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Titlesort icon Year Genre Director More information
781 What Just Happened? 2008 comedy Barry Levinson

Robert De Niro as Ben (plastic frame).
782 What Makes a Family 2001 drama Maggie Greenwald

- Whoopi Goldberg in rimless round glasses as the lawyer Terry Harrison.
- Made for TV production.
783 What's New Pussycat 1965 comedy Clive Donner; Richard Talmadge

Peter Sellers as Dr. Fritz Fassbender.
Woody Allen as Victor.
Both wear black plastic spectacles.
784 What's Up, Doc? 1972 comedy; romance Peter Bogdanovich

Ryan O'Neal wears black plastic glasses as Dr. Howard Bannister.
785 Whatever Works 2009 comedy Woody Allen

Larry David in a drop shaped oval wire frame as Boris Yellnikoff.
786 When Billie Beat Bobby 2001 biography; comedy; sport Jane Anderson

- Holly Hunter portraying Billie Jean King in wire rims. Possibly, she is seen in two or more styles in the course of the movie. This role got Hunter nominated for an Emmy for 'Outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie' in 2001.
- Ron Silver portrays Bobby Riggs wearing roundish horn rimmed (dark colored plastic) glasses.
- Story is set in 1973.
787 When in Rome 2010 comedy; romance Mark Steven Johnson

- Inclusion based on stills and trailer.

- Danny DeVito sports a workaday looking metal frame.
- Unidentified actor in horn rims.
788 Who Is KK Downey? 2008 comedy Darren Curtis; Pat Kiely

- unidentified actor in perfectly round Lennon style metal rims.
789 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 drama Mike Nichols

Richard Burton as George in plastic glasses with black top and transparent bottom.
790 Why Worry? 1923 comedy Fred C. Newmeyer; Sam Taylor

Harold Lloyd wears his signature glasses as Harold Van Pelham.
I haven't seen this movie yet. Inclusion in this list based on two stills.
791 Wilson 1944 biography; drama Henry King

Alexander Knox as President Woodrow Wilson.
A female actor who plays one of Wilson's daughters. I'll have to watch the movie again to find out which one.
For his role as Wilson, Knox was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor in a Leading Role and he won a Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture Actor (both in 1945).
792 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 2004 comedy; romance Robert Luketic

Topher Grace in rectangular metal rims part of the time as Pete Monash.
793 Wishcraft 2002 horror Danny Graves; Richard Wenk

- Austin Pendleton wears oval metal rims as Mr. Turner, the history teacher.
- Zelda Rubinstein in metal eyewear as the forensic examiner.
- Joseph Ruskin (2b verified) in a one scene role as the taxidermist wearing metal rims with two small magnifiers installed to the left eyepiece.
794 Witches of Eastwick, The 1987 fantasy George Miller

Michelle Pfeiffer as Sukie Ridgemond.
795 Witchouse 1999 horror David DeCoteau (credited as Jack Reed)

Low-budget production with some awful acting. The actress in glasses acts well by comparison to most of her peers.
796 Witwer mit 5 Töchtern 1957 comedy, musical Erich Engels

Haven't seen this one but the stills make it clear.
German comedian Heinz Erhardt wears a round wire frame covered with tortoise shell colored plastic as the title character Friedrich Scherzer. This kind of frame is sometimes referred to as Windsor style. Another characteristic is that there are no nosepads but a comfortable saddle bridge that rests directly on the nose.

Movie title translates as "Widower with 5 daughters".
797 Wolf Man, The 1941 horror; drama George Waggner

J.M. Kerrigan in horn rimmed glasses as the antiques seller Charles Conliffe.
798 Wonder Boys 2000
comedy
drama
 Curtis Hanson

- Michael Douglas as college professor Grady Tripp wearing horn rimmed glasses.
- Unidentified actor in plastic glasses.
799 Yankles, The 2009 comedy; drama David R. Brooks

Haven't seen this movie yet. Inclusion in this list based on stills.
800 Yeh Dillagi 1994 comedy; drama; musical;romance Naresh Malhotra

- Akshay Kumar as Vijay Saigal (one of both male lead characters).
- Movie from India. Hindi dialogue. Bollywood production.
- English title: The Game of Love