Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blind Alley (1939) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blind Alley (1939) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blind Alley (1939).

About the movie: Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blind Alley (1939)?
a.		Woody Allen had planned an initial version of this movie (originally titled "The Jazz Baby") as his first film for United Artists. When UA insisted upon a comedy, Allen shelved the idea for nearly three decades.
b.		This film was re-made as The Dark Past. It starred Lee J. Cobb as the psychiatrist and William Holden as the killer.
c.		The address of the apartment building of Rob (The Master) and his mother in the movie is 2470 McBean Parkway. This is a tip of the hat to CalArts (24700 McBean Parkway), where director Jerry Rees studied animation. Their apartment number, A113, is also a reference to the animation department at CalArts (see above).
d.		The party scene near the end of the film runs 42 minutes long. It was shot over the course of 21 days from the time the sun set to the time it raised. After it wrapped, the crew had t-shirts made that read " I SURVIVED SCENE 118" (which was the name of the scene during shooting).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blind Alley (1939)?
a.		James Warwicks play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 24 September 1935 and closed in January 1936 after 119 performances. The opening night cast included George Coulouris as Dr. Shelby and Roy Hargrave as Hal Wilson.
b.		The title, "Tender Is the Night," comes from John Keats 1819 poem, "Ode to a Nightingale."
c.		Joe Foxs grandfather mentions that long ago, he briefly shared a pen pal romance with the stores previous owner, Cecilia Kelly (Kathleens mother), and that they only communicated through letters. This may have been a reference to the movies predecessor, The Shop Around the Corner, starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, or possibly the famous book and the movie 84 Charing Cross Road of the same name, with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins as a female customer in New York and a male employee of the bookstore at that address in London.
d.		An early draft of the script introduces Freedonias new dictator Rufus T. Firefly as an agent for an ammunition company, which led to lots of ammunition-salesman jokes and intertwined with the movies war theme.

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