Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A recently divorced woman (Diane Lane), buys a villa while vacationing in Italy. This 2003 romance is from a book written by Frances Mayes.
2. Christian Bale stars in this 1987 movie about a boy separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai during WWII.
3. This Oscar-winning movie, from 1951, was directed by George Stevens, and based on Theodore Dreiser's novel entitled, "An American Tragedy". Montgomery Clift plays George Eastman, a young man who finally has a chance to move up in the world, but a woman with a secret could ruin it for him.
4. From 1941, this movie stars Olympic gold medalist Sonia Henie. When a swing band arrives at an Idaho resort, its pianist falls in love with a Norwegian woman he meets.
5. The setting of this Agatha Christie mystery movie is an exclusive island resort. From 1982, Hercule Poirot must solve the murder of a woman, for which all of the guests are suspect. Roddy McDowall and Diana Rigg are two of the stars.
6. This 1994 Russian movie won Best Foreign Language Film at the 1995 Academy Awards. Its name in Russian is "Utomlyonnye Solntsem". In 1936, a visit from an old friend means trouble for a revolutionary hero and his family. Nikita Mikhalkov wrote, directed and stars in this movie.
7. Fiery young half-breed, Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) goes to live with distant relatives after her parents die. Treated kindly by Jesse McCanles (Joseph Cotten), she is irresistibly drawn to his unruly, abusive brother Lewt (Gregory Peck).
8. Bruce Willis stars as Lt. Waters in this 2003 movie about Navy SEALS who go into Nigeria to rescue a doctor. When the doctor refuses to leave unless they take a group of refugees with them, Lt. Waters must defy his orders to do what is right.
9. Sidney Poitier stars in this movie adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's play. This drama of a family struggling to achieve their dreams was released in 1961.
10. This 1957 adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway book, is the story of a group of expatriates in 1920's Europe. It features Ava Gardner, Robert Evans and Eddie Albert.
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