|
Trivialities
1. Who is the veteran character actor who plays Johnny's mother,
Millie, in "We Think the World of You," and also nearsighted
Miss Meacham in "Separate Tables?"
2. What was Alan's first television play, in 1957? What second
play was he immediately offered? Did he accept?
3. What American artist contributed the technique and a number
of paintings for Saul Kaplan's poured acrylic paintings in "An
Unmarried Woman?"
 4. In a cameo in"A
Day in the Death of Joe Egg," a matronly woman pilots a
moon rocket in a department store amusement. Who is the actor?
What important play and film did she perform in with Alan?
5. Joan Hickson, renowned for her Miss Marple mysteries, plays
Alan's insensitive mother in "Joe Egg." (It's brilliantly
written and performed.) What other film credit do they share?
6. Thora Hird, yet another splendid actor, plays Mrs Rothwell,
Ingrid's overly protective mother, in "A Kind of Loving"
(1962). What other film did she make with Alan?
7. A Bates film was optioned for a remake before it had a
US release. The new version opened in 1998 as "Return to
Paradise." What was it called in the earlier Bates version?
8. Name the projects Alan Bates and Judi Dench have worked on
together.
|