Category Archives: Trivia

Answer Key – A Classic Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Hollywood’s Golden Age Stars

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Annmarie Gatti

A “CLASSIC” QUIZ Answer Key Thanks to all for joining the fun! Now for the long-awaited answers! Here are the questions again: Name the actor who won two Academy Awards for playing the same character in the same film in … Continue reading →

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A Classic Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Hollywood’s Golden Age Stars

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Annmarie Gatti

A “CLASSIC” QUIZ Test Your Knowledge of Hollywood’s Golden Age Stars A Big Thank You to authors James Bawden and Ron Miller of Conversations with Classic Film Stars for putting together this fun little quiz for us! Test your ‘Classic Knowledge’ by answering these … Continue reading →

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All in the Family: Character Actor Grant Mitchell, Civil War General John Grant Mitchell and President Rutherford B. Hayes

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Annmarie Gatti

Grant Mitchell’s Family: a Quick American History Lesson Veteran Character Actor Grant Mitchell appeared in over 120 films throughout the 1930s and 1940s playing his share of husbands, dads, businessmen, bank clerks and school principals. Some of his most memorable … Continue reading →

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“Stella: Mother of Modern Acting” Qualifying Entry Task (for Twitter Contest, Wk of May 26)

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Annmarie Gatti

“Stella: Mother of Modern Acting” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest Okay, this is it, our last Twitter Contest to win a copy of Sheana Ochoa’s “Stella: Mother of Modern Acting”.  All you need to do to be eligible to win is complete the … Continue reading →

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Classic Movie Coincidence: Steve McQueen, Norman Fell, Murray Hamilton and Harry Houdini!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Annmarie Gatti

A String of Classic Movie Coincidences for March 24… Murray Hamilton appeared in The Graduate with Norman Fell, who appeared in Bullitt with Steve McQueen, who appeared in the Blob which featured scenes shot at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, … Continue reading →

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