Thursday, June 20, 2019

Movie-TV Connection Game (June 2019)

Ronald Colman and Elke Sommer.
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.  The Satan Bug and Homicidal.

2.  Shirley Eaton and Christopher Lee (other than James Bond).

3.  Patrick O'Neal and Vincent Price.

4.  Dean Jones and Lon Chaney, Jr.

5.  The Day of the Triffids and Thunder Rock.

6.  Cary Grant and Tom Hanks.

7.  Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner.

8.  Raquel Welch and Kathryn Grant (aka Mrs. Bing Crosby).

9.  Where Eagles Dare and the original Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

 10. Warren Beatty and Robin Williams.

11. Ronald Colman and Peter Finch.

12. Ronald Colman and Elke Sommer.

13.  Riding High and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

14.  Ray Danton and James Coburn.

15.  Cuban Rebel Girls and The Big Boodle (an easy one!).

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29 comments:

  1. Jerome WilsonJune 20, 2019 at 9:21 AM

    Wow I'm first?

    Anyway...

    9. Mary Ure was in Where Eagles Dare and her husband, Robert Shaw, was in Pelham One Two Three.

    10. They both played football players, Beatty in Heaven Can Wait and Williams in The Best Of Times.

    11. Each played the lead in the two versions of Lost Horizon.

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    1. Rick29June 20, 2019 at 2:38 PM

      And you got this game off to a great start! All of your answers are correct, although there is another connection for #10.

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  2. Caftan WomanJune 20, 2019 at 9:26 AM

    #4: Dean and Lon both turned into canine creatures in The Shaggy D.A. and The Wolf Man.

    #6: Cary and Tom experienced difficulties with their abodes in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and The Money Pit.

    #8: Raquel and Kathryn were both itty-bitty gals in Fantastic Voyage and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

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    1. Rick29June 20, 2019 at 2:39 PM

      Right on all three! There's also another connection for #8.

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  3. tvmoviefanJune 20, 2019 at 1:51 PM

    1. The star of The Satan Bug (George Maharis) and the star of Homicidal (Glenn Corbett) were both on TVs Route 66.

    12. Ronald Colman and Elke Sommer were in different versions of The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 and 1979).

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  4. Rick29June 20, 2019 at 2:40 PM

    Well done on #1! #12 is correct, too, but there's also another connection between Ronald and Elke.

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  5. top_cat_jamesJune 20, 2019 at 3:52 PM

    #10: Both portrayed classic comic strip characters
    Robin Williams - Popeye (1980)
    Warren Beatty - Dick Tracy (1990)

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  6. top_cat_jamesJune 20, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    #7: Debbie Reynolds - The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
    Robert Wagner - Titanic (1953)

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    1. Rick29June 20, 2019 at 4:21 PM

      That is correct, but there is another connection, too! Who woulda thunk?

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  7. Rick29June 20, 2019 at 6:23 PM

    Quick recap: Still looking for answers on 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 12-15.

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  8. Bill OJune 20, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    2. Sax Rohmer - Sumuru and Fu Manchu.
    12. Bulldog Drummond.
    13. Both remakes directed by the original director.

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  9. Sue ClarkJune 20, 2019 at 8:10 PM

    2. Shirley Eaton played a character that is the same last name of Christopher Lee

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  10. nmclainJune 20, 2019 at 10:50 PM

    8. Raquel and Kathryn appeared in different films called The Wild Party.

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    1. Rick29June 21, 2019 at 8:40 AM

      I did not know! Very cool. There is still another connection, which means these two actresses share quite a bit in common!

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  11. John VJune 21, 2019 at 11:35 AM

    3. They both appeared in "wax museum" thrillers: Price in "House of Wax" and O'Neal in "Chamber of Horrors" (with the Fear Flasher and Horror Horn!)

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    1. Rick29June 21, 2019 at 6:33 PM

      Well done and kudos for mentioning the Fear Flasher and Horror shorn!

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  12. John VJune 21, 2019 at 11:38 AM

    14. They both played super-spies: Coburn was Derek Flint in "Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint," and Ray Danton was "Secret Agent Superdragon"

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    1. Rick29June 21, 2019 at 6:37 PM

      That is true, but Danton also played Derek Flint in a made-for-TV movie that served as a pilot for a TV series (which never happened).

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    2. John VJune 22, 2019 at 2:07 PM

      That's right! I had forgotten Danton played Flint in the TV movie. You know, they say for every new fact you learn, your brain tosses out an old one, so thanks for the partial credit, Rick!

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  13. AnonymousJune 21, 2019 at 1:01 PM

    5. Lighthouses figure prominently in each film.

    15. Both films star Errol Flynn and were shot in Cuba, where the actor met with Fidel Castro and wrote a series of newspaper articles on the Cuban Revolution.

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    1. Rick29June 21, 2019 at 6:35 PM

      Great job and thanks for the details on Mr. Flynn.

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  14. Rick29June 21, 2019 at 6:40 PM

    All question have been answered, but there are still additional connections that haven’t been identified for 7, 8, and 10.

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  15. Bill OJune 21, 2019 at 10:30 PM

    10. Both die and exist in the afterlife.
    Heaven Can Wait, What Dreams May Come.

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    1. Rick29June 22, 2019 at 9:25 PM

      Never thought of that, Bill, but that’s a great connection. I was thinking of comic strip characters: Dick Tracy and Popeye.

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  16. fandexJune 22, 2019 at 9:49 PM

    7. Could it be that both Reynolds and Wagner starred in TV shows produced by Aaron Spelling. Reynolds in Aloha Paradise, and of course Wagner in Hart to Hart ?

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    1. Rick29June 22, 2019 at 10:24 PM

      That’s certainly works, too. They both also performed with an actor who played similar roles in their film/TV series.

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  17. Rick29June 23, 2019 at 5:55 PM

    To close this edition out: Raquel Welch and Kathryn Grnt both starred in Ray Harryhausen movies (One Million Years, B.C. and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad); Fred Astaire played Debbie Reynolds' father in The Pleasure of His Company and he also played Robert Wagner's father in the TV series It Takes a Thief.

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