Movies ‘48 #11

Movie Quiz #11

Can you name the actor, actress and this famous 1942 movie?

Answers at the foot of this post.

Movie News – March 11, 1948

Look like a film-star in this Hollywood fashion dress.

Movie News – March 12, 1948

If you are short and would like to acquire a queenly manner, actress Priscilla Lane (pictured) recommends that you should use your clothes to add inches to your height. The secret, she says, is self-colours. “The short girl should not cut her height by wearing shoes or a hat of a different colour from her dress. By wearing a single colour from tip to toe, she can appear inches taller.”

Movie News – March 13, 1948

Cricket in Hollywood. With so many British actors finding themselves in Hollywood, cricket became a popular pastime. Furthermore, the first ever international cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in 1844, at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in New York.

Movie Quiz #12

This – German-born – actress created a sensation when she adopted this pose. The year was 1931, the movie was Dishonoured. Can you name the actress.

Movie News – March 14, 1948

“British actors and actresses are losing their voices because of a lack of calcium and vitamin B3, according to Mr Walter Bickford, a voice developer, who has just returned to Hollywood from Britain. ‘Some British actors rasp out their lines as if they have sore throats,’ Mr Bickford said in the film city yesterday. ‘I could name British actors and actresses who are losing their voices, but I had better not.’”

Movie News – March 15, 1948

“With the tax dispute settled, these are some of the American films we can expect to see in British cinemas: Green Dolphin Street, Forever Amber, If Winter Comes, and Gentlemen’s Agreement. Which leaves us with the question as to whether British studios will be able to keep abreast with the rush of first-class American films.”

Movie Quiz #13

As my grandmother used to say, “They’ll catch a chill walking around like that.”

Can you name the loving couple, their characters and the actors?

Movie News – March 16, 1948

“The Loves of Carmen starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford is the first film to use plastic food throughout. In accordance with the austerity trend, Columbia no longer uses real food in its pictures, except where it has to be eaten. In one scene, plastic sausage and cheese, and plaster replicas of roast fowl are used. Only a single turkey drumstick, which Miss Hayworth eats, is real.”

Movie News – March 17, 1948

From The Sketch, a photo-story dedicated to Richard Attenborough.

Quiz #11 answer: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, 1942

Quiz #12 answer: Marlene Dietrich

Quiz #13 answer: Tarzan and Jane, Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan

As ever, thank you for your interest and support.

Hannah

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