1. What was Mark Sandrich’s birth name?
A) Mark Rex Goldstein
B) Mark Steven Sandrich
C) Mark James Goldstein
D) Mark Robert Sandrich
Answer: A) Mark Rex Goldstein
2. In which city was Mark Sandrich born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) New York City, New York
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: B) New York City, New York
3. What was Mark Sandrich’s primary profession in the film industry?
A) Actor
B) Cinematographer
C) Director
D) Editor
Answer: C) Director
4. Which university did Mark Sandrich attend before entering the film industry?
A) Harvard University
B) Columbia University
C) Yale University
D) Stanford University
Answer: B) Columbia University
5. How did Mark Sandrich first enter the film industry?
A) As a screenwriter
B) As a prop man
C) As an actor
D) As a director
Answer: B) As a prop man
6. In what year did Mark Sandrich begin directing comedy shorts?
A) 1922
B) 1924
C) 1926
D) 1927
Answer: D) 1927
7. What was the title of Mark Sandrich’s first feature film?
A) Melody Cruise
B) So This Is Harris!
C) The Talk of Hollywood
D) Runaway Girls
Answer: D) Runaway Girls
8. In which year did Mark Sandrich direct his first feature film?
A) 1926
B) 1928
C) 1930
D) 1933
Answer: B) 1928
9. Which short film directed by Mark Sandrich won an Academy Award in 1933?
A) So This Is Harris!
B) Thru Thin and Thicket
C) Jerry the Giant
D) Lupino Lane
Answer: A) So This Is Harris!
10. Which film marked Mark Sandrich’s return to feature films in 1933?
A) The Gay Divorcee
B) Melody Cruise
C) Top Hat
D) Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Answer: B) Melody Cruise
11. Which famous dance duo did Mark Sandrich direct in multiple musicals?
A) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
B) Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds
C) Donald O’Connor and Vera-Ellen
D) Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Answer: A) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
12. What was the first Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers musical directed by Mark Sandrich?
A) Top Hat
B) Follow the Fleet
C) The Gay Divorcee
D) Shall We Dance
Answer: C) The Gay Divorcee
13. In which year was The Gay Divorcee released?
A) 1933
B) 1934
C) 1935
D) 1936
Answer: B) 1934
14. Which Mark Sandrich-directed film is considered a classic Astaire–Rogers musical?
A) Holiday Inn
B) Top Hat
C) Skylark
D) Man About Town
Answer: B) Top Hat
15. What was the release year of Top Hat?
A) 1933
B) 1934
C) 1935
D) 1936
Answer: C) 1935
16. Which film did Mark Sandrich direct featuring Katharine Hepburn in 1936?
A) A Woman Rebels
B) Carefree
C) Skylark
D) So Proudly We Hail!
Answer: A) A Woman Rebels
17. How many Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers musicals did Mark Sandrich direct?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
Answer: C) Five
18. Which was the last Astaire–Rogers film directed by Mark Sandrich?
A) Shall We Dance
B) Carefree
C) Follow the Fleet
D) The Gay Divorcee
Answer: B) Carefree
19. In which year did Mark Sandrich move from RKO to Paramount?
A) 1937
B) 1938
C) 1939
D) 1940
Answer: C) 1939
20. What was Mark Sandrich’s first film for Paramount as a director?
A) Buck Benny Rides Again
B) Man About Town
C) Love Thy Neighbor
D) Holiday Inn
Answer: B) Man About Town
21. Which actor starred in multiple Mark Sandrich-directed films at Paramount?
A) Jack Benny
B) Bing Crosby
C) Ray Milland
D) Sonny Tufts
Answer: A) Jack Benny
22. Which 1942 film directed by Mark Sandrich introduced the song “White Christmas”?
A) Blue Skies
B) Holiday Inn
C) Here Come the Waves
D) I Love a Soldier
Answer: B) Holiday Inn
23. Who composed the music for Holiday Inn?
A) George Gershwin
B) Irving Berlin
C) Cole Porter
D) Jerome Kern
Answer: B) Irving Berlin
24. Which dramatic war film did Mark Sandrich direct in 1943?
A) So Proudly We Hail!
B) I Love a Soldier
C) Here Come the Waves
D) Skylark
Answer: A) So Proudly We Hail!
25. Which actress starred in So Proudly We Hail!?
A) Claudette Colbert
B) Katharine Hepburn
C) Ginger Rogers
D) Veronica Lake
Answer: A) Claudette Colbert
