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*''The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927) - the last silent movie by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], it has a tantalizing, flirtatious [[chess]] game between a serial murderer and unsuspecting blonde woman model. | *''The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927) - the last silent movie by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], it has a tantalizing, flirtatious [[chess]] game between a serial murderer and unsuspecting blonde woman model. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[https://en.chessbase.com/post/chess-in-the-movies List of movies containing chess scenes] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[category:chess]] | [[category:chess]] | ||
Revision as of 03:02, June 1, 2021
Chess in movies include the following:
- From Russia with Love (1963) - the opening scene is a chess match, played on the entire floor of the room. The novel on which the book was based was a favorite of President JFK, and Frank Sinatra sang the theme song for the movie.
- Star Trek (1960s) - a television series in which a game of 3-dimensional chess is featured in one segment.
- The Queen's Gambit (2020) - the most popular series ever on Netflix, about a girl who became a chess prodigy.[1]
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - "Be careful – I'll get you yet!" the ostensibly homosexual murderer "smilingly warns the landlady's blonde daughter as they play a flirtatious game of chess."[2]
- Casablanca (1942) - considered one of the greatest movies of all time, it has a legendary chess scene and the actors frequently played chess during breaks in filming.[3]
- The Luzhin Defence (2001) - much of the movie, including its climax, is about chess.[4]
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - the last silent movie by Alfred Hitchcock, it has a tantalizing, flirtatious chess game between a serial murderer and unsuspecting blonde woman model.
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