Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

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That's actually seven degrees. (Six names, six degrees.) But yeah, I've been tempted to succumb to going one degree over as well!

Yossele Rosenblatt ...was in The Jazz Singer (1927) with Al Jolson.
Al Jolson was in Rhapsody in Blue with Alexis Smith.
Alexis Smith was in The Age of Innocence with Michelle Pfeiffer.
Michelle Pfeiffer was in mother! with Ed Harris.
Ed Harris was in The Lost Daughter with Paul Mescal.
Paul Mescal was in Aftersun with... Frankie Corio.

(Yeah, it can be solved, but according to what understanding of six versus seven degrees? Let me know if there actually is a way to shorten this by one degree...)

Moving on...

Ava Gardner and Addison Rae

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"It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid." - Clint Eastwood as The Stranger, High Plains Drifter (1973)

For what it's worth...

Jean Muir was in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Olivia de Haviland
Olivia de Haviland was in The Swarm with Michael Caine
Michael Caine was in Children of Men with Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore was in Dear Evan Hansen with Kaitlyn Dever


The Rosenblatt/Corio one is driving me crazy, and I could only get a couple of routes in six...

Yossele Rosenblatt was in The Jazz Singer with Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy was in Airport 75 with George Kennedy
George Kennedy was in The Naked Gun with Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen was in Creepshow with Ed Harris
Ed Harris was in The Lost Daughter with Paul Mescal
Paul Mescal was in Aftersun with Frankie Corio


As for the new one...

Ava Gardner was in On the Beach with Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck was in Cape Fear with Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis was in Crooked Hearts with Joshua Jackson
Joshua Jackson was in Scream 2 with Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lillard was in He's All That with Addison Rae


We need one to clear the air a bit

Kevin Bacon and Lady Gaga

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By my skewed and apparently wrong understanding of the degrees. So no, I haven't managed to solve it properly either.
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Kevin Bacon is in Super with Rainn Wilson
Rainn Wilson is in The Rocker with Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper is in A Star is Born with Lady Gaga

Alex Karras and Aisha Tyler

Alex Karras was in Blazing Saddles with Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder was in Young Frankenstein with Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle was in The Santa Clause 2 with Aisha Tyler


Bubba Smith and Betty White

Bubba Smith ...was in Police Academy with George Gaynes.
George Gaynes was in Altered States with William Hurt.
William Hurt was in Eyewitness with Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman was in Hard Rain with... Betty White.

Dominique Sanda and Matthew Lillard

Dominique Sanda & Liam Cunningham were in The Island of the Matchmaker's Wife
Liam Cunningham & Cillian Murphy were in The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Cillian Murphy & Scarlett Johansson were in The Girl With the Pearl Earring
Scarlett Johansson & Matthew Lilliard were in The Perfect Score


Next...



Donna Reed & Julian Arahanga

Donna Reed is in From Here to Eternity with Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster is in The Osterman Weekend with Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper is in Speed with Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves is in The Matrix with Julian Arahanga

Frederick Stafford and Penn Badgley

Frederick Stafford was in Eagles Over London with Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal was in Sorcerer with Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider was in Blue Thunder with Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell was in Easy A with Penn Badgley


Jean Martin and David Corenswet

Jean Martin ...was in My Name Is Nobody with Henry Fonda.
Henry Fonda was in Once Upon a Time in the West with Jason Robards.
Jason Robards was in Isadora with James Fox.
James Fox was in The Mighty Quinn with Mimi Rogers.
Mimi Rogers was in Affairs of State with... David Corenswet.

Vonetta McGee and Sean Gullette

Vonetta McGee is in Repo Man with Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton is in The Big Bounce with Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is in Gone Baby Gone with Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis is in Pi with Sean Gullette

Kim Novak and Rachel Sennott

Kim Novak & David Bowie were in Just a Gigalo
David Bowie & Ben Stiller were in Zoolander
Ben Stiller & Dagmara Dominczyk were in Keeping the Faith
Dagmara Dominczyk and Rachel Sennot were in Bottoms



Next...


Elvis & Harry Styles

Elvis Presley ...was in Flaming Star with L.Q. Jones.
L.Q. Jones was in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid with Harry Dean Stanton.
Harry Dean Stanton was in Christine with Keith Gordon.
Keith Gordon was in Dressed to Kill with Michael Caine.
Michael Caine was in Dunkirk with... Harry Styles.

Loredana Nusciak and Chris Pine

Loredana Nusciak & Franco Nero were in Django
Franco Nero & Bruce Willis were in Die Hard 2
Bruce Willis & Alan Rickman were in Die Hard
Alan Rickman & Chris Pine were in Bottle Shock!

Next...

Virginia Patton & Angourie Rice

Virginia Patton is in It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart is in The Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum is in Dead Man with Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen is in The Quick and the Dead with Keith David
Keith David is in The Nice Guys with Angourie Rice

Cameron Mitchell and Leah Lewis

Cameron Mitchell was in The Swarm with Katharine Ross
Katharine Ross was in Wait Until Dark with Stacy Keach
Stacy Keach was in The Long Riders with Chris Mulkey
Chris Mulkey was in How to Deter a Robber with Leah Lewis


Mamoudou Athie and Michael Caine

Mamoudou Athie ...was in The Circle with Glenne Headly.
Glenne Headly was in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with... Michael Caine!

I swear, that's gotta be some kind of record for me!

Fabio Testi and Margot Robbie

Fabio Testi is in China 9, Liberty 37 with Jenny Agutter
Jenny Agutter is in Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan is in I, Tonya with Margot Robbie

Charles Laughton and Jackson Rathbone

Charles Laughton ...was in The Paradine Case with Gregory Peck.
Gregory Peck was in Cape Fear (1991) with Robert De Niro.
Robert De Niro was in Taxi Driver with Jodie Foster.
Jodie Foster was in Panic Room with Kristen Stewart.
Kristen Stewart was in Twilight with... Jackson Rathbone.

Jean-Louis Trintignant and Meg Foster

Jean-Louis Trintignant was in Under Fire with Elpidia Carrillo
Elpidia Carrillo was in Predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Scwarzenegger was in The Expendables with Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren was in Masters of the Universe with Meg Foster


Emmanuelle Riva and Chelsea Field