| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $200: "King Creole", Elvis' favorite of his 31 films, was the first shot on location--the French Quarter in this city New Orleans |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE MOVIES $800: "The Gold Rush", "The Kid" & "City Lights" are silent films that this comic legend wrote, directed & starred in (Charlie) Chaplin |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | CITY FILMS $400: 1993: Tom Hanks struggles with insomnia Sleepless in Seattle |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | CITY FILMS $800: 2002: Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma sings on death row Chicago |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | CITY FILMS $1200: 2011: Voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, Blu the macaw overcomes long distance travel & birdnappers Rio |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | CITY FILMS $1600: 2013: Matthew McConaughey looks to score some life-saving meds Dallas Buyers Club |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | CITY FILMS $2000: 1940: Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart & Katharine Hepburn tell a tale of non-brotherly love The Philadelphia Story |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $2000: Star of the "Hunger Games" films who wrote Beat poetry & founded City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco Jennifer Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $200: "King Creole", Elvis' favorite of his 31 films, was the first shot on location--the French Quarter in this city New Orleans |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | DOCUMENTARY FILMS $1600: 2004's "Born into Brothels" is an Oscar-winning film about children growing up in this Indian city's red-light district Calcutta |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $1600: 1959's "Black Orpheus" retold the tale of Orpheus & Eurydice set during this South American city's Carnival Rio de Janeiro |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | LOUIS, LOUIS $2000: "Pretty Baby" & "Atlantic City" were films by this French director who was married to Candice Bergen Malle |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | DENZEL WASHINGTON FILMS $2000: A Mexico City bodyguard looking for revenge Man on Fire |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | ANIMATED FILMS $600: 2005:
4 animals from the New York City zoo end up on an African island Madagascar |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | VEGAS FILMS $600: The title of this 2008 Cameron Diaz-Ashton Kutcher film was inspired by a Sin City slogan What Happens in Vegas |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | WOODY ALLEN FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $400: New York City borough Manhattan |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | FOREIGN FILMS $1200: A Foreign Language Oscar went to Menshov's 1979 film called this city "Does Not Believe in Tears" Moscow |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | CLASSROOM FILMS $1000: 1995:
Marine vet Michelle Pfeiffer uses unorthodox methods to teach inner city kids Dangerous Minds |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1943:
"Moroccan Port City" Casablanca |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | 4-LETTER FILMS $200: The sequel to this 1995 favorite is subtitled "Pig in the City" Babe |
| #3330, aired 1999-02-12 | 1989 FILMS $200: Production designer Anton Furst won an Oscar for this film's atmospheric Gotham City Batman |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | FILMS OF THE '70s $1000: A 1975 Robert Altman film centers on a music festival & political rally in this title city Nashville |
| #2830, aired 1996-12-13 | FILM DIRECTORS $1000: This director of "Short Cuts" learned his trade making industrial films in Kansas City Robert Altman |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | MUSEUMS $1,000 (Daily Double): A museum in this European city chronicles the history of the Red Cross through films & exhibits Geneva |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | CHARLIE CHAPLIN FILMS $500: Chaplin falls in love with a blind flower girl in this 1931 release that some consider his best City Lights |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | FILMS OF THE '90s $500: Title Kansas City couple played by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in a 1990 film "Mr. And Mrs. Bridge" |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | ELVIS FILMS $500 (Daily Double): 1964 movie musical where Elvis sang the following:
"Bright light city gonna set my soul / Set my soul on fire / Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those stakes up higher..." Viva Las Vegas |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | "FORT"s $200: In the films, it's the city "Where the Boys Are" during spring vacation Fort Lauderdale |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | FUTURISTIC FILMS $600: In 1997, Kurt Russell & Season Hubley will try to "escape" from this city turned prison New York |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | "C" CITIES $600: This city in Kansas shares its name with "Ahab the Arab's" camel & orangutan in Eastwood films Clyde |
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