Monday, July 20, 2020

Movie-TV Connection Game (July 2020)

Rex Harrison and Marc Singer.
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. Yes, that's means we're looking for something in particular!

1. Bob Denver and Ray Milland.

2. Ray Milland and Leslie Howard.

3. Leslie Howard and Bruce Campbell.

4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and The Man With the Golden Gun.

5. Rex Harrison and Marc Singer.

6. Charlotte's Web (1973) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959).

7. Honeymoon in Vegas and Beach Blanket Bingo.

8. Jennifer (1978) and Stanley (1972).

9. Jane Eyre (1944) and Peter Pan (1953).

10. The Wolf Man and The List of Adrian Messenger.

11. The Bishop's Wife and For Your Eyes Only.

12. James Mason and Claude Rains.

13. Barbra Streisand and Ginger Rogers.

14. Born Losers (1967) and Beach Party.

15. The Sound of Music and Bedazzled (1967).

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40 comments:

  1. Sue ClarkJuly 20, 2020 at 11:14 AM

    #1 Both actors played opposite Alan Hale, Jr.

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    1. Rick29July 20, 2020 at 3:09 PM

      Well done, Sue! In Gilligan's Island and It Happens Every Spring, respectively.

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  2. Sue ClarkJuly 20, 2020 at 11:23 AM

    Ricardo Montalban starred in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", and his later co-star on "Fantasy Island" Herve Villechaize, starred in "The Man With the Golden Gun"

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  3. Caftan WomanJuly 20, 2020 at 2:49 PM

    #6. Spiders! Charlotte's Web features the good-hearted arachnid. The Hound of the Baskervilles features Miles Malleson as Bishop Franklin who is an obsessed entomologist. Is that it?

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  4. Rick29July 20, 2020 at 3:10 PM

    You are correct about eight-legged creatures being the link!

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  5. Al TeregoJuly 20, 2020 at 6:17 PM

    Well, your choice of artwork offers a bonus clue for #5. Both Harrison and Singer played movie title protagonists who could communicate with animals, Rex as "Doctor Dolittle" and Marc as "The Beastmaster."

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  6. DKorenJuly 20, 2020 at 7:09 PM

    For #3, this might be pushing it, but all I can think of is both played masked heroes (or heroes with secret identities) - Leslie Howard as The Scarlett Pimpernel and Bruce Campbell as The Daring Dragoon in the how-come-more-people-don't-know-this-show Jack of All Trades (which I happen to be rewatching right now with my brother-in-law).

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    1. Rick29July 20, 2020 at 7:47 PM

      That's a fascinating connection and I do remember Jack of All Trades (deserves to be on DVD...iffy quality on YouTube at one time). That said, there is another connection related to characters they played.

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    2. DKorenJuly 20, 2020 at 8:14 PM

      I thought that might be a little obscure, LOL! I'll keep my thinking hat on. Jack of all Trades is on DVD, cuz I own the set! Had it for several years though, so not sure if it's still available or not. The theme song for that one gets in my head and stays there like no other.

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  7. beachgalJuly 20, 2020 at 8:27 PM

    7. Skydiving

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  8. beachgalJuly 20, 2020 at 8:38 PM

    13 Walter Pidgeon. Rogers Weekend at the Waldorf. Streisand Funny Girl

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    1. Rick29July 21, 2020 at 12:18 PM

      That's a good connection, but there's also another one.

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  9. beachgalJuly 20, 2020 at 8:41 PM

    14. Motorcycles

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  10. Patrick WahlJuly 20, 2020 at 10:48 PM

    12. James Mason and Claude Rains both had women who were undercover pretend to be in love with them in Alfred Hitchcock movies, North by Northwest and Notorious, of course.


    "I too believe in neatness, Leonard. This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water."

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    1. Rick29July 21, 2020 at 12:17 PM

      That is true, but there's also another connection!

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    2. Bill OJuly 21, 2020 at 12:40 PM

      Heavenly Mr. Jordans.

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    3. Rick29July 21, 2020 at 5:27 PM

      Great job, Bill! Rains in HERE COMES MR. JORDAN and Mason in HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

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  11. arch stantonJuly 21, 2020 at 1:51 PM

    14.Samuel Z. Arkoff

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    1. Rick29July 21, 2020 at 5:25 PM

      True enough, but motorcycle gangs is what we were looking for.

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  12. arch stantonJuly 21, 2020 at 1:53 PM

    3. Both played characters named Ashley

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  13. Rick29July 21, 2020 at 5:29 PM

    Still looking for answers for questions 2, 8-11, 13, and 15.

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  14. Bill OJuly 21, 2020 at 8:53 PM

    8. Snakes.
    11. Ice skating.
    15. Julie Andrews. Just her magical name in the latter film.

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    1. Rick29July 22, 2020 at 12:45 PM

      Bill, you're right on all three, of course! There is another connection between SOUND OF MUSIC and BEDAZZLED.

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  15. beachgalJuly 23, 2020 at 10:38 AM

    2. Olivia De Havilland Gone With the Wind and The Well Groomed Wife.

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    1. Rick29July 23, 2020 at 11:32 PM

      That's a good one, too. Another response is that both played professors: Ray Milland in IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING and Lesley Howard in PIMPERNAL SMITH and PYGMALION.

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    2. beachgalJuly 24, 2020 at 5:50 PM

      Milland played a prof on his mid 50s tv show as well. I remember it well.

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  16. Bill OJuly 23, 2020 at 11:15 AM

    2. Pygmalion and Kitty (meow...).

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  17. Rick29July 23, 2020 at 11:33 PM

    Questions remaining are: 9-10, 13, and 15.

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  18. Bill OJuly 23, 2020 at 11:43 PM

    13. Both played real entertainers.
    And Dolly Levi.

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  19. John VJuly 24, 2020 at 11:04 PM

    10. Could it be that both The wolf Man & The List of Adrian Messenger feature fox hunts?

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    1. Rick29July 24, 2020 at 11:47 PM

      That works..as does both films feature gypsies!

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  20. emeraldcityJuly 26, 2020 at 8:40 AM

    #15. Julie Andrews (Sound of Music) and Dudley Moore (Bedazzled) Blake Edwards her husband directed them both in the movie 10.

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    1. Rick29July 26, 2020 at 12:53 PM

      That is true! Also, both THE SOUND OF MUSIC and BEDAZZLED featured nuns (in the latter, Dudley Moore plays a nun).

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  21. Rick29July 26, 2020 at 12:56 PM

    The last question remaining, #9, is kinda tricky. JANE EYRE and PETER PAN both have nannies. In PETER, the nanny is Nana, the dog. She could be considered more of a nursemaid than a nanny, which made this one a poor question.

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  22. DebbieJuly 27, 2020 at 9:06 AM

    Jane Eyre was a governess, not a nanny.

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