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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Annie Get Your Gun (1950) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950).

About the movie: The story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Script and casting problems delayed the filming schedule for three months, which allowed Judy Garland to appear in In the Good Old Summertime in relatively good health.
b.		Tyson Bidner, the films location manager, was cast as the magbiah at Dannys bar mitzvah because he had been one in real life. He said the Torah scroll was very heavy and difficult to lift above his head.
c.		Although the final music credit is listed as "Hail to the Matadors" by Richard Kaufman, what the Cal State University Northridge Matador Band plays onscreeen is actually titled "CSUN Fight Song" which is based on the original 1967 school song for the former San Fernando Valley State College. The up-tempo arrangement for marching band was done by CSUN alum, Steve Tyler.
d.		Mandy Moore auditioned for the role of Kitty Baxter but was passed over because the producers felt she was too young.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Gwangi is a native American word that means lizard.
b.		It took 8 days to shoot the film but 8 months to edit it.
c.		Howard Keel broke his leg during filming when a horse fell on it.
d.		The part of Joshua Peters was originally intended for Will Smith, but due to extended production on Ali he was unable to meet start of filming on Charlie, so Demme had to move forward with Mark Wahlberg instead, losing the Thandie Newton/Will Smith "double-act" he had imagined watching the original movie Charade.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Haviland Morris who plays Alex D. Linz mother in the film is a natural redhead along with Scarlett Johansson who plays her daughter in the film. Catherine OHara, who played Macaulay Culkins mother in the series first two films, also had red hair: a tribute to the the original films.
b.		Actor Fritz Feld was hired to direct the talking sequences.
c.		Director Busby Berkeley was also replaced, by George Sidney. Charles Walters had been set to direct after Berkeley left, but was fired before he could actually shoot any of it.
d.		The story is based on research that Nicholas Rays ex-wife Jean Evans had compiled.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Mandy Patinkins movie debut.
b.		Rights to the Broadway show cost $650,000, a record at the time.
c.		Original director Busby Berkeley was replaced during production by Norman Z. McLeod. Berkeley was kept to direct the musical numbers.
d.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Hidden Mickey Mouse: the security camera Sam Flynn takes out in the Encom building has a striking resemblance to the infamous Disney mascot.
b.		The existing footage of Judy Garland shot prior to her leaving the production shows that some key sequences, most notably "Im an Indian Too" were originally to have been shot on a sound-stage, rather than outdoors. Besides the major roles mentioned above, several child roles were also recast between Garland leaving the film and production resuming with Betty Hutton, as evidenced by the Garland version of "Doin What Comes Naturally".
c.		Once presumed lost, a copy of this was discovered in a New Zealand film archive during 2010, along with other previously "lost" silent films. The print is still in viewable condition and will be carefully preserved in the United States.
d.		Suzanne Vega was up for the role of Susie Waggoner. She dropped out to make her third album "Days of Open Hand".

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Gerald Lenton-Young (Coach Howard Stebbens) was the drama teacher at the high school used in the film.
b.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.		Despite its popularity, this film was unavailable in any form from 1973 until 2000 due to legal tangling between Irving Berlin (and later his estate) and MGM (later Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros). It was finally re-released in 2000 after the 1998 Broadway revival of the stage show with Bernadette Peters renewed interest in seeing this film again.
d.		The football team was comprised of actual football players. When the initiation shower scene was filmed, many of the football players were shy and drank beer to build up their courage to be filmed nude. Many of them did the scene in their underwear covered by towels.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		The DVD contains a fake commentary where the director and two main actors do nothing but fight, and claim to hate each other, before storming out 40 minutes on. The commentary is then replaced with the commentary for Theres Something About Mary. The real commentary is on the DVD as an easter egg.
b.		Geraldine Wall was replaced in the cast by Benay Venuta.
c.		Russell Mulcahy was attached to direct the film early in development. Mulcahy disagreed with Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer on the direction of the story, as he wanted it to be a prequel focusing around the first-ever generation of immortals, thousands of years before the original Highlander, with Adrian Paul only appearing as Duncan MacLeod in a framing story. On the other hand, Panzer and Davis wanted to follow up Highlander: Endgame and have Duncan appear throughout the whole film. Eventually, Mulcahy left the production, feeling that a repeat of the events that resulted in the critical and commercial failure of Highlander II: The Quickening was about to happen.
d.		When Phil is explaining to Rita his experiences he first says "I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen" and so on. Those were all methods used by the assassins of Russian mystic Grigory Rasputin, but (with the exception of electrocution) were not seen done to Phil.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		Final feature film of Lyndon Brook.
b.		Chapter Titles: 1. A Million Dollar Murder 2. The Hypnotic Eye 3. Flaming Death 4. The Human Clue 5. The Flash of Doom 6. The House of Terror 7. Claws of Steel 8. A Prefect Crime 9. Plaything of Disaster 10. A Bargain With Death 11. The Hidden Menace 12. "They Get Their Man"
c.		Betty Hutton said in an interview that the crew at MGM was not very nice to her because they told her theyd rather have Judy Garland in the role. However, at a recent screening of the re-mastered print of the film, the surviving members of the cast and crew praised Huttons performance highly, and acknowledged her contribution to the film. Hutton was one of the surviving cast members who did not attend that screening.
d.		John Turturro based his performance on the films cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		After seeing this film, a studio executive quipped: "Elvis movies dont need titles - they could just be numbered!"
b.		Bob Hoskins watched his young daughter to learn how to act with imaginary characters. He later had problems with hallucinations. Hoskins son was reportedly furious that his father hadnt brought any of his cartoon co-stars home to meet him.
c.		Judy Garland, originally cast as Annie, was taken ill during early filming and production was halted until Betty Hutton finished Lets Dance and was called in to replace her.
d.		To prepare for her role as a slave, Oprah Winfrey went through a 24-hour simulation of the experience of slavery, which included being tied up and blindfolded and left alone in the woods.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)?
a.		On February 9, 2008, as a part of CZWs regular February event, filming took place in the New Alhambra Arena for the upcoming movie which included many CZW alumni, along with the Dylan Keith Summers (aka "Necro Butcher"), who will be playing a major part in the film.
b.		French visa # 119277.
c.		The Michael Moore puppet was stuffed with ham before it was blown up.
d.		Judy Garland and Frank Morgan, who appeared together in The Wizard of Oz, were scheduled to reappear together in this film. Garland was fired because of health problems, and Frank Morgan died shortly after filming began. As a result of this, Betty Hutton took over Judy Garlands role as Annie Oakley, and Louis Calhern succeeded Frank Morgan as Buffalo Bill.

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