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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.]

The Lodger (1926)
The Lodger (1926)
Piccadilly Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock, colorized) • Ivor Novello • [Go to IMDB]

The Lodger (1926)
As the Devil Commands (1933)
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)
The Black Cat (1934)
Universal Pictures • Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi • [Go to IMDB]

The Black Cat (1934)
Clive of India (1935)
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)
A Girl With Ideas (1937)
Universal Pictures • Wendy Barrie • [Go to IMDB]

A Girl With Ideas (1937)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (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)
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)
Golden Boy (1939)
Columbia Pictures • Lee J. Cobb and William Strauss • [Go to IMDB]

Golden Boy (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Warner Brothers Pictures • Brenda Marshall and Claude Rains • [Go to IMDB]

The Sea Hawk (1940)
A Woman's Face (1941)
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)
Keep 'em Flying (1941)
Universal Pictures • Abbott and Costello • [Go to IMDB]

Keep 'em Flying (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Warner Bros. Pictures • Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre • [Go to IMDB]

Casablanca (1942)
Keeper of the Flame (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)
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)
Voice of The Whistler (1945)
Darmour Productions • Richard Dix and Lynn Merrick • [Go to IMDB]

Voice of The Whistler (1945)
Brute Force (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Universal Pictures • Burt Lancaster and Howard Duff • [Go to IMDB]

Brute Force (1947)
The Pretender (1947)
The Pretender (1947)
W. Lee Wilder Productions • Albert Dekker • [Go to IMDB]

The Pretender (1947)
Edward My Son (1949)
Edward My Son (1949)
M-G-M Pictures • Spencer Tracy • [Go to IMDB]

Edward My Son (1949)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
Columbia Pictures • Anthony Quinn and John Derek • [Go to IMDB]

Mask of the Avenger (1951)
Night into Morning (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)
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)
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)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
M-G-M Pictures • Stewart Granger • [Go to IMDB]

The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Drums of Tahiti (1953)
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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