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frogman042 wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:

franktangredi wrote:
I have to stop you before you go too far in this direction.

I have a feeling now that it's not that simple, but half of it would seem to be an actor who plays the fully named title character in a movie:

Bobby Van - Dobie Gillis
Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel
Helen Slater - Billie Jean (?)
Robert Redford - Waldo Pepper
Kevin Spacey - David Gale
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones
Oscar Isaac - Llewyn Davis
Peter Sellers - Henry Orient
Dan Haggerty - Grizzly Adams
Michael Caine - Harry Brown
Natalie Wood - Daisy Clover
Gary Cooper - John Doe (?)
Al Pacino - Bobby Deerfield
Robert Stephens - Sherlock Holmes
John Malkovich - John Malkovich (this is exactly the type of pairing Frank loves to put in his puzzles)
Nancy Kwan - Suzie Wong

The problem is making the second half of the puzzle work. There are too many of these films where I can't find a matching actor for the cast, and I'm not sure how triples would work either.

Also Frank said he was using Robert Stephens because he couldn't make Maggie Smith work, but she would seem to be an easy match for Jean Brodie and there are a number of other actors who played Sherlock Holmes in films with Holmes in the title (Robert Downey Jr. and Basil Rathbone come to mind).

Adding:

Harold Lloyd - The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

HENRY FONDA - Young Mr. Lincoln?
ERROL FLYNN - Captain Blood, Adventures of Robin Hood (probably others)?
STEVE CARELL - Dan in Real Life, Get Smart?
JACK BLACK - Bernie?
MICHAEL J. FOX - Stuart Little?
JANET MARGOLIN - David and Lisa
DEBBIE REYNOLDS - Molly Brown?
JIM CAVIEZEL - Passion of the Christ?
PAUL MUNI - Louis Pasteur?
MICHAEL KEATON - Batman? Birdman? Beetlejuice? Johnny Dangerously?
JAMIE FOXX - Ray Charles?
NATALIE WOOD - Daisy Clover? Marjorie Morningstar?
WILLIAM POWELL - Zigfield?
SIDNEY POITIER - The Call Me Mr. Tibbs?
GARY COOPER - too many - Alvin York, Lou Gehrig, Mr. Deeds, John Doe and probably others
LEO McKERN - Ryan's Daughter
ANNE BAXTER - All About Eve?
FREDRIC MARCH - Dr Jeckle and Mr. Hyde?
DONALD SUTHERLAND - Klute?
ALAN ALDA - The Seduction of Joe Tynen?
GEORGE SEGAL - Blume in Love?
JOHN HEARD - Cutter's Way?
JIMMY STEWART - Destry Rides Again? Mr. Hobbs? The Stratton Story? Mr. Smith? Glen Miller?

I wonder if Jack Benny might be a clue - the only name title I can think of is Charlie's Aunt - I think he was the Aunt in drag, but that is not a name.

franktangredi wrote:I knew they'd start falling like dominoes.

One note: I did not use The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as a triple because the exact wording wasn't the same. It's just a coincidence that Davis and Flynn are both here.

silverscreenselect wrote:

franktangredi wrote:I knew they'd start falling like dominoes.

One note: I did not use The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as a triple because the exact wording wasn't the same. It's just a coincidence that Davis and Flynn are both here.

Then the match is Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII

mellytu74 wrote:
87. ELLEN DeGeneres - Finding Nemo
40. SEAN CONNERY - Finding Forrester

silverscreenselect wrote:

mellytu74 wrote:
87. ELLEN DeGeneres - Finding Nemo
40. SEAN CONNERY - Finding Forrester

Since the named actor has to play the title character, the match for Ellen deGeneres should be Finding Dory.