Monday, August 17, 2015

The Movie-TV Connection Game (August 2015)

What do Farrah and Jean have in common?
Welcome to this month's edition of the Connection Game! Once again, you will 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. Farrah Fawcett and Jean Simmons.

2. Anthony Hopkins and Michael Redgrave.

3. Roger Moore and Vincent Price.

4. Walter Pidgeon and Richard Basehart.

5. Peter Lorre and Doris Day (an easy one!).

6. James Garner and Cary Grant (in addition to both co-starring with Doris Day).

7. Chevy Chase and Claude Rains.

8. Anne Baxter and Otto Preminger.

9. Mia Farrow and Patty Duke.

10. Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters.

11. Kirk Douglas and Jose Ferrer.

12. Joel McCrea and Jim Hutton.

13. Alan Young and Mickey Rooney.

14. Frank Sinatra and Mickey Rooney.

15. Roger Moore and Robert Taylor.

26 comments:

  1. #12. McCrea the young romantic lead in "The More the Merrier" and Hutton the young romantic lead in the remake "Walk, Don't Run".

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    1. And, thus, this edition is off to a quick start!

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    1. Well done! (Two good movies, too, I think MAGIC is underrated.)

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  3. 4. Both play Admiral Nelson, movie and tv show, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
    5. Both appeared in Hotchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, in different versions, 30s and 50s.
    6. Cary Grant appeared in My Favorite Wife with Irene Dunne, and James Garner appeared in the remake, Move Over, Darling., with Doris Day.

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  4. 5.) Both played The Saint -- Moore on TV and Price on radio
    7.) Both played an invisible man.
    14.) Married to Ava Gardner
    15.) Both played Ivanhoe -- Moore on TV and Taylor on screen

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    1. Gilby, right on all counts! I think you meant #3 for The Saint answer.

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  5. 8.) Batman villains -- Preminger was Mr Freeze and Anne was Olga(Egghead's main squeeze!)

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    1. Actually, Anne also played a villain. Don't forget to leave some questions for others!

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  6. #13 Both actors played 2nd bananas to talking animals.....Young with Mr. Ed and Rooney with Everythings Ducky.

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    1. Very good! Mickey also appeared into anothe movie with a famous talking animal.

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    2. Yeah Mickey did one of the later Francis The Talking Mule pictures

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  7. #10 Both Winters and Lancaster were in The Scalphunters but this seems too easy.

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  8. #10 Both Winters and Burt had major roles as swimmers...Shelley in Poseidon Adventure,,,Burt in The Swimmer.

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    1. Both played 1920's styled preachers - Elmer Gantry and What's Smatta With Helen?

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    2. Impressive, Randy! Both playing swimmers is the connection I thought of first. That said, it's been fun to read about all the other connections from you and Bill.

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  9. #11 Both actors played military attorneys...Douglas in Town Without Pity...Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny

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    1. Artistes. Van Gogh and Lautrec.

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    2. I was thinking of the artist connection, but am always amazed with the other correct answers.

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  10. I believe #9 is the only unanswered question.

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  11. 1. Angels. Charlie's and Angel Face.
    9. Duke did Rosemary's Baby for tv. And both actress played blind roles.

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  12. Indeed, ROSEMARY'S BABY is the Mia-Patty connection. That concludes this game. Thanks everyone for playing!

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