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Cabaret, the musical starring Liza Minnelli[edit]

What is the name of the young man who sang "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" in the subject movie? And, what is he currently doing?

Thank you,

Dick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.216.179 (talk) 18:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Lambert (actor): "He dubbed the singing voice for 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me' in the musical film Cabaret (1972), although the screen role was played by Oliver Collignon, a young German extra; Lambert's voice was uncredited." See our External Links section at the bottom of that article, to find out what he's doing now. StuRat (talk) 18:59, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any romance movies where the guy/man is in his 40's and the woman is in her sixties?[edit]

Are there any romance movies where the guy/man is in his 40's and the woman is in her sixties? Venustar84 (talk) 06:42, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Have a gander at List of films featuring romances of significant age disparity#Older woman/younger man (although I'm going to have to prune some ridiculous entries, e.g. Casablanca). Clarityfiend (talk) 07:12, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the entries involve 40-something women. The best bets seem to be the classic Sunset Boulevard (though I hesitate to call it a romance) and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:58, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

From [1] I found The Mother (film) which features a recently widowed grandmother with adult children and a married handyman half her age who is also her daughter's lover. I wasn't able to find the ages of the characters from a quick search. (The actors were ~67 and ~34 but there's often a wide disparity in actor age and character age.) The half the age thing suggests it may be more likely to be late 60s and mid 30s as with the actors ages rather then 60s and 40s. But it does sound like it's not the classic 'coming of age' + 'cougar'. On the other hand, I don't know if it's really a 'romance' although IMDB does call it that [2]. Nil Einne (talk) 13:02, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When there is an age gap with an older female, it generally involves some male author's "Coming Of Age" story, most often narrated many years AFTER the affair has occurred. Even then, these "Coming of Age" stories involve a male, usually age 16-20, and an "Older Woman" who has just hit her 40's.In The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman was a college graduate in his 20s, not his 40s, and Anne Bancroft was certainly not in her 60s, neither was her character. Venustar84 (talk) 00:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise, Harold and Maude features a woman of the right age, but a male of much younger (I think Harold is in his teens.) --Jayron32 16:12, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Harold and Maude is a "no shit" kinda answer... yet not right... I'm thinking a quick look through Harrison Ford's imdb would come up with something technically correct, but I haven't bothered. How about The Door in the Floor, about the same 20 year age difference... still doesn't satisfy the OP Shadowjams (talk) 13:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sports/NHL referees:[edit]

Was there an NHL referee named Stan Madill from Canada? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.21.179 (talk) 23:59, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There was one named Gregg Madill...we don't seem to have an article about him, but he was a notoriously bad referee. Adam Bishop (talk) 01:22, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Referee Gregg Madill Of The Famous ‘Shoe Game’, Died In Early December (2011) Alansplodge (talk) 20:19, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At one point Sports Illustrated surveyed all players and coaches in the league to determine the best and worst referee. Madill finished last. Alansplodge (talk) 20:26, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hard to tell where John Ashley (ice hockey) would fit on the list. The NHL itself apparently thought highly of him, as he often officiated in the Stanley Cup Finals. But I recall one time when the fans at Chicago Stadium were chanting, "Ashley's a bum! Ashley's a bum!" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:44, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]