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1. Harry Warren won his first Academy Award for "Lullaby of Broadway". What film did it first appear in?

From Quiz The Music of Harry Warren

Answer: Gold Diggers of 1935

"Lullaby of Broadway" was in "Gold Diggers of 1935", one of the great Busby Berkeley musicals. The film stars Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart and Adolphe Menjou. "Lullaby of Broadway" is a actually a film within the film, featuring Wini Shaw as a Broadway singer. Berkeley stated it was his favorite sequence from any of his films. Warren wrote the music and Al Dubin wrote the lyrics to "Lullaby of Broadway". "Lovely to Look At" by Jerome Kern was nominated for "Roberta" (1934), and "Top Hat" (1934), the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers musical, was nominated for "Check to Cheek" by Irving Berlin. "Broadway Melody of 1936" was nominated for Best Picture, but none of its songs were nominated. Warren was born in Brooklyn on December 24, 1893 as Salvatore Anthony Guaranga. His father Americanized the family name to Warren when Harry was a child.

From Quiz Gene Wilder Movies - Quirky Clues Ahead

Answer: Young Frankenstein

Gene Wilder starred as the titular character in "Young Frankenstein", the 1974 comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Wilder played Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who investigates his ancestor's experiments to create life from the dead. His assistant Igor procures an abnormal brain, sheepishly telling Frederick that the brain is from "Abby Normal." Frederick and his monster dance and sing to "Puttin' on the Ritz". When Inspector Kemp (Kenneth Mars) comes to investigate rumors of the monster, he and Frederick play an amusing game of darts with "nice grouping!"

From Quiz John Williams Movie Scores

Answer: Jaws

This was John Williams' second Academy Award. "Jaws" is the story of a great white shark killing beach goers in a Massachusetts town. Eventually, three people go out and hunt the shark down.

From Quiz John Waters

Answer: Hairspray

"Hairspray" was based on the 2002 Broadway musical that was based on a 1988 film of the same name! It followed the struggles of the slighly overweight dancer teen Tracy Turnblad during her rise to fame on the Corny Collins Show.

From Quiz The Wilson Brothers in the Movies

Answer: Richie Tenenbaum

Three siblings are child prodigies. Chas Tenenbaum is a financial expert. His sister, Margot is a playwright. Her other brother Richie is a tennis player, ranked second in the world by the time he is 17. Richie is a friendly guy who wants everyone to get along, but his siblings think he is a papa's boy. They are all brought back together when their father announces his bad news. Gwyneth Paltrow plays the part of Margot. Ben Stiller plays the part of Chas. Luke plays the part of the tennis pro Richie. Owen also helped write the screenplay for this movie. Luke and Owen actually turned down the part of the Malloy brothers in "Ocean's Eleven" to make this movie.

From Quiz Shane West

Answer: Tom Sawyer

"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" is about a phantom who is trying to start a World War. Allan Quartermain is trying to track down the phantom and he formed a private team together to beat him.

From Quiz Robin Wright Penn's Movies

Answer: Buttercup

Cary Elwes played the role of Westley and Mandy Patinkin was Inigo Montoya. Chris Sarandon played the wicked Prince Humperdinck. Buttercup had known Westley for a long time, but didn't realize that she loved him until he left to seek his fortune across the sea. Buttercup believes that he was killed by pirates, but when she is to marry Humperdinck, Westley reappears. Many adventures later, Buttercup and Westley can ride off on white horses together. The film is also memorable for great music by Mark Knopfler and Willy De Ville.

From Quiz The Gedde Watanabe Quiz of Doom!

Answer: Gung Ho

Gedde was the middle manager who begins to adopt American ways.

From Quiz Hugo Weaving Co-Stars

Answer: Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe, another versatile actor, plays "Andy" in this film. Trust becomes an important element in thier friendship. The film's name is "Proof".

