"After All, Tomorrow Is Another Day" Online Quiz | Movies

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1. (1932) A big movie was seen this year - a movie that examined lives in pre-WWII, Europe. The last line summed up the attitude of the time, "__________________, always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens". The ending line was spoken by Dr. Otternschlag, to no one in particular. Which movie is it?

Answer: Grand Hotel

"Grand Hotel" was a movie about very different people staying at the Grand Hotel in Berlin, between the wars. Actually, quite a lot happened! Dr. Otternschlag was in on most of the dramatic happenings in the hotel on the weekend of the movie. His comment as the guests were checking out, shows that he considered the events as just the daily living of life, nothing out of what would ordinarily happen.

Dr, Otternschlag was played by Lewis Stone. Other notable stars were Greta Garbo, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and Joan Crawford.

2. (1942) This movie is the story of a homely old maid, treated unkindly by her mother, until fate steps in. The last line is so familiar, spoken by the heroine to her hero, when he wants more than just a friendship. "Oh, Jerry, don't let's us ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Said as he lights two cigarettes at once, and gives one to her). Which movie was this?

Answer: Now Voyager

"Now, Voyager" is the kind of movie that used to be called a women's picture, but that doesn't describe what an entertaining picture this is, for anyone.

When Bette Davis' charactor made the closing comment, it revealed that although she had long waited for her married lover, when she could finally have him, she wanted to continue her new-found life as a glamorous woman, no longer under her mother's thumb.

It stars Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. It made famous Paul Henreid's lighting of both cigarettes in his mouth at the same time, and romantically giving one to Bette Davis.

3. (1943) This last line was spoken by the hero to the policeman, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship". This line tells of the relationship between the two men, neither of whom wants to help the Nazis, and they don't. A cafe owner in N. Africa meets an old flame who needs his help for her present husband, it proves difficult. What is the movie?

Answer: Casablanca

"Casablanca" was a timely movie in 1943, with W.W.II the topic of the day. It stars Humphrey Bogart, (Rick), Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and two of my favorite baddies, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. This movie never seems to grow old.

The plot involves getting letters of transit so that Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband, Victor Lazlo, (Paul Henreid) can travel to a Nazi-free country. That plot is a movie excuse for the romance between Rick and Ilsa, and the last line, a friendship between a cafe owner and a policeman, means together they would continue to foil the Nazis.

4. (1933) As she walks down the hall with an older woman, a floozie-like girl (trying to make small-talk) says that she "read that machines were taking over all jobs". The older woman replies, "Oh, my dear, that's something you need never worry about"! This closing is a classic line for a classic picture about the "struggles" of the upper class. What is the movie?

Answer: Dinner at Eight

"Dinner at Eight" is another movie from MGM when it was a great studio with great stars. This one was by Herman Mankiewicz and Frances Marion and starred Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery.

A woman tries to organize a dinner party, tries to get the proper number of guests, and the guests have their own problems.

Two of the guests at the dinner party are played by Jean Harlow and Marie Dressler. Harlow plays the dumb blonde mistress of an industrialist, while Dressler plays a society woman. They happen to walk down the hall together, to the dinner party, where the last lines are an exchange between the two. What Dressler really means is that Harlow is a member of the 'oldest profession' and Harlow would never understand what Dressler meant.

5. (1959) This is one of the funniest movies ever (according to me). Two musicians dress as women to join an all-girl band and escape crooks who want to "rub them out". The last line is, "Well, nobody's perfect"! Delivered by an old roue to a younger innocent. It means that the older man would like a relationship with the younger man; he doesn't care if he's not a woman. You must watch the movie to see why that line is so funny. Which movie should you watch?

Answer: Some Like it Hot

The two musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) fall for the blonde, beautiful singer in the girls band (Marilyn Monroe at her best). She thinks they are both women and comedy ensues.

Written and directed by Billy Wilder, "Some Like it Hot" is best of the '50s. The wonderful comedian from the '30s, Joe E. Brown, played a part that showed modern movie-goers how great he was, and he delivered the last line, "Well, nobody's perfect"!, spoken when the Jack Lemmon character reveals that he's not a woman.

6. (1935) This film is an exciting story of the French Revolution, it ends with the hero saying, "It is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done; a far, far better place that I go to than I have ever known", as he waits to meet his fate. Those words are spoken by a British lawyer who knows he is to be wrongly executed, as the Revolution swirls around him. They are spoken to whomever will heed them. He, for one, is ready to meet his fate. Which movie is it?

