You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I saw a movie called “The Lodger” with my family when I was young. It was possibly from 1943 or ’44. Who was the male lead? Was this an early Hitchcock? It caused bad dreams for years.

A: “The Lodger,” from 1944, starred Laird Cregar as the mysterious, dangerous lodger renting a room from a couple (Sara Allgood and Cedric Hardwicke); the cast also includes Merle Oberon and George Sanders, with John Brahm directing.

You are not entirely off base about a Hitchcock connection. The movie is a remake of a 1927 “The Lodger” directed by Hitchcock, with both films based on a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. While the Hitchcock version has many admirers, at least one reference says the later film is better.

Q: “The Hunting Wives” is such a good series! I'm wondering if there will be a Season 2 because it seemed as though they might possibly be thinking of one.

A: The Netflix drama based on a novel by May Cobb certainly left viewers longing for more at the end of its first season. There’s no guarantee of a second one at this writing but signs it will happen. It has been a big hit for Netflix. And Deadline.com noted that the cast contracts include options for more seasons.

Q: Do you know why Dylan Dreyer is no longer wearing a wedding ring?

A: While I do not usually track people’s jewelry, I can tell you that the NBC anchor and meteorologist announced on Instagram in mid-July that she and her husband, Brian Fichera, have separated. She said, “We began as friends, and we will remain the closest of friends. Most importantly, we will continue to co-parent our three wonderful boys together with nothing but love and respect for one another.” One sign of their amicable split is that they were reportedly together for Dreyer’s birthday celebration after the separation.

Q: My guess is I am remembering a ‘60s or ‘70s movie. I have a notion it featured Jack Lemmon, not sure. In the opening an advertising executive is driving a tiny sports car, repeatedly changing radio stations to catch ads. He intentionally drives under a semitruck to try to kill himself but does not succeed. Can you recall it?

A: That wasn’t Jack Lemmon but Kirk Douglas, starring in the 1969 movie “The Arrangement.” Written and directed by Elia Kazan, based on his novel, it also included Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr and Richard Boone. Kazan made some great movies — including “On the Waterfront,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “East of Eden” and one of my favorites, “A Face in the Crowd.” “The Arrangement” does not rank with them. Michael Atkinson, in an essay for Turner Classic Movies, called it “a bulldozing, crass, fulminating monster of a movie, embracing garish Los Angeles materialism even as its hero, Eddie Anderson (Douglas), practically goes insane in reaction to its emptiness. It's a film about the rejection of modern culture that wallows in it at every turn.”

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