Movie Trivia Questions About Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Bambi, The Three Stooges and More!

 

 

Cinema trivia questions and answers about Katharine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson, The Three Stooges, Errol Flynn, Bambi, Anthony Quinn, and more!

What film so embarrassed star Katharine Hepburn that she offered to make another movie without salary if RKO with held its release?
A: Sylvia Scarlett. Hepburn plays a young woman who dresses like a boy in the film, which was released in 1935. Her co-star was Cary Grant.

How much was Jacqueline Onassis reportedly offered to portray herself in the 1978 film The Greek Tycoon?
A: $1 million. Jacqueline Bisset took the role for half that amount.

Name Hollywood's Top 10 box-office stars of 1965--according to the nation's film exhibitors?
A: From 1 to 10: Sean Connery, John Wayne, Doris Day, Julie Andrews, Jack Lemmon, Elvis Presley, Cary Grant, James Stewart, /Elizabeth Taylor and Richard  Burton.

What were the names of Bambi's rabbit and skunk friends in the 1942 Walt Disney film Bambi?
A: The rabbit was Thumper; the skunk, Flower.

What top Hollywood star co-scripted and co-produced Head, a 1968 psychedelic musical fantasy that starred the rock group the Monkees?
A: Jack Nicholson.

By what stage names do we know father and son actors "Ramon and Carlos Estevez?
A: Ramon is Martin Sheen; Carlos is his son Charlie Sheen. The name was inspired by Roman Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Three stars appearing in the 1953 Academy Award-winning film From Here To Eternity were nominated for best actor or best actress Oscars. How many won?
A:  None. Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift lost to William J Holden (Stalag 17) for best actor, and Deborah Kerr lost to Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday) for best actress. But Frank Sinatra won an "Oscar for best supporting actor, and Donna Reed won one for best supporting actress.

Who won a job in Hollywood after appearing in a screen test wearing only a loincloth and sporting a rose behind his left ear?
A: Clark Gable.

Russia permitted the 1940 American film classic The Grapes of Wrath to be shown because of the grim picture it painted of the American depression. Why was it later banned?
A: Because Russian audiences were impressed that the poor, struggling Dust Bowl family depicted in the film was able to own an automobile.

Who played the tyrannical king in the movie Anna and the King of Siam--10 years before Yul Brynner starred in the musical version, The King and I?
A: Rex Harrison, in 1946. His co-star was Irene Dunne.

What was the name of the hard-nosed paratrooper colonel who blasted apart a Coca-Cola vending machine in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film satire Dr. Strangelove?
A: Bat Guano, who was portrayed by Keenan Wynn.

What distinguished English actor appeared as pirate William Kidd in the 1952 film Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd?
A: Charles Laughton.

Name the four "Lucky H" movies that actor Paul Newman starred in during the 1960s?
A: The Hustler, 1961; 1963;Harper, 1966; and Hombre, 1967.

What unusual insurance policy did  Anthony Quinn take out when he agreed to appear in the 1968 film The Magus?
A: Quinn, who shaved his head for his role, was insured against failing to grow back a healthy head of hair.

In 1940, what Hollywood stars were voted the Top 10 box-office attractions in the land by the nation's film exhibitors?
A: From 1 to 10: Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Gene Autry, Tyrone Power, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Wallace Beery, Bette Davis and Judy Garland.

What comedy team appeared in more movies than any other in U.S. film history?
A The Three Stooges.

In what film did Julie Andrews make her first appearance in a non-singing role?
A: In The Americanization of Emily, in 1964.

What historic figure has been portrayed on the silver screen by actors Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson?
A: Fletcher Christian, first mate on the Bounty. Flynn in In the Wake of the Bounty, in 1933; Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty, in 1935; Brando in Mutiny on the Bounty, in 1962; and Gibson in The Bounty, in 1984.