Movies and TV
Game 37
The Star at the End of the 1960s
Saturday Night at the Movies
A video by Klokline Cinema
The game's question
Take turns reading the clues. The name often arrives before the last sentence.
Picture a Saturday night at the end of the 1960s: the line at the box office, the smell of popcorn, the lights going down. One actor’s name on the poster was enough to fill the seats. Theater owners named him the No. 1 box-office star two years in a row, in 1969 and 1970. Which name was on that poster?
- Sidney Poitier
- Paul Newman
- William Holden
Need a hint?
Say the three names out loud and picture each face on a poster. His last name begins with the opposite of “old.”
See the answer
Answer: Paul Newman—the No. 1 box-office star in both 1969 and 1970.
Why this game : Naming the star of those Saturday nights opens the way to the movies themselves—the ones seen twice, and the ones seen with friends.
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