Q 01/05

Which Famous Players star was billed as America's Sweetheart?

A) Mary Pickford

B) Lillian Gish

C) Clara Bow

D) Theda Bara

Answer · why

A) Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford was so valuable that in 1916 Famous Players gave her a production company of her own, with authority over the films she starred in.

Q 02/05

Which studio is the only surviving American film studio older than Paramount?

A) Columbia Pictures

B) Warner Bros.

C) Universal Pictures

D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Answer · why

C) Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures is the only surviving American studio older than Paramount; Carl Laemmle formed it in 1912 by merging independent producers that ha...

Q 03/05

Which Hitchcock thriller did a reluctant Paramount release after he shot it cheaply with his television crew?

A) Psycho

B) Vertigo

C) The Birds

D) Rear Window

Answer · why

A) Psycho

Psycho was shot in black and white by the crew of Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Hitchcock swapped his director's fee for 60 percent ownership of the film...

Q 04/05

Which silent-era heartthrob played the title role in Paramount's 1921 desert romance The Sheik?

A) Rudolph Valentino

B) Douglas Fairbanks

C) John Barrymore

D) Ramon Novarro

Answer · why

A) Rudolph Valentino

Rudolph Valentino became the screen's great lover as Sheik Ahmed; when he died suddenly in 1926, aged 31, crowds rioted outside the New York funeral h...

Q 05/05

Which legendary French actress starred in Queen Elizabeth, the first film Famous Players released?

A) Sarah Bernhardt

B) Eleonora Duse

C) Yvette Guilbert

D) Gabrielle Rejane

Answer · why

A) Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt starred in the French-made Queen Elizabeth; its American run in 1912 made a fortune that bankrolled Famous Players' plan to film Broad...