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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE — George Bailey dreams of being a big time architect but instead builds houses for the Bailey Building and Loan CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT — Barbara Stanwyck almost marries a boring architect who gets a home building gig with her magazine

THE COCOANUTS — Out hero, Bob Adams, is a young architect who wants to buy a lot to build a house (yes, the movie has a plot!!)

“Rhythm of the Islands” played by the Hawaiian band in IT’S A DATE next Another song about Hawaii or other Polynesian Islands

Title song from SAN FRANCISCO next another title song that also contains a place name

I keep thinking of Weird Al songs, but a song used in OFFICE SPACE is Fats Waller’s “All that meat and no potatoes” next another song that starts with A

I think any realistic movie about space travel counts, but certainly something like MAROONED or APOLLO 13 where they are in trouble in space

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA — extreme heat NANOOK OF THE NORTH — extreme cold K19 THE WIDOWMAKER — nuclear meltdown

“I Love a Piano” from EASTER PARADE next another of the many songs with “I Love” in the title

POLTERGEIST (1982)

Wow you just beat me!

Weighty titles: REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS (1995) ANCHORS AWEIGH THE FAT MAN (1951) Weighty characters & plot points: THE CRUCIBLE -- Giles Corey saying "More Weight!" "The Fat Man" -- Sidney Greenstreet as Gutman in MALTESE FALCON "Stupid Fat Hobbit!" -- Sean Astin as Sam in LORD OF THE RINGS: COLUMBO -- "Lovely But Lethal" -- Vera Miles runs a fat farm on the side MASH -- "The MASH Olympics" -- Hawkeye & B.J. help a soldier lose weight to stay in the army while Klinger tries to gain weight to get kicked out of the army THE SANTA CLAUSE -- Tim Allen suddenly gains a lot of weight as part of his Santa transformation

I know there are movies with jockeys weighing in such as SEABISCUIT and I think A DAY AT THE RACES, so to represent them all I submit this Norman Rockwell painting:

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE DESIGNING WOMAN CAROUSEL THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE

“My Man’s Gone Now” from PORGY AND BESS next another song that starts with M

MILDRED PIERCE THE BIG CLOCK DOUBLE INDEMNITY LAURA ANATOMY OF A MURDER (retelling verbally but without flashbacks if that’s ok)

Perry Como -- "Red Hot & Beautiful" -- Perry Como in DOLL FACE next another song with a color in the title (not "blue moon")

SERGEANT RUTLEDGE

“Red and Black” from LES MISERABLES next Sung by your classic movie crush (or someone you think is hot)

REMEMBER THE NIGHT — Stanwyck MIRACLE ON 34th STREET — Santa THE WRONG MAN — Fonda

“Seize the Day” from NEWSIES, turned into a Broadway show years later next Some classical music in a movie

“Could you use me?” From GIRL CRAZY next another fun boy-girl duet

Title number from DAMES NEXT another song that starts with D

Secret passages also in THE HAUNTING and CLUE

“The Balboa” — Judy Garland — PIGSKIN PARADE (1936) next a song early in a different star’s movie career

NORTHWEST PASSAGE