1880 → 1930
In the late 1920s, this major technological development changed films.
What are talkies?
She earned $1,000 a week for playing the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz"--twice as much as Judy Garland
Who is Margret Hamilton?
In this 1960 film, Janet Leigh plays a woman who encounters a disturbing motel owner, Norman Bates.
Who is Psycho?
In this 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg, a great white shark terrorizes a beach town.
What is Jaws?
This 1999 Keanu Reeves tech-stravaganza swept the Oscars' technical categories, winning 4.
What is The Martix?
In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge created the first-ever moving picture of what?
What is a horse in motion?
Her 1st comedy, "Ninotchka", was her next-to-last movie
Who is Greta Garbo?
This classic 1960 film features Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man accused of raping a white woman.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
He directed the 1976 film Taxi Driver, which features Robert De Niro as a mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran.
Who is Martin Scorsese?
This 1994 prison film with Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman was based on a Stephen King tale.
What is Shawshank Redemption?
In his 1923 film Safety Last!, Harold Lloyd is famously seen dangling from the hands of what?
What is a clock?
In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, what position does Jefferson Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart) unexpectedly take on?
What is a U.S. Senator?
This 1952 film features Gary Cooper as a town marshal who must face a gang of outlaws alone.
What is High Noon?
"Dammit Janet" & "Over At The Frankenstein Place" are songs from this 1975 movie; can you sense my antici...pation?
What is Rocky Horror Picture show?
This actress known for movies & British TV like "Fleabag" & "Broadchurch" is not related to fellow 6x6 thespian Ronald
Who is Olivia Colman?
Known for performing his own dangerous stunts, this silent film comedian famously starred in a comedy where a house falls around him, with him standing in a specific spot where a window frame misses him.
Who is Buster Keaton?
This type of 1930s film comedy was typified by "Bringing Up Baby" & "The Awful Truth"
What is screwball?
"I coulda had class, I could've been a contender", said Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning role in this film
What is On the Waterfront?
Frank Sinatra got upset that a photo of him caught fire in a Brooklyn pizzeria in this film.
What is Do the Right Thing?
Writing credits for this film went to Jane Austen & Emma Thompson.
What is Sense and Sensibility?
In 1903, Edwin S. Porter directed one of the first Western films, which depicts a group of bandits robbing what?
What is a train?
#1 box office star from 1935 to 1938
Who is Shirley Temple?
In what Billy Wilder film does Gloria Swanson deliver her famous line, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up?"
What is Sunset Boulevard?
A writer & producer of this movie said he wanted it to be like a western or James Bond film, "Only it takes place in the '30s"
What is Raiders of the Lost Ark?
This Scorsese film is based on David Grann's nonfiction book about Osage murders in 1920s Oklahoma
What is Killers of the Flower Moon?