Classic Leading Men : T or F

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1. Fred Astaire teamed with Ginger Rogers in a total of ten movies. True False

2. Harry Belafonte's first movie was "The World, the Flesh, and the Devil", made in 1959. True False

3. Richard Burton portrayed Julius Caesar in the 1963 film "Cleopatra." True False

4. Yul Brynner was born Taidje Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. True False

5. James Cagney won an Academy Award for his performance as George M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". True False

6. Gary Cooper portrayed real-life baseball hero Lou Gehrig in "The Pride of the Yankees". True False

7. Bing Crosby won an Academy Award for playing an alcoholic in "The Country Girl". True False

8. Kirk Douglas made his film debut as boxer "Midge" Kelly in the 1949 film "Champion". True False

9. Errol Flynn was married for a brief time to his most frequent co-star, Olivia deHaviland. True False

10. Henry Fonda once portrayed Wyatt Earp on-screen. True False

11. Clark Gable was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. True False

12. Burt Lancaster won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for the film "Atlantic City." True False

13. Robert Mitchum escaped from a Georgia chain gang while in his early teens. True False

14. Paul Newman has been a professional race car driver as well as an actor. True False

15. David Niven won his Academy Award for the 1956 extravaganza "Around the World in Eighty Days." True False

16. Sidney Poitier was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. True False

17. Anthony Quinn was born Anthony Patrick O'Quinn in Galway, Ireland. True False

18. Mickey Rooney was married to both Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. True False

19. Spencer Tracy directed as well as starred in "Inherit the Wind" (1960). True False

20. Cary Grant made his first appearance in a film in 1932. True False