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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2012, 05:19:19 PM »
No problemo. I wasn't after the point!  ;)
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2012, 05:25:14 PM »
This has been a tough one to track down. As the "movie" pictures seem to be vidcaps from the films, you have to watch them on Youtube (or wherever) to identify the stills. I eventually found a trailer for this one on TCM. So let's see if I can do this one without a foot fault...

Movie #7: Red Hot Tires (1935), also known under the title Racing Luck.
Actor #8: Lyle Talbot.
Actress #7: Mary Astor.

I could only find one publicity photo for this film, and in case anyone thinks I can't recognise him, that's Frankie Darro on the left.

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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #27 on: November 20, 2012, 02:58:41 AM »
Quote from: Tom_I on November 19, 2012, 05:25:14 PM
Movie #7: Red Hot Tires (1935), also known under the title Racing Luck.
Actor #8: Lyle Talbot.
Actress #7: Mary Astor.

Points are going fast!
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2012, 04:46:16 AM »
Quote from: Tom_I on November 19, 2012, 05:25:14 PM
I could only find one publicity photo for this film, and in case anyone thinks I can't recognise him, that's Frankie Darro on the left.



I don't see who do you mean by that, Tom  ;)
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2012, 04:57:03 AM »
 :D
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #30 on: November 20, 2012, 07:33:04 AM »
 ;D

Nice one, Ray, but that's a rather romantically airbrushed picture of Lyle Talbot.

There's no mistaking him and Frankie Darro in the movie (first still shows the two of them, Darro on the left). And it's the mechanic Johnny, played by Darro, who accompanies Mary Astor on the break-in mission shown in the poster. The second still is at the point where they are about to break down the cupboard door.  ;)
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #31 on: November 26, 2012, 05:25:14 AM »
The remaining actor was nominated for an academy award near the end of his career. He is perhaps better-known fore his TV roles. The leading lady actress also spent a lot of time on TV series, but was never nominated for an Oscar. Many of her TV roles were of the southern belle or beauty-pageant contestant varieties. 
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #32 on: November 26, 2012, 09:24:42 AM »
Well, if nobody else is playing...

Movie #5: Fever Heat (1968).
Actor #3: Nick Adams (who died in February 1968, so this must have been one of the last things he did).
Actress #3: Jeannine Riley.

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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #33 on: November 26, 2012, 09:42:05 AM »
Excellent!

I'll tally the point and move to Solved tomorrow.
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Re: Stars and Cars on the Silver Screen
« Reply #34 on: November 27, 2012, 04:11:02 AM »
Good work, gents! The points are as follows:

Tom_I   5
Wendax   2
Aaron65   1

The next one will more difficult. Coming soon, to an AutoPuzzles near you.  8)
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