Monday, February 18, 2019

Movie-TV Connection Game (February 2019)

Carroll Baker and Carol Lynley.
Never played before? Here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to 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. Vincent Price and Will Smith.

2. Bela Lugosi and Anne Bancroft.

3. Michael Gough and Jessica Lange.

4. The Men from Shiloh TV series and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

5. Rita Hayworth and Bruce Lee.

6. Shirley Jones and Katharine Hepburn.

7. Ronald Colman and Doug McClure.

8. Dick Gautier and Richard Greene.

9. Richard Burton and Jean Simmons (other than The Robe).

10. William Powell and William Conrad.

11. Richard Conte and Kris Kristofferson.

12. The movie Duel and the TV series Twilight Zone.

13. Clint Walker, Doris Day, and Errol Flynn.

14. Bob Hope, David Niven, and Vincent Price.

15. Carol Lynley and Carroll Baker.

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37 comments:

  1. Caftan WomanFebruary 18, 2019 at 8:30 AM

    Good morning. I've had my coffee so am feeling rather confident.

    1. Matheson's story I Am Legend
    4. Stewart Granger
    7. Beau Geste

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 10:10 AM

      CW, you're on fire this morning! A lot of folks forget that Stewart Granger played Holmes.

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  2. Jerome WilsonFebruary 18, 2019 at 9:32 AM

    8. Both played Robin Hood on TV.
    12. Richard Matheson wrote Dune and several episodes of Twilight Zone.
    15. They starred in competing biographies of Jean Harlow.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 10:11 AM

      Well done, Jerome! I believe both Harlow biographies had the same title and were released the same year (which is odd).

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    2. Bill OFebruary 18, 2019 at 12:03 PM

      The Lynley one was shot on tape ("Electrovision") to try to get out first.

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  3. Sue ClarkFebruary 18, 2019 at 11:27 AM

    5. Rita Hayworth shared the last name of her character in "Tonight and Every Night", Rosalind Bruce with Bruce Lee's first name.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 12:33 PM

      That is a connection, but we were looking for the one below: the hall of mirrors in LADY FROM SHANGHAI and ENTER THE DRAGON.

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  4. Sue ClarkFebruary 18, 2019 at 11:31 AM

    14. They died ten years apart.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 12:34 PM

      There is another more interesting connection.

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  5. Bill OFebruary 18, 2019 at 12:01 PM

    5. Hall of mirrors.

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  6. RandyFebruary 18, 2019 at 12:36 PM

    10, They both played in titles named Mr. Peabody. Powell in the movie, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, and Cannon as the narrator in Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:02 PM

      That's an interesting connection! There's another more complex one, too.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2019 at 1:03 PM

    I think you went ape with both #2 and #3. In the former, both were in horror/thrillers with simian co-stars, Lugosi in 1932's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and Bancroft in the 1954 film "Gorilla at Large." As for the Gough/Lange link, each actor got into trouble with oversized primates, Gough in the UK import "Konga" and Lange in the '70s version of "King Kong." Another fun quiz.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:20 PM

      You aren't monkeying around with your answers! Right on both questions!

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  8. Bill OFebruary 18, 2019 at 1:14 PM

    2. Bancroft's also in her husband's Dracula spoof...Her name the same as the actress who played Lugosi's mother in The Wolf Man.

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  9. beachgalFebruary 18, 2019 at 2:09 PM

    13. Gen. George Armstrong Custer - Clint Walker played Custer in Requiem to Massacre; Flynn played Custer in They Died With Their Boots On; Doris Day played Calamity Jame (in the film of the same name)who reenacted Custer's last stand in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West shows for many years.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:21 PM

      Wow, I never would have guessed that! I was going for something simple in this case: elephants (which Bill answered below).

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  10. Bill OFebruary 18, 2019 at 2:13 PM

    13. Elephants.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:22 PM

      Right again with ELEPHANT WALK, ROOTS OF HEAVEN, and BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2019 at 2:46 PM

    6. They both played librarians. Hepburn in Desk Set (1957) and Jones in The Music Man (1962).

    9. They played father and daughter but in different movies. Burton was Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) and Simmons was Elizabeth I in Young Bess (1953).

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:23 PM

      Very good! There's also another connection between Burton and Simmons.

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2019 at 3:30 PM

    The only one that I knew was Carroll and Carol but somebody already got it. However I remembered that both blondes worked with Mike Connors. Mike was in HARLOW with Carroll Baker and Carol Lynley worked with him on an episode of MANNIX. Plus both women were nominated for at least one GOLDEN GLOBE.

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2019 at 3:42 PM

    I don't think that Hepburn played a librarian in DESK SET. I believe she had a job that had to do with looking up reference materials but it wasn't a public library.

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2019 at 3:49 PM

    What about number 6, is it James Stewart? Hepburn worked with Jimmy in THE PHIADELPHIA STORY and Jones worked with him in THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB.

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:24 PM

      That's a good one, but librarians is what we were looking for.

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  15. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 5:25 PM

    There are still answers (or additional) ones needed for: 9, 10, 11, and 14.

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  16. Davey BFebruary 18, 2019 at 6:16 PM

    #11 Both were truck drivers (Conte in "Thieve's Highway"-(1949) and Kristofferson in ""Convoy"-(1978)

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    1. Rick29February 18, 2019 at 8:10 PM

      Great job, Davey! (I just recently saw THIEVES' HIGHWAY for the first time and thought it was pretty good.)

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2019 at 8:31 PM

    Number 14.I know that Bob Hope and Vincent Price worked with Lucille Ball. But I don't know if David Niven did.

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  18. Davey BFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:12 AM

    #9 Both have played real-life actors-Burton portrayed Edwin Booth in "Prince of Players"-(1955) while two years earlier Simmons essayed the role of Ruth Gordon in "The Actress".

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  19. Bill OFebruary 19, 2019 at 4:47 AM

    14. Hope and Niven played drama critics. Price killed off such critics in THEATRE OF BLOOD

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    1. Rick29February 19, 2019 at 12:49 PM

      Thanks, Bill, for getting the second-hardest questions on this edition.

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  20. Rick29February 19, 2019 at 12:50 PM

    The only question remaining to be answer is #10 and it's an unusual one that involves titles.

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  21. Bill OFebruary 19, 2019 at 4:15 PM

    10. The Thin Man and (Jake and) The Fat Man?

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    1. Rick29February 20, 2019 at 12:29 AM

      Yes! Kudos, Bill, and that’s a wrap for this month’s game.

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