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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Action in the North Atlantic (1943) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Action in the North Atlantic (1943) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943).
About the movie:
Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Actual German and Soviet dialogue and aircraft were used in the movie.
b.
Bette Davis
emphatically turned down the
Mae West
role expressing her contempt for the book.
c.
Mimi Michaels
attended a Pentecostal service in Santa Monica, California, for the first time to prepare for the role of Aimee. She walked up to the pulpit and gave an impromptu sermon, leading the congregation into ecstatic praise. Several audience members at test screenings claim they experienced miracle faith healings when Aimee (
Mimi Michaels
) prays in the film.
d.
The Feathered Friends letterhead states that their headquarters are at 45 Peabody Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Final film of
Ruth Terry
.
b.
This movies opening prologue is a quote from
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
. It reads: "Today in the face of this newest and greatest challenge of them all, we of the United Nations have cleared our decks and taken our battle stations. It is the will of the people that America shall deliver the goods. It can never be doubted that the goods will be delivered by this nation, which believes in the tradition of DAMN THE TORPEDOES; FULL SPEED AHEAD" Franklin D. Roosevelt
c.
The film uses names of actual teachers from director
Bryan Singer
s alma mater, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in Central NJ, including Mrs. Fiscarelli and Mr. Weiskopf.
d.
Mewtwos battle with Garys Pokemon and his escape from Giovanni were seen from different angles in the TV series
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
The special effects shot used for the explosion of the Klingon moon Praxis would later be re-used in several other movies, such as
Stargate
, as well as the remastered versions of
Star Wars
and
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
. This effect would later become known as the "Praxis Effect".
b.
The name of one of the screenwriters,
Alice Duer Miller
, is seen as the author of an article in a magazine, and
Clark Gable
remarks, "Hey, Alice has written a very nice article here."
c.
Hal B. Wallis
s first choice for director was
William Wyler
.
d.
According to the book The Films of World War II by Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein and John Griggs, when this movie had its premiere in New York around the 21st of May 1943, Warner Brothers mogul
Jack L. Warner
was presented with the Merchant Marines Victory Flag by three hundred sailors, seventeen torpedo seamen and the US Merchant Marine band. The seamen first marched into the auditorium before the presentation. Apparently, this was "the first war pennant awarded to a member of the film industry."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Dean Jones
credits the films success to the fact that it was the last live-action film that
Walt Disney
had authorized for production.
b.
The director wanted to use some capoeira-style fighting to give it a different feel to Lucias fights since
June Marie Sparagna
(Lucia) is an experience capoeirista.
c.
When shooting the scene early in the movie, when their characters abandoned ship from their burning tanker,
Humphrey Bogart
and
Raymond Massey
got into a friendly argument over who had the better stunt double. In the end, the two stars decided to do away with their stunt doubles altogether and wound up doing the stunt themselves. Massey elaborates on this anecdote in detail in his autobiography, A Hundred Different Lives.
d.
Julie McCullough
gave herself a concussion when banged her head on the floor while doing her fight scene in a bordello with
Danielle Brisebois
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
The project was originally announced as "Queen of the Universe" by Allied Artists in 1951 and was to have been produced by
Walter Wanger
.
b.
MGMs recreation of the ballroom at Versailles was twice as large as the original.
c.
Herb Voland
s final movie.
d.
This movie is about the World War II US Merchant Marine. The films director,
Lloyd Bacon
, was head of the US Navys photo unit during World War I whilst the films star,
Humphrey Bogart
, was a seaman during World War One and an avid recreational sailor.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Near the end of the picture, as the ship is nearing Murmansk, several Russian airplanes fly out to meet them. One of the pilots keeps gunning his engine in short bursts. There are three short bursts followed by a long one. Movie audiences of the 1940s would immediately recognize this as the three dots and a dash of the Morse code "V". "V for Victory" was heavily used as a slogan during World War II.
b.
When the movie won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Sir
Laurence Olivier
was presenting the award. He went up to the podium, opened the envelope and said "Amadeus." The problem was he forgot to read the nominees first.
c.
Selected by
Quentin Tarantino
for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, TX, 1996.
d.
Early working titles included "Summoning Darkness" and "Redux".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Banned in strict Islamic countries due to content that was deemed "sacreligious" to the Islamic religion. Therefore, every Arabic-dubbed and Farsi-dubbed copy was destroyed by the censors.
b.
Alan Arkin
filmed scenes as Peters long lost father, but they did not make the final cut of the film.
c.
Kevin is seen wearing a BadAzz MoFo t-shirt and reading an issue of BadAzz MoFo.
David F. Walker
, writer, producer and director of Damaged Goods, is also the creator of BadAzz MoFo, a pop culture magazine.
d.
According to the DVD sleeve notes, this movie was used a a recruiting film for the US Merchant Marine. They also state that the film utilized real war combat footage.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Because she was then a member of the Pepsi-Cola board of directors,
Joan Crawford
managed to see that product placement shots of the soft drinks appeared in all of her later films. Although nearly imperceptible, Pepsi does show up in this one. During the last sequence, a guy runs up to the refreshment stand on the beach and tries to collect the deposit on some empty Pepsi bottles - a transaction that actually only happened in stores.
b.
After Tennessee and Trixies performance in the bar, a bar patron comments that it was better than
Eagles
. The patron is
Don Henley
, who once performed with The Eagles and who provided the singing voice for Tennessee. The female companion he says it to is
Bonnie Raitt
, who provided the voice for Trixie.
c.
This movies marketing connected the film with two of the studios earlier pictures,
Sergeant York
and
Air Force
, by saying that the picture was "in the heroic tradition" of these two earlier movies.
d.
The leather half-glove that
Leonard Nimoy
s character wears was deliberately used for the sole purpose of making the character more distinctive and recognizable. Nimoy got the idea from a friend who wore it to cover a burn on his hand.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
The aircraft used to attack the Sea Witch were Heinkel HE-59 biplanes.
b.
The large creature on the ice planet was nicknamed "Big Red" by the filmmakers, and has approximately 250 eyes.
c.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #59 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
d.
Kelli Maroney
only worked for one day on this film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
s contract with Warner Bros. expired during production.
Jack L. Warner
told him, "Finish the picture and well talk about it," but Bacon wasnt willing to continue without a contract. Warner fired him and brought in
Byron Haskin
to finish the film.
b.
This movie was made and released about five years after author
Derek Lambert
s source novel Touch the Lions Paw was first published in 1975.
c.
Near the end of the film, there is a massive cavalry charge by the rebels. According to
James Belushi
(who plays Doctor Rock in this film) director
Oliver Stone
forfeited his $25,000 paycheck to pay for the scene with the horses.
d.
Hopes name is only referred to twice during the film; the first time it is spoken by Marion, and the second time is when we see it during the closing credits.
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