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Answers to the Quiz sent out on 14th February
The Silver Screen
The Harry Lime theme was played on a zither.
North By Northwest. He is doused with chemicals then machine gun bullets by a crop-sprayer.
Twenty one Oscar nominations for Meryl Streep.
Just three wins. Kramer v Kramer (1980), Sophie's Choice (1983) and Iron Lady (2012)
American Larry Adler - the film was the second most popular film of 1953. It earned Adler loads of cash but his name had to be removed in the US where he was blacklisted by the McCarthy witch hunts.
Mae West in the film I'm No Angel.
Bette Davis.
The Lady Vanishes - much referee is made to the situation developing in Germany.
Alfred Hitchcock. Some of the train sequences were shot at Longmoor Military Camp in Hampshire.
The Birds - starring Tippi Hedren
The Day of the Triffids loosely-based on the John Wyndham novel.
The War of the Worlds based on the HG Wells novel - filmed in 1953 starring Gene Barry a role later reprised by Tom Cruise.
Forbidden Planet also starred a young Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot one of the best creations of these to appear on the Silver Screen.
The Quatermass series had us riveted to our armchairs - the fourth series featuring noted actor John Mills as Professor Bernard Quatermass.
Wagon Train. A number of famous people made guest appearances including Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine and Ronald Reagan.
High Noon - which also featured Lloyd Bridges and Grace Kelly.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was a big success for MGM in 1958 but author Williams was so outraged by the cuts to key adult themes in the play that he told audiences queuing outside to go home.
Brief Encounter - ranked number two of all time great British films by the British Film Institute it was set in the fictional town of Milford. The railway station scenes were filmed at Carnforth in Lancashire as it was far enough away from cities to avoid blackout restrictions as WW2 had not yet ended.
Lawrence of Arabia won seven Academy Awards and was rated 3rd best British film by the BFI. He was killed aged 46 on 13th May 1935 riding his Brough Superior close to his cottage at Clouds Hill near Wareham. Dorset.
