Monday, September 25, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (September 2017)

Peter Cushing and Harry Hamlin.
Welcome, big-brained game players! As always, you'll 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. George C. Scott and Chuck Connors.

2. Grant Williams and Raquel Welch.

3. Tyrone Power and Sean Connery.

4. Robert Loggia and Robert Wagner.

5. Peter Cushing and Harry Hamlin.

6. Slaughter and Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows.

7. The Absent-Minded Professor and Hobson's Choice.

8. Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson.

9. Keir Dullea and Eric Braeden.

10. Lee Majors and Glenn Corbett.

11. Edmond O'Brien and Tom Tryon.

12. The Happiest Millionaire and Peter Pan (1953).

13. Clifton Webb and Alec Guinness.

14. Petula Clark and Clint Eastwood.

15. Christopher Lee and Christopher Walken.

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30 comments:

  1. Jerome WilsonSeptember 25, 2017 at 11:23 AM

    6. Stella Stevens was in both movies.

    8. They both played Frank James, Fonda in the 1940 version of Jesse James and Robertson in The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid.

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    1. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 12:15 PM

      Well done on both counts. There are several connections between Fonda and Robertson. There's THE BEST MAN, of course, plus another political connection.

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    2. beachgalSeptember 25, 2017 at 3:25 PM

      Both Fonda and Robertson played Presidents of the US who would be assassinated -- Fonda in The Young Mr. Lincoln - Robertson in PT109.

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  2. The Metzinger SistersSeptember 25, 2017 at 1:15 PM

    Oh dear, I'm terrible at this game, but I usually join in too late, so I'll throw in a few guesses :
    #4 - both played cat burglers on TV
    #7 - both films deal with shoes
    #15 - both actors portrayed Bond villains

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    1. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 4:28 PM

      You're being too modest! You are right x 3. I thought the "shoes" question might be hard.

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  3. John VSeptember 25, 2017 at 2:06 PM

    9. Both faced omnipotent (and deadly) computers in sci-fi films; Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Braeden in Colossus: The Forbin Project
    10. Both played astronauts on TV in the 70s; Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man telefilms and TV series, and Corbett in the 1973 TV movie The Stranger.
    14. Both starred in expensive (and not terribly successful) movie musicals in the 1960s; Clark in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon.

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    1. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 4:32 PM

      All your answers are correct, so kudos. There are also other connections for 10 and 14.

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  4. beachgalSeptember 25, 2017 at 2:42 PM

    2. They both play in films where they shrink in size. Raquel in Fantastic Voyage and Grant Williams in The Incredible Shrinking Man.

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  5. beachgalSeptember 25, 2017 at 3:16 PM

    3. Leprechauns. Connery in Darby O'Gill and The Little People - Powers in Luck of the Irish.

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  6. Tiffany BrannanSeptember 25, 2017 at 4:32 PM

    12. Could it be that they were both made by Disney? That might be a little too obvious. Perhaps these pictures have something else in common.

    Yours Hopefully,

    Tiffany Brannan

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    1. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 4:37 PM

      Tiffany, yes, there is another connection involving similar animals.

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  7. Bill OSeptember 25, 2017 at 6:11 PM

    1. Eyepatches?
    5. Ursula Undress.
    13. Bigamists.

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    1. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 7:21 PM

      Yes on bigamists and Ursula :). There's another fun answer on #1.

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  8. toto2September 25, 2017 at 6:52 PM

    12. Alligators in "The Happiest Millionaire" and a crocodile in "Peter Pan"

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  9. Bill OSeptember 25, 2017 at 7:40 PM

    1. Dolphins.....

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    1. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 10:22 PM

      Great job, Bill. One of the all-time best movie quotes: "Fa loves Pa."

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  10. Rick29September 25, 2017 at 10:43 PM

    Questions that remain to be answered are: 5, 10, 11, and 14.

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  11. Bill OSeptember 25, 2017 at 11:03 PM

    11. DOA and its remake.

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    1. Rick29September 26, 2017 at 9:19 AM

      Kudos, Bill! Not a lot of people have seen COLOR ME DEAD.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM

    5. Cushing and Hamlin both lopped off the heads of Gorgons on-screen, Peter in The Gorgon and Harry in Clash of the Titans.

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2017 at 1:24 AM

    10. Glenn Corbett guest-starred on Lee Majors' show "The Fall Guy"?

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2017 at 1:29 AM

    14. This is a stretch, but... Pet recorded a cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", and Clint used Roberta Flack's version in "Play Misty For Me?"

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    1. Rick29September 26, 2017 at 9:24 AM

      Nice one! There is another one, too, involving the same setting.

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  15. Bill OSeptember 26, 2017 at 6:12 AM

    10. Both added late to series that turned out to be the final season. Virginian (Men From Shiloh), Route 66.

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  16. Rick29September 26, 2017 at 9:23 AM

    Wow, who would have thought that Lee Majors and Glenn Corbett shared so many connections! The first one I thought of was that both played returning Vietnam veterans: Corbett in the TV series ROUTE 66 and Majors in the TV movie THE BALLAD OF ANDY CROCKER.

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  17. Rick29October 1, 2017 at 12:09 PM

    To close this edition out, the other connection between Clint Eastwood and Petula Clark is boarding schools: Clint in THE BEGUILED and Petula in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS.

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