Name That Movie!

[RayThom]

To many days in the hot, Florida sun. Rumor has it most of these wrinkles are from using too much toupee glue.

[Lord Jim]

That's another one wrong, so over to you, Bennett Cerf...

[Big RR]

Good God, LJ, is you old or what?? Channeling Garry Moore and name-checking Kitty Carlisle!!

I have an affection for old television "quiz shows" (and old classic television shows in general) that pre-date my actual growing up experience...

"That's two down, and now over to Orson Bean..."

(I can even tell you the story of Dorothy Kilgallen... )

Good old Dorothy, probably one of the best WML panelists there were; she could zero in pretty quickly with her questions. and she testified in support of Lennie Bruce. There's a lot to like about her. Kitty Carlisle--she reminded me too much of a grammar school teacher that I couldn't stand.

[Lord Jim]

Time for another quote and some more clues:

A: Red sky. Gonna be a storm.

B: What are you babbling about?

A: Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.

B: Why, you simple-headed gherkin, do you know the chances of a storm in this part of the world at this time of the year?

A: No, what?

B: Hundred to one.

[a great thunderclap; it begins to pour rain]

A: Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning!

B: Why you idiot!

The movie is a comedy, made in the mid 60s. The two lead actors and the lead actress are all very well known film stars, that I'm sure everyone here has heard of. (the same can also be said for the third male co-star, though he's best known for television, not film.)

All four are deceased, but only three of them died due to old age....

[RayThom]

[Lord Jim]

Well Ray, that movie wasn't made in the mid sixties, has nothing in common with the previous movie of Datsun's, I've never referenced the main characters here, the stars aren't "very well known", and they're all still alive, but aside from that it was a great guess...

[Bicycle Bill]

NOW I recognize it!!!

And since it's been more than 24 hours since my first (wrong) guess, I'm gonna take it.

Created "For Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy", we're talking about —



And LJ, you're selling the cast way short.  Besides the three main players you refer to (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Natalie Wood) the movie also included other notables such as Peter Falk, Ross Martin, Denver Pyle, Larry Storch, Vivian Vance, Keenan Wynn, and even an uncredited turn by Hal Needham (as one of the participants in the bar fight scene).

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

And LJ, you're selling the cast way short. Besides the three main players you refer to (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Natalie Wood) the movie also included other notables such as Peter Falk, Ross Martin, Denver Pyle, Larry Storch, Vivian Vance, Keenan Wynn, and even an uncredited turn by Hal Needham

Well, I did reference Falk in one of the clues, but you're right the movie had a number of other notable actors in smaller roles...

It also featured what I think is the best pie fight scene in film history:

The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.

The Great Race contains many silent movie-era slapstick and visual gags and parodies. While not a big success in its own time it has since become something of a Cult Classic. It was also a major influence on the cartoon series Wacky Races.

[Bicycle Bill]

Next up:

"And I've arranged for the Frenchman to be detained by a lovely young lady."
"Ho, ho, guv'nor, I'll bet she's a bit of all right."
"You should know, Courtney, she's your daughter."
"But guv'nor, she's an innocent young girl!"
"Not IS, Courtney, WAS!"

-"BB"-

[RayThom]

... "You should know, Courtney, she's your daughter."... "But guv'nor, she's an innocent young girl!"... "Not IS, Courtney, WAS

[Bicycle Bill]

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[Bicycle Bill]

A little more help:

"But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?"
"The way we do everything in the German army: from the book of instructions."

-"BB"-

[oldr_n_wsr]

Das Luftwaffe?

[Bicycle Bill]

Das Luftwaffe?

Du hast es nicht recht.

-"BB"-

[RayThom]

... "But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?"
"The way we do everything in the German army: from the book of instructions."

Got it,

[Bicycle Bill]

Nein, nein, nein!!
...verrückter dummeresel...

And a hint:
The actor who delivered the line about the instruction manual is probably better known as a villain in a major motion-picture franchise; but we never heard his own voice as almost all of his lines in that film were dubbed by someone else.

-"BB"-

[RayThom]

No doubt you were talking about Cantinflas. Got it now.

[Bicycle Bill]

Still wrong, Ray, but since both "Around the World in 80 Days" and the movie in question were filmed in Todd-AO you are unwittingly getting warmer.

-"BB"-

[Big RR]

Now that was a magnificent guess.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Is it "Hell's Angels" (1930) ?