What 1930s Movie Am I? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gone With the Wind

"Gone With the Wind" starred Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton and Leslie Howard as Ashley. The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won 10 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress (Vivien Leigh). Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in her role as "Mammy". She was the first African-American ever to win an Oscar.

"Gone With the Wind" appears on several American Film Institute Lists and on their "10 Top 10" list it is the number four Epic film.

The film ends with the words "Tomorrow is another day".

Answer: King Kong

"King Kong" starred Bruce Cabot, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong. The Library of Congress said that movie King Kong was "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant".

"King Kong" was named one of the 50 best American films by the American Film Institute in 1975. The AFI ranked King Kong as number 43 on the list of 100 greatest movies of all time in 1998.

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

"The Wizard of Oz" starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, Frank Morgan as the Wizard, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Billie Burke as Glinda and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. Shirley Temple was considered for the role of Dorothy, which eventually went to Judy Garland.

The movie won four Academy Awards, for Best Song ("Over the Rainbow"), Best Original Music Score, Best Original Score and Best Performance by a Juvenile for Judy Garland. It also appears on several American Film Institute Awards and on the AFI's "10 To 10" list, it is the number one Fantasy film.

Answer: The Adventures of Robin Hood

"The Adventures of Robin Hood" starred Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian, Claude Rains as Prince John, Alan Hale as Little John and Ian Hunter as King Richard the Lionheart. James Cagney was originally contracted to play Robin Hood but changed his mind so the role went to Errol Flynn. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" was the second highest grossing film in 1938. The film won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing and Best Original Score and was nominated for Best Picture. It has been remade several times.

The first movie to feature the character Robin Hood was a silent film in 1908. Over the years, several movies about Robin Hood have been released, and the 2010 production starred Russel Crowe and Cate Blanchett. This movie was directed by Ridley Scott.

Answer: Tarzan the Ape Man

"Tarzan the Ape Man" starred Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, and Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. It was the eighth movie about Tarzan made up until 1932.

The first Tarzan movie, "Tarzan of the Apes", was made in 1918 and starred Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan. Altogether there have been approximately 48 Tarzan movies, a few Tarzan TV movies, several TV Tarzan series, and two Tarzan video games.

Answer: Mutiny on the Bounty

The first "Mutiny on the Bounty" film was made in 1916 and several others have been made after the 1935 production. The 1935 production won an Academy Award for Best Picture and was nominated for Best Director, and Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone were nominated for Best Actor. It was also nominated for Best Writing - Screenplay, Best Music - Scoring, and Best Film Editing. It is listed as number 86 on the AFI's "100 Years . . . 100 Movies".

Descendants of the "Bounty" mutineers still live today on Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands. Some have relocated to Australia and New Zealand.

Answer: San Francisco

"San Francisco" starred Clark Gable as Blackie Norton, Jeanette MacDonald as Mary Blake and Spencer Tracy as Father Mullin. The film was set around the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906. It was the top grossing movie of 1936.

The movie won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, and was nominated for Outstanding Production, Best Director (W S Van Dyke), Best Actor (Spencer Tracy), Best Writing (Original Story) and Best Assistant Director.

Answer: Stagecoach

John Wayne got his big break in "Stagecoach", playing the character the "Ringo Kid." The movie also starred Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine and Thomas Mitchell, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The movie also won an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring. It had five other nominations. The movie has been remade a few times, including a TV movie in 1986.

Answer: Captains Courageous

"Captains Courageous" was written by Rudyard Kipling in 1897. The film starred Freddie Bartholomew as Harvey Cheyne, Spencer Tracy as Manuel Fidello, Lionel Barrymore as Captain Disko Troop, Mickey Rooney as Dan Troop and Melvyn Douglas as Frank Burton Cheyne.

Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for Best Actor. The movie was nominated for Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing, Screenplay. A DVD of the film was released in 2006.

Answer: A Day at the Races

The MGM film, "A Day at The Races", was the seventh starring the Marx Brothers and the movie revolved around a Sanitarium, a racetrack and a horse named Hi-Hat. Of course in typical Marx Brothers fashion there are lots of mix-ups and a couple of great musical numbers as usual.

"A Day at the Races" is ranked at number 59 on the American Film Institute's list of the funniest film of all time in "100 years . . . 100 Laughs".

Like the final line of the movie in the first question of this quiz, the final line in "A Day At The Races" is also "Tomorrow is another day".