Motion Picture Trivia Questions and Answers.

Motion Picture trivia questions and answers.

What was the first black-and-white film to be converted to color electronically?
A: Yankee Doodle Dandy, the 1942 biopic of George M. Cohan with James Cagney in the title role.

For which performer did Hollywood greats Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall name their daughter?
A: Leslie Howard. Their daughter's name is Leslie Howard Bogart. The couple's son, Stephen, was named for the character Bogie played in their first movie together, To Have and Have Not.

What was the first name of Ensign Pulver--played by Jack Lemmon in the 1955 film, Mr. Roberts and by Robert Walker Jr. in the 1964 sequel Ensign Pulver?
A: Frank. Lemmon's portrayal won him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

What is the name of the writer-director Chris Columbus's production company?
A: 1942 Films, Inc.

What was actor Robert Redford doing when he first saw the vast alpine canyon in Park City, Utah, what he later bought and turned into an artists; retreat, ski resort and family compound?
A: Hunting mountain lions. At the time, Sundance, his 5000-acre spread in the Wasatch Range, was a sheep ranch.

What serious actor worked as a lion tamer during a summer break from the Professional Children's Acting School in New York City?
A: Christopher Walken, in 1961. His job was with the Tarryl Jacobs Circus.

What 1951 movie classic inspired the pilot for a TV series that never made it, despite a cast that featured James Coburn and Glynis Johns?
A: The African Queen. The pilot was aired as an episode of The Dick Powell Show in March 1962.

What replaced Charlie, the pet dog, when the 1961 movie The Absent-Minded Professor was remade as "Flubber in 1997?
A: Weebo, the computer.

What 1946 American film classic was denounced as Communist propaganda in an FBI memo bcaue of its"rathr obvious attempt to denounce bankers"?
A: It's a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart. The FBI memo said the film attacked bankers "by casting Lionel Barrymore as a 'Scrooge-type so that he could be the most hated man in the picture...a common trick used by Communists."

What high-flying actor named his son Jett?
A: John Travolta, who's a licensed pilot.

What popular actress wrote a magazine article entitled The Alien Inside Me?
A: Sigourney Weaver, who starred as Ellen Ripley in the 1979 high-tech horror movie Alien and its sequels --Aliens, Alien3 and Alien Resurrection. Her article appeared in Premiere magazine.

How much did actor Arnold Schwarzenegger pay for John F. Kennedy's set of golf clubs at a 1996 auction?
A: $772,500. Schwarzenegger is married to JFK's niece Maria Shriver.

What two films share the dubious distinction of having 11 Oscar nominations and no Oscar wins?
A: The Turning Point in 1977 and The Color Purple in1985.

Where was horror-film star Bela Lugosi born?
A: In Lugos, Hungary--as Bela Blasko. He took his stage name from his hometown.

How was actor Walter Matthau listed in the credits for the 1974 film Earthquake, in which he had a recurring cameo role as a drunk?
A: He was listed under his real name--Walter Matuschanskayasky.