Movie Theater and Film Trivia Including James Stewart, The Great Gatsby, James Cagney, Greta Garbo, and more.
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What film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice?
A: The Man Who Knew Too Much--in 1934 with Leslie Banks and Edna
Best, and in 1956 with James Stewart and Doris Day.
Where were the disco scenes in Saturday Night Fever shot?
A: At the 2001 Odyssey Disco in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Who played The Great Gatsby in the 1949 film version of the F.
Scott Fitzgerald novel?
A: Alan Ladd. Robert Redford starred in the same role 25 years
later.
What film star won a special Oscar as "the most outstanding
personality of 1934"?
A: America's dimpled darling Shirley Temple, who was Hollywood's top
box-office attraction from 1935 through 1938.
What do Rudolf Nureyev's legs, Bette Davis' waist line and Jimmy
Durante's nose have in common?
A: All were insured by Lloyd's of London.
What great American actor's first stage appearance was as a
chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor?
A: James Cagney's in 1920.
What was Boris Karloff's real name?
A: William Henry Pratt.
What famous Hollywood leading man appeared as Pinkerton in
the1932 non-musical film version of the Giacomo Puccini opera Madame
Butterfly?
A: Cary Grant. Sylvia Sidney was his Madame Butterfly.
Actresses Mary Pickford and Alexis Smith were both born with the
same name--an changed it fro Hollywood. What was it?
A: Gladys Smith
How many costume changes did Elisabeth Taylor make in the $37
million, 1963 motion picture extravaganza Cleopatra?
A: Sixty-five.
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What were the first words spoken by Greta Garbo in a movie?
A: "Gimme a vhiskey. Ginger ale on the side. An' don' be stingy,
baby." The film was Anna Christie; the year, 1930.
What unusual pet did actor John Barrymore have?
A: A vulture named Maloney. It would sit on his knee and hiss.
What 1939 James Stewart movie classic aroused Congressional
threats against Hollywood and attempts to block its European release
by U.S. Ambassador to England Joseph P. Kennedy?
A: Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.
What actress changed her name from Edda van Heemstra for
Hollywood?
A :Belgian-born Audrey Hepburn.
Who were the only consecutive Best Actress Oscar winners to
appear together in the first movie both made after receiving their
awards?
A: Jessica Tandy, who won the Oscar in 1989 for Driving Miss
Daisy, and Kathy Bates, who won it in 1990 for Misery. Their joint
project was the 1992 film Fried Green Tomatoes.
What movie introduced the song "Some Day My Prince Will Come"?
A: Walt Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The song was
written for the film by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey.
What film star early in his career appeared in a series of movies
as Singin' Sam, the sliver screen's first singing cowboy?
A: John Wayne. He gave up the role because his singing and
guitar-playing were dubbed, making personal appearances difficult if
not impossible.
What Oscar-winning title role, rejected by both Marlon Brando and
Albert Finney, brought stardom to the little-known actor who signed
for the part?
A: Lawrence of Arabia. The role, of course, went to Peter O' Toole.
