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General Boards => Quiz Corner => Topic started by: stooged and confused on August 28, 2007, 01:43:00 PM
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Here's a trivia question to throw out and see who knows the answer. Hint...the Stooges are linked to the answer.
What well known figure has appeared in more films during the entire history of movies?
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Here's a trivia question to throw out and see who knows the answer. Hint...the Stooges are linked to the answer.
Who has appeared in more films during the entire history of movies?
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Nope--not Mel Blanc, but good guess!
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IMDb's most prolific actors. The list goes up to 20, here are the top five:
1 - Mel Blanc 876
2 - Adoor Bhasi 549
3 - Tom London 512
4 - Bud Osborne 505
5 - Prem Nazir 483
If you include women, Bess Flowers would come in at number 8 with 454.
I guess the answer depends on what you use for a source. Maybe your answer is a good guess. ;D
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I'll give you another hint, Jazzbill. This well known figure has appeared in more movies than anyone and has NEVER uttered one syllable of dialogue!
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Bess Flowers?
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I'd guess this little lady, right here:
(https://threestooges.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv292%2Fslambender%2FColumbia-0.jpg&hash=23d040bdf1e40fa918f555a978778e22eabe1d79)
What do I win?
-Th
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Good job, Thump! The Columbia torch lady has appeared in more movies than anyone!!! A karma point for you! I guess the Stooges association and no spoken dialogue clues helped some? Not a bad question, ay?!
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but unfortunately for me, I had to go to the airport to pick up the ogre.(the wife)
LOL! I hope, for your sake, that she doesn't read this board! ;D
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Now for part 2 of the question Who is the actress? (Don't ask me I just want to know myself)
Signed,
I Fleecem,
President
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(from wikipedia)
Columbia's logo, a lady carrying a torch, originally appeared in 1924. The first model for the logo is unknown, although Bette Davis claimed that Claudia Dell was used.
(also from wikipedia)
Claudia Dell (January 10, 1910 - September 5, 1977) was an American showgirl and actress of the stage and Hollywood motion pictures. Her birth name was Claudia Dell Smith. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 10, 1910. She attended school in San Antonio and Mexico. Claudia was blonde and blue-eyed, with a porcelain pretty face. Her height was 5'5".
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Thanks Giff,
I Fleecem
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How about Amelia Batchelor...I think she was torch lady #2.
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imdb lists Amelia Batchelor as the Columbia torch lady from 1939-??.
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You can never trust iMDB or Wikipedia... there must be a book or something that has noted who played the torch lady throughout the years. I wonder who was the basis for the current logo?
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You can never trust iMDB or Wikipedia... there must be a book or something that has noted who played the torch lady throughout the years.
I believe Amelia Batchler was the real deal (note the correct spelling of her name). Here's an article about her from a 1987 issue of People Magazine
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Just as a follow-up to my previous post, I located a letter that was written to Batchler from Columbia Pictures CEO David Putnam. Sounds like he had just read the People Magazine article and was not sure where to send the letter. Anyway, for the life of me I can't remember where I got this from (it might have been from author Steve Cox) but thought that it would be interesting to post.
Gary
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Wholly smokes! I posted this trivia question two months ago and it's just being discovered now? Talk about delayed reaction.
Oh well, better late than never, eh?!
I'm glad you enjoyed the brain teaser.
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Wholly smokes! I posted this trivia question two months ago and it's just being discovered now?
All those years of hallucinogenic drug use must have taken their toll.....sorry for the delayed reaction!
GL
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Oh, a 60's flashback, ay? Why I outta.....
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(from wikipedia)
Columbia's logo, a lady carrying a torch, originally appeared in 1924. The first model for the logo is unknown, although Bette Davis claimed that Claudia Dell was used.
(also from wikipedia)
Claudia Dell (January 10, 1910 - September 5, 1977) was an American showgirl and actress of the stage and Hollywood motion pictures. Her birth name was Claudia Dell Smith. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 10, 1910. She attended school in San Antonio and Mexico. Claudia was blonde and blue-eyed, with a porcelain pretty face. Her height was 5'5".
Gee, I sure hope it was Claudia Dell. Being a San Antonio native, I find this bit of trivia to be pretty fascinating. ;D
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Funny thing. Every time we watch the Three Stooges, my son (age 5) always asks "Who's that woman?" I always tell him that it's the Columbia Pictures woman. Then, he says "Oh, okay" and goes on. But when the next episode comes on, he asks me again "Who's that woman?" Too funny!
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I used to call the "torch lady" the "Statue of Liberty" when I was little! LOL. BTW, does anyone know why she was listed under the name SCREEN GEMS when some of the 1936 episodes and earlier were aired on TV?
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I used to call the "torch lady" the "Statue of Liberty" when I was little! LOL. BTW, does anyone know why she was listed under the name SCREEN GEMS when some of the 1936 episodes and earlier were aired on TV?
"Listed under the name"...? Not sure what you mean by that, but the Columbia Torch Lady was never called Screen Gems.
