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  1. Rebecca (1940) (Rebecca de Winter's death haunts many of the other characters)

    The Big Chill (1983) ("Alex Marshall"--the whole film is motivated by his death)

    Frankenstein (1931) (death of a little girl incites an angry mob, who wrongly assume the monster deliberately killed her)

    The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) (lynching of three innocent men leads to much soul-searching)

    Saving Private Ryan (1998) (entire mission is motivated by the death of Ryan's three brothers)

    The Third Man (1949) (several characters' actions are motivated by the mistaken belief that Harry Lime is dead)

    Atonement (2007) (Briony's rewriting of history is an attempt to "atone" for Robbie Turner's death)

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974) (Ratchett's death directly affects all twelve suspects)

    September 30, 1955 (1977) (characters affected by James Dean's death)

    Love Field (1992) (characters affected by JFK assassination)

     

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  2. Reefer Madness (1936) (marijuana)

    The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) (not specified, but presumably heroin)

    Bigger Than Life (1956) (cortisone)

    The Tingler (1959) (Vincent Price on LSD)

    The Trip (1967) (LSD)

    I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) (marijuana brownies)

    Easy Rider (1969) (marijuana, LSD, cocaine)

    Altered States (1980) (mescaline, ket*mine, LSD)

    Trainspotting (1996) (heroin)

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) (LSD, mescaline, diethyl ether, adrenochrome)

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  3. 12 minutes ago, Peebs said:

    Clothing being ripped making an embarrassing situation?  Or in the case of Saboteur, a life and death situation?

    Yes,  Peebs, perfect answer!  And thanks for the accompanying photos.  🙂

    Since What's Up, Doc? is a direct homage to Bringing Up Baby, the re-appearance of that moment was perhaps somewhat inevitable.

    Your turn...

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  4. Thanks, Peebs! I remember seeing Oscar Wilde's grave in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris many years ago. It's all covered with red kiss markings (a practice that's apparently no longer allowed).

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    Next:

    The Glass Wall (1953)

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

    The Interpreter (2005)

    Che (2008)

    In the Loop (2009)

     

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  5. Hands Up! (1926)

    Black Hand (1950)

    The Left Handed Gun (1958)

    I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

    A Handful of Dust (1988)

    Edward Scissorhands (1990)

    Fingers (1978)

    Fingers at the Window (1942)

    Five Finger Exercise (1962)

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

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  6. 3 hours ago, Peebs said:

    Emmas?

    Marie Dressler-- Emma (1932)

    Pola Negri -- Madame Bovary (1937) as Emma Bovary

    Jennifer Jones -- Madame Bovary (1949)

    Isabelle Huppert -- Madame Bovary (1991)

    Gwyneth Paltrow -- Emma (1996) 

    Yes!  (That was Emma-zingly fast, too!)  😉

    I remember the first time I heard Marie Dressler had made a movie called Emma, I assumed it was a Jane Austen adaptation and thought, "isn't she a little old for that part?"

    I also love the idea of Pola Negri as a French woman.  I guess this was still the era when all European accents were considered roughly the same, or close enough that no one really complained.

    Great job, Peebs, and your thread.  🙂

  7. Thanks, Peebs! There are probably lots of escalator scenes in movies (especially criminal chase scenes).  I haven't seen the last two films, so wouldn't have gotten it without your hint.  🙂

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    Next:

    Marie Dressler

    Pola Negri

    Jennifer Jones

    Isabelle Huppert

    Gwyneth Paltrow

    hint: these are listed in chronological order (by film year); films 2, 3, and 4 are related directly to each other

  8. 1 minute ago, Peebs said:

    No, that wasn't what I was thinking of.  I may have picked too specific of a connection!   Not a movie hint but think of when Trump announced that he was running for office in 2015.  He and Melania made a rather theatrical enterance.  Also, one of the more familiar scenes from Rain Man, that I think was featured in the ads at the time, have Cruise and Hoffman making a similar entrance.  

    Ah, scenes on an escalator?  (e.g., in What's Up, Doc?, where they're going up the down escalator)

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  9. On 10/12/2021 at 11:41 AM, Peebs said:

    Next: 

    Rain Man (1988)

    What's Up Doc? (1972)

    An American Werewolf in London (1981)

    Skyfall (2012)

    Carlito's Way (1993)

    Dialogue scenes that take place in a bathroom or shower?

    If that's not correct, I would like to humbly request a hint.  Thanks! 🙂

  10. 1 hour ago, LuckyDan said:

    Basil Rathbone

    (I was thinking Anthony Perkins for Bardot et al. Funny how often there are multiple actors who fit these puzzles.)

    Ah, I did think of Anthony Perkins, but didn't realize he had worked with Bardot.  Was that a French film?  (I know he spoke French.)

    For Boyer/Colman/Dietrich, I was actually thinking of Jean Arthur (History is Made at Night, The Talk of the Town, A Foreign Affair).  🙂

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  11. Alain Delon

    (incidentally, Charles Boyer was my intended answer for Arthur/Bergman/Caron.  Cary Grant is just as good, if not better!)

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    Next: Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich

     

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  12. 11 hours ago, Peebs said:

    Bette Davis playing everyone's sister, including her own?

    In This Our Life (1942)

    A Stolen Life (1946)

    What ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)

    Dead Ringer (1964)

    Whales of August (1987)

    There ya go!  I thought of it as "these actresses all played Bette Davis's sister," but your answer is effectively the same.

    Nice work, Peebs, and the floor is yours.  🙂

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  13. 54 minutes ago, Peebs said:

    I'm stumped. I've tried several options but can't seem to find one that fits all the criteria.

    In that case, here's the last hint I can offer without totally giving away the answer:

    The actress (yes, it's an actress) who appears in every film...is also one of the four actresses on the list. How is this possible, you ask?  Well, that's the "trick" (which was created by the screenwriters, not by me).  🙂

  14. 2 hours ago, Peebs said:

    Not sure but how about this:

    It's Love I'm After (1937)

    The Bride Came COD (1941)

    They All Kissed The Bride (1942)

    The Catered Affair (1956) 

    A Wedding (1978)

    (Doesn't quite work with the 18 years later part, though)

    Well, Peebs, I gotta admit that's a very clever solution (it's even in chronological order!), but unfortunately not what I had in mind. 

    Hint: the same famous leading "actor" (not giving away yet whether that means an actor or actress) appears in each film.  Each actress on the list plays a character with the same relationship to that certain leading "actor."  There is a slight "trick" involved with the second and fourth films, which is unavoidable (i.e. it occurs not because I'm trying to be deliberately misleading, but because it's inherent to the nature of the films themselves).

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