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ebuygone's 1950's Film Quiz

1. In 'The King and I', Yul Brynner played the king but who played 'I'?

 

2. In which full-length cartoon are the main characters called Pongo and Perdita?

 

3. Who was the other male lead alongside Bing Crosby in 'White Christmas'?

 

4. Who played the male and female leads in the 1950 film King Solomon's Mines?

 

5. Which film began with the following narration? "I never knew the old Vienna before the war, with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm... Constantinople suited me better."

 

6. By which name is Diana Fluck better known?

 

7. In which popular 1950s film is a character played by Audrey Hepburn given 24 hours to do as she pleases in the eternal city ?

 

8. What time does the train arrive in Hadleyville ? Clue. "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"

 

9. Which word did Frederico Fellini coin and use for the first time in his film La dolce vita?

 

10 Which film had the famous last line… “Well, nobody’s perfect!”

 

 

 

Answers

1. Deborah Kerr

2. 101 Dalmatians

3. Danny Kaye

4. Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr

5. 'The Third Man' - narrated allegedly by Carol Reed

6. Diana Dors

7. Roman Holiday

8. High Noon

9. Paparazzi

10. Some like it hot

 

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