LonesomePolecat Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 HOCUS POCUS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cinemaman Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains and Melville Cooper in The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Stephen McNally and Dan Duryea in Winchester 73 1950 Yul Brynner, Edward G Robinson and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments 1956 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 LORD OF THE RINGS — we have to deal with Sauron AND Saruman AND Smeagol/Gollum, plus all the minions and sidekicks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Arsan404 Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 The Great Dictator 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Alien (1979) -- Xenomorph and Ash 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 two thousand two hundred sixteenth category Contagious! THE KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK (1950)THE SATAN BUG (1965)THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Nosferatu (1922) - black death Death in Venice (1971) - cholera The Conscript (1974) - syphilis Philadelphia (1993) - aids Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) - rabies Rams (2015) - scrapie The 5th Wave (2016) - bird flu Locked Down (2021) - corona TV series: Second season of The Bridge (2011) 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH CONTAGION ISLE OF DEATH — plague SO LONG AT THE FAIR — spoiler alert! and a funny contagious disease— WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT FEELING GOOD 4 Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Panic in the Streets (plague) The Last Man On Earth (zombie plague) How to Marry a Millionaire (measles) I know it was mentioned before, but I think it's funny that people are masked so they won't catch a 'happiness' infection (What's so Bad About Feeling Good?)...but in other older movies about deadly plague...no masks... 5 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) -- smallpox Prison Nurse (1938) -- typhoid fever Rage (1966) --rabies Hud (1963) -- hoof and mouth Breathe (2017) -- polio The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) -- anthrax Outbreak (1995) -- fictional ebolavirus from smuggled African monkey Jezebel (1938) -- yellow fever Flu (2013, South Korea) -- influenza Train to Busan (2016, South Korea) -- zombie virus I Am Legend (2007) -- terrible man-made virus mutates the infected and kills most 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Thanks for yesterday's examples. two thousand two hundred seventeenth category Paris with music GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS (1937)CAN-CAN (1960)MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 The Phantom of the Opera (1925) An American in Paris (1951) Love in the Afternoon (1957) Funny Face (1957) Gigi (1958) Paris Blues (1961) La Grande Vadrouille (1966) Three Colors: Blue (1993) The Page Turner (2006) La Vie en Rose (2007) Midnight in Paris (2011) 3 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 The Aristocats (1970) Les Misérables (2012) A Monster in Paris (2011) 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Fausterlitz Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Sous les toits de Paris (1930) Love Me Tonight (1932) One Hour With You (1932) Roberta (1935) April in Paris (1952) Daddy Long Legs (1954) Silk Stockings (1957) Victor/Victoria (1982) Everyone Says I Love You (1996) The Phantom of the Opera (2004) 4 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 ANASTASIA 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 HERE COMES THE GROOM PARIS HONEYMOON LOVELY TO LOOK AT GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES ANYTHING GOES Disney's HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME LES GIRLS (I think) GAY PUREE THE FRENCH LINE THE VAGABOND KING RICH, YOUNG AND PRETTY SO THIS IS PARIS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 So many excellent examples yesterday. Thanks everyone. two thousand two hundred eighteenth category Based on a performer’s real-life experience Audie Murphy starred as himself in TO HELL AND BACK (1955). Ann Jillian played herself in a TV movie about her battle against breast cancer. The TV series The White Shadow was inspired by Ken Howard’s experience as the only white player on a high school basketball team. Link to post Share on other sites
Fausterlitz Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) The Greatest (1977) Annie Hall (1977) (loosely) Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) The Class (2008) 4 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 It pains me to bring this guy up but … BILL COSBY HIMSELF 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The Story of Will Rogers (1952) The Bob Mathias Story (1954) The Tommy Steele Story (1954) The Tony Fontana Story (1954) The Ferdinand E. Marcos Story (1965) JCVD (2008) - Jean-Claude van Damme 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Carl Reiner — DICK VAN DYKE SHOW — based on his experiences writing for Sid Caesar’s show, and Carl plays the Sid Caesar figure. There are other movies about writing for YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS but I can’t think of another one where the reminiscer is performing in it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Babe Ruth in Headin' Home (1920) Muhammad Ali in The Greatest (1977) Arlo Guthrie in Alice's Restaurant (1969) Howard Stern in Private Parts (1997) Werner Herzog in Incident at Loch Ness (2004) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 two thousand two hundred nineteenth category The killer is unknown JACK THE RIPPER (1959)THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)ZODIAC (2007) Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 BLOW UP MEMENTO 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Pandora's Box (1929) - Jack the Ripper The Monster of Florence (1986) The Stoneman Murders (2009) Amanda Knox (2011) Don't Shoot (2018) - Brabant killers 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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