An unusual Monday Quiz today.
Instead of answering specific questions about each of these three chaps, we want to know:
(a) just who are these people;
(b) who is their (in two cases) more famous sibling;
…and (c) the title of least one of the films most often associated with the more celebrated frere.
As usual, questions today and answers tomorrow. Ok, here we go.
Recognize the guy ogling the two “starlets”? His brother helped him get into the movies. Hint: he was born in Russia.
What about brother no. 2?
(He had a reputation as a ladies man and an off-camera troublemaker. If anything his brother exceeded him in both categories. Hint: He was born in Brooklyn.)
And, this guy below, brother no. 3, who had a pretty decent career on his own.
Yup, all three had movie star brothers. Who are they, who are their siblings, and what movies are they famous for?
Questions, questions. As mentioned, answers tomorrow.
1. Tom Conway. George Sanders “Three Faces of Eve.”
2. Would have to spend too much time thinking about it.
3. Steve Forrest. Dana Andrews. “Laura”. And one of my personal favorites: the incredibly cringe-worthy “Hot Rods to Hell.” Both Andrews and poor Jeanne Crain went down with flags flying in this one. Good sports just to be there for the “ride.” A long way from “The Best Years of Our Lives,” “The Ox-Bow Incident”, “Leave Her to Heaven” and “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Hollywood’s most excruciating tone-deafness has always come when it’s trying to play “hip,” as in anything to do with teenagers. Second only to its treatment of “domestics”.
Oh boy– the thought of Dana Andrews’ “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and Jeanne Crain’s “Leave Her to Heaven” allows me to speak the name of their co-star in those films, the dish of all dishes, the transcendent Gene Tierney. That scene in the rowboat as poor Danny drowns–Holy Cow!
By the way, young Danny, aka Darryl Hickman will be 88 in a few weeks. Seems impossible.
Great quiz!
1. No idea
2. Don’t know his name but he is in a lot of old westerns
3. Steve Forrest, bro of Dana Andrews and “The Best Years of Our Lives”
Our pal Graham Hill is having technical problems and hasn’t been able to comment recently. He’s asked me to post this.
“Number 2 is Scott Brady and his most famous brother was Lawrence Tierney whose bad reputation helped him in such films as Dillinger and San Quentin. As for Steve Forrest, he gained some extra fame in Britain with The Baron TV series.”
Thanks Graham, and let’s hope you work out the tech problems soon.