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Yank: Reporting the Greatest Generation (Signed)

August, 2004 Quick Quiz: Hooray for Hollywood -
Movies During WW II

1) This 1942 film starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon helped galvanize US sympathies for the British. It won the Oscar for Best Picture.

A - Mrs. Miniver

B - How Green Was My Valley

C - Bundles for Britain

D - Mildred Pierce

2) What accomplished movie maker (and major in the US Army Signal Corps) directed the “Why We Fight” documentary series during WWII?

A - Alfred Hitchcock

B - Frank Capra

C - John Ford

D - Orson Welles

3) William Bendix, as Taxi Potts, leads the way in this story of the first US invasion of WWII, which was rushed to the screen in 1943.

A - Tora Tora Tora

B - The Sands of Iwo Jima

C - Apple Blossom Time

D - Guadalcanal Diary

4) In 1940, Charlie Chaplin had the courage to release this satire of Hitler’s insanity at a time when Germany was still a major market for American films.

A - The Great Dictator

B - The Little Tramp

C - The Gold Rush

D - Modern Times

5) Who plays Sam in Casablanca?

A - Jackie Wilson

B -Brian Wilson

C -Dooley Wilson

D -Cedric Wilson