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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alice Adams (1935) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alice Adams (1935) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935).
About the movie:
The misadventures of two social-climbing women in small town America.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
The last cinema feature of Niall MacGinnis.
b.
The on-screen snow was made from superglue and baking soda.
c.
Steve J. Termath
was originally cast for the role of Pvt. Nellie. However, the role went to
Martin Henderson
when Termath took a brief hiatus from acting for actual military service, enlisting in the US Army Reserves.
d.
Though
Bette Davis
won the 1935 Academy Award/Oscar for
Dangerous
beating out
Katharine Hepburn
in "Alice Adams", Davis was noted for saying more than once that she didnt deserve the award that year and that the one who did was Katherine Hepburn.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
The novel and the film are inspired by the life of vaudeville actress Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868).
b.
Jane Loring
, the frequent editor of
Katharine Hepburn
, did not receive onscreen credit, and studio files indicate she was paid out of the directing budget.
c.
At test screenings, several members of the audience were unaware that the film was a work of fiction and became outraged that
Anthony Spadaccini
would exploit someones real-life HIV status for entertainment purposes.
d.
The "Black Cat" segment was recycled for
The Comedy of Terrors
(even the presence of a meddlesome cat). Many of the same actors appear in both films, only here
Peter Lorre
plays the drunk married to devoted
Joyce Jameson
, with
Vincent Price
introduced as the third member of the triangle; in "Comedy of Terrors" Price and Lorre exchange roles, and Jameson essentially repeats her performance. Not only that, but Prices line "What place is this?" from the "M. Valdemar" segment of "Tales of Terror" is recycled as a running gag for
Basil Rathbone
in "Comedy of Terrors".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
The main tune played when the the 7th Cavalry were attacking on the Washita River and during the Battle of Little Big Horn is an Irish jig titled "Garry Owen". This song was the official song of the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S. Army - General Custers cavalry. However, the music is actually a medley which consists of The Garry Owen and St. Patricks Day
b.
Geraldine Page
turned down the role of the mother that went to
Ellen Burstyn
.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 3, 1938 with
Fred MacMurray
reprising his film role.
d.
Technically this is the second collaboration between Director
Steven Spielberg
and composer
Jerry Goldsmith
. Spielberg "allegedly" had a big hand in
Poltergeist
and oversaw the post-production on that film and this film. This film would be the only time that Goldsmith would work with director
John Landis
, who had worked with the late
Elmer Bernstein
during that time period and was his composer of choice. He would later work with
George Miller
on
Babe
and his score ultimately replaced when the films tone changed from its original dark overtones to family fare and was replaced by Australian composer
Nigel Westlake
. Goldsmith and
Joe Dante
would work together frequently lasting over seven films spanning two decades before Goldsmiths untimely death in 2004. Goldsmith and Spielberg would not work together again except in a producing capacity, as
John Williams
is his personal composer.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
The hill at Radiator Springs (with the white letters RS for Radiator Springs) resembles the top of a radiator with a cap.
b.
Although Billie Frenchette was never given "third degree" interrogation by the FBI as shown in the movie, the FBI agents did in fact perform similar tactics on Helen Nelson (the wife of
Baby Face Nelson
),
Alvin Carpis
, and a
John Dillinger
associate in Chicago named James Probasco. In the instance of Probasco, he ended up falling to his death from a upper-floor window. Offically, it is believed he committed suicide in order to avoid further interrogation. However, some historians believe that the FBI agents interrogating Probasco attempted to make him talk by hanging him out of a window and that the agents lost their grip on Probasco.
c.
There was a disagreement among
Katharine Hepburn
and
George Stevens
about the post-party scene. The script called for Hepburn to fall onto the bed and break into sobs, but Stevens wanted her to walk to the window and cry, with the rain falling outside. Hepburn could not produce the tears required, so she asked Stevens if she could do the scene as scripted. Stevens yelled furiously at Hepburn, which did the trick and the scene was filmed Stevens way, and Hepburns tears are real.
d.
The final film of Faith Domergue, copyright 1973.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
Katharine Hepburn
always viewed Alice as one of her personal favorite roles.
b.
Leopoldine Konstantin
s performance as Madame Sebastian was her only role in an American film.
c.
The person posing as Reeses mother in the pictures on the wall is
Zooey Deschanel
s real-life mother,
Mary Jo Deschanel
.
d.
For the first time in Saw history, the crew left the soundstage and filmed a trap scene outdoors on Sunday, March 28, 2010. The last day of filming included another rare outdoor shoot.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
Wes Anderson
first met up with his writer, co-star and friend
Owen Wilson
when they were both enrolled at the University of Texas.
b.
Ian McKellen
was set to play Antonio, but had to drop at the last minute due to scheduling conflicts.
c.
The character of Emma (
Sarah Rose Karr
) is named after director
Ivan Reitman
s own daughter, Emma.
d.
The original script ending followed the ending of the novel, in which Alice grows up and gets a job - she does not get Arthur in the end.
Katharine Hepburn
and
George Stevens
both much preferred this ending, but the studio made Stevens film a happier ending in which Alice and Arthur end up together, which is seen in the final cut.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
The stunt driver who drove the police motorcycle chasing Kate, and later crashed into the car carrier, actually broke his ankle on that attempt.
b.
Katharine Hepburn
wanted
William Wyler
to direct the movie (at the suggestion of
George Cukor
), but producer
Pandro S. Berman
favored
George Stevens
. Rumor has it that it was decided by the toss of a coin. In fact, Berman remembers that Wyler actually won the coin toss, but Stevens had completely won Hepburn over by that time, so when she saw that Wyler won the toss she had a look of disappointment on her face. The coin was tossed again, and this time Stevens won and he directed the picture.
c.
The only characters who are derived directly from their Dickensian counterparts are Oliver, Dodger, Fagin and Sykes.
d.
In the campfire scene in which Chris breaks down, Reiner was sure
River Phoenix
could do better. He asked him to think of a time in his own life when an adult had let him down and use it in the scene, which Phoenix did. Upset and crying, he had to be comforted by the director after wards. The result of Phoenixs exercise is the scene that ended up in the final cut.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
Based on ideas contained in The Book of Job.
b.
RKO executives wanted
Randolph Scott
for the
Fred MacMurray
role, but he was involved in the production of
So Red the Rose
.
c.
Originally
Arnold Schwarzenegger
and
Sylvester Stallone
were in mind to play the lead roles, but when
John Woo
was brought in to direct, he decided that
John Travolta
and
Nicolas Cage
would be more suited to the roles.
d.
Kevin Trainor
, who played the young Professor Broom, wore brown eye contacts so that his eye color would be the same as
John Hurt
s.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alice Adams (1935)?
a.
David Lean
originally wanted to direct.
b.
After the suicide of her husband
Paul Bern
, which occurred during filming, most of
Jean Harlow
s scenes were re-shot, with higher neck-lines on her dresses.
c.
Katherine Hepburn credits director
George Stevens
for her change in the publics perception, by helping her, in "Alice Adams", portray more warmth and vulnerability than she had ever shown previously.
d.
Steve Guttenberg
turned down the lead role and gave a firm "no" to any other Police Academy sequels that might turn up (and they did). He turned them all down. 18 years later, he was among the main people trying to make another Police Academy movie.
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