Cinema Trivia Questions and Answers - Silent Film Robin Hood, The Graduate, The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Gone with the Wind, and More!

 

 

Cinema trivia questions and answers about Robin Hood, Dr. No, The Graduate, Gene Autry, Gone with the Wind, Jeff Bridges and more.

In how many films did Alan Hale play Robin Hood's strapping sidekick Little John?
A: Three--in the 1922 silent film Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks; in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Errol Flynn in the title role; and in the 1950 film Rogues of Sherwood Forest, featuring John Derek as the son of Robin Hood.

In the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More, what now-famous actress played Audrey, the street urchin who tried to get Alice's son to drink Ripple?
A: Jodie Foster.

Whom did author Ian Fleming suggest for the role of Agent 007 in the 1962 movie Dr. No, the first of Hollywood's James bond films?
A: Composer-entertainer Hoagy  Carmichael. The role, of course, went to Sean Connery.

What famous actor once portrayed a character named Badass Buddusky?
A: Jack Nicholson, in the1973 film The Last Detail.

What actress, using the name Rainbo, recorded a song entitled :John, You've Gone Too Far This Time," which gently chided John Lennon for appearing Nude with wife Yoko Ono on the cover of the album Two Virgins?
A: Sissy Spacek. The record was a flop and Spacek turned her attention to acting.

What was served in the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre?
A: Potato soup, fish pate and roast quail.

In what actress's marital split was Warren Beatty named correspondent and ordered to pay the divorce costs?
A: Leslie Caron's, in 1965. British stage director Peter Hall obtained the divorce in London.

What role did Dennis Hopper play in the 1957 western classic The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
A: Billy Clanton, the youngest of the outlaw Clanton gang.

What was the name of singing cowboy Gene Autry's ranch in Placerita Canyon, northwest of downtown Los Angeles?
A: The Melody Ranch. Autry sold it in 1991 after the death of his horse Champion at age 41.

Who turned down the role of the seductive and vindictive Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate before Anne Bancroft was offered the part in the 1967 hit film?
A: Doris Day, who explained that she rejected the part because: "I can't picture myself in bed with someone, all the crew around us, doing what I consider so exciting and exalting when it is very personal and private."

What popular leading man dropped out of college to tour as Snow White's Prince charming in the Disney on Parade Ice show?
A: Patrick Swayze.

How old was actor Jeff Bridges when he made his screen debut?
A: Four months. He appeared as a crying baby i  the 1950 film The Company She Keeps.

How much was producer David O. Selznick fined by the Motion Picture Association of America for letting the word "damn" be used in Gone with the Wind?
A: $5,000.

Before actor Clint Eastwood spent a record $25,000 on his winning 1986 campaign for mayor of Carmel, California, what had been the previous high for that town?
A :$750.00