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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : At the Circus (1939) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : At the Circus (1939) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939).
About the movie:
The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
The clock on the wall in Troys interrogation room starts at 11:11, a tribute to the production company, Eleven Eleven Pictures.
b.
Although the title inspired
Burt Bacharach
and
Hal David
s same-named hit song for
Jack Jones
the same year, the tune is never heard in the movie either as a vocal or instrumental.
c.
Originally entitled "A Day at the Circus" it was to be the third in the Brothers "Day/Night" series after
A Night at the Opera
and
A Day at the Races
d.
Clyde Bruckman
is the credited director, but most of the film was actually directed by
Harold Lloyd
due to Bruckmans often being incapacitated due to his alcoholism.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
The casting of
Edd Byrnes
was easy. Executive producer
William T. Orr
originally cast Byrnes on
77 Sunset Strip
, and
Richard L. Bare
directed numerous episodes of the show.
b.
Filming took place during some of the worst fires in Los Angeles County history affecting the films locations and schedule including having to completely find replacement locations.
c.
The Marx Brothers had been out of favor at MGM since the sudden 1936 death of their producer and benefactor
Irving Thalberg
during the production of
A Day at the Races
. So in the middle of the production of
At the Circus
, longtime Thalberg rival
Louis B. Mayer
removed songwriters
Harold Arlen
and
E.Y. Harburg
from the Marx Brothers film and reassigned them to the prestige MGM production
The Wizard of Oz
.
d.
This film inspired a short-lived craze for yelling out "Attaboy, (name)" during speeches and other situations. This came from a running gag used in this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
himself referred to the film as "just another manhunt wrapped up in pseudo-psychoanalysis".
b.
Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists for this movie were not seen in the final print. These were (with their character names):
Byron Foulger
(Meek Defendant),
Mariska Aldrich
(Mannish Woman),
Herbert Ashley
(Detective Bludge),
Granville Bates
(Judge),
George Bookasta
,
Mickey Daniels
,
Eugene Jackson
and
Sidney Miller
(Quartet Members),
Barlowe Borland
(Thorndyke),
Irene Coleman
(Girl on Stand in Courtroom),
John Dilson
(Defense Attorney) and
Henry Sylvester
(Court Clerk)
c.
Filmed February-April 1933. Bela Lugosi made this feature after "Night of Terror," and before "The Devils in Love."
d.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #72 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
Following death of
Marilyn Monroe
,
Elizabeth Taylor
was briefly attached to project before
Shirley MacLaine
ultimately played the lead role.
b.
In his scene confronting Count Dracula,
J. Carrol Naish
looks noticeably older than he does elsewhere in the film. This is due to the time that had elapsed between the bulk of his scenes, when it was intended as a different film entirely, and the Dracula/Frankenstein scenes that were grafted on later.
c.
Lana Turner
was considered for the role that eventually went to
Florence Rice
.
d.
The first Spider-Man film in which a main villain, Sandman, survives at the end of the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
The film co-stars four of the
Degrassi: The Next Generation
kids:
Lauren Collins
(Paige),
Aubrey Graham
(Jimmy),
Jake Epstein
(Craig) and recurring character
Ishan Davé
(Linus).
b.
The only Star Trek movie to-date where a Stardate is never given nor displayed at any point throughout the entire course of the film.
c.
Buster Keaton
worked on the film as a gag man. His career was on the downside and he was forced to work for scale. His complex and sometimes belabored gags (recalled in the book Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo) did not work well with the Marx Brothers brand of humor, and was a source of friction between the comedian and the group. When Groucho called Keaton on the inappropriateness of his gags for the Marx Brothers, Keaton responded, "Im only doing what Mr. Mayer asked me to do. You guys dont need help."
d.
Shreks face is so expressive because it has 218 working muscles in it.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
The song "Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend" mentions four jewelers - Tiffany, Cartier, Black Starr & Frost - Gorham and
Harry Winston
. Winston was not in business when the movie was set, and Black Starr & Frost had not yet merged with Gorham. Both names were removed from Satines performance of the song. Harry Winston was replaced with
Jim Broadbent
s character Harold (Harry) Zidler. This historical persons real name was Charles Zidler, which the writers changed for this song.
b.
Both
Paul Newman
and
Steve McQueen
were offered the chance to star in the film. They both turned it down and the role went to
George Segal
.
c.
The character Ezra Liebermann was called Yakov Liebermann in the original book.
d.
The scene in the midgets trailer was the only time
Harpo Marx
was even vaguely heard on-screen (when he sneezes).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
When Frank Puglia says, "I dont believe in a third term," he was referring to the then speculative run of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
for an unprecedented third term as U. S. President in 1940.
b.
When Shaun is on the phone with Fulcis Italian restaurant, the voice of the host is
Edgar Wright
doing a terrible Italian accent.
c.
Production was partially shut down because of the death (7 June 1937) of
Jean Harlow
, to whom
William Powell
was engaged.
d.
During "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" Groucho sings "Here is Captain Spalding exploring the Amazon". This is a reference to his character in
Animal Crackers
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
Filmed on location in a 130 year-old Victorian house that had a reputation of being haunted. During production, many strange accidents occurred including $22,000 of damage to a Panaflex camera.
b.
For
Groucho Marx
s performance of the song Lydia, the Tattooed Lady, additional lyrics were written by lyricist
E.Y. Harburg
exclusively for screenings of the film for Allied servicemen in European war zones. The special lyrics included the line When she stands the world grows littler; When she sits, she sits on Hitler. The version of the song featuring the special lyrics was filmed, and included in prints of At the Circus distributed in Great Britain and France. The version of the song containing the special lyrics was greeted with marked enthusiasm during screenings in those countries.
c.
All of the characters who die are the ones who are immediately present in the scene where the crew starts to talk about the hallucinations.
d.
Eileen Heckart
played
Paul Newman
s mother despite only being six years older than him.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: At the Circus (1939)?
a.
For its video release, the British Board of Film Classification insisted that 1 minute and 47 seconds of footage be excised. The cuts were largely made in the scene where Harvey Keitel takes drugs with Zoe Lund.
b.
Scenes filmed in the Imperial Valley had the mountains in the background digitally removed. Additional desert scenes were also filmed in Mexico.
c.
Long-standing visual effects supervisor
Derek Meddings
died of natural causes a few months after filming was completed, hence the dedication of the film to him.
d.
Groucho Marx
was fond of recounting how the original owner of the "gorilla skin" used in he film was so incensed when the stunt man wearing it poked ventilation holes in it with an ice pick that he took his suit and walked off the picture, forcing the producers to hastily rent an orangutan skin as a replacement. For this reason, Groucho claimed, the gorilla gets bigger and smaller from shot to shot. The man in the gorilla suit is in fact
Charles Gemora
, well know movie sculptor and gorilla artist, wearing his own custom made suit.
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