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1. Cate Blanchett and Bette Davis.
2. Tom Conway and Joan Fontaine.
3. The TV series The Outer Limits and the movie Psycho.
4. Gary Cooper and Marty Robbins.
5. William Conrad and Timothy Hutton.
6. Tanya Roberts and Cloris Leachman.
7. Cary Grant and Jack Lemmon.
8. The film Mary Poppins and the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.
9. Burt Lancaster and Lloyd Bridges.
10. Gene Barry and Patrick Macnee.
11. Kris Kristofferson and Clint Eastwood.
12. George Peppard and Helen Hayes.
13. Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee. (There are multiple correct answers!)
14. Perry Mason and Death Takes a Holiday. (This one is a bit tricky!)
15. James Stewart and Van Johnson.
Cate and Bette both played Queen Elizabeth the first.
ReplyDeleteTom Conway and Joan Fontaine both starred alongside Tom's brother George Sanders? (Joan in Rebecca, and Tom in The Falcon film series).
Well done on Queen Elizabeth! There's a more interesting connection between Tom and Joan.
Delete#5. William Conrad played Nero Wolfe in the early 1980s TV series and Tim Hutton played Nero's legman Archie Goodwin in the early 2000s A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
ReplyDelete#10. Could it be the natty attire of cane and derby hat that ties together Bat Masterson and John Steed?
#12. Stars of NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie series Banacek and The Snoop Sisters.
You are correct on all three!
DeleteWait! I'm back. I thought I would be all day figuring out tricky #14, but it just came to me. Monte Markham! He played Perry in The New Perry Mason and was in the TV movie remake of Death Takes a Holiday.
ReplyDeleteOK, we'll allow a daily bonus because you are a veteran MTVCG player! Yes, you got one of the tricker questions in this edition.
DeleteYou are most gracious as my enthusiasm got the better of me.
DeleteNumbers 10 and 14 were my favorites today. Well done!
Delete4. The movie The Hanging Tree. Cooper was the star and Marty Robbins sang the title song.
ReplyDelete7. They both worked with Tony Curtis, Grant in Operation Petticoat and Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (where Curtis imitated Grant).
13. Karloff and Lee both played The Mummy and the Frankenstein Monster. They also appeared together in Corridors Of Blood. I'm sure there are plenty of other connections.
You're right on all three, but there's a more entertaining connection involving Grant and Lemmon.
DeleteAnd there's at least one more connection for Chris and Boris...as you said, there are many!
Delete7. Both did drag.
ReplyDelete14. Gail Patrick links to originals of Perry Mason and Death takes a Holiday....
Bill, you're spot on with #7 with I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE and SOME LIKE IT HOT. That's an interesting second connection for #14.
Delete6. Mike Hammer.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Delete15, Stewart was in The Shop Around the Corner while Johnson was in a remake In the Good Old Summertime.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Toto! Johnson's pic was just on TCM!
Delete#2 Sibling actors-Tom Conway and George Sanders and Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine
ReplyDelete#8 Bankers-Mary Poppins' employer, Mr. Banks, and Mr.Drysdale, banking neighbor of The Clampetts
#9 Both appeared in The Rainmaker-1956
All your answers are correct and special kudos for getting #9! There's also a literary (sort of) connection between Joan and Tom. Burt and Lloyd share another connection...of the occupation kind.
DeleteThere are still answers awaiting for 2, 3, 9, and 11.
ReplyDelete2. Well, Conway and Fontaine both starred in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock's TV series (half-hour and hour versions, respectively), and both were featured in sub-related films, Tom in "The Atomic Submarine" and Joan in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". Success?
ReplyDeleteAs for #3, Joseph Stefano wrote the screenplay for Hitch's "Psycho" and was a writer/producer for "The Outer Limits" (including my favorite episode, The Zanti Misfits).
Very well done with Joseph Stefano. "Zanti Misfits" is awesome...my third favorite. Did a post on my top 5 several years ago: https://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2012/08/the-five-best-outer-limits-episodes.html. That's another great connection with Joan and Tom...but also see below.
Delete2.Jane Eyre and the Eyre-influenced I Walked With a Zombie.
ReplyDeleteTerrific job, Bill! That turned out to be a little difficult.
Delete9. Both men played airport managers of varying degrees of competence, Lancaster in "Airport" and Bridges in "Airplane!"
ReplyDeleteVery well done! Actually, Bridges played a airport manager even earlier in the TV series SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
Delete#11 Both ran traveling circuses-Eastwood in Bronco Billy-(1980) and Kristofferson in Big Top Pee-wee-(1988)
ReplyDeleteThat's impressive and I never even thought of it. There's also another connection...and it's the final one for this edition of our game.
Delete9. Burt Lancaster and Lloyd Bridges. Swimming! And appearing primarily in a bathing suit. For Bridges, the TV series Sea Hunt and for Lancaster the move The Swimmer.
ReplyDelete11. Clint recorded the Kris-penned song, "When I Loved Her" for the film "Kelly's Heroes"
ReplyDeleteI'll try one last connection for 11: Both played truck drivers, Eastwood in Every Which Way But Loose and Kristofferson in Convoy.
ReplyDeleteYes, Jerome, truckers is what I was going for...but who could have imagined that Clint and Kris had so much in common? Frankly, I'm now surprised Clint wasn't married to Rita Coolidge, too....
Delete11. Movies with songs in the title? Play Misty, Convoy.
ReplyDeleteThat wraps up this month's game. Kudos to the most impressive movie and TV gurus on the web!
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