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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

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About the movie: Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		Mr. Mushnik says that he is going to stay at the store overnight to take care of "that meshugganah plant." Meshugganah is a Yiddish word meaning "crazy."
b.		In interviews, Azie Faison Jr., the real life Ace, has repeatedly accused Damon Dash, the films producer of massively altering and watering down the script for "Paid in Full". According to Faison, the original version presented to Dash was a cautionary anti-drugs tale and social commentary on the destruction drugs have wrought on the black community. Faison has stated that the end result was merely a marketing tool for Dash to promote CamRon a (then) recent arrival to Dashs recording label, Rocafella Records. The rewritten script compresses over 7 years of events into 12 months. Ace is shown becoming a dealer in 1986 but this happened in 1983 after seeing Scarface and the later events which led to the downfall of all three major characters transpired between late 1989 and 1992.
c.		The chase at the end was sold by Castle Films in 8 and 16mm film under the title "Have Badge, Will Chase."
d.		Mikael Håfström attended exorcisms to prepare for directing the film. He was not allowed to witness them, but he could hear what was happening from outside the door.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		In the scene where Steve discovers the pirates playing cards, Hennessey wears a t-shirt with "Im a pepper" written on it. This is the same T-shirt worn by the gun seller in the original Bottle Rocket short.
b.		Mary Astor mimed playing the piano in this film extremely convincingly, being an accomplished pianist in her own right. However, the actual piano playing on the soundtrack was dubbed by Max Rabinowitz. When close-up shots were required, Norma Drury Boleslavsky s hands are those we see on the piano.
c.		In the liner notes for the re-released "Footloose" soundtrack (1999), theres a brief introduction by Kenny Loggins which mentions that the script for the film was loosely based on actual events which transpired in the young life of his long time friend, Footloose screen writer, Dean Pitchford.
d.		When Willie (Lou Costello) goes to the theatre, the pretty lady in the box office is actually Costellos real-life daughter Carole Costello. She was made up to look much older than her real age.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		Racing to complete his serial before Mascot finished The Phantom Empire, producer Sherman S. Krellberg used three production units, thereby slicing production time from the scheduled 35 days to 21.
b.		The reason for Jack Blacks version of the Ghost Busters theme song was simply because the legal department didnt have the rights to Ray Parker Jr.s song yet.
c.		WILHELM SCREAM: Heard when the dessert blows up in Ashleys face at the wedding reception.
d.		Although the film is not one of the teams best efforts, it does contain one note of authenticity. Fred Clark refers to the film editor as a "cutter", the term used during the era depicted.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		The airplane stunt-flying sequence was released by Castle Films in 8mm as "Hollywood and Bust".
b.		This was the final full appearance in a "Beach Party" movie for Frankie Avalon. He only appears in six minutes of the follow-up, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini.
c.		Referred to by Johnny Carson as the greatest western of all time.
d.		Originally set in Los Angeles.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		After the film was completed, Universal wanted to rename it "Abbott and Costello in the Stunt Men", because they did not consider the "Keystone Kops" to be relevant anymore. However, in October, 1954, the studio relented and agreed to use the "Keystone Kops" name.
b.		Indianapolis, Indiana, Friday, May 13, 1940: Universal Pictures Inc., Studebaker Sales Corporation and "Lucky" Teeter, daredevil auto-circus driver, are named defendants in a $100,000 damage suit filed in Superior Court by Earl Lester Simon. Simon, a stunt driver, claims that Universal used scenes of stunts done by him and his assistants at the Studebaker proving grounds, in "Danger on Wheels, " and credited the action to Teeter. Complaint asks for an accounting of the films receipts and an accounting of Studebaker sales since the release of the picture, and claims that Simon has not received remuneration for his services.
c.		According to Robert Evanss biography, "The Kid Stays in the Picture", this film was made as the result of a bet between Evans and Henry Miller in which Miller won.
d.		This film was previously thought lost until 2001, when a 35mm positive film print was discovered in the Library of Congress.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		The characters of KG Shaw and JR Shaw are a reference to The Shaw Brothers Creative Group, who created many 1970s kung fu movies. Tai Lung is named after Shaw star Lung Ti.
b.		Mack Sennett: seminal silent-picture director directs a pie-throwing sequence.
c.		The license plate on the BOTA van reads 666 XES which is commonly known as the Mark of the Beast both numerically, and in Greek characters.
d.		The real restaurant "Hot Dog Heaven" is only located in two cities in Ohio, Amherst and Avon Lake. The Producers had lunch in the original restaurant in Amherst one day and loved it so much they asked the owner to use the logo in the movie.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		In the scene where Herb is trapped in a waking nightmare and streaking through the benefit, Dave Foley really is naked.
b.		Red Skelton, ending his association with MGM, which had begun with Flight Command, starred in two films in a row which did not garner contemporary New York Times reviews: this movie, followed by The Great Diamond Robbery.
c.		When Lou Costello arrives at Thomas A. Edisons Black Maria studio in West Orange, NJ, and finds he has been duped into buying it by Fred Clark, his new studio sign gets thrown into a pile representing the others who were defrauded into thinking they were buying a working movie studio. Among the discarded signs is "Grant Productions", an in-joke on the name of long-time A&C collaborator and writer John Grant, who received credit on 31 of their films as well as their TV work.
d.		Ned Beatty once remarked that actors should never turn down work. Beatty further observed, "I worked a day on Network and got an Oscar nomination for it".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)?
a.		Jason murders 28 people, more than any of the other Friday the 13th movies.
b.		Three members of the original Keystone Kops of silent films worked on the picture: Hank Mann, Harold Goodwin and Heinie Conklin. This is the 13th Keystone Kops film.
c.		The theatrical release of the film contains no female speaking parts. There are some in the 10th anniversary DVD, including Nina Siemaszko as McKlusky.
d.		The night before shooting in the destroyed Command Center commenced, the original set electricians had originally put too many fluorescent lights inside of the control panels and the whole lot got too hot. As a result, the heat caused most of the control console buttons to melt. The electricians had to replace virtually the entire compliment and had to install fans on the panels in order to keep them cool in a single evening that ran late into the night.

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