Closer USA – August 05, 2019

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Relax!

I couldahadclass.I coulda
beena contender.I could’ve

whatcouldbe his bestperformance,as a
boxer-turned-longshoreman,whenElia
Kazan’sfilmhitsscreenson July28, 1954.
Now,makeshortworkof thesequestions.


(^1) Where werethedockson which
Marlon’sTerryMalloycontendedwith
hi s brother,his unionandhis dreams?
A Brooklyn
B Hoboken
C StatenIsland
(^2) Terryputstheblameforhis “one-way
ti cketto Palooka-ville”on throwinga
fi ghtagainsta boxernamed...
A Doyle
B Skelly
C Wilson
(^3) Eva MarieSaintwonan Oscarfor
herfilmdebutplayingTerry’sgirl Edie.
Who elsehadtheirbig-screenstart
withOntheWaterfront?
A MartinBalsam
B FredGwynne
C WalterMatthau
(^4) Waterfront’s LeeJ. Cobb,KarlMalden
and RodSteigerwereall nominatedfor
Oscarsintheirsupportingroles...and
al l lostto EdmondO’Brien.For which
moviedidhe win?
ATheBarefootContessa
BThe Hitch-Hiker
CTheTurningPoint
(^5) Rod Steiger played Terry’s brother
Charley in the film. But which future
Emmy winner was Charley in a 1995
Broadway play that closed after aweek?
A Alec Baldwin
B Michael Chiklis
C James Gandolfini
Answers: 1: B; 2: C; 3: A, B; 4: A; 5: C


ON THE


WATERFRONT


(^65) PREMIERED
YEARS AGO


PUBLISHED:


The Fellowship
oftheRing
One Ringto
ru le themall!
A Hobbit
namedFrodo
beginsoneof
theworld’smostfamousliterary
questswhenthe firstbookin
J. R.R.Tolkien’sTheLordof the
Ringstri logygets published in
Britainon July 29, 1954.

65


YEARSAGO


BORN:Jacqueline
LeeBouvier
OnJuly28, 1929,
thegirl who’d grow
up to become
a first lady and
fashion icon
known as
Jackie Kennedy
Onassis arrives in
Southhampton,
N.Y., to Wall Street
stockbroker John
Vernou Bouvier III
and his wife, Janet.

90


YEARS AGO


DEBUTED:


On July 30, 1984, theloves,lives
and lies of California’sCapwell
family (including 18-year-old
Robin Wright as KellyCapwell,
bottom left) start playing out as
the soap opera begins its nine-
season run on NBC.

35


YEARS AGO

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