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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
This installment of The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game features a pretty English Tudor building. There is a gardener outside and a cute little old car....we thought we'd make it an easy scene this time around. Well, as easy as an "impossibly difficult" game can allow, of course....
Could that be Manderley from Hitchcock's "Rebecca" ?? I'm not sure, but I thought I might as well guess.
ReplyDeleteAh shucks, good guess...but no dice. I think the Manderley estate had an entrance tower, and that particular set always reminded me of the house used in "The White Cliffs of Dover"...which reminds me of the house used in "Mrs. Parkington"...which reminds me of the house used in "She Wolf of London"..which reminds me of the house....
DeleteI thought it didn't look grand enough for Manderley, but I guess I was just in a Hitchcock mindset!
DeleteI'm going to toss a guess at "Damsel in Distress".
ReplyDeleteSorry, that's not it either....but you just introduced us to another film we have not yet seen. Thank you Caftan Woman!
DeleteHm it looks kind of familiar to me
ReplyDeleteStill no guess on a title? You can give a stab at any film!
ReplyDeleteHow about the house that Ronald Colman lives in when he's successful in Random Harvest?
ReplyDeleteOne of these days we want to write a post about that Random Harvest manor, it appeared in so many films of the 1940s. Unfortunately this isn't that house, nor the right movie...but you're welcome to guess again!
DeleteAnother great guess! I just love Young and Innocent ( always get that title mixed up with Rich and Strange ), but so few people know what film I'm talking about when I do talk about it. And speaking of films to love...this scene is from a spiffy little film in a similar mystery vein ( albeit it's an American picture ).
ReplyDeleteThe Glass Key.
ReplyDeleteGosh, we haven't seen that film in agggges. You'll have to go a little bit further back in time to nail this screenshot.
DeleteIs it THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER?
ReplyDeleteA very good guess! But sorry, that's not it. I'll have to watch The White Cliffs of Dover again...that was a great film.
DeleteSuspicion?
ReplyDeleteSimilar house, but not the right film. Guess again!
DeleteCluny Brown?
ReplyDeleteOh my, this was one of the first Impossibly Difficult images posted and I see it hasn't been guessed yet! No, it's not Cluny Brown but that's a good guess.
DeleteThe exterior in Cluny Brown is very similar (I haven’t finished the movie yet and there may be a better shot) but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the same house! I’ll get back to you when I finish the movie.
DeleteI believe the house is the real-life infamous Greystone Mansion. The car makes me think of early 1930s... So, could this be a still from "The Big House" (1930)?
ReplyDeleteOh, I see you are still working on this one, too! I never knew Greystone Mansion was the name of the house that appears in so many movies ( "Night and Day" comes to mind ). Great guess, but no...this scene isn't from The Big House. Try again!
DeleteMy mistake! This mansion is Hill Grove mansion owned by George Lewis and used in Sabrina (1954), which is probably twenty years after this impossibly difficult photo!
DeleteThe Tactful Typist
Is it “Another Dawn” with Errol Flynn? Was looking through some old screenshots of mine and, while it’s not from this angle, it looks like the same house!
ReplyDeleteNope, not that film either. One of these days you'll turn on the television when the movie is playing and you'll recognize this scene right away! I hope you will enjoy the film, too, because it is one of my favorites.
DeleteIs it from "The Patient in Room 18" ?
ReplyDeleteA guess from a friend of t.T.T.
Oh, I love it when I hear a title I am unfamiliar with! The Patient in Room 18 sounds like a good movie, but alas, since I have not seen it, it isn't the film I obtained this screenshot from. But thanks so much for dropping a "new" title!
DeleteJust throwing this out there, but is it Sunset Blvd.? I haven't seen it, but this sort of looks like clips I've caught here and there.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not from that film, but good try, MovieCritic!
DeleteI'll second the Tactful Typist, and say that this is indeed the Grove Hill Mansion, as seen in e.g. "Angel Face" (1954).
ReplyDeleteJudging by the age of the car, and that we are looking for a somewhat mysterious movie, I'm gonna go with "The Crooked Road" (1940).
Yep, that's the Larabee Mansion ( "Sabrina" ) but that's not the film this scene is from. Thanks for dropping a new-to-me title - "The Crooked Road" sounds juicy!
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