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| Request to Participate in Research | 6/26/2007 | Mel |
Q: I am a student at the University of Sheffield undertaking a master’s degree in Librarianship. As ...
A: I would be happy to help you in any way that I can. However, as this question and my answer will be ...
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| Old black & white movie | 6/22/2007 | Mel |
Q: hope someone can help me. I saw a movie many years ago, maybe some forty years ago. Here is what I ...
A: This sounds like an MGM film from 1939 called "On Borrowed Time". It starred Lionel Barrymore as ...
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| Looking for movie title | 6/22/2007 | Mel |
Q: I don't remember much, but I have some important scenes in my head. A couple of buddies (maybe war ...
A: That's more than enough. It happens to be a favourite of mine. It was Claudette Colbert and John ...
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| Backpackers tortured in russia | 6/20/2007 | Mel |
Q: i hope you can help me with this one. I saw this movie when i was a kid a long time ago and i don't ...
A: This was the 1986 film "Born American", directed and co-written by Renny Harlin. There were actually ...
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| WW2 Escape movie | 6/15/2007 | David Menefee |
Q: Movie about the only German Flyer to escape from Great Britain during WW2.
A: The One That Got Away (1957) may be the title you are seeking. Read more about it at the link shown ...
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| Old Nun Movie | 6/14/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I am trying to find the name of a movie about a woman who was suppose to become a nun. She did not ...
A: Nope, that was the one. Roger Moore was the soldier she loved that came back for her. She was at one ...
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| Richard Kiel as Big Frank | 6/12/2007 | Brad Lang |
Q: I was wondering if you know about Richard Kiel (as Jaws of “The Spy Who Love Me” fame) when he ...
A: No Big Frank, but he did play "Big Mike" on a TV show. Here's the IMDb page on it: ...
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| 50's post-apocalypse movie? | 6/11/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: The plot revolves around a miner who survives a cave-in under a city, and when he digs himself out ...
A: Yep it do, but because I saw rthe previews. I didn't see the movie, and can't remember than name of ...
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| Searching for name of a movie | 6/10/2007 | Brad Lang |
Q: There was a movie made in the 60's or 70's where kids were illegal. There was a guy in a black ...
A: Believe it or not, I believe you're thinking of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)! Here's the Internet ...
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| What is the title of this old black and white comedy? | 6/7/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: The plot revolved around a young wife, on the advice of her mother, using a puppy training manual to ...
A: It wasn't a black and white, it was in color and it was made in 1962. Title, "If a Man Answers" It ...
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| Hunting an old movie | 6/4/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: This would be my first time using this so im not quite sure how it works, but here it goes. My ...
A: Sorry; I don't remember one like that. At first, I was thinking the movie about the Donner Party, ...
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| old movie | 6/1/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: do you recall a movie about a nun from a small village in Spain leaving the church to become a ...
A: Yes I do !!!! but I can't think of the name of it, or the actress who played the novice. I am trying ...
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| old movie about a museum painting | 5/31/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I have been trying to find any info on an old B&W movie that I saw MANY years ago (50s or 60s) about ...
A: I have been asked that question before, and I can remember seeing it, but can't for the life of me ...
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| Film noir maybe | 5/30/2007 | Popcorn Guy |
Q: You'll have to forgive my lack of details... but I'm trying to recall the name of a movie I watched ...
A: Kristina... A little help here... was the film in English, or was it subtitled? Asking because you ...
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| old film | 5/30/2007 | Braindump ! |
Q: Last year i was on holiday in gran caneria and i wa watching tcm and there was this film on (in ...
A: Hey K Archer :] I am pretty sure that the film you speak of is : Imitation of Life : 1959 or ...
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| looking for a movie | 5/30/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: In the early 60's I saw a movie on TV set during a SPanish war, I think. There was young girl ...
A: I found it, Kathy; It is "The Miracle" starring Carroll Baker and Roger Moore. It was made in 1959. ...
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| classic comedy movie about a gentleman with two families | 5/28/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I have been trying and trying to think of the name of a movie I saw many years ago , on TV. It was ...
A: I just saw it a few weeks ago, but don't remember if it was on TMC or what. I searched for it on ...
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| Fritz Lang | 5/27/2007 | Mel |
Q: Fritz Lang is a german expressionist movie director. He known for his most famous films: M and ...
A: I don't know if I'm the best person to ask this question of. I do not value films for their ...
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| Old wilderness file | 5/25/2007 | Brad Lang |
Q: Do you know the movie staring two male actors who were friends and one become a Mountie who had to ...
A: I believe you're thinking of North West Mounted Police (1940). The two men are Gary Cooper and ...
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| air cfaft carrier in the korean war | 5/25/2007 | Mel |
Q: This is a 50s movie about navy pilots flying panther jets from an american carrier. In this movie ...
