Movie Trivia Answer to Question #15 and new Question #16

Happy Valentine's Day (yes, I know I said that already, but you might not have read that post yet.)

The quote, "I'm an advertising man. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several bartenders dependent upon me, and I don't want to disappoint them all by getting slightly killed," was said in the movie North By Northwest (1959) by the suave Cary Grant. I've always felt it ironic that a chap from the lower classes of Surrey could rise to become the epitome of class and sophistication, even retaining the Cockney accent. He was like a male Eliza Doolittle, only real.

The answers were slow to come in, and I thought I might have stumped y'all. Uh-uh, y'all were just busy, I guess. Donna informed me that she guessed the answer from the clues (and here I was thinking that "Mount Rushmore" would be the dead giveaway clue). Shelia was the first to respond, and Mel knew the movie but just guessed the speaker. Mel also found another quote from the witty script that I'll share with you:

Roger Thornhill is wearing sunglasses indoors.

Ticket Seller (Ned Glass): Something wrong with your eyes?

Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant): Yes, they're sensitive to questions.

Thanks, Mel!

A little trivia about the movie before we get to the scores and the next question: Jimmy Stewart, a fellow who knew a good part when he saw one, desperately wanted to play Roger Thornhill. At one point he had the part, but before filming began the movie he'd just made with Hitchcock, Vertigo, opened at the box office and flopped. Hitchcock decided Stewart was too old for the part in North By Northwest, so he replaced him with Cary Grant . . . who was four years older than Stewart. (Incidentally, Grant was also 10 months older than Jessie Royce Landis, who played his mother, for crying out loud). Either she wasn't sensitive, or she really needed the job.

But Jimmy Stewart had a happy ending. One, he lived long enough to see Vertigo recognized as Hitchcock's masterpiece. Two, being released from North by Northwest freed him up to accept another part, in an Otto Preminger-directed, Duke Ellington-scored courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder, which was one of the best films of 1959 (Oscar-nominated) and which still holds up today. Stewart got an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, although he lost to "Moses" (Charlton Heston in the title role in Ben-Hur).

Okay, the scores:

Reon has 27 OGGS

Patricia has 22 OGGS

Donna has 21 OGGS

Mel has 20 OGGS

Shelia has 11 OGGS

For today's question, I'm going to do something a little different. It's Valentine's Day, so I present 6 quotes from love stories:

Busted Love

Man telling his fiancée he can't marry her: "In time, you'll see this was the best thing."

Fiancée: "In time you'll drop dead and I'll come to your funeral in a red dress!"

5 points for the movie name. (1980s)

Drunk Love

Man and woman who hate each other wake up in bed together. They look at each other, scream, and jump out of bed.

Man: "I ain't never drinkin' no more!" (Hint: This came over closing credits, after the official last scene of the film) 4 points for the movie name. (1990s)

Nobly Sacrificed Love

"Here's looking at you, kid." 1 point for the movie name. (1940s)

Nauseating Love

"Love means never having to say you're sorry." 1 point for the movie name. (1970s)

No-Future Love

"Oh Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." 5 points for the movie name. (1940s)

Fed-Up Love

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." 1 point for the movie name. (1930s)

A chance to rack up some points here, folks. I scored these according to difficulty. If you want to name the actor speaking, I'll give you 1 point for each correct answer (the answer to Nauseating Love can be either of two actors). Answers on Tuesday, when we'll begin the final three questions. Top two winners and their prizes will be announced next Friday.