Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Boys Town (1938) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Boys Town (1938) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Boys Town (1938).

About the movie: Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boys Town (1938)?
a.		The locomotive used on the train at the end of the film was not actually capable of moving under its own power. The illusion of it pulling the train was created by alternately using an out-of-vision diesel locomotive to pull or push, a blue screen set up next to the steam locomotive with passing scenery added later, or an about 1/8 scale operable model of the train.
b.		A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
c.		Freddie Bartholomew was considered for the part of Mickey Rooneys best friend, but was not cast because the producers felt he was too associated with Little Lord Fauntleroy and so would not be believable in this film.
d.		This movie underwent a series of rewrites that included scripts written by writers such as William Goldman, Bryan Goluboff, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow and John August.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boys Town (1938)?
a.		The day after Spencer Tracy won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in this film, an MGM publicist released a statement - without consulting Tracy first - that the actor would donate his Oscar to the real Boys Town in Nebraska. Tracy agreed to make the donation if the Academy would send him a replacement Oscar. When the replacement arrived, the engraving on the award read: "Best Actor - Dick Tracy."
b.		Ralph Fiennes insisted on keeping a scene from the book in which Heathcliff bangs his head against a tree, pining for Cathy. He did it so sedulously, that he drew blood.
c.		Actresses auditioning for the film had to prove they could play baseball. All the actresses cast in the film apart, except Davis, did their own baseball stunts. None of the performers wanted stunt doubles.
d.		First film of Dorothy Vaughan.

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