Monday, January 22, 2024

The Alternate Movie Title (January 2024)

Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a film and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these are pretty easy. Please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. You may have an answer other than the intended one--just be able to defend it!

1. Flex Martian--Bodybuilder.

2. The Pin Is a Mighty Sword. (Note that all spelling is correct!)

3. Will Kane Stands Alone.

4. The Watch of Colonel Mortimer.

5. The Christmas Angel.

6. The Singing Cricket.

7. Masquerade for Money.

8. The Wrong Man Wins the Cake.

9. Love, Love, Love in Rome.

10. Barn Burner!

11. The Red-Haired Pirate and The Spy.

12. Law, Jazz, and Hardboiled Eggs.

13. The Hit Man Who Liked Cats.

14. And the Waves Washed Over Them.

15. Homer's Chapel.

31 comments:

  1. 3. High Noon
    6. Pinnochio
    9. Three Coins in the Fountain

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  2. Three right answers is a great way to start this month's game, Jerome!

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  3. 5. It's a Wonderful Life (?)

    I can think of two possible answers, but I'll go with this one.

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  4. That certainly works very well, though I was thinking of another film.

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    1. 5. The Bishop's Wife was my other thought.

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    2. That's the one I intended, though It's a Wonderful Life is just as good.

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  5. Happy New Year, all. I'll take a shot at a couple:

    1. Muscle Beach Party (Flex being the bodybuilder played by future "Mission: Impossible" regular Peter Lupus).

    2. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Title protagonist Grant Williams wields a pin in his battle to the death against a spider).

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    1. Well done, Al! Those are my favorite alternate titles in this edition.

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  6. 4 for a few dollars more,
    5 It's a Wonderful Life
    8 Ministry of Fear

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    1. Great job, Thomas! All are correct. I actually intended #5 to be The Bishop's Wife, but (per above comments) It's Wonderful Life is just as good an answer.

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    1. That will work, but there is a better answer for this one.

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    2. 14. From Here to Eternity?

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  8. Still need answers for 7, 11, 12, 13, and 14.

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    1. Outstanding, Hal! Not many film fans know of the very funny Champagne for Caesar.

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    1. That might work (I don't know about the jazz, though). There is another movie involving law, featuring jazz music, and containing a scene in which hardboiled eggs are consumed.

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  10. Still looking for answers to 11, 12, and 14.

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    1. A Twitter movie buff correctly answered #14 as From Here to Eternity.

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  11. I cheated and did a search for 11, that was bugging me that I couldn't get it, and I wouldn't post this except that it's gone unanswered for 5 days, I'm going to say number 11 is Against All Flags.

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    1. Patrick, that is indeed the movie! I suppose the remake, The King's Pirate, would work, too, since Jill St. John was also a redhead.

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  12. The only remaining title is #12, which is a famous courtroom drama with a jazzy score.

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  13. 12. Anatomy of a Murder (second try, and thanks for the hint).

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    1. Thanks, Ron! We can finally close out this month's quiz.

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