Deborah Lipp

Hints for three items. Now with a crunchy chocolate coating.

1. The drug-addicted wife and the dangerously rebellious neighbor are played by the same actress.
HINT: This actress was linked romantically, on-screen and in real life, with Warren Beatty. The director is French but the film is in English.
Solved by George (comment #19).

2. She traps herself in her own car, in her own garage, in the snow.
HINT: The stars of this film are a long-standing real life Hollywood couple, and their on-screen marriage is referenced in the film’s title.

3. She is so embarrassed by the intimate nature of her marital problems that she tells the priest in Irish rather than English.
Solved by hc (comment #1).

4. “You return with the inevitability of an unloved season.”
Solved by UNCLEagent (comment #8).

5. “No capes!”
Solved by maurinsky (comment #4).

6. It turns out that wearing dress whites isn’t a good idea.
Solved by Brandi (comment #3).

7. “Pull my finger.”
HINT: Recent DVD release.

Two unsolved this week! And Tom kicked ass.

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Come & get ’em.

1. The one-armed man knocks a bully down in the coffee shop.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #2).

2. Singing “Killing Me Softly” at the school talent show is not a good idea.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #2).

3. The fat hoodlum’s wife keeps messing with the boss’s laundry machines.
HINT: The actor playing fat hoodlum is best known for comedy and musical comedy, although this is film noir.

4. She is sent to “Camp Climax” for the summer.
Solved by Ken (but he cheated) (comment #5).

5. “I make you very best duck.”
HINT: There are three space launches in this movie.

6. A married couple locked in the basement of a hardware store.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #2).

7. He has a friendship with an ice cream vendor in a park, but neither speaks the other’s language.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #2).

I learned my lesson. Objects are easy.

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All solved!

1. An Algerian love knot
Solved by Evn (comment #3).

2. A red Swingline stapler
Solved by Evn (comment #1).

3. A camera in the back of a Buddha
Solved by George (comment #14).

4. A snakeskin jacket
Solved by Lisa (comment #12).

5. An envelope with several unusual stamps
Solved by maurinsky (comment #5).

6. A safety deposit box that isn’t listed on any bank record
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #11).

7. A porter’s uniform with a missing jacket button
Solved by maurinsky (comment #10).

One remained unanswered, despite the fact that it’s a charming movie, and I thought someone would have seen it.

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1. Her friends suggest she put a Rilke quote in her personal ad. It works.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

2. In order to preserve her chastity, her friend advises her not to shave her legs.
HINT: She’s an Englishwoman playing an American. The date is with an actor better known for a popular television role.

3. “Who did this to you?”/ “Uncle Frank and Aunt Jack.”
Solved by Evn (comment #5).

4. He wants to split the grocery bill three ways; she wants to split 50/50. She wins because “Lady Anne” had an apple.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

5. “She tastes like…strawberries.”
HINT: The villain says it to the hero. On a train.
Solved by Evn (comment #10).

6. When he finds the body, he leaves fingerprints on his best friend’s trumpet.
HINT: This black and white movie stars a famous on- and off-screen couple.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #13).

7. The Englishman and his American lover have a “partner desk” so they can type facing one another.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

Just one.

C’mon guys, this one’s easy.