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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Brute Force (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Brute Force (1947) Quiz
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About the movie:
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brute Force (1947)?
a.
When the Group Theater (1931-1940), the first American acting company to attempt to put the Russian Stanislavskis principles into action, disbanded many of the actors who had participated in its revolutionary realistic productions on Broadway ("Awake and Sing" "Waiting for Lefty") made their way to Hollywood in search of work;,
Roman Bohnen
("Warden"), and
Art Smith
("Dr. Walters") - all of whom can be seen in this film. As many of the actors in The Group were members of the Communist Party or leftist organizations, they would soon be blacklisted during the HUAC period along with the director of this film,
Jules Dassin
. In 1946, a year before the release of this film,
Elia Kazan
, one of the members of The Group Theater who named names, happened to be in Hollywood and saw a production of one of
Tennessee Williams
s early plays "Portrait of a Madonna" directed by
Hume Cronyn
- who plays the sadistic Capt. Munsey in this film. Kazan was so impressed by the work of Cronyns wife,
Jessica Tandy
, that he offered her the role of Blanche Dubois in his Broadway production of "Streetcar Named Desire."
b.
The song "Heaven" by Bryan Adams appeared on the soundtrack of this film before the release of his album "Reckless" a year later.
c.
Richard Armitage
has said that his first experience acting on stage was playing an elf in a theatrical production of The Hobbit.
d.
Leopold Stokowski
recorded the classical music in the film at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, using the Philadelphia Orchestra (of which he was still principal guest conductor), on a multi-channel sound system, the first time one was ever used to record music in a film. The musicians seen in the film, however, were L.A.-based players doing what was called "sideline" (seen but not heard, merely miming to a prerecorded soundtrack played by others).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brute Force (1947)?
a.
Infrared film was used in outdoor scenes to enhance the fantastic look of the scenery and sky. However, the actors skin tone looked far too pale on infrared, so they were compelled to wear very dark make-up to compensate.
b.
Most of the characters who were famous chess players were actually played by themselves (Joel Benjamin, Roman Dzindzichashvili). The one exception is Asa Hoffman. The real Asa Hoffman did not like the way he was depicted in the script (he is shown as being neurotic, when the book describes him as being quite self-aware), and refused to cooperate, so he was played by Austin Pendleton.
c.
When Munsey is beating the reporter for information on the escape, he plays the overture to Wagners "Tannheuser". Perhaps a reference to Hitlers love of Wagner.
d.
Alfred Lind was the actual Commander of the convoy (NY 119) in which the USS Mason experienced that massive storm in mid October 1944. Commander Lind, as with most of the veterans of WWII, didnt speak of his experiences from the war. His family learned of these recommendations after Mary Pat Kelly had written her book. His real name was used in the movie, after some good timing when a grandson discovered the existence of the book, then attempted to contact Mary Pat Kelly.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brute Force (1947)?
a.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 10, 1950 with
Rosalind Russell
reprising her film role.
b.
Film debut of
Howard Duff
.
c.
The only
Charles Chaplin
silent comedy in which he began to shoot with a story fully worked out.
d.
Filmed in 1979 but not released for another three years.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brute Force (1947)?
a.
Marc Platt
and
Bambi Linn
are the only cast members from the original Broadway stage production to appear in the film, but they do not perform their original stage roles.
b.
Director
Bryan Singer
and cast members
Ian McKellen
and
Bruce Davison
subsequently worked together on
X-Men
. Author
Stephen King
contributed to an X-Men series called "Heroes for Hope" in 1985.
c.
The accelerator suits are designated "Delta-6". This is a reference to the similarly-designated series
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
.
d.
Former Warner Bros. producer
Mark Hellinger
, who had started his own independent production unit at Universal-International, wanted
Wayne Morris
to star in his first picture,
The Killers
. Warners wouldnt loan Morris out, so Hellinger cast
Burt Lancaster
, who had made his motion picture debut in "The Killers".
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