Hmm. That certainly fits. But while Capra makes light of the subject, the director (and picture) I'm thinking of explores a much darker vein.
Guess That Movie: Alternate Movie Description Edition!
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Time for a clue: there's a common thread running through the past few posts here.
I was trying not to hog this, but is it Ace in the Hole?
Sure is!
Take it away . . .
We'll keep the connection (although this has been put to film many times):
Boss doesn't want to let his best employee go and so resorts to trickery to keep them on the job, destroying their personal life in the process.
Boss doesn't want to let his best employee go and so resorts to trickery to keep them on the job, destroying their personal life in the process.
True, this has been filmed many times and kind of fits, but doesn't connect to the thread of previous movies.
A hint? One version of this story is filmed by the director who's been in this latest series, but it's also been filmed by Howard Hawks, Ted Kotcheff, and Lewis Milestone--which inadvertently connects it back to Mutiny on the Bounty!
You forgot George Stevens and John Sturges, as well as Rudyard Kipling.
Kipling directed a movie?You forgot George Stevens and John Sturges, as well as Rudyard Kipling.
No, but he wrote a poem that was co-opted by George Stevens as the backdrop for yet another setting of the motion picture in question. If memory serve me, Hildy was played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Never thought of it that way. I haven't seen Gunga Din since I was in Junior High, but got to see it on the big screen. What a show. You obviously know the picture in question, did you want to take the next round?No, but he wrote a poem that was co-opted by George Stevens as the backdrop for yet another setting of the motion picture in question. If memory serve me, Hildy was played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Sure. Looks like it's between you and me, and we both know the picture is "The Front Page."
"Gunga Din" takes its plot line from TFP, as does "Sergeants 3," which starred the Rat Pack.
Now let me think of something intriguing yet accessible.
That vaguely rang a bell ... and when I looked it up found out it's both the pre-make and the re-make of one of my favourite comedies, "His Girl Friday". I wouldn't have guessed TFP in a month of Friday's but I should have twigged on HGF.
Oh well.
Looking forward to the next puzzler ...
Man accused of murder is saved by cantankerous curmudgeon of a lawyer despite damning evidence and testimony.
... if this were about TV shows rather than movies, I could name that tune in one note.
Ah, Rumpole. Close, but no . . . cigar. (That's a clue.)
The only other one that rings a bell is Anatomy of a Murder, but don't remember if there was a prominent cigar.
'Fraid not. Your last guess was closer.
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