Topic: Famous characters in poetry and prose - Solved by Carnut, Tom_I, barrett, Oswald and OP

[Ray B.]

Forget the poetry ( I was only quoting a section of my "Modern English Dictionary", 1916 edition)

Fifteen fiction characters (having started their career on paper, but here as their celluloid avatar).
Fifteen characters and their ride (or one of their rides).

You have three things to identify and match in order to earn each point:
The character, the name of the person who impersonates him and where (usually an actor, of course ) and the car (precisely please).
Be careful, a character can be occasionally matched with different pictures, and so different cars.

Some matches are fairly easy, so this starts with the rookies. Incorrect or incomplete matches will bring no point, and the puzzler who made them will have only one second chance. In the meantime this match is locked for him. After a time, this will go up to the free for all section, and everything will be unlocked.


Now the characters

Character1     

Character 2 
                                                                                     
Character 3  (behind the girl)    

Character 4 

Character 5     

Character 6 

Character 7     

Character 8 

Character 9     

Character 10 
                                                                                     
Character 11     

Character 12 

Character 13     

Character 14  (under the girl)

Character 15     

[Ray B.]

... Then the cars
(All the pictures have been changed to black and white to avoid confusion)

Ride1     

Ride 2 
                                                                                     
Ride 3     

Ride 4 

Ride 5     

Ride 6 

Ride 7     

Ride 8 

Ride 9     

Ride 10 
                                                                                     
Ride 11     

Ride 12 

Ride 13     

Ride 14 

Ride 15     

[Ray B.]

Make this a rookie puzzle? I must be out of my mind. I see no rookies here today, except spammers.
Let's move this to the experts for some action.

[Oswald]

Nice puzzle, not easy!
This must be the easiest though:
Philip Marlowe - impersonated by Humphrey Bogart (Character rides a Plymouth Special (Ride 2).

[Carnut]

George Sanders (Character 9) played Leslie Charteris's The Saint in various movies, and The Saint drove a Lagonda Rapide (Car 7)?

[Ray B.]

Bogart and Marlowe are  correct (what picture?). In which film?
They match Plymouth (Ride 2), but I asked for some precision: which year, which model ("Special" was not a Plymouth designation). Locked for you til your more complete answer.

Thanks for your appreciation.

[Ray B.]

George Sanders (Character 9) played Leslie Charteris's The Saint in various movies, and The Saint drove a Lagonda Rapide (Car 7)?

Eveything is correct, except maybe the model. I have another designation (but I'm no Lagonda specialist).

The movie is "The Saint in London": here are stills with the actual car.

[Carnut]

George Sanders (Character 9) played Leslie Charteris's The Saint in various movies, and The Saint drove a Lagonda Rapide (Car 7)?

Eveything is correct, except maybe the model. I have another designation (but I'm no Lagonda specialist).

The movie is "The Saint in London": here are stills with the actual car.

M-45? (AKA 'Rapide'...)

[Ray B.]

In the forum where I got the stills the car is identified as probably a 1938-39 LG6  Standard drophead coupe. I believe that the M45 was rather called LG 45 in these years. and to tell the truth, Idon't know the difference between both.

[Allan L]

IIRC the LG45 was the uprated M45 for 1936 and the 1938 LG6 had much the same ifs chassis as the V12 but still the Meadows engine - which had been subject to serious development by W.O. Bentley. The one illustrated looks like an LG6.
According to the registration details it was first registered on 24 August 1938 its engine has a strange capacity at 4303cc where the Meadows capacity is usually quoted as 4453cc.

[Ray B.]

Thanks Allan. Let's call it an LG6 then.

[Oswald]

Bogart and Marlowe are  correct (what picture?). In which film?
They match Plymouth (Ride 2), but I asked for some precision: which year, which model ("Special" was not a Plymouth designation). Locked for you til your more complete answer.

Thanks for your appreciation.

Bogart is in picture 8, the movie is 'The Big Sleep' of 1946.
The car of picture 2 is a 1938 Plymouth DeLuxe.

[Ray B.]

Right. Here is a still of the movie with Marlowe's Plymouth.

[Tom_I]

Character 11 is James Garner, who, following on from Bogart, also played Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe in the 1969 film Marlowe.

In the film he's seen driving a 1963 Plymouth Fury convertible, which I think is Ride 6.

[Ray B.]

And another Marlowe...

You're right about all of this.

[Ray B.]

the answers sofar. Watch this space!

