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    Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to the Movies
    Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to the Movies
    Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to the Movies
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    Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to the Movies

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    Smell that popcorn? Hear that Whump! Whump! Whump! blasting out in Dolby perfection as the helicopter winds its way along the jungle river bed on the monster screen in front of you?

    But what film could it be? If Robert Duvall says, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning,” then it has to be...

    What? You didn't see that one? Then everyone will know you are not really the film guru you pretend to be and your life will be ruined!!!

    Just kidding, of course. But wouldn't it be nice to know the films, stars, directors and legends that have made Hollywood the world capital of entertainment? Here's your chance.

    See, we were helping a friend study for the contestant quiz of the Jeopardy! Game show when we realized we had accumulated enough material to help out almost anyone. A student, game show contestant, or died-in-the-wool movie buff. And so here we are, sitting on this little reel of information that took a long time to put together, but offers a quick and easy way to get to know the ins and out of this media that is so dear to so many of us.

    From Oscar winners to stars' real names, this material is sure to spark your interest. See if you can answer such diverse questions as:

    Who was the first president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in 1927?
    What movie was James Dean's debut?
    Arnold Schwartzenegger and Danny Devito, not just brothers, but...?
    Who said, "I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way”?
    Whose real name is Maurice Mickelwhite?
    In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated feature, which dwarf had no beard?
    What movie took a Best Picture Oscar in 2002?
    Who played Doc Holiday in Tombstone? In Wyatt Earp?

    How did you do? Need a little brushing up?

    The KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Series compresses a great mountain of available information into easily digestible morsels. You'll find the books are patterned in an efficient question-and-answer mode, stressing simplicity, brevity, and clarity.

    You can use this reference work as a launch pad to propel yourself into more in-depth studies. However, if you find this little study guide provides all the information you need, then consider your knowledge...
    Blasted!

    We wish you the best of luck in your quest for knowledge in this fascinating subject. 'Bye now.
    And, oh yes, buy now!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYucca Road Productions
    Release dateJun 11, 2020
    ISBN9780463566039
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    Yucca Road Productions

    Yucca Road Productions started as all great enterprises do... having a cup of coffee with friends at the kitchen table. One of our little gang of misfits had decided he was destined to appear on the Jeopardy! game show. The rest of us were foolhardy enough to volunteer our surprisingly diverse knowledge sets for the task of preparing him for said destiny.A couple years later, we had accumulated so much info, it was nuts. After deleting what we decided was "trivia" in the game show's dozen or so most-used categories, we figured we could teach anybody to do well on a game show. Or an exam. Or trivia night at the neighborhood pub. Oh, yes... we nailed that one.And so, the Knowledge Blaster! series was conceived and delivered!Then Terry Marsh wrote a couple novels and approached us about getting them published. We liked the books. So, after coercing him into buying bagels for everybody, we added him to our list of ne'er-do-wells.Then Leo Moss surprised us with a book of more-or-less poetry and a novel about a reluctant magic man. We added his works to the list, too. We had to. Moss is the only guy in the group who can spell without a dictionary (so we made him editor), and we just can't find anybody else who will work for the "prestige" of it. Just kidding, Leo.So, time passes, as is its habit. We're still at the kitchen table, wondering what might happen next. We hope it involves pizza, but you never know.

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      Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to the Movies - Yucca Road Productions

      Knowledge Blaster! Guide to

      the Movies

      By Yucca Road Productions

      Copyright 2020 Yucca Road Productions

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      The Knowledge BLASTER! Series consists of books of general and academic interest, written with the specific intention of compressing a great mountain of available information into an easily digestible morsel.

      You can use this reference work as a launch pad to propel yourself into more in-depth studies. However, if you find this little book provides all the information you need, then consider your knowledge...

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      Contents

      Show-Business Capital of the World

      Who Was It, Really?

      And Then He Made the Stars

      The Academy Awards, 1929-‘39

      Screen Firsts (and Lasts)

      Academy Awards, 1940-’49

      They Also Starred In...

      Pseudonyms and Nicknames of the Stars

      Famous Lines

      The Academy Awards, 1950 to 1969

      The Wonderful World of Walt (Disney)

      A Galaxy of Stars

      What a Great Plot!

      Lights, Camera— Music!

      Hollywood Does History

      Trivia and Other Amazing Facts

      The Directors

      Then They Played...

      More Amazing Facts

      Academy Awards 1970-198

      Psychos and Witches and Wizards— Oh No!

      More Fun Than a Barrel of Movies

      Cinematic History

      Academy Awards 1990-2019

      The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

      Show-Business Capital of the World

      Hollywood, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, is home to many famous television and movie studios and record companies. It began as a small agricultural community called Cahuenga Valley.

      What year did real estate developer Harvey Henry Wilcox file plans with the Los Angeles County Recorder’s office to subdivide 150 acres of land west of Hollywood?

      —In 1887. Soon, Prospect Avenue and upscale homes sprung up.

      When Hollywood merged with Los Angeles in 1910, Prospect Avenue became this now-famous street.

      —Hollywood Boulevard.

      The famous Hollywood sign was installed in 1923 by real estate developer Harry Chandler to advertise an upscale suburban neighborhood in what is now the Hollywood Hills. The sign deteriorated over the years and was partially restored in 1949, when the last four letters were removed. What did the sign say originally?

      —Hollywoodland.

      The first movie studio opened on Sunset Boulevard in 1911. By 1915, a few major motion-picture companies migrated to Hollywood from the East Coast, partly because it had warm, sunny weather and a diverse terrain that was great for movie backdrops.

      What five movie studios, known as the Big Five, would come to dominate the Hollywood movie scene?

      —Warner Brothers, RKO, Fox, MGM and Paramount. Smaller, but important, studios included Columbia, Universal and United Artists.

      The early years saw great growth, experimentation and change in the industry. While the earliest films were

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