Dear Inman: I remember a movie from when I was a kid in the 1960s. I told my daughter about it and she’d like to see it but I can’t remember the name of it. It was about a young woman who was a newlywed and who had a poodle. Her mother advised her to train her husband like she had her dog. It might have been called “How to train your husband.” Is it out on video? – A.L., via e-mail
Dear A.L.: As a member of the male gender, I’d like to go on record as saying that “training” me is not like training a poodle.
An Irish Setter, maybe.
At any rate, the movie is called “If a Man Answers,” and was released in 1962. Sandra Dee is the trainer and Bobby Darin is the canine surrogate.
The movie’s on DVD.
Dear David: Back in the late 1970s maybe early 1980s there was a movie based in the South. A family with two children – boy and girl – moved into an old Victorian house. Soon after the ghost of a girl with a French accent started appearing to them both. Apparently before she could “rest” they needed to find her doll. By accident it was found in the old well where the little girl had died. The doll was full of diamonds. Any idea on what the movie’s title is? I’ve checked the Internet and no luck, so perhaps you will have an answer. – R.E., via e-mail
Dear David: When I was about six years old I watched a Sunday afternoon movie about ants that had somehow became very large and were taking over a town. It was in black and white and must have been a movie made around 1940 to 1960 or so. Can you tell me the title and if it’s on video? – Scott, Missouri
Dear Inman: I’m trying to find the name of a movie that I saw a little bit of years ago. I remember it was an older movie about a battleship that somehow went back in time before 
Dear Inman: What kind of car does the heroine drive in the “Nancy Drew” movie? — R.H., Boston
Hello, David: When I was a child, we went to visit someone who actually owned a television. I remember watching a movie on their TV that I would love to be able to watch again. The plot was about a young woman who wanted to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, there was a man who prevented her from it, and held her captive in his home/or apartment. She tried to escape, and I remember she kicked him in the face with her pointy shoes. He may have lost an eye, because I remember him in the film wearing an eye patch. Do you happen to know the name of this film? – Ruth, via e-mail
Dear David: Back in the 1970s I saw a TV movie about evil people who lived in a fireplace and tried to drag humans down there with them. I’ve thought about it for years, but never saw it on TV again. Can you tell me about it? – B.T., via e-mail