Author Topic: Cars and Dolls #18 - Joi Lansing / 1955 Mercedes Benz 190 SL (Read 832 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** June 15, 2012, 04:01:18 AM »

Time to turn up the heat with a shapely blonde from yesteryear.

For 1 point, identify this then-young lady, and a vehicle with which can be associated.

Partial answers will be answered with 'incomplete', so be sure to answer all parts of the question, if you'd like the point.

Only complete answers will earn a point

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Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2012, 03:40:17 AM »

Up she goes

wingroad · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2012, 02:38:37 PM »

Is it Sabrina ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2012, 03:17:56 AM »

No Sabrina here

Tackitt · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2012, 03:55:25 PM »

Is she British?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2012, 04:30:25 PM »

Quote from: Tackitt on June 26, 2012, 03:55:25 PM

Is she British?

No sir

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2012, 06:15:21 AM »

Up again

Allan L · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2012, 11:32:43 AM »

Is it Jayne Mansfield, whose life ended 45 years ago last Friday in a 1966 Buick Electra ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2012, 12:50:30 PM »

No sir

Allemano · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2012, 04:33:24 AM »

US-American second row actress?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:21:35 AM »

She appeared in A and B movies (more B's than A's), and a lot of television programs

Allemano · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:24:32 AM »

the prototype of the blonde man-eater or in other words the needle in the haystack..

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:28:34 AM »

Perhaps.

Here's a big clue: you might find the answer to this puzzle in a place that specializes in automobiles, and their appearance in motion pictures.

Now, you have two haystacks in which to search.

Allemano · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:30:08 AM »

I know this source, but my life is too short to find it there I guess.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:32:09 AM »

OK - one more clue, to make the haystack smaller. This actress appeared in a film about automobiles.

Allemano · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:33:33 AM »

A movie about a road race?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:35:49 AM »

Not a racing movie

Tom_I · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2012, 04:28:56 PM »

I can't find this exact picture, but she looks very much like Joi Lansing (1928-1972), whose career in movies and television pretty well matches the description given earlier.

She starred in the 1956 film Hot Cars, in which she is seen driving a Mercedes 190 SL in the opening sequence.

Ray B. · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:50:58 PM »

A very dagmaresque actress indeed. I'm sure that Tom is right.

Ray B. · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:59:00 PM »

... But I think that you may be wrong about the car:
Does she get blown up in a 1956 Chrysler in "Touch of Evil"?

She plays the role of "Zita", and I couldn't get the script and so am not sure that Zita actually is the girl in the Chrysler. But dhe does look like her somehow. If that is correct, it 's a very small (and short) role, but one in maybe the most famous and long tracking shot (3'28") in movie history.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #20 on:** July 03, 2012, 05:45:41 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on July 02, 2012, 04:28:56 PM

I can't find this exact picture, but she looks very much like Joi Lansing (1928-1972), whose career in movies and television pretty well matches the description given earlier.

She starred in the 1956 film Hot Cars, in which she is seen driving a Mercedes 190 SL in the opening sequence.

That's it!

BTW - I just noticed the (unintentional) similarity in our profile pics. I'll put another one up soon.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #21 on:** July 03, 2012, 05:46:04 AM »

Quote from: Ray B. on July 02, 2012, 05:59:00 PM

... But I think that you may be wrong about the car:
Does she get blown up in a 1956 Chrysler in "Touch of Evil"?

She plays the role of "Zita", and I couldn't get the script and so am not sure that Zita actually is the girl in the Chrysler. But dhe does look like her somehow. If that is correct, it 's a very small (and short) role, but one in maybe the most famous and long tracking shot (3'28") in movie history.

That's certainly a much better-remembered flick, but it's not about automobiles (my earlier clue). I saw that movie years ago, and don't remember the blow-up scene. But I do remember the seemingly endless tracking shot at the beginning. As one might better remember Joi for that movie, I'll give you a second point.

Ray B. · « **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:02:14 AM »

The blow-up scene is at the end of the tracking shot. Thanks for the point, but I didn't deserve it: the hard part was identifying the girl, and if Tom hadn't done it, I just would have been left wondering.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #23 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:13:17 AM »

My memory is worse than I thought!

Tom_I · « **Reply #24 on:** July 03, 2012, 08:54:42 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 03, 2012, 05:45:41 AM

BTW - I just noticed the (unintentional) similarity in our profile pics.

You were a better-looking child than I was.

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Author Topic: Cars and Dolls #18 - Joi Lansing / 1955 Mercedes Benz 190 SL (Read 832 times)