Simple math using actors

Lokke Heiss · Post by **Lokke Heiss** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:34 pm

Credit for this idea goes to Brent Walker, who was using Facebook, Inc. Ltd. GmbH TM.

Here's an example of how the game goes: Lee Marvin + Steve McQueen = James Coburn

RS thinks more like Lee Marvin + Steve McQueen = 5-10 years in lockup!

CS suggests George Bancroft + Victor McLaglen = Wallace Beery

EW suggests Edwin Maxwell + Donald MacBride = Edward Arnold

I suggest Steve McQueen + motorcycle = 'The cooler.'

BW suggests Charlie Chaplin - Billy West = Harry Mann

I suggest Buster Keaton - Roscoe Arbuckle = Al St. John

Any more simple math suggestions?

bobfells · Post by **bobfells** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:41 am

My grasp of this game is a little shaky but how about this:

George Arliss + Edward G. Robinson = Paul Muni

Edward G. Robinson - James Cagney = Humphrey Bogart

Let's try slightly more complex mathematics:

D.W. Griffith x Orson Welles = Erich von Stroheim

Norman Kerry x 80% = David Manners

Basil Rathbone x 70% + Claude Rains x 60% = Colin Clive

Boris Karloff + Bela Lugosi x Peter Lorre = Conrad Veidt

Gloria Swanson x Jean Harlow - Mae West = Jane Russell

in order to test the accuracy of my calculations, I performed a proof in each case. They worked out perfectly except for the last one. This is the result when I attempted a proof:

Jane Russell + Mae West x Jean Harlow divided by Gloria Swanson = Julian Eltinge

Can anybody help me locate the error of this calculation? Thanks.

CoffeeDan · Post by **CoffeeDan** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:55 am

bobfells wrote: Gloria Swanson x Jean Harlow - Mae West = Jane Russell

in order to test the accuracy of my calculations, I performed a proof in each case. They worked out perfectly except for the last one. This is the result when I attempted a proof:

Jane Russell + Mae West x Jean Harlow divided by Gloria Swanson = Julian Eltinge

Can anybody help me locate the error of this calculation? Thanks.

I think you have the two functions switched. This one should work:

(Mae West - Jean Harlow) x Gloria Swanson = Jane Russell

Penfold · Post by **Penfold** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:54 am

Not sure about the original calculations. I'd have said

Lee Marvin = Steve McQueen + James Coburn.

George Bancroft + Victor McLaglen = Major Surgery + Six months in traction

Steve McQueen + Motorcycle = Bud Ekins

Buster Keaton-Buster Keaton = Al St John.....

bobfells · Post by **bobfells** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:00 am

Thanks CoffeDan for uncovering the error in my calculations. Here are a few more:

Sidney Toler + Key Luke = Warner Oland

However:

Sidney Toler - Keye Luke = Roland Winters

Likewise:

Basil Rathbone + Nigel Bruce = Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

But:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Basil Rathbone = Philo Vance

Using animal stars:

Rex the Wonder Horse + Rin Tin Tin = King Kong

But:

King Kong - Rex the Wonder Horse = Mighty Joe Young

Adding titles to the equations renders some surprising results:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle + Jurassic Park = Plagiarism Lawsuit

Little Caesar + The Petrified Forest = Key Largo

Gone With The Wind - Reap the Wild Wind = So Red The Rose

Finally, using studios:

MGM - Paramount = Monogram

CoffeeDan · Post by **CoffeeDan** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:01 am

Okay, my turn now:

William Powell + Clive Brook = Basil Rathbone

Bela Lugosi² + Harpo Marx = Tod Slaughter

Edward Arnold - Conrad Nagel = Guy Kibbee

William Haines - Charles Ray = Rin-Tin-Tin

Lokke Heiss · Post by **Lokke Heiss** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:09 am

Roy Rogers' Trigger + Jimmy Stewart = Mr. Ed

mndean · Post by **mndean** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:19 pm

CoffeeDan wrote:Okay, my turn now:

William Powell + Clive Brook = Basil Rathbone

Just because they sleuth similarly doesn't make them enough alike. You're missing a term here:

(William Powell + Clive Brook) - alcohol = Basil Rathbone

Eric Cohen · Post by **Eric Cohen** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:03 am

Lash Larue - Al St. John = Whip Wilson

http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc ... d=14526033" target="_blank

Post by **Mike Gebert** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:21 am

Of all the frivolous threads to turn into a fight...

I have removed several posts that took this way too personally and got way too angry for an amusing trifle, as well as a few that made no sense without that context.

Let's keep it calm, folks. It's just fun. Have some perspective.

Eric Cohen · Post by **Eric Cohen** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:52 am

The Lone Rider + campfire beans = eksplosive diarre

http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc ... id=9812121" target="_blank

Lokke Heiss · Post by **Lokke Heiss** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:10 am

Mike Gebert wrote:Of all the frivolous threads to turn into a fight...

I have removed several posts that took this way too personally and got way too angry for an amusing trifle, as well as a few that made no sense without that context.

Let's keep it calm, folks. It's just fun. Have some perspective.

Thanks, Mike

CoffeeDan · Post by **CoffeeDan** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:48 am

mndean wrote:
CoffeeDan wrote:Okay, my turn now:

William Powell + Clive Brook = Basil Rathbone
Just because they sleuth similarly doesn't make them enough alike. You're missing a term here:

(William Powell + Clive Brook) - alcohol = Basil Rathbone

You may have a point, but I was thinking in terms of suavity, not sleuthing. If you reverse the equation to:

Basil Rathbone - Clive Brook = William Powell

I think you'll see what I mean. An even better example:

Basil Rathbone - William Powell = Clive Brook

missdupont · Post by **missdupont** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:20 am

Actually for me, it would be
Basil Rathbone + Clive Brook = William Powell

bobfells · Post by **bobfells** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:28 am

How about:

Basil Rathbone + Lionel Atwill = Colin Clive

However:

Basil Rathbone + Colin Clive = Lionel Atwill on steroids

LouieD · Post by **LouieD** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:03 pm

This is an actual topic? Really?

CoffeeDan · Post by **CoffeeDan** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:37 am

Come on in, Louie, anyone can play!

Marlon Brando - James Dean = Montgomery Clift

Just jump in anywhere!

Joan Blondell x (Edna May Oliver + Helen Broderick) = Eve Arden

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