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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - Part (2) 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.
Radio presenter
Art Gilmore
provides the voice of US President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
at the end of this picture.
b.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
c.
Leonard Nimoy
was considered for the job as director before
Robert Zemeckis
took the job. Nimoy was unable to direct
Back to the Future
, because he was starting work on the story for
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
, another time travel movie.
d.
Gene Hackman
was originally cast as Dr. Berger, but had to bow out.
Judd Hirsch
stepped in to fill the role, on condition that he could complete the filming of his scenes in eight days, so as not to interfere with his schedule on the TV show
Taxi
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
This actually started life as a live action project.
b.
Ben Turpin
: The silent movie comedian appears as the cross-eyed lackey who informs Count Renard that the court is ready for him at his wedding.
c.
Filmed in 1977.
d.
This movie is considered a Second World War wartime propaganda film of the United States.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
There are a number of links with the 1932-1933 radio series "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel", which starred
Groucho Marx
and
Chico Marx
(for obvious reasons,
Harpo Marx
didnt participate in the radio show). In the series Groucho played Waldorf T. Flywheel, a lawyer; in this film he plays Wolf J. Flywheel, a private detective. On radio, Chico played Emmanuel Ravelli, Flywheels assistant; in the film, he is simply known as Ravelli, and teams up with Flywheel midway through the story to help solve the case.
Nat Perrin
, who receives story credit for the film, was also the co-writer of the radio series. One episode of the radio series took place in a large department store, although beyond this basic premise there is little similarity between the two narratives.
b.
A number of the writers on this picture,
John Howard Lawson
,
A.I. Bezzerides
and the uncredited
Alvah Bessie
were later investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s McCarthy era and blacklisted. Bessie and Lawson were listed as members of the Hollywood Ten, those pleading the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and refusing to answer questions.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
: [bathroom] Marion hides in the bathroom to count the required number of bills.
d.
Uma Thurman
originally turned down the role of Mia Wallace.
Quentin Tarantino
was so desperate to have her as Mia, he ended up reading her the script over the phone, finally convincing her to take on the role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
A charge of negligence was brought against MGM by the California State Industrial Welfare Committee on behalf of the 40 female extras who were drenched in the prison rainstorm sequence. It contended that women who lost work because of illness after that sequence should be compensated. Each of the extras received an extra $15 as an initial compensation.
b.
Before shooting commenced, all of the actors had to undergo an intensive two-week basic training under the supervision of military adviser
Dale Dye
.
Oliver Stone
s intention was not to have the men bond and act as one unit but to deprive them of sleep and make them utterly exhausted, so that they would be burnt out and therefore in character.
c.
Apparently, the studio Warner Brothers originally planned to make just a two-reel documentary on the Merchant Marine. However, as World War II developed, this concept was changed to a feature film as there was more opportunity to incorporate dramatic action set pieces.
d.
Due to budget constraints, the producers attached their microphone to a hockey stick to avoid buying a real boom pole. This idea was inspired by veteran filmmakers Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, who did the same thing after their boom pole was damaged while making "Clerks." The "Pajamas" producers lovingly dubbed their boom pole the "K-Smith94", after the director and year "Clerks" was released.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
In the novel, the music that Will introduces Marcus to - and so in turn bonds with Ellie over - is not rap, but the band
Nirvana
. The book is actually set during the 1993-1994 period, and the story climaxes with the kids learning of and being affected by Nirvana lead singer
Kurt Cobain
s 4/5/94 suicide (which within the context of the story has additional significance for Marcus). The title of the story is itself a pun on the Nirvana song "About A Girl".
b.
Ryan ONeal
s son
Griffin ONeal
appears as the boy delivering film to the nickelodeon theater.
c.
A very early press release for this movie made the announcement that
Edward G. Robinson
and
George Raft
were to star in this picture.
d.
Howard Keels character was named "Tony Naylor". During the 1950s and 60s, one of the most popular hang-outs for the stars in to meet after the filming was called "Tiny Naylors". It was located in Hollywood at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine Streets. Keels characters name was a nod to that famous coffee shop.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Took two years to shoot.
b.
In a deleted scene, Jason Perry complained that the actress Twyla Killboy was really slapping him. John Boyd West handled it by instructing the actress to slap him harder.
c.
