increasing, but unfortunately, not all surviving titles ...
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| Names of movies | 6/6/2008 | Mel |
Q: 2 questions. The name of an old spy movie where a man sits in an eye doctor's chair....very ...
A: I'm not certain about the first one. Possibly it's the Gregory Peck/Sophia Loren spy mystery ...
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| john wayne | 6/6/2008 | Mel |
Q: what major actor co-starred in more john wayne movies? also in watching more of his older movies I ...
A: Although he appeared alongside many other big-name stars, there were not that many that were more ...
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| Slitnis | 6/4/2008 | Brad Lang |
Q: A coworker of mine is wanting to find an old movie(1977-1979) called Slitnis (that is what he thinks ...
A: I'm pretty sure he's thinking of "Spawn of the Slithis" (1978). Here's the Internet Movie Database ...
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| OUR GANG-The Hall Twins | 5/22/2008 | Robert Demoss |
Q: In the Episode Pups is Pups ,The Hall Twins are sometimes listed as being in the episode? Who are ...
A: The Hill Twins are the two little African-American boys that run off with Wheezer's bell. I've ...
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| Movie Title | 5/20/2008 | Brad Lang |
Q: This may not be in your expertise, not quite sure where this movie fits. Here goes.This is driving ...
A: I've had several questions regarding a movie with this plot, but the only one I know of is "Hello ...
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| film title | 5/18/2008 | Brad Lang |
Q: please, please tell me title of a romantic film where the whole film the lovers keep missing each ...
A: Unfortunately that doesn't sound familiar to me. How about posting your question on the Classic ...
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| film title | 5/18/2008 | Brad Lang |
Q: please, please tell me title of a romantic film where the whole film the lovers keep missing each ...
A: I believe you are thinking of "An Affair to Remember" (1957). Here's the Internet Movie Database ...
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| Cheque | 5/12/2008 | Mel |
Q: I don't remember the movie that well. I know that it was a black-and-white comedy about two ...
A: That's the 1953 film "The Million Pound Note" (U.S. title "Man with a Million"). It was based on a ...
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| The Great Ziegfeld | 5/10/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: Jim! Yep, this is a difficult one. I've just posted the same question as a commentary to the youtube ...
A: I, too, am "in the theatre" of sorts. Majored in Theatre in college, acted a bit in L.A. and N.Y. ...
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| The Great Ziegfeld | 5/9/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: I'm currently working on a project about the M-G-M musical and having a little problem with the ...
A: Just read your interesting question re the "YOU" singer. Checked the number, and can't say I ...
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| Movie Title | 5/8/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: Jim, I don't remember much about this film. It should have been in the 50's. It was about a volcano ...
A: You weren't dreaming. The story you describe WAS a film,...in fact,...two films. The first was ...
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| Academy awards | 5/5/2008 | Mel |
Q: Who was the first Italian American actor to win an Academy Awared? (this is a question/answer we ...
A: As far as I am aware, Frank Sinatra was the first Italian-American to win an Academy Award when he ...
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| Classic Film plot; I don't know name. | 5/2/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: I tried to skim through the past questions, so I hope this wasn't already asked! I've been trying to ...
A: I don't know if this will help at all. I can't seem to think of any other film that would have a ...
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| mickey laughlin and froggy laughlin | 4/30/2008 | Robert Demoss |
Q: My dad lives in Pahrump,NV. and knows an old guy that claims to be Froggy from Our Gang. But I've ...
A: so the old guy definitely isn't him. I don't know if Mickey is still alive or not, but their last ...
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| classic dance scene in Shall We Dance - 2004 | 4/27/2008 | Mel |
Q: In the 2004 movie, Shall We Dance, the characters stop by a store front and watch a dance scene from ...
A: That was Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse (the best pair of legs in the movies, in my humble opinion!) ...
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| Unknown movie title | 4/21/2008 | Andrew |
Q: I am trying to remember the name of a movie I watched several times with my mother as a child. The ...
