# 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:** 53
**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 4, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1043 "2019-10-04T13:02:37Z")
Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. The Ladykillers ---
**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:** [October 4, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1044 "2019-10-04T15:20:35Z")
Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. The Ladykillers 5. Passport to Pimlico ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1045 "2019-10-04T18:18:39Z")
Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. The Ladykillers 5. Passport to Pimlico 6. Cheer Boys Cheer The studio’s last before WWII, and perhaps an allegory on the looming crisis: [Cheer Boys Cheer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_Boys_Cheer) ---
**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 4, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1046 "2019-10-04T22:02:25Z")
Housekeeping: My post of #4 got invisibilized. Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. Let George Do It!(To Hell With Hitler) 5. The Ladykillers 6. Passport to Pimlico 7. Cheer Boys Cheer ---
**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 4, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1047 "2019-10-04T23:20:13Z")
Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. Let George Do It!(To Hell With Hitler) 5. The Ladykillers 6. Passport to Pimlico 7. Cheer Boys Cheer 8. Meet Mr. Lucifer A 1953 movie about the evils of watching television. I suspect a touch of bias. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1048 "2019-10-05T15:55:36Z")
Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. Let George Do It!(To Hell With Hitler) 5. The Ladykillers 6. Passport to Pimlico 7. Cheer Boys Cheer 8. Meet Mr. Lucifer 9. Davy The last Ealing comedy, from 1958. Also the first British film using Technirama, a rival alternative to CinemaScope invented by Technicolor that fell into disuse by the mid-60s. ---
**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 5, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1049 "2019-10-05T16:05:32Z")
Ealing comedies 1. Kind Hearts and Coronets 2. The Lavender Hill Mob 3. The Man In The White Suit 4. Let George Do It!(To Hell With Hitler) 5. The Ladykillers 6. Passport to Pimlico 7. Cheer Boys Cheer 8. Meet Mr. Lucifer 9. Davy 10. Whiskey Galore I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1050 "2019-10-05T16:33:02Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1051 "2019-10-05T17:13:22Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1052 "2019-10-05T17:33:39Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1053 "2019-10-05T18:37:38Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) ---
**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 5, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1054 "2019-10-05T18:45:27Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) 5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula) Let’s not miss the obvious one. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1055 "2019-10-05T19:10:31Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) 5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula) 6. Charles Macaulay (Blacula) ---
**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 5, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1056 "2019-10-05T19:40:40Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) 5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula) 6. Charles Macaulay (Blacula) 7. Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1057 "2019-10-05T20:44:04Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) 5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula) 6. Charles Macaulay (Blacula) 7. Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula) 8. John Carradine (House of Frankenstein) ---
**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 6, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1058 "2019-10-06T02:40:35Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) 5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula) 6. Charles Macaulay (Blacula) 7. Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula) 8. John Carradine (House of Frankenstein) 9. [Frank Langella (Dracula)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDBcCXiE3M) ---
**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 6, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1059 "2019-10-06T03:02:37Z")
Actors who played Dracula 1. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 2. Leslie Nielsen (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) 3. George Hamilton (Love at First Bite) 4. Louis Jordan (Count Dracula, TVM) 5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula) 6. Charles Macaulay (Blacula) 7. Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula) 8. John Carradine (House of Frankenstein) 9. Frank Langella (Dracula) 10. Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre) Next: Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1060 "2019-10-06T04:38:41Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1061 "2019-10-06T04:45:23Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1971) See the clip in my previous post. ---
**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 6, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1062 "2019-10-06T11:36:33Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1971) 4. Peter Cushing (Dracula 1958) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=54)