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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Call Me Madam (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Call Me Madam (1953) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953).
About the movie:
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
Originally, Stitch was going to be an intergalactic gangster, Jumba was going to be a disgruntled member of his gang who was left behind during a heist and was going after him as revenge, and the other members of the gang would have been the ones who came to get him in the third act. The filmmakers felt that Stitch was more sympathetic when the audience thought of him as younger, and so was changed from a hardened criminal to a genetic experiment, and Jumba became the scientist who created him.
b.
Argus Project, featuring 100+ radio telescopes, is named after a monster with a hundred eyes from Greek mythology.
c.
There was much on set drama between
Wesley Snipes
and director
David S. Goyer
in regards to certain decisions made with the film. This is evident in the making of featurettes as Wesley Snipes has little to no participation.
d.
Lichtenburg is actually a fictionalized name for Luxembourg. The character of Sally Adams is based on the real-life
Perle Mesta
(although the plot of the film is entirely fictional), and Perle Mesta was named Ambassador to Luxembourg by President Truman.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
The character "Fillmore" was at one time to be named "Waldmire" after
Bob Waldmire
, a self-proclaimed hippie artist known to Rt. 66 fans for his detailed pen-and-ink maps and postcards of the route. Though Waldmires family owns the Cozy Dog Drive-In in Springfield, IL, Bob, now a vegan, preferred not have his name put on a character that would become a Happy Meal toy.
b.
Based on true events. The Director wrote the script regarding real life hazing and brutality experienced while serving as an Infantryman in the United States Marine Corps stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Air Station.
c.
In all but one scene in this movie
Vera-Ellen
s neck is covered. She suffered from anorexia and her neck and throat were thin and wrinkled.
d.
Jessica Tandy
s final role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
Dinah Shore
had to sing
Ethel Merman
s songs on the original cast album for the Broadway play because Merman, who had starred in the original stage production, was under contract to Decca Records, who wouldnt release her to do the album.
b.
Because
Aly Michalka
(Charlotte Barnes) was on tour with her sister
Amanda Michalka
(Aly & AJ) and
Miley Cyrus
, she didnt arrive in Austin until midway through rehearsals. Conveniently, the tours last stop was in Austin, Texas, where rehearsal and filming for the movie took place.
c.
Stanley Kubrick
: on the cover of Time magazine, as the Soviet premier.
d.
The 3D conversion cost $10 million.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
A similar desert gas station appears in all four Terminator films. In
The Terminator
Sarah stops at one before driving to the Mojave Desert. In
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sarah, John and the T-800 camp in one for the night after she escapes from the hospital. In
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
it is where The T-800 stops for supplies and gas. In
Terminator Salvation
it is the hideout for the refugees shortly before they are attacked by the Harvester Terminator.
b.
Ethel Merman
recreated the role that she had originated in the Broadway production which opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12, 1950 and ran for 644 performances through May 3, 1952.
c.
In July 2006, the PBS series "History Detectives" aired a story about the discovery of a section of this long-lost film. Running only 22 seconds, the segment was preserved and restored by the Library of Congress.
d.
The original Broadway stage production of "The Jazz Singer" opened at the Fulton Theater on Sunday, September 14th, 1925 and ran for 303 performances. The play starred
George Jessel
. Also in the cast were
Phoebe Foster
as Mary Dale,
Arthur Stuart Hull
as Harry Lee,
Sam Jaffe
as Yudelson and
Howard Lang
as The Cantor.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
During the first Nightwatcher scene, when the criminals are fleeing, one of the signs on the shops in the background spells out "monro" in hiragana, a Japanese writing system, which is most likely related to the writer and director Munroe.
b.
Considered a lost film, except for some of the soundtrack discs plus 40 seconds of modern-ballet footage reused in the 1932 comedy "The Tenderfoot."
c.
The stage production of "Call Me Madam" opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on October 12, 1950 starring
Ethel Merman
and ran for 644 performances.
d.
Charles Bronson
was about seventy-two years of age when he appeared in this movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
Because of excessive takes for each scene by director
William Wyler
,
Jezebel
allegedly ran 28 days behind schedule.
b.
