Chess in the Movies

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Chess in the Movies
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Chess serves the same symbolic purpose on film as in life -- intellectual activity, competition, gamesmanship -- plus a quick nod to art and science. Here are movie scenes showing chess and people playing chess. [Scans courtesy of Champions Stuff.]

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The Lodger (1926) Piccadilly Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock, colorized) • Ivor Novello • [Go to IMDB] The Lodger (1926)	As the Devil Commands (1933) Columbia Pictures • Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, and Alan Dinehart • [Go to IMDB] As the Devil Commands (1933)	The Black Cat (1934) Universal Pictures • Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi • [Go to IMDB] The Black Cat (1934)	Clive of India (1935) United Artists Pictures • Women in a Human Chess Game • [Go to IMDB] Clive of India (1935)
A Girl With Ideas (1937) Universal Pictures • Wendy Barrie • [Go to IMDB] A Girl With Ideas (1937)	Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Twentieth Century-Fox • Katherine DeMille • [Go to IMDB] Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)	The Bride Wore Red (1937) M-G-M Pictures • Billie Burke and Reginald Owen • [Go to IMDB] The Bride Wore Red (1937)	Golden Boy (1939) Columbia Pictures • Lee J. Cobb and William Strauss • [Go to IMDB] Golden Boy (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940) Warner Brothers Pictures • Brenda Marshall and Claude Rains • [Go to IMDB] The Sea Hawk (1940)	A Woman's Face (1941) M-G-M Pictures • Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas • [Go to IMDB] A Woman's Face (1941)	Keep 'em Flying (1941) Universal Pictures • Abbott and Costello • [Go to IMDB] Keep 'em Flying (1941)	Casablanca (1942) Warner Bros. Pictures • Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre • [Go to IMDB] Casablanca (1942)
Keeper of the Flame (1942) Loew's / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • Spencer Tracy • [Go to IMDB] Keeper of the Flame (1942)	Guest in the House (1944) United Artists Pictures • Aline MacMahon with Scott McKay and Jerome Cowan • [Go to IMDB] Guest in the House (1944)	Voice of The Whistler (1945) Darmour Productions • Richard Dix and Lynn Merrick • [Go to IMDB] Voice of The Whistler (1945)	Brute Force (1947) Universal Pictures • Burt Lancaster and Howard Duff • [Go to IMDB] Brute Force (1947)
The Pretender (1947) W. Lee Wilder Productions • Albert Dekker • [Go to IMDB] The Pretender (1947)	Edward My Son (1949) M-G-M Pictures • Spencer Tracy • [Go to IMDB] Edward My Son (1949)	Mask of the Avenger (1951) Columbia Pictures • Anthony Quinn and John Derek • [Go to IMDB] Mask of the Avenger (1951)	Night into Morning (1951) M-G-M Pictures • Nancy Davis Reagan (the future First Lady) and Ray Milland • [Go to IMDB] Night into Morning (1951)
Anything Can Happen (1952) Paramount Pictures • Jose Ferrer and Hat: 'Silence, Men at Work' • [Go to IMDB] Anything Can Happen (1952)	Last Train from Bombay (1952) Columbia Pictures • Jon Hall and Michael Fox • [Go to IMDB] Last Train from Bombay (1952)	The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) M-G-M Pictures • Stewart Granger • [Go to IMDB] The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)	Drums of Tahiti (1953) Columbia Pictures • Patricia Medina, Dennis O'Keefe and Francis L. Sullivan • [Go to IMDB] Drums of Tahiti (1953)

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