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HONDO · June 16

A C15 clue is from the United Kingdom.

jayn_j · June 16

C15 is Morgan!

HONDO · June 17

jayn_j said:

C15 is Morgan!

Correct and well done. The original 1966 U.K. title (on the film) was Morgan A Suitable Case For Treatmen, and just Mogan! on the U.S.A. print.

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HONDO · June 28

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C16

C17
Two undisputed classics this time around.

Bruce · June 28

c17 The General

jayn_j · June 28

C16 is Tom Wilson in Chaplin's The Kid

HONDO · June 29

Bruce said:

c17 The General

Correct and well spotted. The General from 1927. I have viewed this great film on 16mm many years ago.

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HONDO · June 29

jayn_j said:

C16 is Tom Wilson in Chaplin's The Kid

Correct and well spotted also. The Kid from 1921. An Australian 1970's re-release daybill featuring the same scene appears below.

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HONDO · July 6

C18

C19
I am thinking that these two won't be too difficult to identify.

Bruce · July 7

C18 is of course The Court Jester. Best comedy musical EVER!

Bruce · July 7

Even though the premise for this classic comedy routine was stolen from an earlier Bob Hope/Martha Ray movie, "Never Say Die" it is still one of the absolute funniest sequences ever in a movie!

Griselda: You'll not die, you'll not have to fight him. Griswold dies as he drinks the toast.

Hawkins: What?

Griselda: Listen. I have put a pellet of poison in one of the vessels.

Hawkins: Which one?

Griselda: The one with the figure of a pestle.

Hawkins: The vessel with the pestle?

Griselda: Yes. But you don't want the vessel with the pestle, you want the chalice from the palace!

Hawkins: I-I don't want the vessel with the pestle, I want the chalice from the what?

Jean: The chalice from the palace!

Hawkins: Hm?

Griselda: It's a little crystal chalice with a figure of a palace.

Hawkins: Th-the chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison?

Griselda: No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.

Hawkins: Oh, oh, the pestle with the vessel.

Jean: The vessel with the pestle.

Hawkins: What about the palace from the chalice?

Griselda: Not the palace from the chalice! The chalice from the palace!

Hawkins: Where's the pellet with the poison?

Griselda: In the vessel with the pestle!

Jean: Don't you see? The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.

Griselda: The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

Jean: It's so easy, I can say it!

Hawkins: Well then you fight him!

Griselda: Listen carefully. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Jean: Good man!

Griselda: Just remember that.

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jayn_j · July 7

Is c19 from the 1939 version of the Cat and the Canary?

HONDO · July 7

Bruce said:

C18 is of course The Court Jester. Best comedy musical EVER

It certainly is The Court Jester from 1956. I did think that this one would be quickly answered. My favourite Danny kaye film with the lovely Angela Lansbury in the cast..

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HONDO · July 7

Bruce said:

Even though the premise for this classic comedy routine was stolen from an earlier Bob Hope/Martha Ray movie, "Never Say Die" it is still one of the absolute funniest sequences ever in a movie!

Griselda: You'll not die, you'll not have to fight him. Griswold dies as he drinks the toast.

Hawkins: What?

Griselda: Listen. I have put a pellet of poison in one of the vessels.

Hawkins: Which one?

Griselda: The one with the figure of a pestle.

Hawkins: The vessel with the pestle?
Hawkins: I-I don't want the vessel with the pestle, I want the chalice from the what?

Jean: The chalice from the palace!

Griselda: Yes. But you don't want the vessel with the pestle, you want the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins: Hm?

Griselda: It's a little crystal chalice with a figure of a palace.

Hawkins: Th-the chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison?

Griselda: No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.

Hawkins: Oh, oh, the pestle with the vessel.

Jean: The vessel with the pestle.

Hawkins: What about the palace from the chalice?

Griselda: Not the palace from the chalice! The chalice from the palace!

Hawkins: Where's the pellet with the poison?

Griselda: In the vessel with the pestle!

Jean: Don't you see? The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.

Griselda: The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

Jean: It's so easy, I can say it!

Hawkins: Well then you fight him!

Griselda: Listen carefully. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Jean: Good man!

Griselda: Just remember that.

Very funny comedy rouine that lingers in one's memory.

HONDO · July 7

jayn_j said:

Is c19 from the 1939 version of the Cat and the Canary?

It isn't, but you were oh so close.

dedeposter · July 7

C19 - must be The Ghost Breakers (1940)

HONDO · July 8

dedeposter said:

C19 - must be The Ghost Breakers (1940)

It certainly is,and well thought out.

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