# 27 actors, 1 movie (a really hard game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951 "2005-10-12T20:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/61 "2005-10-13T00:12:38Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > 8 out of 9. Keep guessing… Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell–“Dames” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/62 "2005-10-13T00:14:24Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell–“Dames” Try again. Hint: Think of the 4th cast member–it’s a biggee. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/63 "2005-10-13T00:16:08Z")
I’ve got a game ready whenever we need a new one. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/64 "2005-10-13T00:18:01Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Try again. Hint: Think of the 4th cast member–it’s a biggee. !!! It’s Foolight Parade !!! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/65 "2005-10-13T00:20:05Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > !!! It’s Foolight Parade !!! Ding ding ding. I assume you know who the 4th cast member is. So far: Cary Grant Edward Everett Horton ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/66 "2005-10-13T00:22:09Z")
from Bell Book and Candle - **Jack Lemmon** from Libeled Lady - **William Powell** from Footlight Parade - **James Cagney** together we get **Mister Roberts** with **Henry Fonda** :D:D:D this is fun!!! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/67 "2005-10-13T00:35:41Z")
_Advise and Consent_ ? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/68 "2005-10-13T00:40:45Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > from Bell Book and Candle - **Jack Lemmon** > from Libeled Lady - **William Powell** > from Footlight Parade - **James Cagney** > > together we get **Mister Roberts** with **Henry Fonda** > :D:D:D this is fun!!! Yes on all counts. Good job! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/69 "2005-10-13T00:44:56Z")
**Robot Arm** , I am impressed. You can piece out the formula or let the others figure it out… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/70 "2005-10-13T00:52:45Z")
I’m working on it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/71 "2005-10-13T00:53:13Z")
now I’m lost I can put Cary Grant & Edward Everett Horton together in Arsenic and Old Lace I can put Cary Grant with Katherine Hepburn (from Stage Door) together in Bringing Up Baby But I can’t fit a third actor in from the remaining movies and besides - it’s time for Veronica Mars - I’ll be back later ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/72 "2005-10-13T01:00:08Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > now I’m lost > I can put Cary Grant & Edward Everett Horton together in Arsenic and Old Lace > I can put Cary Grant with Katherine Hepburn (from Stage Door) together in Bringing Up Baby > But I can’t fit a third actor in from the remaining movies > and besides - it’s time for Veronica Mars - I’ll be back later Neither movie is correct, though both combos are. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/73 "2005-10-13T01:51:58Z")
Grant, Hepburn, and Norton were in Holiday, but that wouldn’t be right, would it? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/74 "2005-10-13T01:54:05Z")
Actually, can we get a recap? Are there any 1st stage actors left unsolved? What are the solved 2nd stage actors? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/75 "2005-10-13T01:59:58Z")
Assuming _Holiday_ is right, we still need actors from… _The Ten Commandments_ _Sunset Blvd._ _Touch of Evil_ And I’m still working on it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/76 "2005-10-13T02:02:02Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Assuming _Holiday_ is right, we still need actors from… > > _The Ten Commandments_ > _Sunset Blvd._ > _Touch of Evil_ > > And I’m still working on it. from the Ten Commandments, it’s either Yul Brenner or Anne Baxter From Sunset Blvd - I’m thinking either Jack Webb or Buster Keaton and from Touch of Evil, all I could come up with was Dennis Weaver, but that’s probably wrong ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/77 "2005-10-13T02:15:00Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Neither movie is correct, though both combos are. now if we change Edward Everett Horton to John Howard (both in Lost Horizon) and add him to Cary Grant and Katherine Hpeburn, we get The Philadelphia Story but that’s probably wrong, too, huh? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/78 "2005-10-13T02:16:11Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > now if we change Edward Everett Horton to John Howard (both in Lost Horizon) > and add him to Cary Grant and Katherine Hpeburn, we get > > The Philadelphia Story > > but that’s probably wrong, too, huh? and from there, leap to [spoiler]Jimmy Stewart[/spolier] ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/79 "2005-10-13T02:23:34Z")
CG & EEH were both in the 1933 production of Alice in Wonderland… but that’s not it, is it? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/80 "2005-10-13T02:31:01Z")
AHA!!! Lost Horizon - EEH Gunga Din - CG Stage Door - KH all three were in **Holiday** also in the cast was **i have no freakin clue who you have in mind** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=5)