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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Babes in Toyland (1961) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Babes in Toyland (1961) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961).
About the movie:
Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
There were 14 white dresses. Each one was in various stages of dirtiness and decay.
b.
David Seville is a stage name of
Ross Bagdasarian
, and he was originally supposed to portray the character in the film. He took the name "Seville" from the area in Spain, where he had done military service.
c.
Film debut of
Ann Jillian
.
d.
Charlotte Greenwood
repeated the role she created in the stage version.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
This film received a huge "premiere" in Saranac Lake, NY. The premiere was a "prize" to the town that sold the most "Christmas Seals" in a countrywide competition. The weekend consisted of a parade with the director and stars of the movie (with the exception of
Paul Newman
, who did not attend), and a gala premiere at the Pontiac Theatre in Saranac Lake hosted by
Art Linkletter
.
b.
David Swift
was slated to write and direct this film at one point, but he left the project because he couldnt come up with a workable script.
c.
Pam Grier
s first big acting role.
d.
When manager Dolan asks Vernon what his name is he briefly scans the outfield fence and sees a sign for Kelly Tires and tells Dolan that his name is Kelly. While this brief scene was in the film when it was released for TV in the 1960s it has now been cut from the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Jesse Archer
reprised his role as Luke in the 2007 film,
A Four Letter Word
, even though it is not a sequel.
b.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1921-1930 incorrectly credits
Blanche Friderici
with the role of Mrs. Duane; but
Clara Blandick
, billed fifth on the opening credits, plays Mrs. Duane. Friderici does not appear in the film, nor in its credits.
c.
This was
Annette Funicello
s favorite of all her films.
d.
The vessel the USS Whitehurst was used in this movie and its captain, Lieutenant Commander
Walter R. Smith
USN acted as a technical advisor to the film production. Twentieth Century-Fox studio publicity stated that Smith played a role as this ships Chief Engineer in the movie. Smith is not credited as such nor for any role and CBCS Credits state that
Robert Boon
portrayed a Chief Engineer in this movie. Apparently, Smith is the character who can be seen in the movie reading the comic Little Orphan Annie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Audrey Hepburn
s first film in nine years after she had taken a break to raise her family.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 10, 1947 with
Lucille Ball
and
Mark Stevens
reprising their film roles
c.
The film contains several references to Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
s short story The Red-Headed League, including the plot to break into a bank through the basement of an adjacent storefront and Frenchys attempt memorize the contents of the dictionary.
d.
This Walt Disney classic has two Original Mouseketeers appearing in the cast. Mouseketeer
Annette Funicello
and (uncredited) Mouseketeer
Eileen Diamond
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
The climactic gunfight features cameos by
Bing Crosby
and surprise appearances by actors who, at the time, were starring or had recently starred in extremely popular Western television series (such as
Maverick
,
The Roy Rogers Show
,
Annie Oakley
) and Western movies such as
High Noon
(
Gary Cooper
). They appeared playing the same roles that they had played on their shows.
c.
Zelda Rubinstein
auditioned for the part of medium Tangina four times.
d.
Many of the sets from this movie - including Marys garden and fountain, the shoe house, the pumpkin house and the trees from the forest - were on display at Disneyland in Anaheim from November of 1961 through 1962 as a walk-through attraction.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Excluding action during the credits, this film features approximately 665 shots in 5560 seconds - an Average Shot Length (ASL) of about 8.4 seconds.
b.
In the documentary
The Celluloid Closet
(based on the Vito Russo book of the same name),
Susan Sarandon
said that she added the kiss between Louise and Thelma at the end of the movie. Sarandon said that she told costar
Geena Davis
(but no one else) that she was going to kiss her.
c.
In
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
{Super Birthday Snake (#3.1)}, made long before this movie, Meatwad names his snake Nathan Scott Phillips; one of the lead actors in this snake-themed movie is
Nathan Phillips
.
d.
