Oscar and the Oldest Profession II Quiz

Answer: Feelings

Frank: "What's our beef with 'Feelings'?"
Susie: "Nothing. Except, who cares? I mean, does anybody need to hear 'Feelings' again in a lifetime? It's like parsley, okay? Take it away; nobody's gonna know the difference."

Though it did not win any Oscars, "The Fabulous Baker Boys" did have four nominations: Best Actress (Michelle Pfeiffer), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Original Score. Michelle Pfeiffer was also nominated Best Supporting Actress, for "Dangerous Liaisons" (1989), and Best Actress, for "Love Field" (1993).

Answer: Mighty Aphrodite

Linda Ash (Mira Sorvino) also dabbles into adult videos, and she has a propensity to take almost anything and twist it around into something to do with sex (even gift-giving!).
Nominated for two Oscars, "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995) won one: Best Supporting Actress (Mira Sorvino). It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Of the films listed for this question, only "Radio Days" failed to win any Oscars.

Answer: Juliette

Juliette (Sophie Okonedo) is the working girl trying to make a living; Senay (Audrey Tautou) is one of Okwe's hotel co-workers. Audrey Tautou had been previously seen in the acclaimed "Amelie" (2001).
This film, though nominated only for Best Original Screenplay of 2003 (it came to the States in August 2003), it has won several other awards, inluding four British Independent Film Awards.

Answer: Dixie Lee

We first meet Dixie Lee (Estelle Taylor) at the starting point of the Oklahoma land rush, at the beginning of the film. Later, when she and her ladies enter the gaming tent for a Sunday sermon (led by Yancey himself), the society women begin to whisper about having "that kind of woman" in town.

When her trial begins, Yancey defends her. When she takes the stand, the town learns of her being orphaned at 15, her marriage to a man who turns out to be a bigomist, and her baby son's death. She also testifies that she did try to be a teacher and a nurse, but because she had had an illegitimate child, society "branded" her as disreputable.

She was found not guilty. "Cimarron" was awarded Best Picture of 1930/31, and it is the first western to do this; it also received Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Writing (Adaptation).

This film was also nominated for Best Actor (Richard Dix), Best Actress (Irene Dunn), Best Director (Wesley Ruggles), and Best Cinematography.

Answer: Claire Trevor

All of these women were in "Stagecoach", but it was Claire Trevor who played Dallas, the love interest of the Ringo Kid (John Wayne). Hints of her profession are quite subtle, like her red hair (though it's a black-and-white movie, it's easy to tell her hair color) and the scene in which she asks whether "a girl like me can fall in love." At the end, as Ringo is walking Dallas home, we discover that her home is the local cathouse. Still, Ringo isn't phased by this (after all, he is a fugitive), and the two of them ride off to his ranch to live happily ever after. "Stagecoach" earned two Oscars, out of seven nominations.

It won Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell) and Best Music (Scoring). The other nominations were Best Picture, Best Director (John Ford), Best Cinematography (Black and White), Best Film Editing, and Best Art Direction. Of course, 1939 was the year "Gone With the Wind" ruled the Oscars. :)

Answer: Charles Durning

Charles Durning received the film's only nomination, as Best Supporting Actor, in his role as the Governor. The award was given that year to Louis Gossett, Jr. for "An Officer and a Gentleman".
On a personal note, I remember seeing this movie years ago, and I still cannot not help but think that "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" was rated R, not because of the scantily-clad ladies or the subject matter, but because Burt Reynolds sings in this movie!

Answer: John

John Klute (Donald Sutherland) kept in contact with Bree by mail, and his letters were the only clues that gave investigators any indication of his whereabouts. Do they find him? Watch the movie and see...
"Klute" earned Jane Fonda her first Academy Award, for Best Actress; she would receive a second Oscar for "Coming Home" (1978). "Klute" was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Answer: Yes

To put it simply, the tagline for this movie was "Garbo Talks!" It must have been the major selling point, because she (and the rest of the cast) spoke German! In the movie, Anna undergoes a life-changing event and falls in love with a man named Matt (Charles Bickford), but Matt struggles with accepting her past and whether she is telling the truth about her love for him.
"Anna Christie" was nominated for Best Actress (Garbo), Best Director and Best Cinematography (The rules of the time allowed for actors' nominations to be for multiple roles; Garbo's nomination was for this film and "Romance"). Garbo would later receive two more nominations: "Camille" (1936), and "Ninotchka" (1939).
FAST FACT -- According to Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne, Greta Garbo was very self-conscious about how her voice, which was naturally high-pitched, would sound in a talking picture. So, she did a series of exerises to lower her pitch to sound more authoritative. That is how Greta Garbo's throaty voice got that way!

Answer: Burbank

Though fictionalized to portray Barbara Graham as innocent of the murder of Mabel Monohan, "I Want to Live!" did show that she was willing to protest her innocence, to the point that she even attempted to fake an alibi. In truth, Barbara Graham was a cruel victim of circumstance, in that she had resorted to prostitution to earn a living because she was an illegitimate child who had been shunned by her mother.

By the time of the murder, she had been married to a herion-addicted bartender and she was still turning tricks to support her family. Susan Hayward won her Best Actress Oscar for this film, which was also nominated for Best Director (Robert Wise), Best Sound, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White), and Best Editing.

Answer: The Stardust

The fictional Sam and Ginger Rothstein were really Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and his wife, Geri. Mr. Rosenthal was the manager of the casino at the Stardust in the 1970s and early-1980s, but his Mob connections made him controversial in Vegas and his high profile in Vegas made him wary to the Mob.
"Casino" was nominated only for Best Actress (Sharon Stone). Co-stars Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci had won two and one, respectively, prior to "Casino".