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Now that we have a new Commander-in-Chief, it’s time to look back at some of our favorite movie Presidents, both real and fictional. How many of these would you trust with their finger on the button?
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Question 1 of 10
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Long before Hillary, there was a comedy called KISSES FOR MY PRESIDENT about the first female Chief Executive. Who played her?
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Fred MacMurray played the First Husband in this amusing but now sadly dated (and somewhat sexist) comedy.
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Question 2 of 10
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And long before Obama, THE MAN gave us our first Black President. Who played him?
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None other than Rod Serling adapted Irving Wallace’s preposterous-for-its-time novel. Interestingly, many years later, Jones played the ex-President in the 2012 Broadway revival of THE BEST MAN, even though he’s Black. But no one complained, because, hey, he’s James Earl Jones!
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What future TV star played President Henry Fonda’s Russian translator in FAIL SAFE?
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A year before he went into space on I DREAM OF JEANNIE, Hagman played a pivotal role in this Sidney Lumet-helmed classic.
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Question 4 of 10
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John Frankenheimer is probably best known for directing THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. Which of these political thrillers did he also helm?
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Otto Preminger directed ADVISE AND CONSENT, while Franklin Schaffner did THE BEST MAN. Perhaps not coincidentally, both of these (as well as FAIL SAFE) starred Henry Fonda, and Rod Serling also adapted SEVEN DAYS.
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Question 5 of 10
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Speaking of THE BEST MAN, what famous stand-up comic had a rare dramatic role in it?
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The comedian surprised everyone with his intense performance as a weaselly informant with a big secret for sale.
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Question 6 of 10
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THE PHANTOM PRESIDENT was a musical satire about a boring Presidential candidate who is replaced by a far more engaging look-alike. What Broadway legend played both roles?
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Surprisingly, Cohan only wrote one song; most of the rest were by Rodgers & Hart. Over six decades later, the concept was knocked off for the Kevin Kline comedy DAVE.
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Question 7 of 10
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Philip Baker Hall was astounding as Nixon in the one-man film SECRET HONOR. Who directed it?
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Hall had played Nixon in the stage version, and Altman wisely avoided opening it up, confining the action to the Oval Office. It took just seven days to shoot.
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Question 8 of 10
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Though British, Anthony Hopkins has played three American Presidents: Nixon, Washington and…?
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Hopkins played the former sixth President in one of Steven Spielberg’s most undeservingly overlooked pictures, AMISTAD.
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Question 9 of 10
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What political movie was re-edited prior to release after Nixon was given an early screening and objected to some of its content?
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Nixon misinterpreted it as an attack on his Vietnam policy, specifically objecting to the song “Cool Considerate Men.” To the consternation of everyone, producer Jack Warner dropped the song and trimmed a few other lines of dialogue. All the cuts were restored over two decades later.
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Question 10 of 10
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That other BIRTH OF A NATION famously depicted Lincoln’s assassination. What future director played John Wilkes Booth?
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The other two were also in the film: Ford as an extra playing a Klansman, and Clifton in the larger role of Lillian Gish’s brother. A fourth future director, comedy icon Jules White, also had a bit as a Confederate soldier, while Donald Crisp, who played General Grant, concurrently helmed numerous silent pictures before devoting himself strictly to acting.
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