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On What day of the week was actress Tuesday Weld born?
A: Friday -- August 27, 1943.

Which two top Hollywood stars turned down the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the film version of My Fair Lady before Rex Harrison was offered the part?
A: Cary Grant and James Cagney.

From what earlier stage name did actress-comedienne Whoopi Goldberg derive her current name?
A: Whoopi Cushion.

What two Frank Sinatra movie thrillers did Ole Blue Eyes own and order shelved for years because of their frightening political themes?
A: The Manchurian Candidate, made in 1962, and Suddenly, made in 1954-- both of which dealt with political assassinations.

Who played Robert Redford's laid-back rodeo pal and manager in the 1979 film The Electric Horseman?
A: Country singer Willie Nelson.

What actor was dropped by Universal Studios in the early 1950s because of his protruding Adam's apple and slo speech?
A: Clint Eastwood.

What star--seven months pregnant with her first child--sang the Oscar-winning song "Once I Had a Secret Love" at the 1953 Academy Awards show?
A: Ann Blyth sang the song, which was from the movie Calamity Jayne.

Ronald Reagan used a famous line from one of his movies as the title of his 1965 autobiography, What's the line?
A: "Where's the rest of me?"--words he delivered in the 1941 film "King's Row" when he woke up and discovered both his legs had been amputated.

The family name of what famous fictional sleuth was Charalambides before it was anglicized by an immigration official on Ellis Island?
A: "The Thin Man" Nick Charles.

What unusual stipulation was included in funnyman Buster Keaton's contract with MGM?
A: He was not to smile in public.

What song does Kate Capshaw sing in broken Chinese in the opening scene of the 1984 film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?
A: The Cole Porter classic Anything Goes.

For what 1969 film did poet Rod McKuen write the popular Oscar-nominated ballad "Jean"?
A: The Prime of miss Jean Brodie.

In what 1950 film classic did Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton and Hedda Hopper all play themselves?
A: Sunset Boulevard, starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden.

The film version of what great novel had its title changed to Lost Child in Foggy City when it was shown in China?
A: Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens.

What condition does Roger Moore include in all his film contracts?
A: That he be provided with an unlimited supply of hand-rolled Cubin cigars while on location.

Who played Major Major, the timid squadron leader, in the 1970 film Catch 22?
A: Bob Newhart.

Under what title was the 1978 hit movie Grease released in Venezuela?
A: Vaselina.

Who was the highest paid star in the 1943 film classic Casablanca?
A: Not Bogart, Berman, Greenstreet, Raines, or Lorre--but Conrad Veidt. He was paid $5,000 a week to portray Major Strasser.

Who played Dirty Harry Callahan's cute rookie partner in Clint Eastwood's 1976 film The Enforcer?
A: Tyne Daly, who went on to become veteran cop Mary Beth Lacey on TV's Cagney & Lacey.

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