I like this one: <"2) The studio was creating a loophole whereby kids could get into Rosemary's Baby. They just had to buy their tickets before The Odd Couple, and hopefully the theater would cooperate and sell them the tickets."> Joe B in NOLA "I can't tell you how encouragin' this is." Ruth Gordon, accepting her "Rosemary's Baby" Supporting Actress Academy Award in her 70s after over a half-century as a major star of The Stage!
--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Roger Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Roger Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOPO] More on the Mopo Challenge To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 12:46 AM In addition to grand prize winner David Lieberman, Chris Quarles, Ari Richards, Rick Ryan, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Rosen, and Sue from Lamp came up with the correct answer of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Odd Couple." Moviola @aol.com pointed out that these two films were Paramount's highest grossers for the year. Perhaps this explains why they paired the two films -- to create a mega blockbuster evening? I have at least three other theories: 1) Something for everyone: Regardless of your taste in movies, you're bound to entertained during some part of this double feature. 2) The studio was creating a loophole whereby kids could get into Rosemary's Baby. They just had to buy their tickets before The Odd Couple, and hopefully the theater would cooperate and sell them the tickets. 3) The studio was run by idiots. Does anyone know if this double feature was actually popular? It almost makes sense, as long as you watch "Rosemary's Baby" first. You watch the comedy second, so you can go home in a good mood. It doesn't make any sense if you watch "The Odd Couple" first. A few other odd double features were submitted... Channing mentioned "Flower Drum Song" plus "Imitation of Life." Sue from Lamp mentioned "Guns of Katie Elder" plus "Red Line 7000." I've also noticed that "It's Alive" has been paired with "Badlands." I have not seen "Badlands," so I'm not sure how wacky this is, but one can conclude that disturbing films about babies go good in a double feature. Sorry if I forgot to mention anyone. Thanks, rk Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