Character #1 is Robert Montgomery, who played Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in 'The Lady In The Lake' (1947), in which he drove a a 1941 Ford Super DeLuxe (Ride #15) -Carnut
Character #2  is Ralph 'Papa' Thorson playing a bartender in 'The Hunter', a film based on his life and where Steve McQeen (his last film) plays the role ofThorson himself, if you follow me. In the movie McQueen drives a 1951 Chevy styleline  (Ride #1) and makes a very poor job of it - Tom_I

Character #3 is Robert Mitchum, who played Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in 'Farewell My Lovely' (1975), in which he drove a a 1940 Buick Special(Ride #14) -Tom_I
Character #4 is Wolfgang Preiss, who played Fritz Lang's Dr Mabuse in 'Die Tausend Augen des Dr Mabuse, in which he drove a 1950 Simca 8 Sport Cabriolet (Ride #13) - Carnut
Character #5 is Adam West as Batman, whose drove The 1955 LincolnFutura/1966 Batmobile (Ride #4) - Otto Puzzell
Character #6 is Tom Conway, who played 'The Falcon', here in 'The Falcon Strikes Back', in which he drives a 1942 Buick Special (Ride #8) - Carnut
Character #7 is Fernandel , who played 'Don Camillo', here in 'Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppino', in which he drives a 1925 Fiat 509 (Ride #11) - Carnut
Character #8 is Humphrey Bogart, who played Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in 'The Big Sleep' (1946), in which he drove a a 1938 Plymouth DeLuxe (Ride #2) -Oswald
Character #9 is George Sanders, who played Leslie Charteris's The Saint in various movies: here  'The Saint in London', in which he drove a 1938 Lagonda LG6 (Ride# 7) -Carnut
Character #10 is Ralph Meeker, who plays Mickeys Spillane's Mike Hammer , in which he drives a 1954 Chevrolet Corvette  (Ride# 9) -barrett
Character #11 is James Garner, who, following on from Bogart, also played Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe in the 1969 film 'Marlowe'. In the film he's seen driving a 1963 Plymouth Fury convertible, (Ride #6) -Tom_I

Character #12 is Eddie Constantine, who played Peter Cheyneys' Lemmy Caution in several films, and drove - in 'Les Femmes s'en Balancent' -  a 1953 Oldsmobile Super 88 - Tom_I
Character #13 is John Gavin, who played agent OSS 117 in "Niente Rose per OSS 117" ("Pas de roses pour OSS 117"), driving Ride #5, a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Carnut.
Character #14 is Elliott Gould, who again played Marlowe in 'The Long Goodbye' and drove a 1948 Lincoln Continental (Ride #14) - Carnut
Character #15 is William Powell who played Nick Charles, here in  "After the Thin Man" and drives  a '36 Packard Super 8 (Ride #12) - Carnut.

Bonus: George Sanders is the only actor who played two and a half of these characters: The Saint, The Falcon, and almost Philip Marlowe in 'The Falcon Takes Over', adapted from Raymond Chandler's novel 'Farewell My Lovely'

[Otto Puzzell]

A fascinating and compelling puzzle. Well done, Ray!

[Ray B.]

Thanks, Otto. It may come your way in a few days, but we've got some cunning experts working on it, meanwhile.

[Carnut]

Character #14 is Elliot Gould, again playing Philip Marlow, driving Car #10, a '48 Lincoln Continental in the movie 'The Long Goodbye'.

The Lincoln used in the film was in fact his own personal car at the time!

[Ray B.]

Character #14 is Elliot Gould, again playing Philip Marlow, driving Car #14, a '48 Lincoln Continental in the movie 'The Long Goodbye'.

The Lincoln used in the film was in fact his own personal car at the time!

Another Marlowe again!
True  about the car and well done. Another thing I've learned when I was preparing this is his marriage to Barbara Streisand. This woman always scared me since I've seen Hello, Dolly. And he had to carry her on his shoulder too!

This one was easy, event if I cropped his head out, overlooking that his relation to Miss Streisand could be common knowledge. And mostly overlooking the fact that the sight of a 46-48 Lincoln Continental, in a puzzle which seems to deal with detectives and movies, is a dead giveaway. Especially when we've already had TWO Philip Marlowes before.

But you may have some tougher pairings to make later...

[Carnut]

You really had to know the Barbra Streisand/Elliot Gould connection to get that one!

Another one I'm working on is Character #6, who is Tom Conway (George Sanders's older brother) who played a character similar to The Saint called The Falcon.

The only car connection I can find however is that he drove a '39 Buick in 'The Falcon in Hollywood' but I'm struggling to recognise any '39 Buick (although there is another Buick pictured - but I'm having dreadful trouble with the Internet this evening so can't say which number that is but I'll try to log on again in a couple of hours and see if I can tie that one down).

[Ray B.]

Tom Conway as the Falcon is correct.
I lock this part for you until you complete your pairing, but remember that you're only entitled to a second essay until it gets open to all.

[Carnut]

OK, then I guess the connection must be car #8, the '42 Buick Special Series A Convertible driven in 'The Falcon's Brother'?

[Carnut]

And how about Character #7 = Fernandel playing baker Felicien Hebrard in the French movie "Le boulanger de Valorgue" (known in English as "The Wild Oat") which links to Ride #13 = 1950 Simca 8 Sport Cabriolet driven by a character in the film!

[Ray B.]

Two things are correctly identified in your post. But the character,  the film, and so the link, are wrong.
You know the rule: Only one answer left, and locked for you, let's say 72 hours...