Studio system cinema from the 1920s to 1960s, silver screen stars, and directors.
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Which actor plays detective Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep?
Costar Lauren Bacall married Bogart in 1945, a year before The Big Sleep reached theaters.
In Touch of Evil, director Orson Welles plays which corrupt police captain?
Quinlan's habit of planting evidence puts him at odds with Charlton Heston's investigator, Miguel Vargas.
In True Grit (1969), which singer played Texas Ranger La Boeuf?
Campbell also sang "True Grit", the film's title song, which earned a Best Original Song Oscar nomination.
Which 1954 film won Best Picture for its story of former boxer Terry Malloy?
Marlon Brando won Best Actor as Malloy, and his taxi line about being a contender became a famous movie quote.
In North by Northwest, adman Roger Thornhill flees what aircraft in a cornfield?
Hitchcock staged the attack in an empty field with no place to hide, making the open landscape feel threatening.
Which actor plays adopted son Matt Garth opposite John Wayne in Red River?
The film pairs newcomer Clift with veteran Wayne as clashing father and son figures on a cattle drive.
What kind of scientist does Cary Grant play in Bringing Up Baby?
Grant plays David Huxley, who spends the film trying to finish a brontosaurus skeleton amid the chaos.
What distinction does It Happened One Night hold at the Academy Awards?
The 1934 comedy won Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay, a feat matched only by two later films.
In Some Like It Hot, Marilyn Monroe's Sugar Kane performs with an all-girl band playing what?
Sugar sings and plays ukulele with Sweet Sue's band, the cover that lets Joe and Jerry hide from the mob in disguise.
Who wrote the music for 1961 West Side Story?
Bernstein wrote the score and a young Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics, including for "Tonight".