The pairing of
Donald OConnor
and
Vera-Ellen
was very well received, due to their complementary dancing styles and personalities. However, attempts to re-team them were unsuccessful, most notably with
White Christmas
, in which
Danny Kaye
replaced OConnor at the last minute due to his sudden and severe illness. Coincidentally,
Danny Kaye
is mentioned in "Call Me Madam" as a joke.
c.
Toby Hemingway
and
Laura Ramsey
worked together previously in 2005 on the 2006 horror/thriller,
The Covenant
.
d.
The layout and many of the buildings of "Stark Expo 1974" were based on the 1964-65 New York Worlds Fair. In the Expo promo film outtakes shown in the movie, young Tony Stark picks up the Bell System Pavilion.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
Both the Cornell and Dartmouth hockey teams were played by Dartmouths actual team. Cornell hockey coach Ned Harkness only allowed Cornell jerseys to be used in the film on the condition that Cornell win the game with Harvard.
b.
Gary Cooper
was very pleased with his performance and was very disappointed that the majority of critics thought him miscast due to his age. Indeed, the films box office failure was largely attributed to him being considered too old to play
Audrey Hepburn
s lover. In April 1958 he had a full facelift, but the procedure was largely unsuccessful.
c.
Before pre-recording the song "Youre Just in Love",
Donald OConnor
felt that a better result would be achieved if he sang it with
Ethel Merman
in a recording studio accompanied by the orchestra. Musical Director
Alfred Newman
agreed and let them sing together. It turned out that Mermans legendary loud singing voice was too deafening for OConnor. In the end, they had to record the song with OConnor in an isolation booth. When filming the musical number accompanied by the pre-recorded playback, OConnor had to wear ear plugs.
d.
All the music composers were invited to play a small role in the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
Chris Massoglia
was originally chosen to play an 18 year old version of Sam to be more faithful to the final scene of the book, but for reasons unknown, he was replaced by
Charlie Tahan
in the final film.
b.
This is the only full film musical that
George Sanders
made, despite his appealing singing voice.
c.
Roger Corman
and
Charles B. Griffith
developed the idea and basic outline of the film in one day.
d.
All of
Liam Neeson
s characters ex-agency friends were played by actors who had previous roles in spy or cop thriller television shows and movies -
Jon Gries
played a major role in
The Pretender
,
Leland Orser
was in both
The Pretender
and
24
, and
David Warshofsky
has appeared in minor roles in numerous similar shows.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~7.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.3 seconds. These values imply quite fast editing, especially for a CinemaScope film directed by Henry Koster.
b.
Due to the expiration of 20th Century Foxs music rights, the movie was completely withdrawn from public exhibition (both TV and theatrical) for nearly 20 years. During that time, its only public showing (with special permission from
Irving Berlin
) was at a 100 year tribute at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the 1990s. After the rights were renewed, the film was finally released on DVD in April 2004.
c.
Was originally scheduled for a 2001 release but was pushed back so
Chris Klein
could work on
American Pie 2
.
d.
In western history, there is a famous Katie Elder: "Big Nose" Kate Elder, a prostitute and girlfriend of legendary gunfighter John "Doc" Holliday.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Call Me Madam (1953)?
a.
The assistant directors on both units,
Mathew Dunne
and
Tommy Gormley
, had characters named after them: "Benjimin Dunne" and "Declan Gormley" respectively.
b.
A December 1954 item in Hollywood Reporters "Rambling Reporter" column indicated that the studio wanted
Marilyn Monroe
to appear in the film with
Jane Russell
, her co-star in the studios highly successful 1953 production _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953_).
c.
One of the few major musical films of the 1950s which was never shown on one of the Big Three networks, ABC, NBC, or CBS. It was, instead, sold directly to local stations, as most films used to be prior to 1956.
d.
Director
Joel M. Reed
didnt want to make the movie at the beginning. He had another script he wanted to do, about a rock star haunted by a teenage girl groupie, and he was trying to get money to finance that picture.
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