Some Oscar Winners Of The 1920s And 1930s
One. Who was the first person to win Best Actor ( 1927 / 28 )
?
A ) Buddy Rodgers
B ) Richard Arliss
C ) Frederic March
D ) Emil Jannings
2. John Ford won his first Oscar as Best Director for what picture?
a ) How Green Was My Valley
B ) Stagecoach
C ) The Informer
D ) The Lost Patrol
Three. Until Marlee Matlin won in 1987, who was the youngest lady to ever win Best Actress?
A ) Katherine Hepburn
B ) Irene Dunne
C ) Janet Gaynor
D ) Barbara Stanwyck
4 ) The first flick to win Best Picture was Wings. What other movie won an award for Unique and Artistic Picture that same year?
A ) Sunrise
B ) The Crowd
C ) The Jazz Frontman
D ) The Racket
Five ) Who was the first man to be awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?
A ) William Powell
B ) Walter Brennan
C ) Basil Rathbone
D ) Akim Tamiroff
6 ) Who was the 1st woman to win an oscar for Best Supporting Actress?
A ) Gale Sondergaard
B ) Beulah Bondi
C ) Claudette Colbert
D ) Una Merkel
Seven. The first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927 / 28 nominated 3 movies for best picture. Which one wasn't a silent film?
A ) Seventh Heaven
B ) Wings
C ) The Racket
D ) All were "silents"
8. Who was the first kid actress to win an Academy Award?
A ) Judy Garland
B ) Deanna Durbin
C ) Shirley Church
D ) Margaret O'Brien
9. Which actor between 1927 and 1939 received the most designations for Best Actor?
A ) Spencer Tracy
B ) Paul Muni
C ) James Cagney
D ) Clark Gable
Ten. Which actress between 1927 and 1939 received the most designations for Best Actress?
A ) Norma Shearer
B ) Katherine Hepburn
C ) Bette Davis
D ) Mary Pickford
Bonus Question : Who was the 1st individual to decline an Oscar?
A ) George C. Scott
B ) Marlon Brando
C ) John Wayne
D ) Dudley Nichols
Answers :
1-d Jannings, a citizen of Germany, won for his roles in Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. The first award was given for "body of work" rather than for a single film.
2-c The Informer in 1935 It was the first of four directing Oscars for Ford, the most wins by any director to date.
3-c Gaynor was 22 years and seven months old when she won for her work in Sunrise, Seventh Heaven and Street Angel ( 1927 / 28 ). Matlin was Twenty-one years and 7 months old when she won for Children of a Lesser God.
4-a Sunrise. 1927 / 28 was the only year in which this award was given.
5-b Brennan won in 1936 for Come and Get It. He would go on to win 3 more best supporting statuettes, the most for any individual to this day.
6-a Sondergaard won in 1936 for her role in Anthony Adverse. She was nominated in the same class in 1947 for Anna and the King of Siam, but did not win.
7-d All were silent pictures. The only "talkie," designated for an award was The Jazz Singer which received a writing nomination, but didn't win.
8-c Shirley Temple received a special award "in thankful recognition of her notable contribution to screen entertainment in the year 1934."
9-b Paul Muni received three official and 2 non-official nominations during this period. He won for The story of Louis Pasteur in 1936.
10-a Norma Shearer was nominated six times and won once for The Divorcee in 1929 / Thirty. She retired from acting at the age of 40 in 1942.
Bonus query :
Dudley Nichols ( d ) won the original script Oscar for The Nark, but refused it seeing as there had been a writer's strike going on at the time of the ceremony. He later accepted the award.
Rankings : ( Bonus query could be included in tally. )
1-4 correct You need to spend some more time watching TCM.
5-7 correct You know early movies, but your life doesn't revolve around them.
8-11 correct Any film historian would be pleased with you.
by: Hilly
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