Game #179: The Name of the Movie

[franktangredi]

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.

Do one little thing to that list and the Tangredi will pop out at you.

[silverscreenselect]

Harold Lloyd - The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Dan Haggerty - The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Paul Newman - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Helen Slater - The Legend of Billy Jean
Will Smith - The Legend of Bagger Vance

Sidney Poitier - They Call Me Mr. Tibbs
Terence Hill - They Call Me Trinity

Peter Sellers - The World of Henry Orient
Nancy Kwan - The World of Suzie Wong

Robert Stephens - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Bette Davis, Errol Flynn - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Robert Redford - The Great Waldo Pepper
Brian Donlevy - The Great McGinty

That's why Jean Brodie wouldn't work because there's not too many movies with "The Prime of" in their title

So films like Elmer Gantry wouldn't work either otherwise you'd have a ton of matches.

[silverscreenselect]

Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
Jimmy Stewart - The Stratton Story

Al Pacino - Carlito's Way
John Heard - Cutter's Way

Edward Arnold - The Devil and Daniel Webster
Jean Arthur - The Devil and Miss Jones

[mellytu74]

60. OSCAR ISAAC - Inside Llewyn Davis
49. NATALIE WOOD - Inside Daisy Clover

17. TONI COLLETTE - Muriel's Wedding
64. MOLLY RINGWALD - Betsy's Wedding

65. JASON ROBARDS - The Ballad of Cable Hogue
4. DORIS DAY - The Ballad of Josie

[mellytu74]

Will this work?

67. SUSAN HAYWARD - David and Bathsheba
24. JANET MARGOLIN - David and Lisa

[mellytu74]

76. DONALD SUTHERLAND - Alex in Wonderland
32. CHARLOTTE HENRY - Alice in Wonderland

43. SHIRLEY BOOTH - About Mrs. Leslie
71. JACK NICHOLSON - About Schmidt

30. BURT LANCASTER - Jim Thorpe, All American
84. PAT O'BRIEN - Knute Rockne, All American

25. JOAN FONTAINE - The Affairs of Susan
47. BOBBY VAN - The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

[mellytu74]

14. JACK BLACK - Gulliver's Travels
72. JOEL McCREA - Sullivan's Travels

94. BRADLEY COOPER - All About Steve
62. ANNE BAXTER - All About Eve

[silverscreenselect]

Gene Tierney - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Don Knotts - The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

George Segal - Blume in Love
Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love

Henry Fonda - The Return of Frank James
Gerard Depardieu - The Return of Martin Guerre

Kim Novak - The Legend of Lylah Clare, making a triple

Peter Ustinov - Romanoff and Juliet
??? - Romeo and Juliet

[mellytu74]

92. JOE PESCI - My Cousin Vinny
27. OLIVIA DeHAVILAND- My Cousin Rachel

And here it is:

12. ANNETTE BENING - Being Julia
74. JOHN MALKOVICH - Being John Malkovich

[silverscreenselect]

Michael Caine - Get Carter (one of his best films)
Steve Carrell - Get Smart

[franktangredi]

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]

Rodney Dangerfield - Meet Wally Sparks
Gary Cooper - Meet John Doe
Brad Pitt - Meet Joe Black

[silverscreenselect]

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

[silverscreenselect]

Jane Fonda - Stanley and Iris
Cedric Hardwicke - Stanley and Livingstone

[mellytu74]

93. MIA FARROW - Rosemary's Baby
48. RENEE ZELLWEGER - Bridget Jones' Baby

105. ISABELLE ADJANI - The Story of Adele H
34. PAUL MUNI - The Story of Louis Pasteur

Adding one to make a triple

Robert Redford - The Great Waldo Pepper
Brian Donlevy - The Great McGinty

Plus

William Powell - The Great Ziegfeld

[mellytu74]

7. GIANCARLO GIANINNI - The Seduction of Mimi
77. ALAN ALDA - The Seduction of Joe Tynan

87. ELLEN DeGeneres - Finding Nemo
40. SEAN CONNERY - Finding Forrester

18. CHARLES LAUGHTON - Hobson's Choice
56. MERYL STREEP - Sophie's Choice

[mellytu74]

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

It's a triple if we add The Private Life of Don Juan with Douglas Fairbanks

[mellytu74]

Since Errol Flynn has been freed up, we've got

5. ERROL FLYNN - The Adventures of Robin Hood
53. GARY COOPER - The Adventures of Marco Polo
75. FREDRIC MARCH - The Adventures of Mark Twain

[mellytu74]

99. For a brief period in the late 50s – early 60s, this American was the highest paid movie star in Europe. (Why?)

If this is Steve Reeves it could give us Hercules Unchained and Django Unchained for Jamie Foxx.

[mellytu74]

One more before bed

97. ROLAND YOUNG - Topper Returns
38. MICHAEL KEATON - Batman Returns

OK, two


104. CHARLES COBURN - BF's Daughter
54. LEO McKERN - Ryan's Daughter

[silverscreenselect]

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.

[silverscreenselect]

Olivia de Haviland - My Cousin Rachel
Joe Pesci - My Cousin Vinnie

If Rachel Weisz is in here, that's another triple.

[mellytu74]

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.

Ack - wrong fish.

[silverscreenselect]

Robert Donat - Goodbye Mr. Chips
Debbie Reynolds - Goodbye Charlie

[mellytu74]

Another use of Gary Cooper

53. GARY COOPER - Along Came Jones
70. JENNIFER ANISTON - Along Came Polly

And another

53. GARY COOPER - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
23. EDDIE CANTOR - Ali Baba Goes to Town

AND ANOTHER

making this a triple

53. GARY COOPER - The Story of Dr. Wassel

105. ISABELLE ADJANI - The Story of Adele H
34. PAUL MUNI - The Story of Louis Pasteur