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Fun Movie & Film Trivia questions and answers.
What movie's cast included 124 midgets?
A: The 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland.
The midgets played Munchkins.
What movie series did Johnny Weissmuller star in after he outgrew
his Tarzan loincloth?
A: Jungle Jim, in which he wore a bush jacket to cover his added
weight.
Who replaced Dorothy Lamour as the female lead in the last of the
seven Bing Crosby-Bob Hope "Road movies?
A: Joan Collins. Lamour, however, did make a cameo appearance in the
1962 film, The Road to Hong Kong.
What famous American movie star's ashes are in an urn that also
contains a small old whistle?
A: Humphrey Bogart's. His actress wife Lauren Bacall had the whistle
inscribed, "If you need anything, just whistle"--words she spoke to
him in their first film together, To Have and Have Not.
What film star represented Scotland in the 1952 Mr. Universe
contest?
A: Sean Connery.
What was movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn's real name?
A: Samuel Goldfish. He took his new name from the company he formed
with the Selwyn brothers.
How much was Marlon Brando paid for his brief appearance as Jor-el
in the movie "Superman"?
A: He received a reported $3.7 million, as well as another $15
million after suing for a share of the box-office take.
What actress in what movie said, "How dare he make love to me and
not be a married man"?
A: Ingrid Berman, speaking of Cary Grant in Indiscreet.
At an MGM auction i 1970, two items went for the tip price of
$1,500. One was the full-sized boat used in the musical Showboat.
What was the other?
A: Judy Garland's size-4-1/2 red shoes from The Wizard of Oz.
Clark Gable starred in the 1932 film Red Dust with Jean Harlow
and Mary Astor. What was the name of the 1953 remake, featuring
Gable in the same role with costars Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly?
A: Mogambo.
What filmmaker made a cameo appearance in Close Encounters of
the Third Kind?
A: FranAois Truffant. He appeared as a UFO expert.
What famous actor starred in two classic "Bridge" movies?
A: William Holden. He was in The Bridge on the River Kwai and The
Bridges at Toko-ri.
Who appeared as a character named Alias in the 1973 Sam Peckinpah
film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid?
A: Singer Bob Dylan.
What famous performer appeared in a movie riding Trigger before
Roy Rogers rode him to silver-screen stardom?
A: Olivia de Havilland, in The Adventures of Robin Hood in 1938. At
the time, Trigger was known as Golden Cloud.
Who portrayed Snow White in a live-action movie to help Walt
Disney's animators achieve realism their cartoon feature film?
A: Dancer Marge Champion, who was married to a Disney animator at
the time. She also was the model for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio.
What actress once sued a California animal breeder for naming a
two-headed goat after her?
A: Hedy Lamarr.
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