If you’re like me you like puzzles, specifically rebuses. If not, what are you doing here? You might recall the last time down rebus lane I did bird spotting puzzles, this trip features movies. Old movies for starters. There’s ten to begin with, but I will be adding new puzzling bits to this page from time to time in sections of six or so puzzles each. At least that’s the plan. We’ll see how it goes. You never know.

Here’s how it works

• Each single row of pics and symbols decode to spoken sounds of words, syllables or letters
• Letters with a plus (+) are sounds added to the accompanying pic
• Letters with a minus (-) are sounds subtracted from the accompanying pic
• Letters by themselves are the sound of the letter’s name (S is “ess” not “sss”)
• Brackets indicate a sound is being spelled out, [sea a tea] = cat
• Mouseover rebus to show the meanings of the pics and symbols
• Mouseover pic meanings to show the solution to the puzzle

Now Showing Archie Leach

Archie Leach should be all the hint you need to figure out the theme of these ten rebuses. That is, if you’re an old movie fan. Or maybe a young fan of old movies. Either way, I’ll let the thematic cat out of the bag at the end. You know, below.

Mouseover rebus to show the meanings of the pics and symbols
Mouseover pic meanings to show the solution to the puzzle

As you may have sussed out, all the movies in these ten rebuses starred Cary Grant, whose real name was Archibald Leach.

If you havent yet had your fill of silly rebus puzzles, there’s always my other feature:

Bird Spotters Rebus Guide