# Movie Marathon (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801>\
**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:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9103 "2023-04-15T15:22:18Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop

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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:** [April 15, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9104 "2023-04-15T17:17:39Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man

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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:** [April 15, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9105 "2023-04-15T17:52:30Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost

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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:** [April 15, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9106 "2023-04-15T20:31:24Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost
5. Felix the Cat

The original cartoon star

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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:** [April 15, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9107 "2023-04-15T21:48:23Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost
5. Felix the Cat
6. Chilly Willy the Penguin

Another Walter Lantz creation

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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:** [April 16, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9108 "2023-04-16T11:25:39Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost
5. Felix the Cat
6. Chilly Willy the Penguin
7. Ko-ko the Clown

Called only “The Clown” before 1924, and another from Max Fleischer.

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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:** [April 16, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9109 "2023-04-16T11:59:00Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost
5. Felix the Cat
6. Chilly Willy the Penguin
7. Ko-ko the Clown
8. Gerald McBoing-Boing

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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:** [April 16, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9110 "2023-04-16T23:59:03Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost
5. Felix the Cat
6. Chilly Willy the Penguin
7. Ko-ko the Clown
8. Gerald McBoing-Boing
9. Tom (and Jerry)

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**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:** [April 17, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9111 "2023-04-17T01:13:15Z")

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**Pre-1960s cartoon characters (that appeared in movie shorts) that are NOT from Disney or Warner Brothers studios**

1. Woody Woodpecker
2. Betty Boop
3. Popeye the Sailor man
4. Casper the Friendly Ghost
5. Felix the Cat
6. Chilly Willy the Penguin
7. Ko-ko the Clown
8. Gerald McBoing-Boing
9. Tom (and Jerry)
10. Droopy

**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9112 "2023-04-17T09:54:54Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9113 "2023-04-17T10:38:45Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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**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:** [April 17, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9114 "2023-04-17T11:43:39Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9115 "2023-04-17T12:50:37Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur
5. Camelot

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9116 "2023-04-17T13:41:44Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur
5. Camelot
6. Kingdom of Heaven

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9117 "2023-04-17T13:59:31Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur
5. Camelot
6. Kingdom of Heaven
7. Ivanhoe

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9118 "2023-04-17T14:14:32Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur
5. Camelot
6. Kingdom of Heaven
7. Ivanhoe
8. Seven Samurai

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9119 "2023-04-17T14:37:26Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur
5. Camelot
6. Kingdom of Heaven
7. Ivanhoe
8. Seven Samurai
9. The Green Knight

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9120 "2023-04-17T21:41:06Z")

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**In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold…** _(movies about knights in armor)_

1. A Knight’s Tale
2. El Cid
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Excalibur
5. Camelot
6. Kingdom of Heaven
7. Ivanhoe
8. Seven Samurai
9. The Green Knight
10. Jabberwocky

**Movies whose Titles reference a Time of Day**

1. High Noon

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9121 "2023-04-17T22:31:55Z")

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**Movies whose Titles reference a Time of Day**

1. High Noon
2. Twelve O’Clock High

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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:** [April 17, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9122 "2023-04-17T22:34:53Z")

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**Movies whose Titles reference a Time of Day**

1. High Noon
2. Twelve O’Clock High
3. 3:10 to Yuma

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