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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bringing Up Baby (1938) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bringing Up Baby (1938) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938).
About the movie:
Mild mannered zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is excited by the news that an intercostal clavicle bone has been found to complete his brontosaurus skeleton...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
The famous rock climbing sequence was filmed at Dead Horse Point in Utah.
Tom Cruise
was on cables which were then digitally removed.
Ron Kauk
was the climbing double and the overhang stunt was performed by main stunt double,
Keith Campbell
.
John Woo
was so scared each time but "Tom insisted on doing it".
b.
Not based on the book of the same name.
c.
David makes reference to the notorious characters "Mickey the Mouse" and "Donald the Duck". RKO was
Walt Disney
s distributor at the time.
d.
Reportedly, a dispute with African extras and background artists arose during production when some discovered that a dog appearing in the film was allegedly being paid as much as they were.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
During pre-production, the film was originally supposed to carry a hard R rating, but after deliberations, the studio had to tone down the films script to PG-13. This meant changing the plot, dialog and characters.
John August
was hired as a "script doctor" to make these changes.
b.
Originally titled simply: "The Black Lagoon".
c.
Howard Hawks
modeled
Cary Grant
s character, David, on silent film comedian
Harold Lloyd
, even having Grant wear glasses like the comedian.
d.
Amandas original name was going to be Wendy but the producers werent able to find a song for Prestons 3rd sign. There is a song called "Wendy" but its about a drug dealer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Daniel Day-Lewis
is well known for going to extremes in preparation for his roles. For this film he lived in the wilderness where his character might have lived, hunting and fishing and living off the land for several months prior to shooting.
b.
Though
Katharine Hepburn
never received royalties as an actress in the film, because she was a part investor, the film did provide a financial return for her (and still does for her estate).
c.
Gene Hackman
was cast only a week before principal photography started in Mexico.
d.
Hank Patterson
s film debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Brittany Snow
was originally cast as Melanie, but dropped out in order to star in Hairspray;
Leah Pipes
then stepped in to replace her.
b.
The first film in which
Humphrey Bogart
wore a full hairpiece.
c.
It has been suggested that co-screenwriter
Dudley Nichols
based the madcap romance on
Katharine Hepburn
s affair with director
John Ford
at the time. However, other sources state that Hepburn and Ford were never romantically involved, explaining that although they had been on Fords yacht together, his wife had been there with them.
d.
HIDDEN MICKEY: In the "solar sailer" sequence, youll see, for a brief moment, the silhouette of Mickey Mouse on the ground made to look like part of the terrain.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Final film of director
H. Bruce Humberstone
.
b.
This movie fared so badly at the box office that
Howard Hawks
was fired from his next production at RKO and
Katharine Hepburn
bought out her contract to avoid being cast in the film
Mother Careys Chickens
. Coincidentally, Hepburn was labeled "box office poison" on the same day her contract was dissolved.
c.
The ship escorting the Red October out of port is the USCGC Blackhaw (WLB-390), a buoy tender stationed in San Francisco California at that time.
d.
Shot entirely in 10 days.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
The theatrical trailer is made up mostly of unused alternate takes of the scenes in the film. For instance, in the take used in the trailer,
Cary Grant
doesnt jerk downward when
Katharine Hepburn
rips his coat like he does in the take used in the movie.
b.
Randomocity won the Best First Feature Film Award at the International Film Festival of England for The United States and director Tyler Lee Allen.
c.
This film was originally in four reels, a "streamliner" designed to compete with theaters new double feature concept. Roach produced only a few of these hybrids, and added the dinner party sequence later to bring it up to six reels.
d.
Only the edited 1937 re-release, running 67 minutes, with the original 2-strip Technicolor finale in black and white, seems to have survived.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
There is no musical score for the film, with the exception of the opening and end titles.
b.
This film largely stemmed from a riposte by
Woody Allen
to a hostile article written about him by novelist
Joan Didion
, and to the Academys seeming indifference to his "serious" film
Interiors
. This explains the films relatively sour mood towards the critical community and indeed the movie-going public.
c.
A pair of Batman pajama bottoms can be seen hanging from the line in the scene where Batman talks to the little boy in the Narrows.
d.
"The Peter Bradley Show," on which both Eli and (it is implied) Margot appear during the course of the movie, is a parody of the long-running interview show "The Charlie Rose Show," which has been produced in the studios of the New York PBS affiliate Thirteen/WNET since 1991 and has been distributed to PBS stations nationwide since 1993.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Michelle Pfeiffer
took on the female lead because she was friends with the films writer and director Jessie Nelson, who had co-wrote the screenplay to the actress earlier film The Story of Us(1999) and because she wanted the chance to work with Sean Penn.
b.
The real Gladys Aylward (1902 - 1970), born in London, was a former domestic turned missionary in China, best known for her work with children. She became a Chinese citizen in 1936. Four years later, despite being in ill health herself, she shepherded over 100 children over the mountains to safety at the height of the Sino-Japanese war. In 1958, the year this film was released, she founded a childrens home in Taiwan, which she continued to run until her death. Known in China as "Ai-weh-deh", or "Virtous One", she continues to be regarded as a national heroine.
c.
Katharine Hepburn
had never done any comedy before and had to be trained in gags and timing by
Howard Hawks
and several veteran vaudevillians he employed solely to train Hepburn.
Cary Grant
came to the film with his sense of comic timing already impeccably in place.
d.
Film noir adaptation of the famous "Suspense" radio play (first broadcast on May 25th 1943) which starred
Agnes Moorehead
in the lead role. It proved so popular that the series restaged it seven times through to 1960, each production starring Moorehead.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Howard Hawks
said that he failed at making a good comedy here because of the characters were too "madcap", with no straight men/women to ground it. This comment may have resulted from his disappointment at the films commercial failure at the time of its release, although many now consider it Hawks best film.
b.
TerrorVision eye was actually an eye made for a trout taxidermy. It was provided by M. Dot Strange taxidermist friend.
c.
The film features several paintings by the Catalan artist Agusti Puig. Puig was commissioned to create a painting for the movie, the result being La Protectora II. But it wasnt used on set.
d.
William H. Macy
stated in an interview that, despite evidence to the contrary, he did hardly any ad-libbing at all. Most of his characters stuttering mannerisms were written in the script exactly the way he does them in the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Robert ZDar
s 100th movie
b.
Greg Lamberson
wrote the part of Alice specifically for
Debbie Rochon
.
c.
Nearly 60 actors participated in the making of this film.
d.
Was voted the 24th Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
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