More Classic Trivia 30s-50s

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1. James Stewart plays a fledgling Congressman up against political corruption in the person of Edward Arnold. Jean Arthur plays a cynical political insider. Name this popular 1939 film. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Talk of the Town It's A Big Country

2. This 1940 film opens with Republican pilot Ray Milland facing a firing squad in post-civil war Spain. He is saved by reporter Claudette Colbert pretending to be his wife. Name this film. 'The Gilded Lily' 'It Happened One Night' 'Forever And A Day' 'Arise My Love'

3. In this 1941 romantic comedy, Gary Cooper plays language professor Bertram Potts. He's assisted in his efforts to update his article on slang by Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O'Shea. Name the film. 'Ball of Fire' 'Cassanova Brown' 'Variety Girl' 'Lady of Burlesque'

4. Small stockholder Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) disrupts a stockholders' meeting of International Projects and meets company president Edward L. Mckeever (Paul Douglas). Name this 1956 film. 'Phffft!' 'The Solid Gold Cadillac' 'It Should Happen to You' 'Born Yesterday'

5. Cary Grant as gambler Joe Adams, needing to raise money for his gambling operation, cons the head of a war relief charity played by Larraine Day. Name this 1943 comedy-drama. 'Every Girl Should Be Married' 'In Name Only' 'Mr. Lucky' 'Toast of New York'

6. War widow Jamie Rowan rents her Washington,D.C. house to scientist Pat Jamison while he develops his high-altitude oxygen mask. When she becomes his assistant they agree to a marriage of convenience which eventually blossoms into love. Name this 1945 Tracy-Hepburn vehicle. 'Break of Hearts' 'State of the Union' 'Keeper of the Flame' 'Without Love'

7. In this 1943 comedy, elegant and sophisticated photographer Claudette Colbert falls for rough sandhog Fred MacMurray despite her better judgement. Name the film. 'I Cover the Waterfront' 'A Night to Remember' 'No Time For Love' 'The Gilded Lily'

8. Reporter Cary Grant follows newlywed Ginger Rogers around Europe while her husband, Walter Slezak, sets up countries for Nazi takeover. Name this 1942 comedy-drama. 'Once Upon a Honeymoon' 'Second Honeymoon' 'Once Upon a Time' 'My Favorite Wife'

9. James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan share a growing love amid the rise of Nazism in their small German alpine village. Robert Young plays Sullavan's jilted fascist-sympathizing fiance. Name this 1940 film. 'So Ends Our Night' 'Of Human Hearts' 'The Mortal Storm' 'Next Time We Love'

10. Here's a question about, in my opinion, the best John Wayne film ever made. In this 1952 film ex-prizefighter Wayne retires to Ireland where he meets fiery Maureen O'Hara. Name this film--As if you couldn't! McClintock Shepherd of the Hills She Wore a Yellow Ribbon The Quiet Man