Plenty of historic and cinematic anniversaries are taking place this week, from 65 years of “Vertigo” to 60 years of Bond, James Bond.
How much do you know about May’s movie milestones? Take our quiz below and find out.
1. The first official Mother’s Day was celebrated 115 years ago on Wednesday. Match the following movies with the actress who played the title Mama. A. “Bloody Mama,” B. “Crazy Mama,” C. “Big Bad Mama,” D. “Mama Dracula”; I. Angie Dickinson, II. Louise Fletcher, III. Cloris Leachman, IV. Shelley Winters.
2. Fifty years ago Friday, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby on his way to the Triple Crown title, setting and still holding the speed records in all three races. True or false: portions of the 2010 movie “Secretariat,” starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich, were filmed at Saratoga Race Course.
3. “Vertigo,” routinely voted one of the greatest movies ever made, came out 65 years ago this Tuesday. The iconic Brocklebank Apartment Building in San Francisco doubled as Kim Novak’s home in the film, but it also appeared in what 1984 comedy that won Stevie Wonder an Oscar for best song? …
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