After my recent book spine post I was chatting with Silver Screenings in the comments secton and I thought why not do a film version of a story based on spine titles? This premise is a bit looser, with a western theme. I may have stayed away from Once Upon a Time in the West, but there’s still a revenge showdown, and one in which ends in a bit of a bloodbath.
As I’ve done a film quiz based on short stories, reviewed a film based on a French play and recently bought a book of August Strindburg, it’s about time I did a quiz based on films that were first seen on stage. There are so many great plays into impressive films that I’ve divided them into two groups. See how many of the black and white films below you can get, with the colour ones coming up soon.
(1940s)
(1940s)
(1940s)
(1950s)
(1950s)
(1950s)
Answers below
Because I know it’s going to be a great day, and you all deserve it, have another six romantic films today. How did you do? Do you have a favourite? Feel free to comment beneath the answers below.
(1940s)
(1950s)
(1950s)
(1960s)
(1990s)
(1990s)
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1. Casablanca (1942)
2. The Quiet Man (1952)
3. An Affair to Remember (1957)
4. The Apartment (1960)
5. Before Sunrise (1995)
6. Notting Hill (1999)
Writers, artists and musicians have been trying to express it for centuries, but in its time Hollywood has been able to sprinkle its own kind of romantic magic. See how many of the films below you get
(1930s)
(1940s)
(1940s)
(1990s)
(1990s)
(2000+)
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1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. Brief Encounter (1945)
3. Roman Holiday (1953)
4. Ghost (1990)
5. Titanic (1997)
6. The Notebook (2004)
Alex Raphael 