SAM JAFFE KWIZ ANSWER

July 20, 2012

When Eduardo Ciannelli as the evil cult guru in Gunga Din cries out, “KILL! KILL! KILL!”, his actorly motivation is directly linked to his being fed up with Sam Jaffe’s maddening fake rattlesnake pranks.

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THE SAM JAFFE KWIZ

July 19, 2012

While shooting Gunga Din near Lone Pine in California, Sam spent quite a lot of time: a. playing with his stamp collection. b. running in place. c. whittling. d. working on his opera about fish. e. using his fake rattlesnake to spread terror.

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DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE KWIZ ANSWER

July 6, 2012

Doug made a mean pie, but as an accomplished pastry chef, he got a bigger kick out of making buttery flaky croissants. He only gave away one of his avocado ranches to a random child. He spent a limited amount of his time handing out free pens to the homeless. He was far from bland […]

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THE DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE KWIZ

July 5, 2012

Although Douglas played the villain in westerns more than 10,000 times, in private life: a. he nurtured puppies. b. he liked nothing better than to bake a pie. c. he gave away all of his avocado ranches to random children. d. he spent much of his free time handing out pens to the homeless. e. […]

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FLORA ROBSON KWIZ ANSWER

June 29, 2012
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Yes, every morning before reporting to the set Flora and Errol would square off to arm wrestle. Often Erroll was ‘under the weather’ from his previous night’s antics. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Flora consistently won, buffed as she was from her female lumberjack days in the wilds of Devon.

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THE FLORA ROBSON KWIZ

June 28, 2012
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Every morning before driving to the set to be ushered into her Queen get-up, Flora: a. fried up a mess o’ sausages to be used in her hair-do. b. stopped off and bought a bunch of Tootsie Rolls to be used in her hair-do. c. shaved her eyebrows, which grew super fast. d. arm wrestled […]

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THE BILLIE BURKE KWIZ ANSWER

June 22, 2012

Well done, Sarah and others. You no doubt deduced from the fact that Billie’s father was a famous circus clown that Billie had become an expert stilt walker by the age of 3 and therefore it was no surprise to discover her subsequent 1935 climbing of the stairs to the top of the Empire State […]

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THE BILLIE BURKE KWIZ

June 21, 2012

Of course, she was the daughter of a famous circus clown. Of course, she was Mrs. Flo Ziegfeld. Of course, she played Mrs. Jordan in the great film, ‘Dinner at 8’. Naturally, she’ll live forever as Glinda in ‘The Wizard of Oz’. But can you believe that Billie also: a. once raced motorcycles with Orville […]

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AUDREY TOTTER KWIZ ANSWER

June 15, 2012

The movie is Lady in the Lake. Adrienne Fromsett is the name of Audrey Totter’s character. Robert Montgomery as Philip Marlowe gets the shot he wants by producing a live tarantula and thrusting it at Audrey. Audrey later gives Montgomery a hotfoot while he is napping between scenes.  

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THE AUDREY TOTTER KWIZ

June 14, 2012

Audrey has just realized: a. she forgot to wipe her fingerprints off of the cudgel. b. she locked her keys in the car. c. that the giant spider is not fake. d. she will never become the Queen of Spain.

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