Sunday, January 25, 2015

The Movie Connection Game (January 2015 Edition)

How are Karloff and Pacino related?
In this edition of the connection game, you will once again be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. The film Ski Party and the TV series Batman.

2. Cary Grant and David Niven.

3. Disney's Alice in Wonderland and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

4. Claudia Cardinale and Elke Sommer.

5. The films Soylent Green and Idaho Transfer.  

6. Rod Taylor and James Brolin.

7. Barbara Shelley and Tony Randall. 

8. To Kill a Mockingbird and Saturday Night Fever. 

9. Charles Bronson and Ray Milland.

10. Sean Connery and Errol Flynn.

11. Bonita Granville and Parker Stevenson.

12. George C. Scott and Orson Welles.

13. Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Forbidden Planet.

14. Al Pacino and Boris Karloff. 

15. Michael Rennie and Harrison Ford.  

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34 comments:

  1. TomJanuary 25, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    1. Same music composer?
    8. Both lead actors nominated for Oscar for Best Actor.
    10. Both played Robin Hood, but if there's a better connection I'll eat my hat!

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    1. Rick29January 25, 2015 at 2:38 PM

      Tom, you're right with #10. Well done! Right on 8, too, although there's a more intriguing connection.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2015 at 1:18 PM

    1. The lovely Yvonne Craig
    13. Both based on Shakespeare, Forbidden Planet = The Tempest, Throne of Blood = Macbeth.

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    1. Rick29January 25, 2015 at 2:40 PM

      #13 is correct! Yvonne works for #1, as does someone else (see below).

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  3. UnknownJanuary 25, 2015 at 1:41 PM

    6. Both played the Hotel manager, film and tv show.
    14.Both played villains in Dick Tracy movies.
    8. Mary Badham played Gregory Pecks's daughter in To Kill a Mockingbird, her brother John directed Saturday Night Fever.

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    1. Rick29January 25, 2015 at 2:41 PM

      David, great job (as always). Impressed that you got #8!

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    2. TomJanuary 25, 2015 at 6:23 PM

      Holy cow, I never knew that!

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  4. RandyJanuary 25, 2015 at 1:56 PM

    1) Lesley Gore. She sang Sunshine, Lollipops in Ski Party, was Kit Cat singing California Nights to Robin in Batman

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    1. Rick29January 25, 2015 at 2:42 PM

      Yes! That was the other connection for this one.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 25, 2015 at 11:38 PM

    4. Both appeared in Inspector Clousseau movies, A Shot in the Dark and The Pink Panther.
    12. Both played generals in 1970, Patton and Catch 22.

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  6. Rick29January 25, 2015 at 11:49 PM

    #4 is correct! I never thought of both playing generals for #12 (learning new things is one of my favorite parts of this game). There's also another connection for 12.

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  7. UnknownJanuary 26, 2015 at 12:00 AM

    Right, 12, both played Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre, movie and, I think, made-for-tv movie.

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  8. aceblackblog.January 26, 2015 at 1:32 AM

    #9: Ray Milland starred in Terror In The Wax Museum (1973). 20 years earlier, Charles Bronson starred in House Of Wax (1953).

    #10. Sean Connery made his debut in 1954's Lilacs In The Spring, an Errol Flynn movie.

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  9. Rick29January 26, 2015 at 6:20 AM

    Yes, wax museums form the connection on 9. And I'm thoroughly impressed on #10...though it means Tom must eat his hat (see one of the comments above).

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    1. TomJanuary 27, 2015 at 5:36 PM

      Now I feel like Stan Laurel in the movie Way Out West,

      Sigh!

      Oh well, I'm going to get my bowler's hat and some salt and pepper...

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    2. Rick29January 27, 2015 at 6:52 PM

      That's classic, Tom!

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  10. beachgalJanuary 26, 2015 at 11:07 AM

    2. Both stared in The Bishop's Wife

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    1. Rick29January 26, 2015 at 6:59 PM

      That's certainly one connection! There's another one involving occupations.

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    2. beachgalJanuary 27, 2015 at 7:00 AM

      They were both members of the Hollywood Raj group -- British actors who had relocated to Hollywood and made their way into films there

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  11. UnknownJanuary 26, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    11. Nancy Drew and one of the Hardy Boys.

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  12. Rick29January 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM

    Here's a recap: The remaining unanswered questions are 3, 5, 7, and 15. There's also another answer for 2.

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  13. UnknownJanuary 27, 2015 at 12:27 AM

    15. Both played cyborgs, Rennie in a 60s film and Ford in Bladerunner.

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  14. Rick29January 27, 2015 at 6:48 PM

    I've decided that No. 15 was just a bad question. I was going for co-starring with robots: Rennie in DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and Ford in the STAR WARS movies.

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  15. UnknownJanuary 27, 2015 at 9:51 PM

    5. Futuristic films where humans are the main course.
    7. Something to do with Carole Shelley who played the Pidgeon sister on Tony Randall's Odd Couple, sister maybe.

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    1. Rick29January 27, 2015 at 11:21 PM

      Very well done on #5! No. 7 is pretty tough, so here's a clue: it has something to do with THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO.

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  16. Bill OJanuary 28, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    7, Barbara Shelley, Tony Randall=Medusa.

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    1. Rick29January 28, 2015 at 6:39 AM

      I'm impressed, Bill! Yes, they both played gorgons.

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  17. UnknownJanuary 28, 2015 at 11:48 AM

    2. Gunga Din and the remake Soldiers Three, maybe.

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    1. Rick29January 28, 2015 at 11:21 PM

      Could be! I know SERGEANTS 3 was a remake. Also, Cary and David both played jewel thieves in, respectively, TO CATCH A THIEF and RAFFLES.

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  18. toto2January 28, 2015 at 10:29 PM

    3. Rabbits

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    1. Rick29January 28, 2015 at 10:37 PM

      You got the last one, Toto. Well done! That finishes up this edition of the connection game.

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  19. UnknownJanuary 28, 2015 at 10:48 PM

    Fine quiz, as always, thanks.

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