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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Night at the Opera (1935) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Night at the Opera (1935) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Night at the Opera (1935)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935).

About the movie: A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		Porn stars Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell and Ron Jeremy appear in the film in the party sequence.
b.		While serving as executive producer, author Whitley Strieber, whose experiences serve as the basis of the film, expressed concerns about Christopher Walkens abilities in portraying him. When Strieber finally told Walken that he might be portraying him as a little too crazy, Walken replied, "If the shoe fits."
c.		Rubin Hurricane Carter was actually discharged from the military after four courts martial (after just 21 months service), though the movie shows him as a returning hero.
d.		In the scene where Harpo Marx, Chico Marx and Allan Jones are impersonating the three aviators in front of the mayor, Groucho Marx turns around to speak to them in a "foreign language." What is actually being said is a direct response to the accusations of imposters, only the audio track is played backwards. The first time Groucho Marx actually says, "Did you hear what he said? He said you were frauds and imposters!" which is then followed by Chico Marx and Riccardo protesting loudly, "How can he say a thing like that?", "This is ridiculous," and other such comments.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		The first time Ingrid Bergman met Charles Boyer was the day they shot the scene where they meet at a train station and kiss passionately. As Boyer was several inches shorter than his co-star, he had to stand on a box, which she kept inadvertently kicking as she ran into the scene.
b.		Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane would later appear together in The Producers. Coincidentally, both films now exist as Broadway musicals.
c.		Dennis Hopper and Earl Holliman appeared a year before this film in Giant . The scores of Giant and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were both composed by Dimitri Tiomkin .
d.		According to MGMs dialogue cutting continuity, the film originally began (after the opening credits) with the image of a "boat on canal." A superimposed title reads: "ITALY - WHERE THEY SING ALL DAY AND GO TO THE OPERA AT NIGHT." What follows is a musical number featuring bits and pieces from Ruggero Leoncavallos "Pagliacci" performed by "everyday" Italians. A street sweeper sings part of the prologue ("Un nido di memorie...") as he greets a man who then hands out opera tickets to a group of children emerging from a store; the kids respond with "la-la-la-la-la, verso un paese strano." A "captain" comes down a set of steps, salutes a sentry, then bursts into "Vesti la giubba." Theres a lap dissolve to a hotel lobby, where a "baggage man" is rolling a trunk and crooning about "nettare divino" (divine nectar). Hes joined in song by a waiter who then enters the dining room, where he sings as he serves a man who also gets in a few notes. The waiter then crosses over to speak to Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont), marking the beginning of the film in existing copies.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		Ann Sotherns character was an amateur photographer. In real life, Sothern was an accomplished photographer whod won awards and owned an extensive collection of photography equipment.
b.		A persistent rumor involves the presence of The Marx Brothers father, Sam Marx (aka "Frenchie"), in the film as the ship leaves dock. He is not in this film - he died in 1933. The rumor came about because he had a cameo in a similar scene in Monkey Business.
c.		Ridley Scott cast Rutger Hauer in the role of Roy Batty without actually meeting the actor. He had watched his performances in Turks fruit, Keetje Tippel and Soldaat van Oranje and was so impressed, he cast him immediately. However, for their first meeting, Hauer decided to play a joke on Scott and he turned up wearing huge green sunglasses, pink satin pants and a white sweater with an image of a fox on the front. According to production executive Katherine Haber, when Scott saw Hauer, he literally turned white.
d.		The bible passage the Lee sisters picked out was from different portions of Psalms verses 59:1 to 59:9.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		Originally this was a yet unpublished novel written by novelist John Katzenbach in 1982, when it landed on producer David Foster desk. Foster optioned it as a film and it was published a novel named In The Heat of Summer.
b.		This is the second Todd-AO production (the first was Oklahoma!) shot twice, at 24 fps (to produce the general-release version in 35 mm) and at 30 fps (to produce the roadshow version in 70 mm). Both versions were shot on 65 mm negative with Todd-AO lenses. Sometimes two cameras operated side-by-side filming the same take, other times the same camera was used with the speed changed for the second take, and still other times, in non-dialogue scenes, the same shot was used. The 35 mm version is presented in conventional 2:1 squeeze anamorphic process (incorrectly credited to Todd-AO); the 70 mm version is presented in Todd-AO.
c.		The first storyline was about Groucho Marx as the producer of an opera. That story was dropped but appeared many times in Hollywood as a story idea - until Mel Brooks made The Producers and got an Academy Award.
