Recently the regulars on the Classic Movies Forum began coming up with pairs of movies that would look strange or humorous playing as a double feature. Of course, just the use of the phrase "double feature" types us as oldies, but without that concept, this whole bit falls apart, so just roll with it.
For example, as suggested by Rondoe, who originally proposed this game, if Joseph Losey's 1951 film noir and Fritz Lang's 1931 crime thriller starring Peter Lorre were to play as a double feature, the theater marqee might read:
M&M
Dr. von Tralfaz contributed a double feature involving a classic horror film and a humorous Western:
King Kong&A Big Hand For The Little Lady
Get the picture? Ready for more? Here are a few of my favorites, contributed by Rondoe and Tralfaz, as well as Forum regulars Kirk, Wayne, and a few others:
The Bat&Kill the Umpire
Fancy Pants&Selected Shorts
Eating Raoul&My Dinner With Andre
What Price Glory?&I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Picnic&Empire Of The Ants
The Deer Hunter&Bambi
Curley&He Who Gets Slapped
Enter Laughing&No Way Out
I Confess&They Won't Believe Me
Come to the Stable&Meet John Doe
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia&Soylent Green
Whiffs&Phffft!
Finally, here's a film festival that covers most of the important events in a man's life from marriage to the inevitable conclusion, courtesy of Tralfaz:
Bachelor Flat - Looking For Love - Blind Date - Let's Make It Legal - I Married A Monster From Outer Space - When Worlds Collide - She's Having A Baby - Great Expectations - Deliverance - The Boy With Green Hair - Baby's Day Out - It Conquered The World - The Last Days Of Planet Earth - The End
Do you have some more ideas? Feel free to email me with your comments or observations.
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