# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1430

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28584 "2014-08-24T03:40:44Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely

A good romantic comedy in which John Candy gave an excellent performance. O’Hara came out of retirement to play Candy’s mother.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28585 "2014-08-24T04:21:29Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28586 "2014-08-24T08:30:54Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28587 "2014-08-24T09:17:19Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28588 "2014-08-24T12:37:12Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28589 "2014-08-24T13:21:05Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28590 "2014-08-24T17:21:18Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. At Sword’s Point

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28591 "2014-08-24T21:40:41Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. At Sword’s Point
9. Big Jake

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28592 "2014-08-24T23:55:45Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. At Sword’s Point
9. Big Jake
10. Lady Godiva of Coventry

Yes, she played Godiva.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28593 "2014-08-25T02:08:00Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. At Sword’s Point
9. Big Jake
10. Lady Godiva of Coventry
11. Kicking the Moon Around

Her screen debut, in 1938; she had one line.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28594 "2014-08-25T04:50:29Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. At Sword’s Point
9. Big Jake
10. Lady Godiva of Coventry
11. Kicking the Moon Around
12. To the Shores of Tripoli  
Semper Fidelis

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28595 "2014-08-25T12:37:56Z")

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Maureen O’Hara movies

1. Miracle On 34th Street
2. Only the Lonely
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Parent Trap
5. McClintock!
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. At Sword’s Point
9. Big Jake
10. Lady Godiva of Coventry
11. Kicking the Moon Around
12. To the Shores of Tripoli
13. Lisbon

New: Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28596 "2014-08-25T13:14:18Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28597 "2014-08-25T14:08:34Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28598 "2014-08-25T14:09:28Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie
4. \*\*\*Lord of the Flies \*\*\*by William Golding

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28599 "2014-08-25T15:02:34Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie
4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
5. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (later a film starring George Clooney)

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28600 "2014-08-25T15:10:46Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie
4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
5. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (later a film starring George Clooney)
6. The Cay, by Theodore Taylor

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28601 "2014-08-25T15:14:07Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie
4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
5. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (later a film starring George Clooney)
6. The Cay, by Theodore Taylor
7. _ **Cat’s Cradle** _ by Kurt Vonnegut

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28602 "2014-08-25T15:43:08Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie
4. _ **Lord of the Flies** _ by William Golding
5. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (later a film starring George Clooney)
6. The Cay, by Theodore Taylor
7. _ **Cat’s Cradle** _ by Kurt Vonnegut
8. _Robinson Crusoe_ by Daniel Defoe

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28603 "2014-08-25T15:50:48Z")

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Fiction that takes place all or mostly on an island

1. Two on an Island by Bianca Bradbury
2. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
3. The Admirable Crichton by James M. Barrie
4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
5. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (later a film starring George Clooney)
6. The Cay, by Theodore Taylor
7. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
8. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
9. The Muppets Take Manhattan

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