Tuesday Trivia: Quotes of the 1950s

…might as well continue the theme.

1. “This may come as a surprise to you, but there are some men who don’t end every sentence with a proposition.”
Solved by George (comment #3).

2. “I never faint because I am not sure that I will fall gracefully and I never use smelling salts because they puff up the eyes.”
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #2).

3. “You know, I’ve often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They are admired and hero-worshipped, but there is always present underlying wish to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.”
Solved by George (comment #3).

4. “I believe a man is as big as what’ll make him mad. Nobody around here seems big enough to get you mad.”
Solved by Amy (comment #7).

5. “An old lady on Main Street last night picked up a shoe. The shoe had a foot in it.”
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

6. “Audiences don’t know somebody sits down and writes a picture; they think the actors make it up as they go along.”
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

7. “Don’t you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn’t marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but my goodness, doesn’t it help?”
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #2).

10 comments

  1. Melville says:

    #5 is Touch Of Evil

    At first I was going to semi-guess that #6 was The Bad and the Beautiful, but then I could hear William Holden’s voice saying it. It’s Sunset Boulevard.

  2. Tom Hilton says:

    Is #7 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

  3. Tom Hilton says:

    And #2 is Witness for the Prosecution.

  4. George says:

    Darn–knew #5, 6, and 7. But also know #1 is “Pillow Talk” and #3 is “The Killing.”

    I like 1950s films.

  5. Hogan says:

    Is #4 High Noon?

  6. Deborah Lipp says:

    Impressive hits from Mel, Tom, and George. Sorry, Hogan, it’s not High Noon.

    #6 and 7 are two of my all-time favorite quotes.

  7. Amy says:

    #4 is something like…Bad Day at Black Rock?

  8. Tom Hilton says:

    I knew 5 and 6, but I never would have gotten the other three.

  9. Dave says:

    Excellent quotes!