Who Was Who on the Silver Screen Quiz

Answer: Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage is said to have changed his name to distance himself from his famous uncle Francis Ford Coppola. However, it was Francis Ford Coppola, one of America's most controversial filmmakers, who produced "Rumble Fish".
Matt Dillon (born Matthew Raymond Dillon), played Rusty James in the film.
Susan Eloise (S. E.) Hinton wrote the novel "Rumble Fish".

Answer: John Wayne

John Wayne, the son of an Iowa pharmacist Clyde Morrison, made his first movie "Men Without Women" in 1930. Shortly thereafter he met and befriended veteran actor Paul Fix, who played Mr. Tso in "Blood Alley". They made 27 films together. Along with his older brother Marion, Robert Morrison produced five films from 1956 to 1958.
Thomas Hezikiah (Tom) Mix, who helped establish western movies, shooting over 300 films, had passed away in 1940, so he could not have been in this film.

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

In this film about wild horses, Marilyn Monroe played the divorcee Roslyn Taber.
Thelma Ritter, who played Isabelle Steers in "The Misfits", was one of the most nominated females to never win an Academy Award, along with Deborah Kerr.
Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer released two thrillers in 1961, "The Naked Edge" and "The Innocents". Danish singer Malene Mortensen was born May 23, 1982.

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn is often thought of only as an actress in older films (1950s & 60s), but she was 52 at the time this film was shot.
Patti Hansen, who played Sam in the 1981 comedy, married Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.
Kathleen Kennedy (born 1954) is a producer with "Twister" (1996) and "Schindler's List" (1993) to her credit.
Eve Jihan Jeffers, better known as simply Eve, has been in several movies including XXX with Vin Diesel, but was not doing films in 1981. She was only three at the time.

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks has played in literally dozens of films, many of which he produced and/or directed.
Sam Saletta, who has appeared on several TV Series including and provided the voice for Samuel 'Squid' Dullard in "Rocket Power" (1999-2000), played "Butch" in this movie.
Stuart M. Kaminsky is an American mystery writer, and has been nominated six times for Edgar Allen Poe Awards.
Tom Welling, who appeared in "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003) and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" (2005), may be best known for playing Clark Kent in the TV series "Smallville".

Answer: Fred Astaire

This was one of Fred Astaire's last appearances. He passed away in 1987. In this version of "Ghost Story", Edward Charles Wanderley was played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Fairbanks became an Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1949 for his contributions to the Allied Forces during WWII. Sebastian Cabot was in the 1972-1973 TV-Series "Ghost Story".

The Internet Movie Database [IMDB] lists François Austerlitz as lighting designer: live concert under miscellaneous crew for the 1992 "Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill".

Answer: Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers is best known for her dancing but was also a very accomplished actress.
Gene Tierney, born Gene Eliza Tierney, played Iris Denver in this 1954 mystery.
Virginia McMath, perhaps most recognized from her guest appearances on television sitcoms, lent her voice to 1999's "Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving".
Maura Tierney of such films as "Liar Liar" (1997) and "Welcome to Mooseport" (2004) was born February 3, 1965.

Answer: Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers, who played Roy Barton in this film, starred in over 100 films of his own, most of which had him co-starring with his lovely wife Dale Evans, nicknamed "The Queen of the West". Rogers' own nickname was "The King of the Cowboys".
Bob Hope starred in "The Paleface" (1922), as "Painless" Peter Potter and was Peter "Junior" Potter Jr. in "Son of Paleface" (1952).
Sylvester Stallone, not in this film, was nicknamed "Sly". A more appropriate nickname might have been Rocky Balboa, the role he has played in six films now.
Edward Slye appeared in "The Mysteries of Paris" in 1920.

Answer: Traci Lords

Traci Lords began making pornographic films at the age of sixteen by lying about her age. When the ruse was discovered, all her films were recalled and destroyed as illegal child pornography. She has since been fairly successful in mainstream films.
Sherilyn Fenn, Liza of "Novel Romance", is perhaps best known as Audrey Horne on television's "Twin Peaks" (1990-1991).
Lara Flynn Boyle played Donna Hayward on "Twin Peaks".
As the director of the Kiev Soros Center, Marta Kuzma, played herself in the 2001 documentary, "My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities".

Answer: Dick Sargent

Although Dick Sargent has several movies to his credit, he might always remembered as the replacement. In 1969 he replaced Dick York as Darrin Stephens in the ABC series "Bewitched" (1964 - 1972). He later replaced Stephen Johnson as Richard Preston in the TBS series "Down to Earth" (1983 - 1987). Bernard "Bernie" White, who played Robert Knight in "Body Count", is perhaps better known as Rama-Kandra in the 2003 films "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions".
Bobby Hosea, Hutch in "Rock-A-Die Baby", may be more readily recognized for his many episodic appearances on various television shows.
Richard Ian Cox is a welsh-born dubbing artist, best known for his voice-over work in "Ranma ½" (1993) and the series "InuYasha" (2000-2004).