This was the first live-action musical that Disney Studios produced. It was as heavily promoted as the studios other big films, but was a failure at the box office. It was one of the few Disney films never given a second run in the neighborhood theaters, or even re-released, as so many other Disney films were (it first appeared on television - in two one-hour segments telecast a week apart - only eight years after its original release. Eight years was usually the amount of time the Disney studios used to wait to re-release their films theatrically). Disney did not make another musical on this elaborate a scale until
Mary Poppins
, which became its most successful film during
Walt Disney
s lifetime.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Despite his flamboyant performance as Robin Hood,
Errol Flynn
privately professed that he found the role a boring one.
b.
To promote the movie, the wrap party was scripted and aired on
Disneyland
, which had recently been revamped and renamed "Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color" on a new network, NBC, and filmed in color instead of black-and-white like the old series. The wrap-party episode was hosted by
Annette Funicello
and
Walt Disney
himself, who explained clips from the movie while introducing the cast. Also featured was a soft shoe dance by
Ray Bolger
and a bongo drums solo by
Tommy Sands
.
Ann Jillian
performed the song "A Flock of Sheep Named Henry" with
Henry Calvin
, and
Ed Wynn
was presented with his Mouscar statuette for 60 years in show business by
Tommy Kirk
.
c.
When Cal and Andy walk through the bookstore, the first book thats prominently visible in the upper left corner is "The Historian" by
Elizabeth Kostova
.
d.
This movies MacGuffin are some stolen papers, documents, plans and ledgers which are owned by Abner Procane played by
John Houseman
. Interestingly, a few years before this movie was made, Houseman appeared in the
The Paper Chase
in which he won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award Oscar.
Charles Bronson
s mission in this picture is to recover these papers, his charge being a kind of "paper chase" in a sense.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Bill McKinney
s film debut.
b.
They actually did film in a Costco, on a working schedule between the hours of 9:00 pm and 9:00 am. Since they were there for such long hours, members of the crew were trying clothes on and looking through the other products so Costco kept a cash register open all night long so that anyone could purchase things.
c.
After production, the cast and crew presented director
Jack Donohue
with a jack-in-the-box featuring pictures from the film on the outside and his head popping out when the button was pressed.
d.
The newspaper that Janet is reading while driving with Brad can be seen as "The Plain Dealer." This is the newspaper of Cleveland, OH.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Ward Kimball
was to direct the film originally but left after a falling out with
Walt Disney
.
b.
Steven Spielberg
wanted
Sterling Hayden
for the role of Quint. Hayden, however, was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid tax. All Haydens income from acting was subject to a levy by the IRS, so there was an attempt to circumvent that: Hayden was also a writer, so one idea was to pay him union scale for his acting, and buy a story from him (his literary income wasnt subject to levy) for a large sum. It was concluded that the IRS would see through this scheme, so
Robert Shaw
was cast instead.
c.
The last of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead. It would become a television series in 1957 with
Arthur Lake
and in 1968.
d.
The safe house crime scene, which was shot in Tucson, Arizona, used a stunt-double (filmed from the back only) to play Chief Taggart because actor
Scott Bailey
was not available when the scene was filmed.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Babes in Toyland (1961)?
a.
Shot in five days.
b.
The
Hal Roach
original (
Babes in Toyland
) starred
Stan Laurel
and
Oliver Hardy
and had a costumed mouse that looked suspiciously like Mickey Mouse. This Disney remake featured two comedians obviously impersonating Laurel and Hardy.
c.
An early lineup for the legendary LA punk band
The Germs
had auditioned for a part in the "Battle of the Bands" sequence for this film, along with a few other bands of the time. However,
Darby Crash
and the rest of The Germs instigated a food fight at the Roxy during their audition gig (in front of a live audience) and they were told that they would not be in the film. The other bands which auditioned were given time in the movie. The song The Germs played at the audition, "Sex Boy" (with sounds of the resulting riot) can be heard on the CD "Germs(MIA)".
d.
Producer
Sam Spiegel
brought
David Lean
and
Carl Foreman
together for a brief period of time to work on the screenplay. The tension between Lean and Foreman was apparent, much to Spiegels delight. Spiegel felt that the best screenplays were born out of friction and discord. In this case, tensions became too great and Foreman left the project.
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