A Picture Names a Picture, Part 2 Quiz

Answer: Lifeboat

Set in WWII, the movie centres around a group of people adrift at sea in a lifeboat, after their ship is sunk in a battle with a German U-boat. The U-boat has also sunk, and they pull one of the survivors onboard the lifeboat. Things get tense as food and water become scarce and they gradually come to realize that the man they rescued from the water is the captain of the ship that opened fire on them. What's worse is that he's got supplies that he isn't sharing, and he disposes of one of the group to keep his secret.

The movie stars, among others, Hume Cronyn and Tallulah Bankhead.

Answer: The Red Shoes

"The Red Shoes" is a British film that tells of a ballerina forced, by a relentless teacher, to choose between dancing and love. Initially she chooses love, but when she is drawn back in to once again dance the starring role in the ballet "The Red Shoes", her husband leaves her. Torn between her two loves, she ends up jumping in front of a train and dying...or does she fall?
The movie is directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and stars Moira Shearer.

Answer: Cats and Dogs

Through the magic of CGI, "Cats and Dogs" tries to do for our pets what "Toy Story" did for our toys, give them a life of their own, of which we are unaware. The movie shows us how cats and dogs are agents, working against each other. The cats trying to bring about some great, evil plan to make people everywhere allergic to dogs and the dogs trying to stop it.
The movie features the voice talents of Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins and Alec Baldwin, to name a few.

Answer: Beaches

From two entirely different worlds, Hillary and C.C. meet on a beach when Hillary is lost and crying. They stay in touch over the years, becoming best friends and room mates until their love lives tear them apart. They reunite though, and C.C. becomes guardian of Hillary's little girl, when Hillary passes away from heart disease.

The movie is magnificent, but it's a serious tear jerker. Midler's rendition of "Wind Beneath My Wings" was a huge hit.

Answer: The Rose

Mary Rose Foster (Midler) is a hard living, hard rocking singer who is emotionally unable to cope with the pressures put upon her by both her manager and her fame. She turns to drugs and eventually dies of an overdose. The movie was originally called "The Pearl", after Joplin's nickname, but was changed when her family refused to sell the rights to Joplin's story.

Answer: White Christmas

Wallace and Davis (Crosby and Kaye) are successful entertainers who met while fighting in WWII. When they meet up with the Haynes sisters (Clooney and Vera-Ellen) they follow them to Vermont where the girls are booked over Christmas. To their surprise the inn where the girls are booked is run by the general whom Wallace and Davis served under.

He's about to go broke because the lack of snow is keeping the guests away. Wallace and Davis devise a plan to keep the general in business until the weather co-operates.

Answer: The Birds

When wealthy socialite Melanie Daniels (Hedren) takes a pair of lovebirds to Bodega Bay, as a joke on lawyer Mitch Brenner (Taylor), the strangest things begin to happen. The birds in the bay begin attacking. The attacks grow in frequency and intensity, resulting in a few deaths.
Since first seeing that movie, I have never been completely comfortable when seeing birds gather like this!

Answer: Papillon

Papillon is butterfly in French, and the movie is about a French prisoner known as Papillon (McQueen), who is imprisoned due to being wrongfully convicted of murder. His numerous escape attempts land him several years confinement to solitary, but he does eventually manage to escape from Devil's Island, where he was imprisoned for ten years.
The movie is based on a book written by French prisoner, Henri Charriere.

Answer: Morning Glory

Becky Fuller is brought in as the new Executive Producer of failing morning show, "Daybreak". One of her first acts is to fire one of the co-hosts and bring in a very reluctant Mike Pomeroy (Ford) who does the job only because of contractual obligations.

This does not thrill Coleen Peck (Keaton) the other host of the show. Becky soon learns that if she doesn't improve the ratings and fast, the show will be cancelled.

Answer: Groundhog Day

Much to his openly expressed disdain, TV meteorologist, Phil Connors (Murray) is sent to the town of Punxsutawney to cover the annual Groundhog Day celebrations. To his dismay he finds he is forced to live the same day over and over again, until he finally gets it. Andie McDowell plays the female lead.