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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blessed Event (1932) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blessed Event (1932) Quiz
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About the movie:
Al Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blessed Event (1932)?
a.
According to
Ian Holm
, Ashs head contained spaghetti, cheap caviar and onion rings.
b.
The first R-rated film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, in 1971.
Midnight Cowboy
had an X rating when it won Best Picture in 1969, although it was later reclassified (and remains at present) an R-rated film. Between the dawn of the modern MPAA ratings system and 1971, the other Best Picture winners were rated G (
Oliver!
) or PG (
Patton
).
c.
The original Broadway show starred Roger Pryor as Alvin Roberts. In the film version, Isabel Jewell (in her film debut as Dorothy Lane), Allen Jenkins (as Frankie Wells) and Milton Wallace (as Joe Moskowitz) all recreated the roles they created on the stage.
d.
Gwyneth Paltrow
s first film. She appears briefly, as the teen-aged Wendy during the quick sequence as Wendy is growing up.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blessed Event (1932)?
a.
In issue 73 of Your Sinclair magazine in January 1992, the Spectrum stealth game adaptation of this movie was voted the 23rd best game of all time.
b.
The movie was filmed on the backlot of Universal studios and the diner in which Hooker meets Lonnegan is the same diner interior used in
Back to the Future
in which Marty McFly first meets his father and calls Doc Brown.
c.
A similar movie called
Hollywood Canteen
would follow this film a year after it was released.
Hollywood Canteen
was similar in concept but not a sequel to this film.
d.
The character of Alvin was based on the popular newspaper columnist
Walter Winchell
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blessed Event (1932)?
a.
Jean Arthur
was considered to play the mother.
b.
The photograph that
Lee Tracy
shows to
Allen Jenkins
as he describes the torments of the electric chair is genuine. It shows Ruth Snyder at the very moment of electrocution in the chair in 1928 and was taken by a reporter with a hidden camera strapped to his ankle. Just as the switch was pulled he crossed his legs and took the shot.
c.
Caio Junqueira
was initially considered too old for the part of Neto. He then auditioned for the part of Capitão Fábio, but he opted for a performance that would convince the casting staff that he could still be a viable choice for Neto, in spite of his age. He successfully conveyed that message, and
Milhem Cortaz
got to play Fábio instead.
d.
Producer
Mort Engelberg
once said of bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson: "Thorson is the last of his kind - a man born into an age to which he really does not belong. Among other things, insurance companies will not insure his life, and he will never receive any social security payments . . . I felt that if ever there was material for an explosive film - this was it."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blessed Event (1932)?
a.
Director
Henry King
and crew were invited to the 1932 State Fair and Exposition in Des Moines, Iowa to film background material, including the racing scenes and midway. After the fair, they purchased three hogs, including the grand champion, Dike of Rosedale, who was cast as Blue Boy.
b.
The opening title sequence is a very specific and direct send-up of the main title sequence of the James Bond movie
Thunderball
.
c.
The film debut for
Dick Powell
.
d.
This was
Roger Corman
s first film shot in England.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blessed Event (1932)?
a.
The original play opened in New York on 12 February 1932.
b.
The pipe that Goldstein and Rosenberg smoke marijuana out of is made of a shofar. A shofar is a musical horn made from a kosher animals horn (usually a ram) that is used on the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
c.
Robert De Niro
s performance as
Jake LaMotta
is ranked #10 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
d.
The opening shot sweeping through the stadium was accomplished using a computerized system that held the camera on four wires. The system was invented by the inventor of the Steadicam stabilizing camera system,
Garrett Brown
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blessed Event (1932)?
a.
The song playing in the various trailers is "Just Like You Imagined" by
Nine Inch Nails
, found on their 1999 double album "The Fragile" (Halo 14, Left CD, Track 7).
b.
This movie was originally intended to star
James Cagney
.
c.
The last film to be produced by Cannon Films. The company went bankrupt shortly afterward.
d.
The TAG Heuer Swiss watch McQueen insisted on wearing throughout this shoot, was reissued in 2009 in commemoration of its 40th anniversary. The latest (4th) update is a replica of the 1969 original Monaco model, complete with automatic self-winding movement and red chronograph hands. RRP: £3,500.
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