# 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:** 299
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5963 "2020-07-12T03:06:04Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5964 "2020-07-12T03:10:44Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5965 "2020-07-12T03:31:45Z")
duplicate — see #3 _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5966 "2020-07-12T03:35:47Z")
D’oh! Thanks. Sorry about that. Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. The Green Hornet (2011) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5967 "2020-07-12T10:35:28Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. The Green Hornet (2011) 7. The Life of Riley (1949) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5968 "2020-07-12T17:35:24Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) (2005) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5969 "2020-07-12T18:55:54Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. The Green Hornet (2011) 7. The Life of Riley (1949) 8. Henry Aldrich for President (1941) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5970 "2020-07-12T19:29:57Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. The Green Hornet (2011) 7. The Life of Riley (1949) 8. Henry Aldrich for President (1941) 9. War of the Worlds (1953) (2005) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5971 "2020-07-12T20:05:45Z")
Movies Based on RADIO programs!!! 1. The Shadow (1994, plus several serials and shorts in the 1930s and 1940s) 2. Chandu the Magician (1932) 3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006) 4. The Lone Ranger 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. The Green Hornet (2011) 7. The Life of Riley (1949) 8. Henry Aldrich for President (1941) 9. War of the Worlds (1953) (2005) 10. Captain Midnight Next: movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5972 "2020-07-12T20:33:37Z")
Next: movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5973 "2020-07-12T23:30:51Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5974 "2020-07-12T23:45:08Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5975 "2020-07-12T23:50:42Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks 5. Back to the Future - Michael J. Fox ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5976 "2020-07-13T00:56:56Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks 5. Back to the Future - Michael J. Fox 6. Wild Wild West - Will Smith _(just kidding — it was actually “Independence Day”)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5977 "2020-07-13T06:34:29Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks 5. Back to the Future - Michael J. Fox 6. Wild Wild West - Will Smith 7. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta ---
**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:** [July 13, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5978 "2020-07-13T13:22:42Z")
I think From Dusk til Dawn (1996) is usually regarded as Clooney’s first big hit, rather than Three Kings (1999). Hell, he did Batman & Robin (1997) before that. Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks 5. Back to the Future - Michael J. Fox 6. Wild Wild West - Will Smith 7. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 8. Cry Freedom - Denzel Washington ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5979 "2020-07-13T14:52:03Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks 5. Back to the Future - Michael J. Fox 6. Wild Wild West - Will Smith 7. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 8. Cry Freedom - Denzel Washington 9. Die Hard - Bruce Willis He had appears in a couple of movies before this, notably _Blind Date_, but _Die Hard_ was unquestionably what catapulted him to true movie stardom. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5980 "2020-07-13T16:19:19Z")
Movies that successfully launched film careers of TV stars 1. Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman 2. The Mask - Jim Carrey 3. Three Kings - George Clooney 4. Splash - Tom Hanks 5. Back to the Future - Michael J. Fox 6. Wild Wild West - Will Smith 7. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 8. Cry Freedom - Denzel Washington 9. Die Hard - Bruce Willis 10. 10 Things I Hate About You - Joseph Gordon-Levitt Next: Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan ---
**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:** [July 13, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5981 "2020-07-13T16:37:44Z")
Next: Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5982 "2020-07-13T17:24:56Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso Famously left NYPD Blue to star in it. Actually had a decent movie career going before, but this pretty much relegated him back to TV permanently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=300)