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red dog 1

(33,244 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:18 PM Apr 6

Post a question about a movie & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

Re: "Benny & Joon"
A) Who was originally cast to play the role of Benny?
B) What actress was offered the role of Joon but turned it down?

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Post a question about a movie & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google (Original Post) red dog 1 Apr 6 OP

Who portrayed Sam Spade in the 1931 film "The Maltese Falcon"? Harker Apr 6 #1

Humphrey Bogart some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #3

Bogart played the part ten years later... Harker Apr 6 #4

Oh! Had NO IDEA some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #6

I borrowed an amped up edition of the '41 from a library that had the '31 film, too. Harker Apr 6 #9

Good question! red dog 1 Apr 7 #10

He shows up every so often when I'm reading about that era, or when I see the TCM schedule posted here. Harker Apr 7 #11

Don't know, but here's one.... some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #2

Peter O'Toole as General Tanz in " Night of the Generals." Harker Apr 6 #5

YES!!! I LOVE that movie! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #7

Yes, he was utterly horrifying! Harker Apr 6 #8

In Barton Fink, what was the name of the cheap Hollywood hotel he stayed at? red dog 1 Thursday #12

Harker

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1. Who portrayed Sam Spade in the 1931 film "The Maltese Falcon"?

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:48 PM

Apr 6

Last edited Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)

some_of_us_are_sane

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3. Humphrey Bogart

Reply to Harker (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:56 PM

Apr 6

Loved it! And WHO did he SMACK in the film?

Harker

(17,906 posts)

4. Bogart played the part ten years later...

Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:00 PM

Apr 6

smacking Peter Lorre in the role of Joel Cairo.

The earlier version has been largely forgotten.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,342 posts)

6. Oh! Had NO IDEA

Reply to Harker (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:05 PM

Apr 6

there WAS an earlier version!

Harker

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9. I borrowed an amped up edition of the '41 from a library that had the '31 film, too.

Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:13 PM

Apr 6

Speaking of "Dracula", Dwight Frye, who played Renfield in the 1931 Bela Lugosi film also played Wilmer the gunsel in the '31 "Maltese Falcon."

red dog 1

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10. Good question!

Reply to Harker (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 01:48 PM

Apr 7

I was curious, so I looked it up.

I had never heard of the actor who played Sam Spade.

Harker

(17,906 posts)

11. He shows up every so often when I'm reading about that era, or when I see the TCM schedule posted here.

Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:05 PM

Apr 7

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,342 posts)

2. Don't know, but here's one....

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:54 PM

Apr 6

What's the actor who starred in a GREAT older drama about a German officer who kills prostitutes and what is the name of the film?

Harker

(17,906 posts)

5. Peter O'Toole as General Tanz in " Night of the Generals."

Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:02 PM

Apr 6

An old favorite of mine.

Omar Sharif and Phillipe Noiret were good in it, too.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,342 posts)

7. YES!!! I LOVE that movie!

Reply to Harker (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:06 PM

Apr 6

He was more turned on by blood that F--king DRACULA! lol!!

Harker

(17,906 posts)

8. Yes, he was utterly horrifying!

Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:08 PM

Apr 6

red dog 1

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12. In Barton Fink, what was the name of the cheap Hollywood hotel he stayed at?

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:16 PM

Thursday

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