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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Body and Soul (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Body and Soul (1947) Quiz
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About the movie:
Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body and Soul (1947)?
a.
The last film for
Bob Steele
.
b.
Robert Cannon ran naked down the red carpet at the Graumans Chinese Theatre premiere as a publicity stunt and was arrested because of it.
c.
In Murdocks office, there is a photo of a DC-10 taking off. The co-pilot flying the plane in the photo was David Slater, father of former Jet Blue flight attendant
Steven Slater
.
d.
To get a more fluid camera movement in the boxing ring, cinematographer
James Wong Howe
filmed the fight while holding the camera and being pushed by an assistant as he wore roller skates.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body and Soul (1947)?
a.
Director
Joel Schumacher
previously worked with
Emma Roberts
aunt
Julia Roberts
(who was also formerly engaged to
Kiefer Sutherland
) on
Flatliners
and
Dying Young
.
b.
The poem quoted by Peg Born (
Lilli Palmer
) is "The Tiger" by
William Blake
, an English poet and artist.
c.
Actor
Robert Bettles
had an accident during filming. Bettles fell off a pony on the second day of shooting and was hesitant to ride it again.
d.
The buffalo herd comprised 2000 animals, the largest herd in America.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body and Soul (1947)?
a.
Burt Lancaster
was unaware that
Timothy Busfield
was part of the cast, and had him fetching water and chairs before realizing Busfield was going to be in the scene with him.
b.
Shark Stadium, where the fictitious Miami Sharks play, is actually the Orange Bowl Stadium, in Miami, Florida.
c.
An extremely large number of the cast and crew on the film - writer
Abraham Polonsky
, actors
John Garfield
,
Anne Revere
,
Lloyd Gough
,
Canada Lee
,
Art Smith
,
Shimen Ruskin
, producer
Bob Roberts
and even, albeit to a lesser extent, cinematographer
James Wong Howe
- found themselves either blacklisted or greylisted during the HUAC witch hunts of the 1950s, while director
Robert Rossen
only avoided that fate by naming names.
d.
The only copy of this film that is known to survive is believed to be incomplete.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body and Soul (1947)?
a.
Meryl Streep
was considered to play Erica, Ninas mother.
b.
Originally entitled "Stingray" until another movie with the same title was released first, probably to cash in on the advanced hype of
Mark Hamill
s first post-
Star Wars
movie role. Both flopped.
c.
The crowd of people listening to The Golden Avenger is actually a tour group that was looking around the college campus that day. The director was forced to dragoon them into acting when the extras hed arranged for failed to show up.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 11, 1949 with
John Garfield
and
William Conrad
reprising their film roles.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body and Soul (1947)?
a.
A remarkable eight members of the cast and crew went on to become directors: actors William Conrad and Joseph Pevney, writer Abraham Polonsky, cinematographer James Wong Howe, editor Robert Parrish, art director Nathan Juran, assistant director Robert Aldrich and script supervisor Don Weis. Additionally, set decorator Edward Boyle directed a film in the silent era.
b.
Due to his obligation to this film, director
John McTiernan
had to pass up the opportunity to direct
Die Hard 2
, the sequel to his big hit
Die Hard
.
c.
Was filmed in an abandoned mental hospital in Bostons Longwood Medical area.
d.
The look of the Trade Federation Battle Droids is partly inspired by African tribal sculpture. The appearance of the Naboo Star Fighters is loosely based upon a hairpin.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body and Soul (1947)?
a.
In addition to the fee he received for selling the rights to his life story,
Al Jolson
also was paid $25,000 for recording the songs for the film.
b.
According to
Jim Abrahams
and the Zuckers on the DVD commentary, the film was originally written to be a "movie within a movie" for a sequel to
The Kentucky Fried Movie
, but when the movie was aborted, they expanded the story to this full-length feature.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 15, 1948, with
John Garfield
reprising his film role.
d.
First film of
Peter Brocco
.
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