The Movie Masters was an American

United States

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 television

Television

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 game show

Game show

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 which ran from August 2, 1989 to January 19, 1990. It was the last game show hosted by Gene Rayburn

Gene Rayburn

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 and aired as filler programming on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable

Cable television

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 network.

The concept of the game was for famous celebrities of the past to correctly answer questions that pertained to a scene of a movie. Correctly answering a question allowed the panelist to see a part of the scene and a chance to identify the title of the movie. Panelists played for home viewers with the viewer whose panelist guessed correctly winning a grand prize.

The regular panel of the show consisted of veteran New York Times

The New York Times

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movie and theatre critic Clive Barnes

Clive Barnes (critic)

Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...

 and longtime To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth

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panelists Kitty Carlisle

Kitty Carlisle Hart

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 and Peggy Cass

Peggy Cass

Mary Margaret “Peggy” Cass was an American actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer.A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Cass became interested in acting as a member of the drama club at Cambridge Latin School; however, she attended all of high school without a speaking part...

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