From Quiz The Music of Harry Warren

Answer: Hello, Frisco, Hello

"You'll Never Know" appears in "Hello, Frisco, Hello" (1943). Warren wrote the music and Mack Gordon wrote the lyrics for the film. Alice Faye sang "You'll Never Know" in the movie, and later in her career it became her signature song. The film covers a vaudeville troupe in 1915 San Francisco. Along with Faye, the film starred John Payne, Jack Oakie and Lynn Bari. "Hit Parade of 1943" was nominated for "Change of Heart". "Stage Door Canteen" was nominated for "We Musn't Say Goodbye" which was written by Al Dubin. And "Star Spangled Rhythm" was nominated for "That Old Black Magic" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Warren, a native New Yorker, got his start in Tin Pan Alley, but decided Hollywood offered brighter pastures and moved to Los Angeles in 1932.

From Quiz Gene Wilder Movies - Quirky Clues Ahead

Answer: Rhinoceros

"Rhinoceros" is a 1974 comedy film starring Gene Wilder as Stanley. Stanley, a typical mild-mannered sales clerk, watches in horror as those around him (including his friends John and Daisy) change into rhinoceroses. The film is based on the play "Rhinocerous" by Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco.

From Quiz "Beulah, Peel Me a Grape!"

Answer: "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie."

Mae West asked to write her own lines for her appearance in "Night After Night", and after years of experience on stage, she knew what she was doing. Director George Raft said, "She stole everything but the cameras." The exchange about the diamonds was her first spoken line in any film.

From Quiz Woodward Ho!

Answer: The Three Faces Of Eve

The film was based on a true story of a woman with a psychological disorder who had multiple personalities. Director Nunnally Johnson had originally wanted Orson Welles to play the part of the doctor who treated Eve. Although he opted instead to direct and star in "Touch Of Evil", Welles correctly predicted that whoever played the role of Eve would win an Academy Award. Lee J. Cobb ended up playing the role of Eve's psychiatrist, Dr. Curtis Luther.

From Quiz John Williams Movie Scores

Answer: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

"The Empire Strikes Back" is the second "Star Wars" release, but actually the fifth in the series. It is about the Rebels trying to bring down the Galactic Empire. This installment features the battle on the planet Hoth, the first time Yoda appears, and when Luke Skywalker finds out that Darth Vader is his father.

From Quiz John Waters

Answer: A Dirty Shame

It starred Johnny Knoxville and heralded John's return to R rated comedies. It followed the events of a group of sex addicts who suffer concussions. I'd give you more information but it would never get printed.

From Quiz The Wilson Brothers in the Movies

Answer: Owen

"Meet the Parents" (2000) is a hilarious movie starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. Ben plays the part of Greg Focker. Robert plays the part of Pam's father, Jack. Owen does an awesome job with Kevin's character. Who wouldn't love their girlfriend's ex-fiance? Kevin's hard work on the hopa is mostly lost when Greg accidentally catches it on fire. There are so many funny things all packed into one movie. Owen is also in the sequel "Meet the Fockers" (2004) playing the part of Kevin. He is both an ordained minister and rabbi, which enables him to marry Greg and Pam.

From Quiz Shane West

Answer: A Walk To Remember

"A Walk to Remember" is about two very unlike people who meet and come to fall in love with each other. The only problem is that Jamie has leukemia and she is Landon's dream girl.

From Quiz The Gedde Watanabe Quiz of Doom!

Answer: Long Duk Dong

Gedo is probably best known for his line in the movie, "No more yanky my wanky, the Donger need food!"

From Quiz The Music of Harry Warren

Answer: On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

"The Harvey Girls" stars Judy Garland as a young women heading west who encounters a group of young women starting a Harvey House restaurant. She is teamed up with "Wizard of Oz" castmate Ray Bolger. The cast includes Angela Lansbury, Virginia O'Brien and Cyd Charisse. "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" was the song that won the Oscar for Warren and Johnny Mercer. Warren and Mercer wrote all the songs for the film. Warner worked for Warner Brothers from 1932 to 1938, working on dozens of musicals at the height of the Golden Age of Musicals. He later worked for 20th Century Fox, MGM and Paramount.

From Quiz Gene Wilder Movies - Quirky Clues Ahead

Answer: Blazing Saddles

Gene Wilder plays Jim the Waco Kid (a recovering-alcoholic gunslinger) in the 1974 film "Blazing Saddles", a satire of the Old West directed by Mel Brooks. Jim helps Sheriff Bart, the new sheriff of Rock Ridge. One of the classic comedic scenes involves the effect eating beans has on some fellas and horses around a campfire.

