Stars Are Born On The Fourth Of July

America, nonetheless experiencing some rising pains at 246, celebrates the anniversary of its independence on Monday, July 4. It’s not alone, although, as George M. Cohan and Ron Kovic each famously asserted that they, too, had been “Born on the Fourth of July.” (The previous apparently fudged the date by a day, although.)

However they’ve firm. This week’s quiz is all about different film luminaries born on that date. See how a lot you realize about these big-screen Yankee Doodle Dandies. (FYI: “Yankee Doodle” was reportedly written in 1758 at Fort Crailo in Rensselaer.)

1. Which of the next famed film animals of the previous declare July 4th as their birthday: German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin; Set off (singing cowboy Roy Rogers’ horse); Skippy (AKA “Asta” from the “Skinny Man” movies); or Buttermilk (the mare ridden by Rogers’ cowgirl spouse Dale Evans)?

2. Mexican tele-novela star Melissa Barrera, born on July 4, 1990, made her big-screen American film debut in what 2021 musical?

3. If she had been nonetheless with us, Gloria Stuart can be turning 112 on Monday. When she was Oscar-nominated for Finest Supporting Actress in 1997’s “Titanic” she grew to become the oldest nominee in any performing class, a document she held for 20 years till what actor and former winner (who died final 12 months on the age of 91) eclipsed her on the age of 88 years, 41 days?

4. Syracuse-born rapper and face tattoo collector Publish Malone was born on July 4, 1995. In 2018, on the age of twenty-two, he already had his third primary single with “Sunflower.” What Academy Award-winning animated characteristic was it from?

5. Which odd pair of Hollywood luminaries was born on the identical day – July 4, 1927: screenwriter Neil Simon and Italian intercourse image Gina Lollobrigida; Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer of the “Our Gang” shorts and singer, actress and future “Catwoman” Eartha Kitt; or Festivus founder Jerry Stiller and Oscar winner Sidney Poitier?

6. Tracy Letts starred in “Girl Chook” and “Ford v Ferrari,” is married to actress Carrie Coon (“The Gilded Age,” “The Leftovers”) and his newest play, “The Minutes,” is at the moment operating on Broadway. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, who was born on July 4, 1965, tailored an earlier play into what Oscar-nominated 2013 movie?

7. What TV journalist and FOX Information persona born on July 4, 1943, has appeared as himself in such motion pictures as “Grumpier Previous Males,” “Contact,” “Cop Land,” “Main Colours” and “All About Steve”?

8. What American gangster, born in what’s now Belarus on July 4, 1902, has been performed on display screen by Ben Kingsley, Patrick Dempsey, Dustin Hoffman, Chazz Palminteri and Harvey Keitel, and in fictionalized variations by Lee Strasberg, James Woods and Joe Pesci?

9. True or false: “On the Waterfront” Finest Supporting Actress Oscar winner Eva Marie Saint, turning 98 on July 4, is the oldest dwelling Academy Award winner.

10. Italian-born and Albany-raised film director Robert G. Vignola went behind the digicam in 1934 for the primary sound model of a traditional American novel — tailored eight instances theatrically between 1908 and 1995 — by an iconic New England literary determine born on July 4, 1804. Identify the writer and the e-book/film.

ANSWERS

1. The unique Set off was foaled on July 4, 1934.