Monday, April 20, 2015

The Movie-TV Connection Game (April 2015)

How are Gary Cooper and Robert Reed
connected?
In this edition of the connection game, you will once again be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is 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. Deborah Kerr and Juliet Mills.

2. Alan Hale, Jr. and Charles Laughton.

3. Joel McCrea and Richard Chamberlain.

4. Fredric March and James Stewart.

5. Gary Cooper and Robert Reed.

6. Stewart Granger and Christopher Lee.

7. Richard Basehart and Walter Pidgeon.

8. Glynis Johns and Ann Blyth.

9. Jon Provost and Nigel Bruce.

10. Bela Lugosi and Acquanetta.

11. Elliott Gould and Robert Montgomery.

12. Fredric March and Bill Bixby.

13. Robin Williams and Mary Martin.

14. Peter Lawford and Jim Hutton.

15. Arthur Hill and George Maharis.

28 comments:

  1. 1. Both portrayed nannies, Deborah Kerr in The Innocents and Juliet Mills on tv in Nanny and the Professor.
    7. Both played Admiral Nelson in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Walter Pidgeon in the film, Richard Basehart on the tv.
    11. Both played Phillip Marlowe, Ride the Pink Horse and The Long Goodbye.

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    1. David, you're correct on all three, except the Robert Montgomery film title is not PINK HORSE.

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    2. Lady in the Lake in is the Robt Montgomery film he played Phillip Marlowe in.

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  2. 5. Architects by profession - Atlas Shrugged and Brady Bunch. Only time those two can be used in the same sentence. 15. Both starred in killer microbe movies - Andromeda Strain and Satan Bug.

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    1. Yes, both were architects. But ATLAS isn't the right Ayn Rand film.

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    2. And very good on the killer microbes connection!

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    3. The Coop movie he played the architect in was The Fountainhead

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  3. 13 is easy - they both played Peter Pan - Martin on Broadway (and it's televised versions) and Williams in the film Hook.

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    1. 3. Both played Dr. Kildare - Chamberlain on the hit 60s TV show and McCrea in Internes Can't Take Money

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    2. 14. Both played Ellery Queen - Lawford in the TV movie Don't Look Behind You and Hutton in the TV show Ellery Queen.

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  4. #8- both played mermaids
    #12- both turned into "monsters"

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  5. 6. Both played Sherlock Holmes.

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  6. 2. They both played Captains - Hale as Capt of the Minnow and Laughton as Capt. Bligh

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    1. 4. They both played teachers - Jimmy on his TV show The Jimmy Stewart Show and Fredric March in Inherit The Wind.

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    2. Dick York played the teacher in INHERIT THE WIND. Fredric March was one of the lawyers.

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    3. Yes. Who would have thought those two had a connection!

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  7. 8. Ann Blyth and Glynis Johns both played mermaids.

    9. The connection is Lassie. Nigel Bruce was in the movie Son Of Lassie and Jon Provost was in the Lassie TV series.

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  8. #2 could also be they were both stranded on an island - Dr. Moreau's in Laughton's case. And #10 is female gorilla. Really.

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    1. Or #10 is simply human to ape transformation.

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    2. Indeed, I was going for the fact that both transformed into apes.

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  9. All questions have been answered! That wraps up this edition of the Cafe's Movie-TV Connection Game. Thanks to everyone who played.

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  10. Boy, did I bat zero on this one! It's been fun reading the answers that I couldn't get!

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