JOHN CLEESE (1939 – ) Graham Chapman [From the eulogy he gave at his friend and fellow Python, Graham Chapman’s memorial service]: ‘…and I guess that we’re all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, a man of such capability and kindness, of such unusual […]
BOBBY DRISCOLL (1937-68) [The child star of Treasure Island (1950), and the voice of Disney’s animated Peter Pan in 1953, fell victim to drug addiction and was dead at 31]: ‘I wish I could say that my childhood was a happy one, but I wouldn’t be honest. I […]
MOVIE QUIZ #10 Q1 ANNE BANCROFT PLAYED MRS. ROBINSON IN THE GRADUATE (1967). NAME HER DAUGHTER PLAYED BY KATHARINE ROSS? Q2 IN CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018), CONSTANCE WU (RACHEL CHU) TRAVELS TO WHICH CITY TO MEET HER BOYFRIEND’S FAMILY? Q3 WHO WON A BEST ACTOR OSCAR […]
ANN SHERIDAN (1915-67) [Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was used as a body double (hands, legs & shoulders) by Paramount in her early days in the industry]: ‘I used to go to Grauman’s Chinese or Pantages and sit there waiting to see my faceless body on […]
MOVIE QUIZ #9 Q1 IN MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL (1975), IN PLACE OF A PORTRAIT OF GOD THERE IS ONE OF A FAMOUS 19TH CENTURY CRICKETER. WHO? Q2 RUPERT EVERETT IS LORD GORING IN THE 1999 FILM VERSION OF WHICH OSCAR WILDE PLAY? Q3 RODEO STAR […]
MICHAEL CAINE (1933 – ) [On his many years desperately trying to make it as an actor]: ‘In my worst moments I went on the dole (the last time, Sean Connery was two guys in front of me in the queue)…The other people hanging around with me waiting for […]
MOVIE QUIZ #8 Q1 IN THE 1986 COMEDY FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF, FERRIS MIMED TWO SONGS DURING THE PARADE. WHAT WERE THEY? Q2 WHO SANG THE HIT THEME SONG IN THE 1959 MOVIE PILLOW TALK? Q3 PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR PHILIP MARLOWE IS PORTRAYED BY HUMPHREY BOGART IN […]
MOVIE QUIZ #7 Q1 MAX BIALYSTOCK AND LEO BLOOM ARE THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS IN A COMEDY FIRST MADE IN 1967, THEN IN 2005. NAME THE FILM. Q2 WILLIAM HURT, ALBERT BROOKS & HOLLY HUNTER ARE INVOLVED IN A LOVE TRIO IN WHICH 1987 FILM SET IN A […]
MOVIE QUIZ #6 Q1 IN CITY SLICKERS (1991), BILLY CRYSTAL’S CHARACTER, MITCH ROBBINS, BIRTHED A CALF. WHAT NAME DID HE GIVE IT? Q2 WHO PLAYED SABRINA FAIRCHILD IN THE 1954 ROMANCE SABRINA? Q3 WHICH 2013 FILM IS ABOUT A FREE BLACK MAN, SOLOMON NORTHUP, BEING KIDNAPPED AND […]
‘THE RED SCARE’ 1947-54 Much has been written about the paranoia that evolved in America, due to the excesses of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the forties and fifties, and their impact on the movie industry in that country. I thought it might be time to post […]
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