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text: Actor Yul Brynner famously shaved his head to star in a musical that inspired which 1950s film?, correct: The King and I, incorrect: The Ten Commandments,Anastasia,Solomon and Sheba, fun fact: Yul Brynner first shaved his head to star in the stage version of The King and I and liked the look so much that he shaved his head for every subsequent role.,text: Which 1957 Swedish film features iconic scenes of a knight playing a game of chess with Death?, correct: The Seventh Seal, incorrect: The Magician,Summer Interlude,The Realm of the Rye, fun fact: Director Ingmar Bergman based the film on his play, Wood Painting, and made the movie on a budget of only $150,000.,text: Which of the following 1950s films by Billy Wilder was remade as a 1995 film starring Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond?, correct: Sabrina, incorrect: The Seven-Year Itch,Some Like It Hot,Witness for the Prosecution, fun fact: All three stars of the original Sabrina, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden were Academy Award-winning performers.,text: Which of the following 1950s did Alfred Hitchcock films NOT star James Stewart?, correct: Strangers on a Train, incorrect: Rear Window,The Man Who Knew Too Much,Vertigo, fun fact: In addition to frequent collaborations with Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchock collaborated with Grace Kelly three times during the 1950s.,text: Which 1954 film earned Marlon Brando his first Academy Award for Best Actor?, correct: On the Waterfront, incorrect: A Streetcar Named Desire,The Wild Ones,The Godfather, fun fact: On the Waterfront also won Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Film Editing.,text: Which 1956 Western film by John Ford starred John Wayne as a man looking for his kidnapped niece?, correct: The Searchers, incorrect: Winchester '73,High Noon,Rio Bravo, fun fact: The Searchers has widely been called one of the best Westerns and was added to the National Film Registry in 1989.,text: Which famous film monster was introduced in 1954?, correct: Godzilla, incorrect: King Kong,The Creature from the Black Lagoon,The Mummy, fun fact: The first Godzilla film featured a man in a suit playing the monster, who would go on to star in what is currently the longest-running movie franchise in history.,text: Which 1950s Akira Kurosawa film was based on a William Shakespeare play?, correct: Throne of Blood, incorrect: Seven Samurai,Rashomon,The Hidden Fortress, fun fact: Following the plot of Macbeth in a Japanese feudal setting, Throne of Blood was released nearly a decade after Orson Welles's 1948 adaptation of the same play.,text: Which epic film released in 1956 was the most expensive film ever made up to that point?, correct: The Ten Commandments, incorrect: The Robe,The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad,Ben-Hur, fun fact: Cecil B. DeMille's nearly four-hour-long Biblical epic was nominated for seven Academy Awards, though it only won the award for best visual effects.,text: Which of the following films was James Dean's first starring role?, correct: East of Eden, incorrect: Rebel Without a Cause,Giant,Trouble Along the Way, fun fact: James Dean beat out Paul Newman and Marlon Brando for the lead role of Caleb "Cal" Trask in this film based on a novel by John Steinbeck.
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1950s Movies
Actor Yul Brynner famously shaved his head to star in a musical that inspired which 1950s film?
Anastasia
Solomon and Sheba
The Ten Commandments
The King and I
