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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Christmas Carol (1938) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Christmas Carol (1938) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Christmas Carol (1938)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938).

About the movie: On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		All the spoken dialogue was in Esperanto.
b.		Sergei M. Eisenstein was originally in talks to direct this film. He even wrote an early script, several hundred pages long. Eisenstein hoped to make his English-speaking directorial debut with this film, and Paramount wanted him to as well, but nothing came of it.
c.		Lionel Barrymore was originally set to play Scrooge, but had to back out due to illness. Barrymore instead suggested his friend Reginald Owen take over the role. Barrymore did not perform the radio version of "A Christmas Carol" in 1938 so that it would not interfere with the success of the picture, and he appeared in a special trailer for it called A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore, which was produced by Frank Whitbeck and directed by Edwin L. Marin.
d.		In her autobiography Playing the Field, Mamie Van Doren recalls her campaign to play Ado Annie. Van Doren claims one of the reasons she lost the part was that her acting coach, who happened to be Gloria Grahames mother, mentioned Van Dorens interest in the part to her daughter; Grahame suddenly became interested in playing the part herself, launching a campaign of her own to win the part--which she did.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		Bruce Wayne drives a Chrysler Imperial convertible, while the Batmoblie is a 1955 Lincoln Futura prototype car customized by George Barris Inc.
b.		John Seitz temporarily replaced cameraman Sidney Wagner during production when Wagner was ill with a bad case of flu, and Marvin Stuart replaced assistant director Dolph Zimmer when Zimmer had a cold.
c.		Kevin Spacey was considered for a role, but declined due to scheduling conflicts. Spacey worked with this movies director Sam Mendes on American Beauty.
d.		The front of Gary Oldmans hairline was shaved, both for make-up purposes and to resemble Vlad.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		The scenes with Steve Buscemi and Cheech Marin had to be shot quickly because they could only afford Buscemi for seven days and Cheech for six.
b.		It took two days for set design to piece together the hamster habitat in Sams house.
c.		De Palma also talked to Jeff Bridges and Gene Hackman about playing Ness and Malone.
d.		In the 1950s New York television market, there was a local channel 9 (WOR-TV then, WWOR-TV, Secaucus, NJ now) that broadcast a "movies only" show called "Million Dollar Movie". Its theme song was "Taras Theme" from Gone with the Wind, and its format was showing movies over and over again, back to back, not unlike in a movie theater. But on Christmas Eve for years and years, it would continuously play this movie right up to Christmas morning.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		John Woo: [unusual hand-to-hand weapons] On the train, Terry kicks the helicopters tail-rotor against Shepherds arm to knock him off-balance.
b.		George Clooney auditioned for just one line in this movie but it never made it to the screen.
c.		Shown annually every Christmas season on Chicago television station WGN, until it was replaced there in the 1990s by the 1951 Alastair Sim version.
d.		Gilbert Roland was originally cast as Boris Androvsky.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		Lana Turners last film on her MGM contract.
b.		The word "humbug" is misunderstood by many people, which is a pity since the word provides a key insight into Scrooges hatred of Christmas. The word "humbug" describes deceitful efforts to fool people by pretending to a fake loftiness or false sincerity. So when Scrooge calls Christmas a humbug, he is claiming that people only pretend to charity and kindness in an scoundrel effort to delude him, each other, and themselves. In Scrooges eyes, he is the one man honest enough to admit that no one really cares about anyone else, so for him, every wish for a Merry Christmas is one more deceitful effort to fool him and take advantage of him. This is a man who has turned to profit because he honestly believes everyone else will someday betray him or abandon him the moment he trusts them.
c.		Although they met some time earlier Christopher George and Lynda Day George fell in love and later married after working on this project.
d.		Permission was given to film in San Francisco, despite protests from citizens who thought Harry Callahan was not a good representative for the city.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		June Lockharts film debut.
b.		While filming, Gary Oldman spent a lot of time with the twin girls playing the baby. He admitted to being homesick for his own children, so he gave the girls a "cuddle or a squeeze" whenever he could.
c.		Based on the popular iTunes webseries of the same name
d.		Only four members of the crew (the director, his wife, the DP and the camera operator) were Russian. Everyone else was American.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		This was the only film in which Gene Lockhart appeared with his wife Kathleen Lockhart and their daughter June Lockhart,
b.		After the tragic sudden death of Carole Lombard, Clark Gable had said, "Youll have to get them to change the title. I couldnt walk on a set with those word before me." It was to be changed to "Red Light".
c.		Jack Nicholson claims to have nearly drowned while filming in the surf of Big Sur.
d.		The snow in this movie was actually cornflakes.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		Gene Kelly was originally scheduled to play Don, but he broke his ankle when he stamped his foot in anger after losing a volleyball game. It was at his suggestion that he be replaced by Fred Astaire. Cyd Charisse was up for the role of Nadine, but a torn ligament in either one or both of her knees forced her to drop out. She was replaced by Ann Miller. Although she had been a star for years, Judy Garland had never met Astaire before, and was afraid to speak to him until they were properly introduced.
b.		Lons continuing illness forced the production to shut down for 17 days in end April-May 1929. But even after the rest his health was bad.
c.		Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge McDuck was probably based physically on this version of Ebenezer Scrooge, with the fringe of hair and the small tuft of hair on the top of his head.
d.		In Sheila MacRaes autobiographical book "Hollywood Mother of the Year" in her chapter titled, "Curly, Billy, and Me", she revealed that Gordon MacRae had very few waves in his hair. This posed a problem since he would be playing a man who got his nickname from his curly locks. Movie hairdressers tried to fix it but Oscar Hammerstein was unhappy with the results and suggested that Gordon get a permanent. Gordon refused but instead agreed to allow his wife Sheila to finger-curl his hair each morning so his characters name, Curly, was believable.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		Jane Fonda reportedly didnt understand the film when she read the script, but because she was under contract to Columbia Pictures at the time, she had no choice but to take the role of Cat Ballou.
b.		MGM released a record-breaking 375 prints of the film so that as many people as possible could see it during the Christmas season.
c.		Due to the limited budget the American cast members and crew (including George Lucas) all decided to fly coach class to England, rather than first class. When Carrie Fishers mother Debbie Reynolds heard about this she called George Lucas, complaining about how insulting it was for her daughter to be flying coach. Carrie Fisher was in the room with George Lucas when he took the call, and after a few minutes asked if she could talk to her mother. When George Lucas handed her the phone she simply said, "Mother, I want to fly coach, will you f**k off?!" and hung up.
d.		The character of Long Duk Dong was supposed to be a teenager but Gedde Watanabe, who portrayed him, was 28 years old at the time this was filmed.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Christmas Carol (1938)?
a.		Filmed in only eighteen days, edited in two and a half weeks, and mixed in one day.
b.		Although he seemed much older, Reginald Owen was only 4 years older than Gene Lockhart.
c.		Michelle Pfeiffer was originally slated to play the Dangerous Woman, but then backed out of the project.
d.		Alejandro Amenábar: Appears in one of the photographs of dead people - hes the one on the right with a moustache, of the group of three men.

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