Actresses Legs Quiz

HONDO

I will reveal who the actress is tomorrow, if by then a correct answer hasn't been received. 

I would really like someone to work this one ou, so I will mention that Bruce has 1147 items listed as being sold on his website listed under her name,

Bruce

HONDO said:

I will reveal who the actress is tomorrow, if by then a correct answer hasn't been received. 

I would really like someone to work this one ou, so I will mention that Bruce has 1147 items listed as being sold on his website listed under her name,

When you said a director/actress duo, I guessed Bergman, but I should have remembered Hugo Hass and Cleo Moore.

I can't say which movie this is, but I will guess Over-Exposed.

Incidentally, Hugo Haas was a a pretty fascinating guy! He was an actor, director, and writer from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was a native of Czechoslovakia, and in 1937, he wrote the screenplay for a movie, "Skeleton on Horseback", based on a play by Karel Capek (best remembered as the author of "R.U.R.", the first literary mention of robots), and that movie was obviously intended as an allegory against Hitler and fascism.

When Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia right after the movie was made, Haas fled to the United States, but he never achieved major prominence in movies, although he is well remembered for directing a series of movies about an old man in love with a young beautiful woman (starring Haas himself, with a series of "bad girls", including Cleo Moore)!

Some of his works include King Solomon's Mines, Edge of Hell, and Born to Be Loved. He passed away in 1968 at the age of 67.

HONDO

Bruce said:

HONDO said:

I will reveal who the actress is tomorrow, if by then a correct answer hasn't been received. 

I would really like someone to work this one ou, so I will mention that Bruce has 1147 items listed as being sold on his website listed under her name,

When you said a director/actress duo, I guessed Bergman, but I should have remembered Hugo Hass and Cleo Moore.

I can't say which movie this is, but I will guess Over-Exposed.

Correct for 269, and so pleased we get to finalise this one, Cleo Moore in One Girl's Confession from 1953. Great information Bruce regarding Hugo Haas,


Cleo Moore and Hugo Haas in a scene from One Girl's Confession. Hugo Haas directed Cleo Moore in seven films released between 1952 and 1957.

 
One Girl's Confession is also the title of a 2023 hardcover book titled ''One Girl's Confession'' - The Life And Career Of Cleo Moore''.

HONDO

 270  271
Will these two new images present any problems?

jayn_j

270 is Jean Harlow in Red Dust

HONDO

jayn_j said:

270 is Jean Harlow in Red Dust

Correct. Red Dust from 1932, I viewed this film on television many years ago and still remember certain scenes from the flm

 

HONDO

A clue for 271 is a strong connection with the already answered 270 film.

jayn_j

I know, but I've already answered this time.

HONDO

jayn_j said:

I know, but I've already answered this time.

A backup then for down the track if no one else manages to come up with the correct answer.

HONDO

A final clue for 271 is also set in Africa,

Bruce

Mogambo and Grace Kelly?

jayn_j

Agree on the film, but I believe those legs belong to Ava Gardner

HONDO

Bruce said:

Mogambo and Grace Kelly?

As Jay mentioned it isn't Grace Kelly but Ava Gardner in the correctly mentioned film Mogambo.

jayn_j said:

Agree on the film, but I believe those legs belong to Ava Gardner

Correct. Ava Gardner in Mogambo from 1953. Appearing below with Grace Kelly. Mogambo being a remake of earlier featured film Red Dust from 1932.

 

HONDO

 272  273
Presenting two more well known actresses to be identified.

Bruce

Is 272 Rita Hayworth in Circus World?

HONDO

Bruce said:

Is 272 Rita Hayworth in Circus World?

Oh so close.

Bruce

Claudia Cardinale in Circus World!

I definitely knew that because she is so incredibly pretty and I have looked at a zillion pictures of her.

I don't know why I made that error. I instantly recognized it!

HONDO

Bruce said:

Claudia Cardinale in Circus World!

I definitely knew that because she is so incredibly pretty and I have looked at a zillion pictures of her.

I don't know why I made that error. I instantly recognized it!

Yes 272 is indeed Claudia Cardinale No worries Bruce as a slip up with the memory happens to all of us on occasions. Circus World from 1964. Claudia was certainly a beautiful looking woman

   
Interestingly the Australian daybill used the Claudia Cardinale pose which doesn't appear on the U.S. insert, 3 sheet or any other poster size. The Australian one sheet also used different artwork than the daybill as well.

HONDO

For the unanswered image 273, I will mention that the cameras loved this beautiful actress who always looked magnificent when shot in colour.

jayn_j

273.  Take a shot at it.  Early Marilyn Monroe in Ticket to Tomahawk?

HONDO

jayn_j said:

273.  Take a shot at it.  Early Marilyn Monroe in Ticket to Tomahawk?

Sorry, But not Marilyn. The actress we are looking for was excellent in a dramatic role opposite a great screen legend in the late 1940s.

HONDO

One final clue is that this actress appeared in western remake of a famous crime film which was directed by the same director who had helmed the earlier classic film version

Bruce

Based on your clues, I know it is Virginia Mayo, but I can't find that yellow dress anywhere!

HONDO

Bruce said:

Based on your clues, I know it is Virginia Mayo, but I can't find that yellow dress anywhere!

Image 273 is indeed that of Virginia Mayo. My last clue referred to Virginia starring in Colorado Territory (1949), Raoul Walsh's remake of his earlier film High Sierra (1940).

The elusive featured scene is from Painting The Clouds With Sunshine from 1951.    

 

HONDO

 274  275
These two new entries shouldn't present any problems in identifying them.

jayn_j

Cute trick on 275.  See earlier post.

HONDO

jayn_j said:

Cute trick on 275.  See earlier post.

Thank you for the compliment, but other than you and me your ''see earlier post'' wording will be I believe a little vague for others to figure out.

HONDO

274 clue is based on a real life person.

275 clue is future screen legend

HONDO

HONDO said:

274 clue is based on a real life person.

275 clue is future screen legend

If answers aren't forthcoming by tomorrow I will then provide the details on the actresses involved.

Bruce

Is 275 Marilyn Monroe in Ticket to Tomahawk?