A: The movie you mentioned sounds like the 1983 movie called " Right of way" with Jimmy Stewart and ...
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| Old Movie | 4/15/2008 | Mel |
Q: I saw this old movie probably 30 years ago on T.V. It's an old black and white. Probably late 30's. ...
A: That sounds like it could be "Peter Ibbetson" from 1935. It starred Gary Cooper and Ann Harding in ...
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| Movie question | 4/14/2008 | Popcorn Guy |
Q: In 1974, when I was pregnant with my daughter, I saw a movie in the theater that scared me, and I'm ...
A: Margo... You warm my heart... you are looking for one of my favorite scary movies... "The Wicker ...
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| Movie question | 4/14/2008 | Mel |
Q: In 1974, when I was pregnant with my daughter, I saw a movie in the theater that scared me, and I'm ...
A: That was an exceptionally good English film called "The Wicker Man". It was made in 1973 and starred ...
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| old movies | 4/12/2008 | Mel |
Q: I saw a movie years ago about a woman that healed people. She got caught up in the politics of it ...
A: Yes, it was Ellen Burstyn and it was called "Resurrection" (1980). "Ellen Burstyn experiences the ...
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| this old movie | 4/8/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: Hi i saw an old movie when i was little i can remember it vaguely its about an undercover spy cop ...
A: I don't think I can give you a definite answer about the title of this film, from what you've ...
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| Childhood movie | 4/5/2008 | Mel |
Q: I hope you can help me learn the name of a movie that had a child mistakenly think he killed his ...
A: That sounds like the 1953 film "Little Fugitive", in which young Joey runs away to Coney Island ...
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| Black and white film that Google can't find | 4/5/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: I saw a black-and-white movie on TV a couple years ago and can't remember who's in it or what it's ...
A: The story-line you've described is almost identical (except for a few differences) to one of my ...
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| locate old movie | 4/3/2008 | Lorraine Henry |
Q: I saw a movie in 1964, it was a roaring 20's comedy with college students guys wearing racoon ...
A: Before I continue on this - the scene you're describing is a scene in "It's A Wonderful Life" - are ...
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| "Train Wrecks" | 4/1/2008 | Popcorn 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, ...
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| "Train Wrecks" | 4/1/2008 | Lorraine Henry |
Q: Recently I saw something on popcrunch.com -- the 54 Worst Celebrity Trainwrecks. It was mainly ...
A: Well, Marilyn and Judy, of course. Gail Russell Louise Brooks Clara Bow George Raft John ...
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| Portrait of an actor | 4/1/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: I have a painting of a portrait of an actor. It is believed to be from about the 50's era. The ...
A: How interesting about the painting! I'd love to see a photo of it, to see if I can identify who it ...
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| Classic film | 4/1/2008 | Jim Kason |
Q: My wife recalls a movie about a girl who has brothers who are boxers, and there is a tree in ...
A: The plot you describe doesn't seem to ring a bell with me. I know Jeanne Crain never made a film ...
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| 2 old movies | 3/30/2008 | Mel |
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. ...
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| WWII british combat films | 3/30/2008 | Mel |
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 ...
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| I saw this movie when I was a child, been trying to find the name of it since | 3/26/2008 | Lorraine Henry |
Q: The movie had a young poor girl that was taken in by a sheriff and his wife. The only thing she had ...
A: Philip. The film is "A Girl Named Sooner" (1975) starring Lee Remick, Richard Crenna, Cloris ...
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| trying to find a film about a teacher in a school in the Bronx | 3/24/2008 | Mel |
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 ...
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| old movie title | 3/21/2008 | Lorraine Henry |
Q: the movie was about a bum who spends winter in a rich family's home and the daughter of the rich ...
A: the movie you want is "It Happened on Fifth Avenue," a 1947 film made in one of the "Poverty Row" ...
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