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1. This 1929 film was the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar.
Directed by Harry Beaumont, it starred Charles King, Bessie Love and Anita Page.
What was this historically important film?
2. Also nominated for Best Picture of 1929 was a Western, "In Old Arizona".
Although it did not win in that category, its star won the Oscar for Best Actor. Who was the actor who played The Cisco Kid in the film?
3. The 1931 Best Picture winner was a western, released by R.K.O. and adapted from a novel by Edna Ferber. It begins with the Oklahoma land rush, and covers several decades in the lives of Yancy and Abra Cravat. What was the name of this picture, an epic for its time?
4. The 1932 Best Picture winner was "Grand Hotel". It was directed by Edmund Goulding, and starred a large ensemble cast, including a certain Swedish actress who played a Russian ballerina. Who was this screen legend, whose most famous line from the film was "I want to be alone"?
5. Also nominated for 1932 was a film directed by Josef Von Sternberg, and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. Marlene's best known line from the film: "It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily". It was the fourth of the seven films Sternberg and Dietrich made together. Name it.
6. The 1933 winner was adapted from a play by Noel Coward, and covered four decades in the life of a London family. It starred Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook, and was directed by Frank Lloyd. What was the name of this film?
7. The Best Picture winner for 1934 was the first film to win in all four major categories - Picture, Director, Actor and Actress.
It tells the story of a runaway heiress who becomes involved with a newspaper reporter who helps her in order to get a story, but who ends up falling in love with her.
Who directed this delightful screwball comedy, in which the Walls of Jericho finally came down?
8. Another 1934 nominee was adapted from a novel by Fanny Hurst, and directed by John M. Stahl. It starred Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson and Louise Beavers. Claudette Colbert played a widow struggling to make ends meet, and Louise Beavers played her housekeeper. The film focused on the troubled relationships both women had with their daughters. What was the name of this film?
9. The 1935 Best Picture winner was unique in that all three of the stars were nominated for Best Actor. None of them won. Name the film, based on the true story of a real naval mutiny, which was directed by Frank Lloyd, who also received a nomination.
10. A further nominee for 1935 was a film adapted from a novel by Booth Tarkington, which starred Katharine Hepburn as a young social climber trying desperately to cover up the fact that she is from a poor lower middle class family. What is the name of this film?
11. Winning the Best Picture Oscar for 1936 was the biopic of a renowned Broadway producer, who was played by William Powell.
What was the name of this film?
12. "Anthony Adverse", another 1936 nominee, also made Oscar history for being the first film for which a Best Supporting Actress Oscar was awarded. Who won this award in her film debut?
13. The second biopic in a row to win the Oscar for Best Picture starred Paul Muni in the title role as a famous 19th Century French author. What is the name of this 1937 film?
14. The big winner for 1939 was "Gone With The Wind", adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film won Oscars in a number of categories, including Best Director. Who won the Best Director award for this epic of the Old South?
15. Back to 1930, where the Best Picture winner was "All Quiet On The Western Front", adapted from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Who directed this powerful anti-war film?
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