# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 144
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2863 "2019-12-31T22:42:06Z")
Suitable Double Features 1. Shaft/Dolemite 2. Drive-In/Car Wash 3. Help!/The Rescuers 4. Payback/You’re Next 5. Earthquake/Tremors ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2864 "2019-12-31T22:49:24Z")
Suitable Double Features 1. Shaft/Dolemite 2. Drive-In/Car Wash 3. Help!/The Rescuers 4. Payback/You’re Next 5. Earthquake/Tremors 6. The Searchers/Clue ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2865 "2020-01-01T00:17:06Z")
Suitable Double Features 1. Shaft/Dolemite 2. Drive-In/Car Wash 3. Help!/The Rescuers 4. Payback/You’re Next 5. Earthquake/Tremors 6. The Searchers/Clue 7. The Black Hold/Gravity ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2866 "2020-01-01T13:21:38Z")
Suitable Double Features 1. Shaft/Dolemite 2. Drive-In/Car Wash 3. Help!/The Rescuers 4. Payback/You’re Next 5. Earthquake/Tremors 6. The Searchers/Clue 7. The Black Hole/Gravity 8. The Meaning of Life/Love, Actually ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2867 "2020-01-01T15:36:15Z")
Suitable Double Features 1. Shaft/Dolemite 2. Drive-In/Car Wash 3. Help!/The Rescuers 4. Payback/You’re Next 5. Earthquake/Tremors 6. The Searchers/Clue 7. The Black Hole/Gravity 8. The Meaning of Life/Love, Actually 9. Whatever Happened to Gilbert Grape?/Down and Out in Beverly Hills ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2868 "2020-01-01T17:15:20Z")
Suitable Double Features 1. Shaft/Dolemite 2. Drive-In/Car Wash 3. Help!/The Rescuers 4. Payback/You’re Next 5. Earthquake/Tremors 6. The Searchers/Clue 7. The Black Hole/Gravity 8. The Meaning of Life/Love, Actually 9. Whatever Happened to Gilbert Grape?/Down and Out in Beverly Hills 10. The People under the Stairs/Out of Sight Pass ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2869 "2020-01-01T19:53:27Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2870 "2020-01-01T20:08:13Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2871 "2020-01-01T20:31:55Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics starring Swedish-American actor Warner Oland as Charlie for the whole series ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2872 "2020-01-01T21:28:19Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals Eddie Cantor in blackface ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2873 "2020-01-01T21:33:53Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals 5. Holiday Inn More blackface, this time Bing Crosby ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2874 "2020-01-01T21:38:58Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals 5. Holiday Inn 6. The Birth of a Nation THE racist movie ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2875 "2020-01-01T23:51:07Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals 5. Holiday Inn 6. The Birth of a Nation 7. West Side Story Natalie Wood played a Puerto Rican. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2876 "2020-01-02T01:31:03Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals 5. Holiday Inn 6. The Birth of a Nation 7. West Side Story 8. Song of the South ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2877 "2020-01-02T01:42:15Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals 5. Holiday Inn 6. The Birth of a Nation 7. West Side Story 8. Song of the South 9. Annie Daddy Warbucks’s bodyguard is Punjab, ostensibly from India, but played by Trinidad-American Geoffrey Holder, best remembered for his 7-Up (“the uncola”) commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2878 "2020-01-02T07:11:35Z")
Racist portrayals that were not a big deal at the time… 1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. Check and Double Check 3. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 4. Roman Scandals 5. Holiday Inn 6. The Birth of a Nation 7. West Side Story 8. Song of the South 9. Annie 10. Tom & Jerry In the original theatrical shorts, the domestic working in the house was Mammy Two Shoes. When the toons went to TV, Mammy was either edited out or replaced with a white Irish character. Begorrah! The Irish in America 1. The Devil’s Own ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2879 "2020-01-02T11:23:31Z")
Begorrah! The Irish in America 1. The Devil’s Own 2. Back to the Future 3 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2880 "2020-01-02T12:05:21Z")
Begorrah! The Irish in America 1. The Devil’s Own 2. Back to the Future 3 3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2881 "2020-01-02T13:28:20Z")
Begorrah! The Irish in America 1. The Devil’s Own 2. Back to the Future 3 3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4. Abie’s Irish Rose ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2882 "2020-01-02T14:37:03Z")
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