Classic Film Quiz

HONDO

                        

Image # 1. Name the film title. 

This should be great for lovers of classic American and British films of the 1930s onwards. Image taken off a rare Australian one sheet. I have never sighted a daybill image of this film. I am not sure how popular this new quiz will be but my intention is to  introduce any following images on a limited basis only.

theartofmovieposters

Image doesn't mean anything to me...don't think I have seen it before...need more clues!

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

Image doesn't mean anything to me...don't think I have seen it before...need more clues!

O.K. what about for the actress 104 & back to back.

David

That would be The Good Earth (1937).

The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, with uncredited contributions by Victor Fleming and Gustav Machaty.

The film stars Paul Muni as Wang Lung. For her role as his wife O-Lan, Luise Rainer won an Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Karl Freund. It was nominated for Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture. Its world premiere was at the elegant Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

HONDO

The Good Earth it is. Luise Rainer won Best Actress Oscars for The Great Ziegfeld ( 1936 ) and The Good Earth ( 1937 ). Luise Rainer ( 1910 - 2014 ) was the first actor to win multiple Academy awards and the first person to win them consecutively.

David

The Life of Emile Zola which also starred Paul Muni won best film that same year

David

Image # 2. Name the film title. 

HONDO

David said:

Image # 2. Name the film title. 

Ninotchka ( 1939 ).

David

Correct, from the Spain (not to be confused with the re-release herald from the 1960s), the original is one ridiculously gorgeous poster.

Ninotchka (1939) - Spain

HONDO

 A little more colour in this image.

David

Probably over coloured to the point of ruining it

HONDO

I agree and the image seems to have vanished from what I was sure originated from Wikipedeia being replaced by another different poster image of this film.

HONDO

                           O.K. - not over coloured and without a watermark for all to enjoy.

David

Except that's the 1960s version

HONDO

Virtually the same poster though and still very nice and a great image. Apart from the printing on the bottom right hand corner being in bolder print, to satisfy my curiosity, what are the clues / facts to it being 1960s ?

David

Ask Bruce

HONDO

Bruce if you are reading this please enlighten me ?

David

Image # 3. Name the film title. 

Charlie

Do we have a Lauren Bacall thread yet?

David

Charlie said:

Do we have a Lauren Bacall thread yet?

Start one here: http://vintagemoviepostersforum.com/categories/actors

theartofmovieposters

Niagara?

David

theartofmovieposters said:

Niagara?

Indeed, off probably one of the sexier versions of that poster.

Niagara (1953) - Belgian Poster

David

Image # 4. Name the film title. 

Eisenhower

Dark Passage-1947. Great movie. 

David

Too easy huh?

Eisenhower

No, and not sure if you got it from a Daybill-but I just happen to love that movie & one day hope to own that poster so for me, an easy one. 

David

Image # 5. Name the film title. 

Charlie

David said:

Charlie said:

Do we have a Lauren Bacall thread yet?

Start one here: http://vintagemoviepostersforum.com/categories/actors

David

HONDO

                                                                              Image # 6. Name the film title.

HONDO

Image # 6 . A clue is that the film was based on a novel written by a famous novelist. Many well known films were adapted from the author's works and are still known and very well regarded today.