Bernard Zanvilles billing was changed to
Dane Clark
upon the theatrical release of this movie.
d.
This film was based on a play called "A Cup of Coffee" which
Preston Sturges
wrote in the summer of 1931. The play also features a character named Jimmy MacDonald who works for a coffee company and enters a contest for a rival company with the slogan "If you cant sleep at night it isnt the coffee, its the bunk." Much of the plays plot and supporting characters were changed for the film, but the dialogue between Jimmy and his girlfriend about his slogan is repeated almost verbatim. "A Cup of Coffee" was never produced in Sturges lifetime, but it was eventually staged by the New York theater company Soho Rep in a production that opened in March of 1988, fifty-seven years after the play was written and twenty-nine years after Sturges death.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
An actual taser was originally going to be used in the taser scene, but lawyers from Warner Bros. demanded that the crew use a prop.
b.
This picture was made with the support of the Philadelphia Eagles and the National Football League (NFL).
c.
ThanksKilling was shot during the summer break between Kevin Stewart and Jordan Downeys junior and senior year of college.
d.
According to the book Bill Collins presents the Golden Years of Hollywood by
Bill Collins
, "For certain scenes, amazingly created on the screen, a replica of a ten thousand-ton tanker was built inside Warner Brothers sound stages six and seven. Each stage contained one half the ships hull and deck-housing fixtures. This ship had to be torpedoed with its gasoline cargo on fire for the movie. Then a Liberty Ship was constructed on the same two sound stages for later scenes in the film. Furthermore, the size of these sets prohibited their being fixed on rocking equipment. The rocking had to come from the camera, so the camera was mounted on a crane to simulate movement!".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
A scene with Bunny shown in the trailer did not make it into the theatrical release. It shows her throwing raw hamburger onto a window which Bingo is looking out with her saying, "raw meat". The context for this joke is unclear.
b.
"Jocko" was played by Sivuqaq, one of four walruses living at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, CA. The three female walruses featured in the film are named Siku, Uquq and Qiluk.
c.
The original ending actually spilled outside the casino. Bill leaves Charlie and hails a cab when Charlie suddenly comes out and decides to go with him so as to prove that he can walk away from gambling. However, a couple of people climb out of the waiting cab and ask Charlie how the action is, and he is drawn right back in and thus Bill leaves alone.
d.
Uncredited writer on this picture
Alvah Bessie
once wrote, according to
Bill Collins
in his book Bill Collins presents the Golden Years of Hollywood, that this movie " . . . was one of very few movies made in America which not only showed there was a trade union movement, but also had scenes in the union hall, said a few basic things about unionism and showed what being a union member could mean for a man."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
The cello concerto written for this film by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
was composed as two shorter pieces for filming purposes. After the film was released, they were combined as two movements of a finished concerto, making Korngolds "Cello Concerto" one of the shortest on the concert hall stage, at about 12 minutes.
b.
Many people believe that the band-aid on
Ving Rhames
neck was an intentional choice by the filmmakers (see above entry on content of the briefcase). In reality, it came from an accident Rhames had while shaving his head. When
Quentin Tarantino
noticed this, it inspired him to open the "Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace" sequence with a close-up of the band-aid instead. Ultimately Tarantino liked showing the band-aid rather than Rhames face because it accentuated the characters mercurial nature and was more visually exciting than a series of single shots of Rhames and
Bruce Willis
.
c.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
and producer
Jerry Wald
were prevented from filming at sea due to the US War Departments Second World War restrictions thereby forcing the production many challenges for such exterior filming.
d.
Frank Finlay
actually plays two parts: he also plays OReilly, the jeweler tasked by Buckingham to reproduce to two missing diamond studs.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Action in the North Atlantic (1943)?
a.
Artist C.C.Beck based the original Captain Marvel character design on Fred MacMurray, who was, at the time, the #1 male box-office star.
b.
This movie is considered to have a pro-unionist and left-wing political stance written into its screenplay and dialogue.
c.
In a separately film trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3646,
Corinne Griffith
talks to the audience about the film.
d.
Jim Carrey
was paid exactly $23 million to act in this movie.
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