Miscellaneous Movie Trivia Questions and Answers With Audrey Hepburn, West Side Story, Natalie Wood, The Mouse that Roared, John Huston, Vanessa Redgrave, and More!

 

Motion Picture trivia questions and answers including West Side Story, The Mouse that Roared, Olivia de Havilland, Natalie Wood, Hawaii, and more.

In what film did Marnie Nixon, who dubbed the singing for stars in a number of popular movie musicals, finally make her screen debut?
A: The Sound of Music--in which she appears as Sister Sophia. She did the singing for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady; Natalie Wood in West Side Story; and Deborah Kerr in The King and I.

Which was the only Alfred Hitchcock film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
A: The romantic thriller Rebecca, his first American film, in 1940.

What was the literary source of the title of the 1961 Warren Beatty-Natalie Wood film Splendor in the Grass?
A: William Wordsworth's Ode; Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. It reads: "Though nothing can bring back the hour /Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower/ We will grieve not, rather find/ Strength in what remains behind.

Of the banks shown in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, how many were actually robbed by the notorious outlaw couple?
A: Three. Although closed since the depression, they were reopened briefly for the filming of the movie.

In what two pictures did British comic actor Peter Sellers play three roles?
A: The Mouse that Roared in 1959 and Dr. Strangelove, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 1963.

What actress's father was the first American to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk?
A: Uma Thurman's Her father, Robert, later renounced the monastic life.

What actress thanked 27 people in her Oscar acceptance speech--more than anyone else ever has?
A: Olivia de Havilland, when she accepted the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in the 1946 film To Each His Own.

Who is the only entertainer to have five stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, one in each of the walk's five categories--film, TV, recording, radio and theater?
A: Gene Autry.

What was the name of the 1970 sequel to the 1966 movie Hawaii?
A: The Hawaiians. Both films were drawn from the James Michener novel Hawaii.

What actress sisters starred in the 1991 TV remake of the 1962 film Whatever Happened to baby Jane?, which starred Joan Crawford and Bette Davis?
A: Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave.

What role did director John Huston play in his 18966 film epic The Bible?
A: Noah.

In what field of study did actor James Stewart earn a degree at Princeton University?
A:  He received a B.S. in architecture in 1932, but never practiced.

Who played Beau Geste as a boy in the 1938 film Sons of the Legion, which featured Gary Cooper in the adult role?
A: Donald O'Connor who is perhaps best known for his comic dancing in Singing' in the Rain. He ws 13 years old when he played young Beau.

What is the entertainment publication Variety referring to when it uses the word helmer?
A: A director.

Who dubbed James Dean's voice for his climactic "last supper" monologue in the 1956 film Giant?
A: Nick Adams. Shooting of the scene ws finished just thee days before Dean died.