# 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:** 54
**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 6, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1063 "2019-10-06T13:10:05Z")
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) 5. Richard Benjamin (Love At First Bite, 1979) ---
**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 6, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1064 "2019-10-06T13:52:16Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1979) 4. Peter Cushing (Dracula 1958) 5. Richard Benjamin (Love At First Bite, 1979) 6. Frank Finlay (Count Dracula, TVM, 1977) Fixed year in #3. ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1065 "2019-10-06T14:38:07Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1979) 4. Peter Cushing (Dracula 1958) 5. Richard Benjamin (Love At First Bite, 1979) 6. Frank Finlay (Count Dracula, TVM, 1977) 7. Eduardo Arozamena (Dracula, 1931) The other 1931 _Dracula_. It was the Spanish language version that Universal filmed alongside the English language version. The two movies had different casts but used the same sets. The English language cast and crew would film during the day and then the Spanish language cast and crew would come in and film at night. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Fixed year in #3. Thank you. ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1066 "2019-10-06T16:53:45Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1979) 4. Peter Cushing (Dracula 1958) 5. Richard Benjamin (Love At First Bite, 1979) 6. Frank Finlay (Count Dracula, TVM, 1977) 7. Eduardo Arozamena (Dracula, 1931) 8. Sir Anthony Hopkins (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1067 "2019-10-06T17:15:03Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1979) 4. Peter Cushing (Dracula 1958) 5. Richard Benjamin (Love At First Bite, 1979) 6. Frank Finlay (Count Dracula, TVM, 1977) 7. Eduardo Arozamena (Dracula, 1931) 8. Sir Anthony Hopkins (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 9. Rutger Hauer (Dracula 3D, 2012) ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1068 "2019-10-06T22:11:50Z")
Actors who played Prof. Van Helsing 1. Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, 1931) 2. Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, 2004) 3. Laurence Olivier (Dracula, 1979) 4. Peter Cushing (Dracula 1958) 5. Richard Benjamin (Love At First Bite, 1979) 6. Frank Finlay (Count Dracula, TVM, 1977) 7. Eduardo Arozamena (Dracula, 1931) 8. Sir Anthony Hopkins (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) 9. Rutger Hauer (Dracula 3D, 2012) 10. Nigel Davenport (Dracula, TVM 1974 [Jack Palance]) Big bug movies 11. Earth vs the Spider (1958) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1069 "2019-10-06T22:15:06Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1070 "2019-10-06T22:28:46Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1071 "2019-10-06T22:32:40Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) Deadly to Tonka trucks. ---
**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 6, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1072 "2019-10-06T23:31:50Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) 5. Eight Legged Freaks (2002) ---
**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 7, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1073 "2019-10-07T00:17:31Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) 5. Eight Legged Freaks (2002) 6. Arachnophobia (1990) ---
**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 7, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1074 "2019-10-07T01:05:02Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) 5. Eight Legged Freaks (2002) 6. Arachnophobia (1990) 7. Beginning of the End (1957) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1075 "2019-10-07T02:22:09Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) 5. Eight Legged Freaks (2002) 6. Arachnophobia (1990) 7. Beginning of the End (1957) 8. Tarantula (1955) ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1076 "2019-10-07T03:07:12Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) 5. Eight Legged Freaks (2002) 6. Arachnophobia (1990) 7. Beginning of the End (1957) 8. Tarantula (1955) 9. Bug (1975) ---
**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 7, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1077 "2019-10-07T10:31:53Z")
Big bug movies 1. Earth vs the Spider (1958) 2. Them (1954) 3. James and the Giant Peach (1996) 4. The Deadly Mantis (1957) 5. Eight Legged Freaks (2002) 6. Arachnophobia (1990) 7. Beginning of the End (1957) 8. Tarantula (1955) 9. Bug (1975) 10. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) Technically, it was the humans who got smaller, but still-- big bugs! Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) ---
**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 7, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1078 "2019-10-07T11:39:58Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1079 "2019-10-07T15:25:54Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1080 "2019-10-07T15:46:21Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1081 "2019-10-07T16:54:36Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) 5. Tropic Thunder (Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazurus) ---
**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 7, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1082 "2019-10-07T17:09:06Z")
Mom, Dad-- I’m black! (race switching) 1. Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell) 2. Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge) 3. Finian’s Rainbow (Keenan Wynn as Senator Rawkins) 4. Black Like Me (James Whitmore, based on the book) 5. Tropic Thunder (Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazurus) 6. Silver Streak (Gene Wilder as George Caldwell) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=55)