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December 20

Trying to remember film

It was an animated science-fiction film, probably a short (I think it was the opening film before the main feature). It had a short title, with one word being "Planet" or perhaps "World", or something along those lines, and the other word being an adjective saying what was unusual about it. Not Forbidden Planet or Forbidden World or Hidden Planet, but something along those lines.

It came out in probably the early 70s, and would have been rated PG (or maybe it was still called GP back then), the first such film I'd ever seen, and while the nudity was very mild and abstract, it was still slightly uncomfortable to see with one's conservative parents.

The cartoon aliens had blue skin. Ring any bells? --Trovatore (talk) 05:03, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Sounds like Fantastic Planet. —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:16C:7A91:B68E:A1BB (talk) 05:12, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

I think that's it! Thanks very much. --Trovatore (talk) 05:16, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Helena Cinto

I am looking for a singer that goes by the name Helena Cinto. Is a profile of her. She has mad a lot of U-Tub songs by different singers. R Utoft — Preceding unsigned comment added by Russellmeans (talk • contribs) 06:01, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Googling "Helena Cinto" yields many results. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:00, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Citations with missing titles

I'm looking for the titles of three articles for three citations, one each for Ronnie Singer, Ruben Blades, and Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First. These citations give the Missing Title error. Can you locate these sources? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

1) Ronnie Singer

• journal=Jazz Forum
• issue=118
• year=1983
• page=40
• publisher=International Jazz Federation

2) Ruben Blades

• last=Thomson
• first=Gale
• journal=Latin Beat Magazine
• date=January 13, 2006

3) Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First

• magazine=Mojo
• last=Male
• first=Andrew
• date=January 2010

–Vmavanti (talk) 21:04, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

In the first case, at least, the guy who posted it (complete with error) some seven years ago is still active: CactusWriter (talk · contribs) or some such. Maybe he could fix it for you. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:21, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Vmavanti (talk · contribs). The cite on Ronnie Singer was "The Jimmy Gourley Story" by Roger Cotterrell in Issue #82 of Jazz Forum magazine 1983. I've added the info on the article along with a url to the online archive. (By the way, those archives found here are a great source for jazz articles.) I've never edited the Ruben Blades article but there are other refs for that tiny bit of text which would work as a replacement. (e.g., the college itself). And I also don't know the Sinatra-Basie album page but you can check with Rodericksilly (talk · contribs) who inserted that ref to see if he still has access to this issue of Mojo. Hope that helps. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 01:35, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Films with lavish costumes

Which films have lavish costumes? Yellow Sunstreaker (talk) 23:37, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

See: innumerable —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B8D8:3FE9:323E:5312 (talk) 23:50, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Define "lavish". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:09, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

As in fancy. For example, in RKO’s King Kong, when King Kong breaks free on the stage he’s being exhibited in, the people in the audience are all dressed fancy. Yellow Sunstreaker (talk) 00:56, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Define "fancy". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:40, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Well, what does Hollywood wear to the Oscars? I’m thinking stuff like that. Yellow Sunstreaker (talk) 04:33, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

So you mean like formal gowns and tuxedos? Given that, I'm wondering how on God's green earth anyone could know the answer or would have researched it. Any kind of "period piece" is liable to have a fair amount of formal costuming. Consider Yankee Doodle Dandy. There are scenes that fit that description, but also many that don't. Does that count? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:12, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

The first Academy Award for Best Costume Design was issued in 1948. Start by looking through that list and telling us how many of those films qualify as "lavish" vs. simply dressing up in normal period clothing. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:15, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

An audience something like this? 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B8D8:3FE9:323E:5312 (talk) 03:28, 21 December 2017 (UTC)