From Quiz "Beulah, Peel Me a Grape!"

Answer: "...the life in your men."

The line comes from "I'm No Angel" (1933), a film packed with memorable quips and one-liners and released when Mae West was at the height of her box-office popularity. More stringent enforcement of Hollywood censorship had not yet begun, so she could sneak more past the censors than in later films. Mae West's character, Tira, says the line near the end of the film, after questioning a series of former male acquaintances in a courtroom trial and demolishing their testimony against her. Afterwards, a reporter asks her, "Why did you admit knowing so many men in your life?" and Tira responds with the quoted line.

From Quiz Bradley Whitford, What a Jerk!

Answer: Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits plays Doctor David Redding, who is in charge of the residency program at a teaching hospital in Los Angeles. Smits and Whitford teamed up again when Smits played presidential candidate Matthew Santos on "The West Wing." "Vital Signs" was released theatrically, but has all the signs of being a TV pilot for a medical drama that never flew. While it is sometimes compared to "ER" (generally unfavorably), it seems closer to "Grey's Anatomy" especially the part about young attractive doctors having sex. In this case, the young attractive doctors were Adrian Pasdar and Diane Lane.

From Quiz John Williams Movie Scores

Answer: Superman

Margot Kidder sings "Can You Read My Mind". "Superman" is the story of Clark Kent. He escapes his planet of Krypton, and grows up on a farm in Smallville. He eventually moves to Metropolis, where he begins to fight evil. He and Lex Luther become arch enemies.

From Quiz John Waters

Answer: Something Wild

"Something Wild" was about a man and a woman who posed as a couple and drove across the country. John played a used car salesman. The film also starred Melanie Griffith who would later appear in John's film "Cecil B. Demented".

From Quiz Shane West

Answer: Striker

"Get Over It" is about Berke who was dumped by his girlfriend, Allison. Throughout the movie, Berke competes with Striker, but Striker is very popular. Everyone tells Berke to get over it but he doesn't listen to anyone.

From Quiz Robin Wright Penn's Movies

Answer: Theresa Osborne

Theresa Osborne (Wright) finds a message in a bottle on the beach and is determined to find the man who wrote it. Garret Blake (Kevin Costner) is a man trying to come to terms with the loss of his wife and to move on from his past. Paul Newman also stars in this film, as Garret's father.

From Quiz The Gedde Watanabe Quiz of Doom!

Answer: Weird Al Yankovic

Gedde is the karate instructor, Kuni, at the dojo adjoined to Al's apartment.

From Quiz Hugo Weaving Co-Stars

Answer: Terence Stamp and Guy Pearce

Terence Stamp (Bernadette Bassenger) and Guy Pearce (Felicia Jollygoodfellow) have both gone on to play notable characters. Stamp secured the role of Chancellor Velorum in "The Phantom Menace" and Pearce gave an excellent performance as Ed Exley in "L.A. Confidential". This film is "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert".

From Quiz The Music of Harry Warren

Answer: The Caddy (1953)

"That's Amore" was sung by Dean Martin in "The Caddy" (1953), and it would go on to become Martin's signature song. Jerry Lewis hired Warren and Jack Brooks to write songs for the film so that his partner Martin could show off his singing talents. The song was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to "Secret Love" from "Calamity Jane" (1953). "The Caddy" features Lewis in the title role, and Martin as the golfer who Lewis trains. Their conflict on the golf course causes them to be kicked off the tour and they wind up becoming entertainers. "That's Amore" is notable for its use in the 1954 Hitchcock thriller "Rear Window" and in the 1997 romantic comedy "Moonstruck". Warren wrote some of the most popular music of the 20th century. Twenty one of his songs reached number one on the radio program "Your Hit Parade" and another 20 were in the top ten.

From Quiz Gene Wilder Movies - Quirky Clues Ahead

Answer: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)" is a 1972 comedy film directed by Woody Allen. The movies consists of seven vignettes loosely derived from the 1969 book of the same name by Dr. David Reuben. In the vignette entitled "What Is Sodomy?" Gene Wilder plays Dr. Ross who let's just say falls in love with a patient's pet sheep.

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