Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1927)

Illustration by Lui Trugo. Can You Answer All These Questions? Here's a test for you. See how many of these questions about movies and movie people you can answer — then turn to page 112 to see if you are right. 1. What prominent screen actress first won fame as the "Biograph Girl?" 2. In what year was "The Birth of a Nation" first exhibited ? 3. Name eight celebrities in its cast. 4. Who directed "The Last Laugh ?" 5. What well-known actress did John Gilbert once direct ? 6. In the creation of what comedy character did Harold Lloyd first achieve popularity ? 7. What story is Ernst Lubitsch using as the basis of his current picture ? 8. What is Richard Dix's real name ? 9. What world-famous director has made only six pictures in his entire career? 10 To what directors are the following actresses married? (a) Enid Bennett; (b) Billie Dove; (c) Eleanor Boardman; (d) Betty Compson; (e) Blanche Sweet. 11. To what actresses are the following actors mar ried? (a) Bert Lytell ; (b) Milton Sills; (c) Lew Cody; (d) Edmund Lowe; (e) Kenneth Harlan. 12. How many times has "East Lynne" been filmed? 13. Name the first five-reel feature exhibited in America. 14. Name the first five-reel feature produced in America. 15. What picture has Mary Pickford made twice? 16. Name four featured players who are children of screen stars. 17. As leading man to what feminine star did Ronald Colman make his screen debut ? 18. What was Will Hays' position before he became czar of motion pictures ? 19. What four brothers have been featured in pic tures? 20. Identify the former screen star who, since becom ing a director, has taken the name of William Goodrich. 21. What actor consistently maintains a foremost place on both stage and screen? 22. Name two sets of sisters who play under different names. 23. Who was the first woman director in pictures? 24. What brunette star always wears a blond wig be fore the camera? 25. Who played Wendy in "Peter Pan?" 26. What picture made three big stars? 27. Name the nationality of each of the following actresses: (a) Vilma Banky; (b) Greta Garbo; (c) Lya de Putti ; (d) Greta Nissen ; (e) Pola Negri; (f) Nazimova. 28. Name five pictures in which Emil Jannings has appeared. 29. What great American novel supplied the story for Von Stroheim's picture, "Greed?" 30. What director of sophisticated comedy once wielded the megaphone for Rin-Tin-Tin? 31. What New York night-club hostess was formerly featured in hard-ridin' Westerns? 32. Name a feminine star who was once a circus bare back rider. 33. Name a masculine star who was once a minister. 34. Name two feminine stars who are married to no bility. 35. Who portrays the role of Christ in Cecil De Mille's "The King of Kings ?" 36. Name the horse used by (a) Tom Mix; (b) Fred Thomson; (c) Buck Jones. 37. What actor plaved the title role in "Abraham Lin coln?" 38. Which producer is considered the leading screen authority on feminine pulchritude ? 39. What motion-picture director is also a well-known novelist ? 40. Who played the role of Moses in "The Ten Com mandments ?" 41. What feature picture of 1926 was photographed entirely in color? 42. Name the producing company which plans to film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." 43. In what film did Jackie Coogan make his first screen appearance? 44. Who is credited with the invention of the motion picture ? 45. Name the director of "The Covered Wagon." 46. What player was raised to stardom by the success of "Flaming Youth?" 47. Who was Gloria Swanson's first husband? 48. Name a director who achieved a reputation as a sculptor before becoming affiliated with the screen. 49. What D. W. Griffith spectacles dealt with (a) the American Revolution; (b) the Civil War; (c) the Great War? 50. Name the costliest film ever produced. The correct answers are printed on page 112