And You Thought You Knew Classic Movies! 200 Quizzes for Golden Age Movie Lovers

by John DiLeo

Overview

Katharine Hepburn stars in what play at the climax of Stage Door? Can you name the classic in which a cigarette is put out in a jar of cold cream? What star (not Alan Ladd) is the top-billed male in This Gun for Hire? If you think you know classic movies, well, prepare to be challenged as never before. Die-hard film buffs won�t be able to resist the cleverness, imagination, and pleasure of John DiLeo�s 200 memory-teasing quizzes on all facets of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Upon the book�s initial publication, legendary film critic Pauline Kael said, �It�s like a Christmas stocking full of surprises. This is the smartest movie quiz book I�ve ever seen.�

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149322107
Publisher:	Hansen Publishing Group, LLC
Publication date:	05/18/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	231
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

ohn DiLeo is the author of five books about classic movies: AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW CLASSIC MOVIES (1999, reissued in 2013), 100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON'T (2002), SCREEN SAVERS: 40 REMARKABLE MOVIES AWAITING REDISCOVERY (2007), TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND COMPANY: HIS ESSENTIAL SCREEN ACTORS (2010), and SCREEN SAVERS II: MY GRAB BAG OF CLASSIC MOVIES (2012).

Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, John currently resides in Milford, PA, with his partner of 31 years. He went to Ithaca College and received a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts. After thirteen years of on-and-off stage acting, and one film credit (the abominable "comedy" THE JERKY BOYS), he switched to writing about film.

His website is www.johndileo.com, his Twitter handle is @JOHNDiLEO.