A: An Internet colleague of mine has come up with the answer for you. The film was called "Men Of The ...
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| Old prison movie | 5/24/2007 | Popcorn Guy |
Q: Ok I am not sure if this is a classic film, but I am pretty sure I saw this on TV. I know is was a ...
A: Antonio... You're talking about "Midnight Express," starring Brad Davis. It was the story of a man ...
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| movie | 5/22/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I am hoping that you could you please tell me the name of a movie I saw. B&W set just after WWII ...
A: I saw one with Clark Gable and I think, Lana Turner, about the Dutch underground, and there was a ...
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| find a movie title or main actors | 5/17/2007 | Brad Lang |
Q: the movie is about a woman who's acquaintance falls from a loft and dies, her mother in law ...
A: That's "Madame X," which has been remade many times over the years. The most famous version stars ...
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| movie list and actresses | 5/14/2007 | Mel |
Q: I've asked several people for a list like this but they don't answer so I figured I would try. I'm ...
A: This is far too big a question to be answered well on a board like this one, but I'll list a few of ...
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| movie list and actresses | 5/14/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I've asked several people for a list like this but they don't answer so I figured I would try. I'm ...
A: I grew up in movie theaters. I literally was at a movie anytime they were open and I wasn't in ...
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| a movie name | 5/13/2007 | Brad Lang |
Q: I have the same problem but with a different movie... I think is filmed in Micronesian in the 60´s. ...
A: Unfortunately, while that does sound familiar to me, I can't come up with a title. How about posting ...
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| Black & White film with woman wearing eye-patch | 5/9/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: Sometime around 1960-1965 ( estimate) I watched a film on british television in which a (possibly ...
A: Well, I have tried to search for it for a couple of days, and can't find anything about it. Every ...
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| old movie | 5/9/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: iam looking for a flim set in america in the 1940s and is about men harvesting wheat across amercia ...
A: Sorry, but I need more information before I know what to search for. I saw several movies in the 40s ...
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| family romantic comedy classic film | 5/8/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: there's a movie from about 50's to 60's about a couple who live with her family and live in a house ...
A: I searched, and found several sites where there is a list of characters, and a short synopsis of the ...
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| foreign film ? | 5/8/2007 | Mel |
Q: I am trying to find an old Black and white film. I believe it is Japanese.A drifter comes to a ...
A: It sounds like Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" (1961). It was based on the 1927 Dashiell Hammett gangster ...
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| old movie title | 5/4/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: Sorry-I don't know the stars. Old black and white film with a young woman about to throw herself ...
A: Unfortunately, that is a pretty common plot. There were a lot of movies made with that plot in some ...
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| Need title of old movie | 5/4/2007 | Mel |
Q: Sorry-I don't know the stars. Old black and white film with a young woman about to throw herself ...
A: I've just been reminded of another film which could also be the one you want. It was released in ...
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| old black and white film | 4/27/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: My mom watched this movie with her grandma in the 60's. It was a black and white movie. Two men were ...
A: That movie sounds familiar to me, but I can't get a mental picture of it, and the actors in it. ...
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| old black and white film | 4/27/2007 | Mel |
Q: My mom watched this movie with her grandma in 50's ish. It was a black and white movie. Two men were ...
A: This sounds very much like Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry" (Paramount 1955). It starred ...
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| a old black and white movie | 4/27/2007 | Brad Lang |
Q: My mother watched this movie when she was a little girl- in the 50's-60's- and I would like to fine ...
A: That sounds like the 1955 Hitchcock film, The Trouble With Harry. Here's the Internet Movie ...
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| trial at nurenberg | 4/15/2007 | Mel |
Q: who was the female lead
A: Do you perhaps mean the 1961 film "Judgment at Nuremberg"? If you do, there were two female leads, ...
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| old scary movie | 4/15/2007 | Mel |
Q: The movie is set in an old mansion-like house. The housekeeper is very mysterious with dark hair. ...
A: I think you may be referring to a film from 1934 called "House Of Mystery". It certainly had all the ...
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| Movie about alaskan Statehood | 4/13/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I am trying to find the title and background to a movie I watched Many years ago. It was set in ...
A: I think maybe the one you are thinking of is, "Ice Palace" It was made in 1960, starred Richard ...
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| Audrey Hepburn | 4/11/2007 | Charlotte Brunkhorst |
Q: I am doing a research paper on Audrey Hepburn and i need a personal interview, i was wondering if ...
A: How about if I give you a website that has a mini biography? I will also look for an official site ...
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| old english war movie | 4/11/2007 | Mel |
Q: I'm 58 years old and I am trying to find out the name of a movie I used to watch in LA in the late ...
A: This was a 1953 English film called "Single-Handed", starring Jeffrey Hunter and Michael Rennie. It ...
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