Old Hollywood Questionnaire

Question One - Which film got you interested in Old Hollywood?

Guys and Dolls(1955)

Question Two - Choose ten films that you would show on TCM as a guest programmer.

Four Daughters (1938)
The Lady Eve(1941)
The Thin Man (1934)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Now, Voyager (1942)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)

Question Three - Who is your favourite actor?


Jeffrey Lynn 

Question Four - Who is your favourite actress?


Myrna Loy

Question Five - Name an actor or an actress which you think is underrated.


Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Dana Andrews, Joseph Cotten, Robert Cummings, Robert Young, Franchot Tone, Janet Gaynor, and William Prince 

Question Six - What is your favourite film starring your favourite actress?


The Thin Man (1934)

Question Seven - What is your favourite film starring your favourite actor?

Four Daughters(1938)

Question Eight - Who is your favourite Old Hollywood couple?


Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Question Nine - Name two Old Hollywood stars that you wish had worked together.


Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman 

Question Ten - What is your favourite movie?


Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961) followed very closely by The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)

Question Eleven - Team Bette Davis or team Joan Crawford?


Hmmm that's a tough one, I love them both so I'm indecisive. I can't choose! 

Question Twelve - Who is your favourite Barrymore?


John 

Question Thirteen - What is a classic film that you just couldn’t get into?


My Fair Lady(1964)

Question Fourteen - Name an Old Hollywood legend that everyone appreciates, but you just don’t see it.


Lauren Bacall

Question Fifteen - Name an actor or an actress that you have been meaning to give a chance, but haven’t gotten round to it yet.


Ava Gardner and Sophia Loren

Question Seventeen - What is your favourite quote from a film?

CK DEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXTTTTTTEEEEER HAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVEEEN!

Question Eighteen - Name an actor or an actress that should have won an Oscar.

Joan Fontaine in The Constant Nymph(1943)

Question Nineteen - Who would you like to party with in the afterlife?


Myrna Loy and Jeffrey Lynn of course!

Question Twenty - Who is your favourite silent film star?


Greta Garbo

Question Twenty-one - If you could go back in time and trade places with an Old Hollywood star, who would it be?


Either Myrna Loy or Audrey Hepburn

Question Twenty-two - Which film do you think is underrated?


The Devil and Miss Jones(1941)

Question Twenty-three - What is your favourite film from 1939, considered Hollywood’s greatest year?


Gunga Din(1939) and Bachelor Mother(1939)

Question Twenty-four - Which character from a film do you fantasize about being?


Ann Lemp in Four Daughters(1938)

Question Twenty-five - Which unsolved scandal would you most like the answer to?


Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart, I mean I know it's not old hollywood related but it occurred during those times

Question Twenty-six - Who’s death hit you the hardest and why?


Paul Newman, I cried for days when I found out he died. :(

Question Twenty-seven - Name a film that you never expected to enjoy.


The Purple Rose of Cairo because it's a newer film and because I'd never seen a Woody Allen movie and I was fairly reluctant to see it. 

Question Twenty-eight - Who’s private lifestyle shocked you most?


Marlene Dietrich- I knew that her life was scandalous but I never expected so much!

Question Twenty- nine - Which five Old Hollywood stars would you invite to dinner?


Jeffrey Lynn
Myrna Loy
Audrey Hepburn
William Prince
James Dean