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Post by kijii on Sept 24, 2017 18:47:49 GMT
kijii Crawford and Wallace Ford in 1937  Hopefully he had not developed his signature rapid fire way of talking by then. Bat, My earliest memory of Broderick Crawford was from the 50s TV series Highway Patrol (and that is the way I remember him most.) I had no idea then that he already had earned an Oscar. If we fast forward a few years, I once shared and elevator with Crawford (just the 2 of us) while I was working at Children's Hospital of LA. I was too shy to talk to him, but I did look at him, and he knew I recognized him--giving me a friendly knowing glace and smile. This was in the early 70s. They were using the Hospital as a filming site while making another TV series called The Interns. It was interesting to work at a site while filming was going on there. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2017 18:51:38 GMT
kijiiThose quick "smile back and I appreciate you leaving me alone" meetings are so cool! I wish that they had somehow recorded the Crawford Of Mice and Men.. If I find that it was done for radio, I shall let you know. 
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Post by kijii on Sept 24, 2017 19:27:27 GMT
Hi Matt, I left right after my last entry to go swim'n gym'n with my wife. She patiently waited as I was TOTALLY into the game, but when she came in with her swimsuit on, I had to make the decision to leave. It was a hard decision but as it turned out we got to do some of each. This was a VERY interesting game to me since I had not discovered the IBDB until now. Then, I discovered that just finding a name and a play was not enough, since the IBDB lists a person whether he was a writer of the play or part of a crowd scene, etc---not only performing a leading role. I think I also found cases where an actor played in both the movie and the play but changed roles between the two. For example, Maximilian Schell played Hans Rolfe in the movie version of Judgment at Nuremberg but played Ernst Janning (Lancaster's old part) in the play. Very interesting and challenging. Very important to look at the names of characters and playwrights before going to IMDB to try to match them. Wikipedia can be helpful too. Looking up the play can give you a plot summary and often, the film made from the play. Finally watch release dates. Until the 1950's it was always play ,then film. But in the 50's tv came into play , and from then on it was possible that the bway version would come after TGE film. Good hunting. Also, while learning to use the IBDB and comparing it to the IMDb, I had to keep reminding myself that Matt said he only counted ORIGINAL PLAYS --NO REVIVALS.. just another thing to keep in mind while working through the GG puzzle. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2017 19:41:42 GMT
kijiiTHIS game he said Original and No-Revivals.... who knows what he will choose next movie/play game ! Twist like a pretzel mattgarth has the ability to. 
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Post by kijii on Sept 24, 2017 20:58:32 GMT
kijii THIS game he said Original and No-Revivals.... who knows what he will choose next movie/play game ! Twist like a pretzel mattgarth has the ability to. 'Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of the Quizmaster? Matt Garth knows!' Ya Matt, if you say ONLY REVIVALS--no ORIGINALS in the next game, you will be playing with my mind since I am always weak on reading the instructions... I am always too quick to play and sometimes play with the wrong rules. BTW, thanks for overlooking my posting style. As you know, I don't place the movie (play) title and numbers on the top line. I am a copy and paster: I copy (from your list) \ performer attached number \ another performer with attached number / Title. It is quicker to work that way. Mick had a similar style at one time, I think. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2017 22:02:28 GMT
Was that canonization or cannonization ? The difficulty of the quizzes may ultimately determine the spelling, mattgarth |
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Post by mcavanaugh on Sept 24, 2017 23:44:43 GMT
I couldn't agree more, Matt. The games are always sunnier when Julie plays! Mick, It memory serves, Julie is also a back-to-back winner during the month of September too. She sure is, Kijii. She won both the Film Noir quizzes, tying with Spider in the second one. That's why I call Julie the Queen of Noir. |
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Post by mcavanaugh on Sept 24, 2017 23:47:45 GMT
There is no limit to the amount of my tolerance and forgiveness, Kijii. The QM is rapidly approaching canonization -- en route to the ultimate goal of sainthood. Yes, we're planning on shooting you out of a cannon any day now. |
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Post by neurosturgeon on Sept 25, 2017 3:16:06 GMT
Kijii -
Just be grateful that I don't have a real computer. I only have an iPad, so I can't effectively cut and paste, can't have multiple windows open, and I can only type with one finger. The apps for IMDb and IBDB aren't as good as the browser versions. Pretty much puts me out of he running when Quotes are involved or when I have to depend on research to get an answer. But now the old brain isn't as sharp as it used to be and I have been away from my film collection for two years.
But if I ever get home again, I might be able to compete.😛
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Post by kijii on Sept 25, 2017 5:10:36 GMT
Kijii - Just be grateful that I don't have a real computer. I only have an iPad, so I can't effectively cut and paste, can't have multiple windows open, and I can only type with one finger. The apps for IMDb and IBDB aren't as good as the browser versions. Pretty much puts me out of he running when Quotes are involved or when I have to depend on research to get an answer. But now the old brain isn't as sharp as it used to be and I have been away from my film collection for two years. But if I ever get home again, I might be able to compete.😛 Linda, I can't possibly imagine how you could play these games without any of those research tools. But, my hat's off to you [imagine an emoticon with a guy tipping his hat---inserted here] because you are a damn good player--and with lots of in-house interruptions and environmental problems too.  I love my over-sized monitor, my real keyboard and mouse, my 10-fingered touch typing, and all the research tools that I can manage while playing the games. I totally realize that any success I have with those quotes games is due to cut-and-paste and a little logic to figure out who played which character in which movie. But, even then, I get sometimes miss the right character. For example, in one of the quotes games I got this wrong: "Bourbon straight -- with a bourbon chaser!" I IDd that as coming from THE BLUE DAHLIA but jumped on Allan Ladd as the answer, forgetting that he was never Oscared. I got the movie right but the character was played by the Oscared WILLIAM BENDIX. That was too much enthusiasm without enough thought, on my part.  |
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