Film Noir

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1. What is the literal meaning of film noir? Black film or cinema Gangster movies Coloured pictures Grey cinema

2. What is NOT a primary characteristic or mood associated with film noir movies? Disillusionment Pessimism Alienation Ecstasy

3. Which of these films from 1941 could be classified as film noir? Sergeant York The Maltese Falcon The Lady Eve Meet John Doe

4. Raymond Chandler's gumshoe Philip Marlowe appeared in many movies identifed as film noir. Which actor did not play Philip Marlowe? James Cagney Robert Montgomery Dick Powell Robert Mitchum

5. Which famous romance film noir starred Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson? There's Always Tomorrow The Violent Men Double Indemnity Lady of Burlesque

6. Which film of Hitchcock's is in the film noir tradition? Suspicion Spellbound The Lady Vanishes Shadow of a Doubt

7. The acting duo of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake appeared in several film noir movies. Which film didn't they appear in? This Gun for Hire The Blue Dahlia The Glass Key Leave Her to Heaven

8. What film noir was an adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway story starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner? The Bribe The Hucksters The Killers The Great Sinner

9. Which film noir classic was a about a suspected murderess who covered up for her beloved and venomous daughter? Harriet Craig Mildred Pierce Possessed A Woman's Face

10. Which James M. Cain novel has been filmed twice in English in the 20th century? Butterfly The Postman Always Rings Twice Mildred Pierce Stand Up and Fight