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Fast And Loose (1954 TV Series)
Fast and Loose may refer to: * Fast and Loose (con game), a cheating game sometimes known as "The Strap" * ''Fast and Loose'' (1930 film), a romantic comedy starring Miriam Hopkins and Carole Lombard * ''Fast and Loose'' (1939 film), a detective comedy starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell * ''Fast and Loose'' (1954 film), a film from the UK starring Stanley Holloway and Kay Kendall * ''Fast and Loose'' (TV series), a 2011 UK TV series {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Loose (con Game)
Fast and Loose is a cheating game played at fairs by sharpers. It is also known as Pricking the Garter (Renaissance), The Strap (1930 con man argot), The Old Army Game (World War II), The Australian Belt, and Pricking at the Belt. The basic game is played with a circle of some sort of material, typically belts or garters in the past, or loops of string or jewellery chains in modern times. It is placed on a table in such a way that it forms two open loops. The player, or mark, places an object such as their finger or stick in one of the loops. If they choose the right one, when the sharper attempts to lift the chain it will wrap around the object and become "fast" and the player wins. If they choose the wrong one, it is not actually around the object and is "loose". The confidence game involves the fact that which loop is fast changes depending on the way it is lifted, so the sharper can always make it loose. The term "playing fast and loose" now means to be tricky, saying one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Loose (1930 Film)
''Fast and Loose'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan. The film was written by Doris Anderson, Jack Kirkland and Preston Sturges, based on the 1924 play ''The Best People'' by David Gray and Avery Hopwood. ''Fast and Loose'' was released by Paramount Pictures. Other films or TV series with identical or similar titles, such as the 1939 MGM detective comedy starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell, are not related to this film. Plot The Lenox family of Long Island, headed by Bronson (Frank Morgan) and Carrie (Winifred Harris), is wealthy and respectful of tradition, but their children Bertie (Henry Wadsworth) and Marion (Miriam Hopkins) are more irreverent. When Bertie gets involved with a chorus girl, Alice O'Neil ( Carole Lombard), and Marion falls in love with Henry Morgan (Charles Starrett), an auto mechanic, the family tries to intervene to prevent their chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Loose (1939 Film)
''Fast and Loose'' is a 1939 American thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell and Reginald Owen. It is a sequel to the 1938 film ''Fast Company'' and was followed the same year by ''Fast and Furious''. In each film, different actors played the crime-solving couple. Plot Rare booksellers Joel and Garda Sloane try to solve a murder, which hinges on a missing scrap of a William Shakespeare manuscript. Cast * Robert Montgomery as Joel Sloane * Rosalind Russell as Garda Sloane * Reginald Owen as Vincent Charlton * Ralph Morgan as Nicholas "Nick" Torrent * Etienne Girardot as Christopher Oates * Alan Dinehart as David Hilliard * Jo Ann Sayers as Christine Torrent * Joan Marsh as Bobby Neville * John Hubbard as Phil Sergeant * Tom Collins as Gerald Torrent * Sidney Blackmer as "Lucky" Nolan * Donald Douglas as Inspector Forbes * Ian Wolfe as Mr Wilkes * Mary Forbes as Mrs Torrent * Leonard Carey as Craddock, Mrs Torrent's butler C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Loose (1954 Film)
''Fast and Loose'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London with sets designed by the art director John Howell. It was based on the play ''A Cuckoo in the Nest'' by Ben Travers, the first of his Aldwych farces, which had previously been adapted as a 1933 film of the same title. Plot An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room. Cast * Stanley Holloway as Major George Crabb * Kay Kendall as Carol Hankin * Brian Reece as Peter Wickham * Charles Victor as Lumper * June Thorburn as Barbara 'Babsie' Wickham * Reginald Beckwith as Reverend Tripp-Johnson * Vida Hope as Gladys * Joan Young as Mrs. Gullett, Inn Manageress * Fabia Drake as Mrs Crabb * Dora Bryan as Mary Rawlings, the maid * Aubrey Mather as Noony * Toke Townley as Alfred * Alexander Gauge as Hankin * Eliot Makeham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
