# 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:** 390
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7785 "2020-10-21T13:47:22Z")
Next, movies adapted from plays, but not musicals. 1. The Odd Couple 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. Barefoot in the Park 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5. Pygmalion ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7786 "2020-10-21T14:35:38Z")
Next, movies adapted from plays, but not musicals. 1. The Odd Couple 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. Barefoot in the Park 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5. Pygmalion 6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7787 "2020-10-21T15:20:21Z")
Next, movies adapted from plays, but not musicals. 1. The Odd Couple 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. Barefoot in the Park 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5. Pygmalion 6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 7. Picnic ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7788 "2020-10-21T15:27:58Z")
Next, movies adapted from plays, but not musicals. 1. The Odd Couple 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. Barefoot in the Park 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5. Pygmalion 6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 7. Picnic 8. Amadeus It features Mozart’s music, of course, but neither the play nor the film were musicals. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7789 "2020-10-21T17:15:05Z")
Next, movies adapted from plays, but not musicals. 1. The Odd Couple 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. Barefoot in the Park 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5. Pygmalion 6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 7. Picnic 8. Amadeus 9. Harvey ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7790 "2020-10-21T18:49:18Z")
Next, movies adapted from plays, but not musicals. 1. The Odd Couple 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. Barefoot in the Park 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 5. Pygmalion 6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 7. Picnic 8. Amadeus 9. Harvey 10. You Can’t Take It With You Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7791 "2020-10-21T19:08:53Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7792 "2020-10-21T19:16:45Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7793 "2020-10-21T19:54:07Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7794 "2020-10-21T20:18:27Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) 5. Dinner at Eight (Marie Dressler) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7795 "2020-10-21T20:22:49Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) 5. Dinner at Eight (Marie Dressler) 6. Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7796 "2020-10-21T20:28:28Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) 5. Dinner at Eight (Marie Dressler) 6. Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore) 7. The Maltese Falcon (Mary Astor) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7797 "2020-10-21T20:31:47Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors > > 1. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) I was thinking, _“That was Diane Keaton not Mary-Louise Parker. But maybe Parker had some small supporting role I’ve forgotten.”_ And then I realized you wrote _Red_ not _Reds_. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7798 "2020-10-21T21:12:54Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) 5. Dinner at Eight (Marie Dressler) 6. Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore) 7. The Maltese Falcon (Mary Astor) 8. The Taming of the Shrew (1929) (Mary Pickford) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7799 "2020-10-21T23:39:39Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) 5. Dinner at Eight (Marie Dressler) 6. Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore) 7. The Maltese Falcon (Mary Astor) 8. The Taming of the Shrew (1929) (Mary Pickford) 9. Peter Pan (Mary Martin) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7800 "2020-10-21T23:59:41Z")
Movies with actors named Mary (or Marie, &c.) - no repeat of actors 1. Time After Time (Mary Steenbergen) 2. Moscow on the Hudson (María Conchita Alonso) 3. The Abyss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) 4. Red (Mary-Louise Parker) 5. Dinner at Eight (Marie Dressler) 6. Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore) 7. The Maltese Falcon (Mary Astor) 8. The Taming of the Shrew (1929) (Mary Pickford) 9. Peter Pan (Mary Martin) 10. Troop Beverly Hills (Mary Gross) Pass. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7801 "2020-10-22T00:18:28Z")
Movies with actors named William (or Bill, Billy, etc.) - no repeat of actors 1. Love Actually (Billy Bob Thornton) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7802 "2020-10-22T00:40:27Z")
Movies with actors named William (or Bill, Billy, etc.) - no repeat of actors 1. Love Actually (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. Platoon (Willem Dafoe) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7803 "2020-10-22T00:42:17Z")
Movies with actors named William (or Bill, Billy, etc.) - no repeat of actors 1. Love Actually (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. Platoon (Willem Dafoe) 3. Empire of the Ants (William Shatner) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7804 "2020-10-22T01:00:29Z")
Movies with actors named William (or Bill, Billy, etc.) - no repeat of actors 1. Love Actually (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. Platoon (Willem Dafoe) 3. Empire of the Ants (William Shatner) 4. Independence Day (Bill Pullman) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=389) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=391)