Answer: Steve McQueen
"The Great Escape" also starred James Garner, Richard Attenborough and Charles Bronson.
This World War II adventure was based on a true story in which several hundred prisoners attempt to break free from the confines of a supposedly escape proof POW camp.
The film was directed by John Sturges.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment ! - Swinging 60's Style
Answer: In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), an African-American detective from the north stumbles into a murder investigation in a small, southern, racially unenlightened town. Rod Steiger would walk away with an Oscar for his performance as 'Bill' Gillespie, the sheriff in charge of the investigation. Stirling Silliphant took home an Oscar for best screenplay.
In the best picture race, "In the Heat of the Night" beat out two classics ("The Graduate" and "Bonnie and Clyde") and two clunkers ("Dr. Doolittle" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"). To be fair, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" deserves some points for its anti-bigotry message as well as its stellar cast (Poitier again, along with Katharine Hepburn and, in his final film, the great Spencer Tracy). For more info on the 1967 Oscar race, check out Mark Harris' terrific book, "Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood."
From Quiz: 1968: The Year in Entertainment
Answer: Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu
Priscilla's Air Force captain father was stationed in Germany at the same time as Private Elvis Presley. It was 1959 and Priscilla was only 14 years old, ten years younger than Elvis. Eight years later, they were finally married. By October of 1973, the marriage was over.
From Quiz: 1967: The Year in Entertainment
Answer: Pepper
"Pepper" was the name of Tammy's little sister. The "Tammy Doll" was created in 1962 by the Ideal Toy Company and was inspired by the movie "Tammy and the Bachelor" which starred Debbie Reynolds and was the first of the four "Tammy" films. The "Tammy Doll" was a short lived gimmmick which was discontinued in 1966.
From Quiz: Rewind the '60s
Answer: "Dr. No"
In a 2010 interview Connery stated that "From Russia With Love" was his favorite Bond film. He found the plot and locations intriguing. Connery went on to say that the film he had the best time filming was 1989's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".
From Quiz: They Said It in the '60s
Answer: France Gall
France Gall (real first name Isabelle) was born 1947. She had a few hits before entering the Eurovision Song Contest, but the Contest was her international breakthrough. The song was composed by Serge Gainsbourg, who also wrote the lyrics (with some double meanings, unfit for a family site like this one).
Giuglia Cinquetti won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 with "Non Ho L'Eta". Udo Jurgens won in 1966 with "Merci Cherie". Sandy Shaw won in 1967 with "Puppet on a String".
From Quiz: Any Way The Sixties Blow
Answer: 101 Dalmatians
All those little kids who loved "101 Dalmatians" (1961) grew up and bought it for their own children. It's not surprising that the second biggest selling movie of the decade was another animated Disney film, "The Jungle Book" (1967). According to Worldwide Box Office the rest of the top 10 money makers of the 1960s are, in order: "The Sound of Music" (1965), "Thunderball" (1965), "Goldfinger" (1964), "Dr. Zhivago" (1965), "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "The Graduate" (1967), "Mary Poppins" (1964) and "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" (1969). 1967 saw the release of "Bonnie and Clyde."
From Quiz: 1960s All American Entertainment
Answer: Warren Beatty
Along with Warren Beatty the movie starred Fay Dunaway as Bonnie Parker. "Bonnie and Clyde" had the tagline "They're young... they're in love... and they kill people." Gene Wilder played his first film role in "Bonnie and Clyde" as Eugene Grizzard.
The movie won two Oscars, Estelle Parsons for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role", and Burnett Guffey for "Best Cinematography". "Bonnie and Clyde" won a further 17 industry awards.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment - Swinging 60's Style #5
Answer: Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews starred as magical nanny Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke as Bert / Mr. Dawes.
Walt Disney had seen Julie Andrews in the Broadway production of "Camelot" and offered her the lead role. She was pregnant at the time and Disney delayed the start of filming, even though the studio was having financial trouble at the time, so keen was he to have her in the role.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment - Swinging 60's Style Pt2
Answer: The Boys in the Band
A year before the Stonewall Riots put the fight for gay rights on the cultural map, playwright Mart Crowley's "The Boys in the Band" presented what NY Times critic Clive Barnes called "the frankest treatment of homosexuality I have ever seen on the stage." After a run of over a thousand performances off-Broadway, "The Boys in the Band" was turned into a film in 1970, starring the same cast.
A group of 30-something gay men gather to celebrate a friend's birthday at the apartment of Michael, a self-loathing alcoholic who wishes he wasn't gay. In our more enlightened time, "The Boys in the Band" seems dated and is rarely performed today. Its place in theater and gay rights history is nonetheless indisputable.
From Quiz: 1968: The Year in Entertainment
