How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 9

According to Photoplay, July 1940

An "Oscar" in Hollywood means:

The statuette presented to Academy Award winners

A bit player

A drive-in restaurant

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 8

According to Photoplay, July 1940

What actor did not appear on the New York stage this season?

Basil Rathbone

Fredric March

Laurence Olivier

Paul Muni

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 7

According to Photoplay, July 1940

The American Institute of Voice Teachers voted these two stars the winners

of their annual "voice personality" awards for the finest screen voices:

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Loretta Young

Margaret Sullavan

Ronald Colman

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 6

According to the July 1940 Photoplay quiz

The first speech recorded for talking pictures was made by:

Al Jolson

Jack Warner

John Barrymore

Will Hays

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 5

According to Photoplay, July 1940:

Her next picture will be based upon her own career:

Anne Shirley

Lucille Ball

Shirley Temple

Sonja Henie

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 4

According to Photoplay, July 1940:

Two of these actors came to the screen direct from radio:

Ronald Reagan

Joel McCrea

Roger Pryor

Bill Lundigan

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 3

According to Photoplay, July 1940:

Her first picture made Irene Dunne a star.  It was:

Cimarron

Roberta

Show Boat

Sweet Adeline

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 2

She topped the Hollywood salary list for 1938

Bette Davis

Carole Lombard

Claudette Colbert

Joan Crawford

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How Well Do You Know Hollywood? - Question 1

He got his first big break in pictures as a cowboy

Adolphe Menjou

Clark Gable

Errol Flynn

Robert Taylor

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Here's Holden!

 

     Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Hollywood's new golden boy, in 1940 anyway, William Holden:

Pulp Fiction - One Monday We Killed Them All by John D. MacDonald

     Dwight McAran is getting out of jail. The town bad boy no one wants him on the street. He's been in jail, but unlike most, is not broken. In fact, he's more than ready to get even. Detective Fenn is challenged with keeping tabs on him. A tricky situation - especially since he's Fenn's brother in law. Faced with trying to keep the sociopath Dwight out of trouble, for the good of the town and in order to save his marriage, the future of the town depends on Fenn's skill. The relationships between Fenn and his wife is beautiful, pure and timeless, a marriage we all should strive for, juxtaposed with Fenn's adversarial and confrontational relationship with Dwight, as well as the motherly relationship Fenn's wife Meg has with Dwight are the real gems of the book.

Rockwell Represents Russell

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Tap Dancing Tuesday - Ginger the Gem

Black Cat Fever

Black Cat auditions in Hollywood from Life Magazine; 1961

152 cats auditioned for the role of the black cat in the 1962 film Tales of Terror for the short based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat.

Of course you can't have any good black cat judging contest without Peter Lorre and Vincent Price!


Source: Time