d.		Harvey Keitels first credited screen role. He would go on to work with director Martin Scorsese 5 more times.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		In the original script NORAD ends up giving David a part-time job, and he works as McKittricks assistant; just as McKittrick said he started out as Falkens assistant.
b.		1,250 props and environments were created in the computer for the first film.
c.		The famous "stateroom scene" was originally conceived as a way of getting a cheap laugh by having Groucho Marx, crowded out of his room, changing his pants in the corridor. After this was not liked by test audiences, the current scene was improvised on the spot. A total of 15 people were in the scene: Driftwood (1) the stowaways Fiorello, Tomasso and Riccardo who were in the trunk (2-4) two chambermaids (5-6) an engineer who comes to turn off the heat (7) a manicurist (8) the engineers burly assistant (9) a young woman looking for her Aunt Minnie and asking to use the phone (10) a cleaning woman (11) and four staff stewards bearing trays of food (12-15). They all tumble out when Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont) opens the door.
d.		The wig used by Rusty (Brad Pitt) in his disguise as a doctor was Mike Myerss rehearsal wig for Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		Steve Austin tore his hamstring while training for the football scenes.
b.		The first Marx Brothers film made without brother Zeppo Marx, it started a new trend of The Marx Brothers movies featuring a Zeppo-like supporting character who carries the love story and sings the song.
c.		Neal H. Moritz contractually agreed to the film being rated R, and nothing less. Sony (the studio) agreed.
d.		Married co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand embarked on an ill-fated affair during the shooting of the film.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		The opera performed as the movies climax is Giuseppe Verdis Il Trovatore.
b.		Julia Roberts is one of two Best Actress winners to portray a right handed character although the actress is naturally left handed. Two years later, Nicole Kidman won her Oscar for playing right-handed Virgina Woolf in The Hours (Kidman is also left handed).
c.		The final film featuring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation according to key cast members (as well as the low box office returns).
d.		When The Bride is standing outside Vernita Greens house, an ice cream truck jingle is played. Its "Music Box Dancer" by the Canadian pianist Frank Mills, a 1978 hit single. In the original script, Yuki Yubari (attempting to avenge the death of her sister, Gogo) stalked The Bride in an ice cream truck.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		In Leonard Maltins commentary on the current DVD release, he states that there was a longer opening sequence. Starting with a title card that places the movie in Milan, Italy, there was then a musical number in which people on the street were "passing along" the melody line of a song, as in the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Love Me Tonight. The song was followed into the restaurant where Mrs. Claypool was waiting for Otis B. Driftwood. Maltin says the scene was cut during World War II to remove references to Italy, and unfortunately, the main negative was cut as well, so the scene is now lost. This was why the stated running time of the movie was three minutes longer than it is now.
b.		The program menu in the holosuite depicts various holodeck programs from previous episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Specifically: Cafe Des Artistes is from "Well Always Have Paris". Charnocks Comedy Cabaret is from "The Outrageous Okona". The Big Goodbye is from "The Big Goodbye", "Manhunt", and "Clues". Emerald Wading Pool is from "Conundrum." Equestrian Adventure is from "Pen Pals".
c.		According to the audio commentary by star Leo Fong on the Region 1 DVD (released under the title Revenge of the Bushido Blade), the film was shot in 1976, but did not get released stateside until 1980.
d.		The place where Van Helsing and Anna fight Draculas three wives is the same place where they filmed Frankenstein (1931)Dracula and The Wolf Man. The place is call the Court of Miracles and this place is also found at the studio tour at Universal Studios Hollywood.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		Karais first movie appearance. Karai is the adopted daughter of Shredder in the 2003 animated TV series, and was sent from Japan to take over the foot when Shredder died in the Comic Book.
b.		Sig Ruman makes his first of three appearances in The Marx Brothers films.
c.		The story is loosely based on the college experience of writer/director Todd Sklar.
d.		Steven Spielberg shot the film in chronological order to invoke a real response from the actors (mainly the children) when E.T. departed at the end. All emotional responses from that last scene are real.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Night at the Opera (1935)?
a.		What Lisa is doing at the pond is re-creating a famous 1851 painting by John Everett Millais titled "Ophelia".
b.		In the flower shop scene, an actor can be seen wearing a t-shirt with the words "The Falling" written across it. This is the title of Director Nicholas Gyeneys first film, which he shot when he was just 19 years old.
c.		Sam Wood, freshman The Marx Brothers director in this film, was a perfectionist. The scene in which Harpo Marx hangs from the rope was filmed so many times that Harpo Marxs hands became cut and swollen from the rope.
d.		The original trailer promises "a lifetime of entertainment in two hours". The final edit ran 75 minutes.

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