Miscellaneous Cinema Trivia Questions and Answers.

Cinema trivia questions and answers.

Where was Anthony "Zorba the Greek" Quinn born?
A: In Chihuahua, Mexico.

What was the name of Hollywood's first 3-D movie, released in 1952?
A: Bwana Devil.

Who portrayed Mia Farrow's sister in Woody Allen's Zelig and The purple Rose of Cairo?
A: Mia's sister, Stephanie Farrow.

What famous funnyman co-authored the 1974 film comedy Blazing Saddles with actor-director Mel Brooks?
A: Richard Pryor.

In what film did actress Dorothy Lamour first don a sarong?
A: In her very first movie, The Jungle Princess, in 1936--four years before her first "Road" movie with Bob Hope an Bing Crosby.

Who played John Wayne's young niece--orphaned, kidnapped and raised by Indians--in the great 1956 western saga The Searchers?
A: Natalie Wood.

Who portrayed artist Paul Gauguin in Lust for Life, the 1956 film biography of Vincent van Gogh?
A: Anthony Quinn, who won an Oscar as best supporting actor for his performance. Van Gogh was played by Kirk Douglas.

When the pedigree spaniel Lady had four puppies in the 1955 Disney film Lay and the Tamp, what name was given to the only one resembling papa-mutt Tramp?
A: Scamp.

Who was originally cast as the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau before Peter Sellers got the role in the 1963 film comedy The Pink Panther?
A: Peter Ustinov. He bowed out at the last minute.

What famous director featured his teenage daughter in a 1969 film, to the great dismay o f reviewers, one of whom described her as having the face of " and exhausted gnu, the voice of an unstrung tennis racket, and a figure of no describable shape"?
A: John Huston--who cast his daughter, Angelica, in a leading role i A Walk with Love and Death. It was her film debut.

What was the wet stuff raining down on Gene Kelly in his famous splash-dance scene in the 1952 musical Singing' in the Rain?
A: A mixture of water and milk. The milk was added to make the rain more visible.

What was the most expensive silent film ever made?
A: Ben Hur. The 1926 epic, which starred Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman, cost $3.9 million.

What popular 1973 movie was almost renamed Another Slow Night in Modesto because a studio executive feared the planned title would mislead filmgoers into believing it was an Italian movie?
A: American Graffiti.

What is the only thing shown in color in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film Rumble Fish?
A: Mickey Rourke's Siamese fighting fish.

Who is the only movie star to win the best actor Academy Award two years in a row?
A: Spencer Tracy, in 1937 and 1938, for his performances in Captains Courageous and Boy's Town.

What does R2-D2--the name of the robot in the movie Star Wars--mean in film editing lingo?
A: Reel 2, dialogue2.

As a child, what famous actress shaved her head, wore pants and called herself "Jimmy" because she wanted to be a boy?
A: Katherine Hepburn.

What foreign actress once earned a living as a model, working under the name Diana Loris?
A: Gina Lollobrigida.

What actress once said, "Sometimes I'm so sweet, even I can't stand it"?
A: Julie Andrews.

Who played wise-guy dragster Bob Falfa in the movie American Graffiti?
A: Harrison Ford.