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

Based on a novel by Charles Dickens, "A Tale of two Cities" has been remade more than once, this one being the best. Sidney Carton, at first a carefree lawyer, tries to aid victims of the Reign of Terror in Paris, but ends up anything but carefree.

Sidney Carton (Ronald Colman) has led a dissolute life in London, but goes to Paris to help an imprisoned man, the husband of the woman that Carton is in love with. In aiding his friend (successfully), Carton is sentenced to die on the guillotene. As the blade falls, his voice is heard uttering the last words. This line shows that his past has not been of much worth, and he has no regrets for his ultimate sacrifice.

This, the original version, stars Ronald Colman, with Elizabeth Allen, Basil Rathbone, Edna Mae Oliver and Reginald Owen.

7. (1960) This Billy Wilder comedy with a message won six Academy Awards. Very entertaining throughout, it's about scoundrels and cheating. A young man, who at first will lend his living quarters for his bosses' trysts, decides not to play their game anymore. The last line sums it up, when the young woman says to her new boyfriend, "Shut up and deal" (as they play cards). This is an ironic statement after all they have been through. What movie is this?

Answer: The Apartment

This picture was a major event for Billy Wilder, writer, producer and director of "The Apartment". Besides the Oscars, it also won awards from the Golden Globes, and the National Film Registry.

The hero, Baxter, played by Jack Lemmon, decides not to lend the key to his apartment anymore, when he falls in love with the girl, Fran (Shirley MacLaine), whom his boss, (Fred MacMurray), has been bringing to his apartment.
Fran and Baxter then go through a series of events together, and when, at last, Baxter tells Fran that he loves her, she replies with her flippant last remark. This simply means that she loves him too, but she's had enough for now.
They can resume personal exploration later. Now, just shut up and deal, on with the card game!

8. (1968) A wonderful movie, this one was based on a Broadway musical about a real person's life and her rise to fame (with liberties taken). It ends with the heroine singing "My Man", the last line of which is "I am his forever more". The song is sung to an empty theatre. The first-time star of this movie, also starred in the Broadway musical. What was this musical movie?

Answer: Funny Girl

"Funny Girl" is loosely based on the early career of Fanny Brice, comedian, Ziegfield Girl, star of Broadway, radio and silver screen. She was prominent in show business from 1910 through the 1940s, dying in 1951. The part was brilliantly played by Barbra Streisand, an Oscar winner for this, her first film.

Fanny rose to the top when Florenz Ziegfeld discovered her and starred her in his "Follies". Her relationship with the shady Nicky Arnstein, who became her husband is romanticized in the film.

The closing song was for him, it came when Nicky tells her he thinks it better if she forget him and they separate. The song, should he hear it, tells of her everlasting love for him.

9. (1940) This movie is the story of a migration and follows a family uprooted by a disaster, and how they cope with their new situation. The last line was spoken by Ma to Pa, expressing her hope for the future: "...and we'll go on forever, Pa, cause we're the people". The line means that Ma's vision and hope for a better future would, indeed, go marching on. What was this award-winning movie?

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

Based on John Steinbeck's 1939 novel, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize, "The Grapes of Wrath" follows the Joad family as they leave the drought-ridden Dust Bowl of Oklahoma in the 1930s. Their dreams lie in making money picking fruit in California.

Henry Fonda plays Tom Joad, the idealistic son, and Jane Darwell plays Ma Joad, the figure that keeps the family together. Jane Darwell won an Oscar as did director, John Ford. Other actors included John Carradine and Charlie Grapewin.

10. (1949) The next great last line came in an exciting gangster film, starring perhaps the greatest gangster of them all. This gangster loved his mother above all else. In fact, this love brought about one of the gangster's big downfalls, when one of the mother's mistakes led to her son's imprisonment. At the end, when all was said and done and when the law finally caught up with the gangster, a law officer commented sarcastically to the other officers, "'Made it Ma, top of the world...' He finally got to the top of the world, and it blew up right in his face". One of the best gangster pictures of the late 40s, or ever, what was it?

Answer: White Heat

Like other stars that played gangsters in the 1930s, James Cagney did not always play a gangster, but when he did, he was fabulous. No one was more menacing, yet he could play a loveable and talented character as he did in "Yankee Doodle Dandy".

In "White Heat", Cagney plays a violent, explosive criminal who only wants to please his mother, who is part of the gang. One of Cody Jarrett's lines in the film is "Made it Ma - top of the world". In the end, the line is not only mocking Cody, but gleeful at his end during a fire at a chemical plant heist.

Virginia Mayo is Verna, his love interest, Edmund O'Brien and Steve Cochran play important roles. Margaret Wycherly plays the unlovable mother.

Source: Author mpkitty

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