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Which film earned Sidney Poitier the Oscar for Best Actor?
Poitier became the first Black winner of Best Actor for his performance as handyman Homer Smith.
Which role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? earned Elizabeth Taylor her second Best Actress Oscar?
Taylor added weight, padding, a gray wig, and aging makeup to disappear into the much older Martha.
Sidney Poitier's Virgil Tibbs holds which job in In the Heat of the Night?
Tibbs's demand for the title "Mister" rebukes a racist police chief who addresses him by his first name.
Chaplin wrote, directed and starred in Limelight. Which job earned him a shared Academy Award?
Limelight qualified two decades after Chaplin made it because the film had not screened in Los Angeles.
Elizabeth Taylor's young rider enters a horse in which race in National Velvet?
National Velvet made 12-year-old Taylor a star as Velvet rides the race after posing as a male jockey.
Which Humphrey Bogart role won the Academy Award for Best Actor?
Bogart's rough riverboat captain in The African Queen mixed his familiar toughness with comedy and romance.
Which role anchors James Dean's rebel image in Rebel Without a Cause?
Jim Stark's red jacket and teenage anguish helped make Dean an enduring symbol of rebellious youth.
What move helped Marilyn Monroe gain more control over her film choices?
Marilyn Monroe Productions helped her return to Fox on better terms, with more creative control over her work.
What news drives the family conflict in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
John refuses to marry Joey without her parents' consent, forcing liberal ideals into a real family decision.
Chaplin helped found United Artists mainly to gain what?
The founders created United Artists to control production and distribution instead of handing films to major studios.