Columbia created Screen Gems as a distribution subsidiary for its cartoons in the '40s. After the in-house animation division was closed in the early '50s, Screen Gems was reorganized as Columbia's television division, initially to syndicate the studio's film library to TV, and then as a TV production subsidiary during the '50s-'70s (FATHER KNOWS BEST, THE DONNA REED SHOW, DENNIS THE MENACE, BEWITCHED, THE MONKEES, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, many more...). Screen Gems also operated as a network distributor for Hanna-Barbera's primetime series during the 1960s.
Sony currently uses the Screen Gems brand for theatrical distribution of independent, art-house and documentary films.
When the Columbia shorts were syndicated in 1958, Screen Gems logos were edited onto the films.
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I've got some trivia questions here that the above Columbia info may help the answers to ...
1) In which Three Stooges episode did the Unknown Lady with animated torch light switch to the Columbia Torch Lady? (Okay, she has an animated light as well)
2) In which Three Stooges episode did Columbia switch from individual opening credit music to the standard "Wa-Wa-Waah" music?
3) In which Three Stooges episode did Curley's name get changed to "Curly"?
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I've got some trivia questions here that the above Columbia info may help the answers to ...
1) In which Three Stooges episode did the Unknown Lady with animated torch light switch to the Columbia Torch Lady? (Okay, she has an animated light as well)
2) In which Three Stooges episode did Columbia switch from individual opening credit music to the standard "Wa-Wa-Waah" music?
3) In which Three Stooges episode did Curley's name get changed to "Curly"?
1. Disorder In The Court
2. Pardon My Scotch
3. Disorder In The Court
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I've always wondered about those things, but I FINALLY bought myself the 190 and could investigate it easily ... [pie] [3stooges]
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I'm new so I guess I can't post my own topic...
Anyway: What did Curley say was his last name in "Wee Wee Monsieur"?
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I'm new so I guess I can't post my own topic...
Anyway: What did Curley say was his last name in "Wee Wee Monsieur"?
Van Dyke
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Van Dyke
That reminds me of a certain Mary Poppins actor... :)
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Since I'm in the mood for some obscure trivia, and this IS a Three Stooges message board, let's try something new....
There is:
-A Thriving Kingdom In The Tropics
-That last beer with all the foam
-Some soap (I didn't say SOAP ya lug - SOUP!)
and
-A poster for Amarillo Beer (For Thirsty Throats)
What short is this?
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I submit: SAVED BY THE BELLE
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I submit: SAVED BY THE BELLE
As the Fonz would say, CORRECTAMUNDO!
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Trivia: What was the first Stooges short to feature the dark background with the theater mask?
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Trivia: What was the first Stooges short to feature the dark background with the theater mask?
Idiots Deluxe
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Here's one I watched today ...
Which Columbia short subject episode is this? (Shemp with a 'stache)
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It's one of the Charley Chase remakes. Is it OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN?
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I guess I cropped the picture too much. Here's another screen capture ...
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PLEASED TO MITT YOU, from the "Glove Slingers" series.
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PLEASED TO MITT YOU, from the "Glove Slingers" series.
Oh, OK. My bad for assuming it was a Charley Chase remake.
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Alright, next question ...
In the academy award nominated short "Men in Black", the dreaded doctor "callboard" appears no less than seven times during the short ... can you name the doctors listed on that call board? AND the placement of "Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard" in that callboard?
(Remember, this is the callboard that sighed at the end of the short ... "Ooohhh, they GOT me!")
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Alright, next question ...
In the academy award nominated short "Men in Black", the dreaded doctor "callboard" appears no less than seven times during the short ... can you name the doctors listed on that call board? AND the placement of "Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard" in that callboard?
(Remember, this is the callboard that sighed at the end of the short ... "Ooohhh, they GOT me!")
Doctors Howard, Fine & Howard, they appear on the middle, right hand side of the callboard. The complete list is:
(Left Side)
Dr. King
Dr. Lynch
Dr. Davis
Dr. Spinks
Dr. Burton
Dr. Graves
Dr. Boyd
Dr. James
(Right Side)
Dr. Scott
Dr. Brown
Dr. Savage
DR. HOWARD
DR. FINE
DR. HOWARD
DR. Green
DR. Carew
...AAAAND since we're on the subject of Men In Black, who can tell me how many times Dr. Graves' glass door is broken through the course of the film?
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I believe the door goes smashy four times in the short.
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I believe the door goes smashy four times in the short.
I believe that answer would be......CORRECT! :)
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How many pies are visibly thrown in The Sweet Pie and Pie?
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How many pies are visibly thrown in The Sweet Pie and Pie?
I counted 34.
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What were the first, and the last Three Stooges shorts to feature the "A Columbia Short Subject Presentation" tagline within the opening credits?
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What were the first, and the last Three Stooges shorts to feature the "A Columbia Short Subject Presentation" tagline within the opening credits?
This is a very late reply but I'm gonna try answering it, anyways. My guess is the first was Woman Haters and the last was Three Little Beers??
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This is a very late reply but I'm gonna try answering it, anyways. My guess is the first was Woman Haters and the last was Three Little Beers??
I want to change my answers. I was thinking of the wrong opening credits in my head :o
From memory, let's say You Nazty Spy! was the first and last was Booby Dupes
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I want to change my answers. I was thinking of the wrong opening credits in my head :o
From memory, let's say You Nazty Spy! was the first and last was Booby Dupes
That is correct! Thanks for playing!
CHEERS! [3stooges]