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Movie title search[edit]

Hello

I hope you can help me.

I'm looking for the title of an American western colored comedy movie.

The only scene I remember is this :

In a saloon, several men are playing poker, including two cheaters. The latter then find themselves face to face because the others have gone to bed. When they turn down their cards in turn, the same cards come out. For example, an ace of spades for one and the other. As this goes on, the other spectators are amazed to see the same games coming out and one even says that he had never seen that in his life. In the end, the two cheaters are unmasked and a general fight breaks out in which the duo help each other to save themselves.Thanks in advance.

Nore11 Nore11 (talk) 14:36, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just a stab, but could it be A Big Hand for the Little Lady? The plot summary sounds like it might fit. --Viennese Waltz 15:58, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That is a delightful film VW and those who haven't seen it should put it on their list. It is more about bluffing at cards rather than cheating. I'm searching in various word combinations but haven't come up with anything yet. Other editors will probably beat me to it :-) MarnetteD|Talk 16:24, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's not the film. The scammers weren't that incompetent in A Big Hand. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:21, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answers.

I hope someone has the right title.

Nore11 Nore11 (talk) 07:04, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You could try looking through Category:Films_about_poker or the TV Tropes page. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 12:38, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strange coda symbol[edit]

Hello! So while I was looking through piano music online, I came across this strange symbol for the coda at measure 57 of this score. It seems to be a CHinese character or Japanese kanji but I don't seem to get any results relating to it when I search "Chinese coda symbol" or "Japanese coda symbol" online. Is this an actual symbol used in music from these regions for the coda or is it simply just the composer deciding to throw us off? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:22, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like a regularly formed composite character. Given that this is a (or the) Pokémon theme song, one expects kanji. Unfortunately the website does not allow me to zoom in, but I think I see the radical 氵 with on its right 呑 above 同, together stroke count 7 + 6 = 13. If this is correct, it is not a standard character. --Lambiam 23:52, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be: 𣾷? --195.62.160.60 (talk) 11:10, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, 12 strokes. Still not a standard character, but it is used in the Chinese name of real estate company The Parkhill in Hong Kong; see 柏𣾷 on the Chinese Wikipedia. Google Translate translates this two-character term as "cypress". --Lambiam 22:38, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Get Shorty[edit]

In this book and movie, who or what was "Shorty"? Our articles don't say anything about this. Thanks. 2601:648:8200:990:0:0:0:C255 (talk) 18:26, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it would be DeVito. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:47, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is the nickname of the character Martin Weir, a fictional actor portrayed by DeVito.^[1] This character was named Michael in the novel. --Lambiam 00:22, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Elmore Leonard is usually fun reading. I suggest the OP pick up a copy of the book themselves and find out form themselves where the titled comes from. --Jayron 32 00:15, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]