# Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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:** [August 23, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6283 "2022-08-23T15:30:18Z")

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**On her birthday, movies written by, with a cameo by, about, or otherwise connected to, Dorothy Parker**

1. _Remodeling Her Husband_ (a sadly lost silent film written by Mrs. Parker, which was also the only film directed by Lillian Gish)
2. _The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table_
3. _Saboteur_
4. _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Lee Israel forges and sells a letter posing as Parker.
5. _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_

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**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:** [August 23, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6284 "2022-08-23T15:46:23Z")

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**On her birthday, movies written by, with a cameo by, about, or otherwise connected to, Dorothy Parker**

1. _Remodeling Her Husband_ (a sadly lost silent film written by Mrs. Parker, which was also the only film directed by Lillian Gish)
2. _The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table_
3. _Saboteur_
4. _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Lee Israel forges and sells a letter posing as Parker.
5. _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_
6. _The Little Foxes_ (additional dialogue and scenes by Mrs. Parker)

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**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:** [August 23, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6285 "2022-08-23T16:31:11Z")

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**On her birthday, movies written by, with a cameo by, about, or otherwise connected to, Dorothy Parker**

1. _Remodeling Her Husband_ (a sadly lost silent film written by Mrs. Parker, which was also the only film directed by Lillian Gish)
2. _The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table_
3. _Saboteur_
4. _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Lee Israel forges and sells a letter posing as Parker.
5. _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_
6. _The Little Foxes_ (additional dialogue and scenes by Mrs. Parker)
7. _A Star is Born_ (1937)

She worked on the screenplay with three other writers.

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**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:** [August 25, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6286 "2022-08-25T05:54:47Z")

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**On her birthday, movies written by, with a cameo by, about, or otherwise connected to, Dorothy Parker**

1. _Remodeling Her Husband_ (a sadly lost silent film written by Mrs. Parker, which was also the only film directed by Lillian Gish)
2. _The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table_
3. _Saboteur_
4. _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Lee Israel forges and sells a letter posing as Parker.
5. _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_
6. _The Little Foxes_ (additional dialogue and scenes by Mrs. Parker)
7. _A Star is Born_ (1937)
8. _Licorice Pizza_ (featured the song “I Wished on the Moon,” for which Parker wrote the lyrics)

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**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:** [August 25, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6287 "2022-08-25T13:11:46Z")

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**On her birthday, movies written by, with a cameo by, about, or otherwise connected to, Dorothy Parker**

1. _Remodeling Her Husband_ (a sadly lost silent film written by Mrs. Parker, which was also the only film directed by Lillian Gish)
2. _The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table_
3. _Saboteur_
4. _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Lee Israel forges and sells a letter posing as Parker.
5. _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_
6. _The Little Foxes_ (additional dialogue and scenes by Mrs. Parker)
7. _A Star is Born_ (1937)
8. _Licorice Pizza_ (featured the song “I Wished on the Moon,” for which Parker wrote the lyrics)
9. Trade Winds (1938)

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**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:** [August 25, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6288 "2022-08-25T13:36:59Z")

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**On her birthday, movies written by, with a cameo by, about, or otherwise connected to, Dorothy Parker**

1. _Remodeling Her Husband_ (a sadly lost silent film written by Mrs. Parker, which was also the only film directed by Lillian Gish)
2. _The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table_
3. _Saboteur_
4. _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Lee Israel forges and sells a letter posing as Parker.
5. _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_
6. _The Little Foxes_ (additional dialogue and scenes by Mrs. Parker)
7. _A Star is Born_ (1937)
8. _Licorice Pizza_ (featured the song “I Wished on the Moon,” for which Parker wrote the lyrics)
9. _Trade Winds_ (1938)
10. _The Fan_ (1949)

Pass.

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6289 "2022-08-29T01:01:57Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6290 "2022-08-29T01:05:45Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6291 "2022-08-29T01:40:14Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6292 "2022-08-29T01:50:59Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6293 "2022-08-29T03:16:52Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller
5. Seabiscuit

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6294 "2022-08-29T10:44:58Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller
5. Seabiscuit
6. King Kong

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6295 "2022-08-29T12:25:08Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller
5. Seabiscuit
6. King Kong
7. Marley and Me

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6296 "2022-08-29T12:44:39Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller
5. Seabiscuit
6. King Kong
7. Marley and Me
8. Garfield: The Movie

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6297 "2022-08-29T13:27:53Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller
5. Seabiscuit
6. King Kong
7. Marley and Me
8. Garfield: The Movie
9. Babe

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6298 "2022-08-29T14:25:30Z")

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**Films Named After an Animal**

1. Free Willy
2. Lassie Come Home
3. Moby Dick
4. Old Yeller
5. Seabiscuit
6. King Kong
7. Marley and Me
8. Garfield: The Movie
9. Babe
10. Ben

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6299 "2022-08-29T14:28:14Z")

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**Films Named After a Supernatural or Mythical Creature**

1. Leprechaun

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6300 "2022-08-29T14:31:27Z")

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**Films Named After a Supernatural or Mythical Creature**

1. Leprechaun
2. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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**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:** [August 29, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6301 "2022-08-29T14:33:35Z")

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**Films Named After a Supernatural or Mythical Creature**

1. Leprechaun
2. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
3. Gremlins

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6302 "2022-08-29T15:01:05Z")

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**Films Named After a Supernatural or Mythical Creature**

1. Leprechaun
2. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
3. Gremlins
4. Ghost

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