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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Captain Blood (1935) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Captain Blood (1935) Quiz
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About the movie:
An enslaved doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Charlie the cinematographer was the night manager at the Marriot hotel where the dorm room scenes are filmed. Residents complained to Charlie claiming that a porno was being filmed by a 13 year old boy. Charlie had the front desk calls forwarded to the room where they were filming. He explained that they were not filming a porno and that he was the cinematographer and that he was 25 years old.
b.
Robert Donat
was cast in the title role, but couldnt complete it because of chronic health health issues. Leslie Howard (v) was second choice but was either unavailable or uninterested.
Fredric March
,
Ronald Colman
and
Clark Gable
were also considered by supervisor
Harry Joe Brown
. After
George Brent
,
Brian Aherne
and
Errol Flynn
were tested, Warners decided to take a gamble on the unknown Australian.
c.
Josh Lucas
turned down the role of Tad.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Clare Kramer really did hang from a three-story window with only a wire to keep her from falling.
b.
The ending was re-filmed. Originally Ms. Hyde was to murder the characters played by
Jeremy Piven
,
Harvey Fierstein
and
Stephen Tobolowsky
.
c.
The script was written in 1999 and it took 9 years to finally get filmed.
d.
Because
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
had only three weeks for scoring this picture, he used portions of two tone poems by
Franz Liszt
for some of the action scenes. However, he insisted on the screen credit "Musical Arrangements by" although 90% of the score was original.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #3321-3332
b.
Darth Vaders footsteps were recorded in underground tunnels by the Golden Gate Bridge to help create an ominous effect.
c.
The first screen duel between
Errol Flynn
and
Basil Rathbone
, to be replayed three years later and to grander effect in
The Adventures of Robin Hood
.
d.
When Jim is shaving his privates its
Eddie Kaye Thomas
s feet in the shot and not Jason Biggss.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Klaatu uses the phrase "tipping point", which is a climatological term meaning the point at which the reversal of climate change becomes impossible. Some scientists believe that this has already happened.
b.
The Academy Awards that year allowed write-in votes. Based on write-ins alone,
Michael Curtiz
would have won the Oscar for best director, but on the night he lost to
John Ford
for his work on
The Informer
. Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
and writer
Casey Robinson
also failed to be properly nominated, though they both received large numbers of postal votes for their work.
c.
The old train Harry takes in to Louisiana we see pulling up in the scene change wasnt a working train and for filming it had to be pushed in by a proper train from behind.
d.
In a magazine interview, director
Judd Apatow
revealed a trick behind the films success: during the first preview of the movie, he had actually recorded the preview audiences vocal reaction with a tape recorder. When it came to re-cutting the film for the general release, he trimmed the film in sync to the recorded reaction. The scenes that did not have audience reaction were either cut or trimmed (but reinserted in the Unrated edition).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
His first major starring role,
Errol Flynn
was so nervous during the initial shooting that director
Michael Curtiz
had to re-shoot his early scenes much later into the production, by which time Flynn had gained a level of confidence.
b.
Erford Gage
, who played the poet Jason Hoag, enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1943 (around the time this film was released) and was killed in action in the Phillipines in March 1945.
c.
This is Will Smiths first film in 3.5 years, since the release of
Seven Pounds
in December 2008. This is the longest he has gone without appearing in a movie since his film career started in 1993.
d.
All versions of Fiona on Fire for home use are missing the
Amber Hunt
/
Robert Kerman
scene. This seems to be for time rather than for content. The missing scene is rather interesting as it further examines Fionas past. A laser disc edition from the 1980s has the missing scene. The only problem is that the entire disc is the soft core version and the Amber Hunt / R. Bolla sex is severely edited.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard when Andrews first meets his raiding party about ten minutes into the film.
b.
No full-sized ships were used in the battle scenes. It was created by a combination of process shots, miniatures, and footage from the silent film,
The Sea Hawk
, which was based on another
Rafael Sabatini
novel.
c.
After bringing Veronica, a journalist, to his apartment, the first thing Seth does to impress her is play the piano. In real life,
David Cronenberg
s mother played the piano, while his father was a journalist.
d.
In the kidnappers cabin,
Bruce Campbell
can be seen on the fuzzy TV screen. Bruce Campbell was in the Coen Brothers
The Hudsucker Proxy
and has been in various films by Coen buddy
Sam Raimi
. The footage was not shot for this film, but was actually old footage of a regional soap opera in which Campbell appeared.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Dave Barry
: During the surprise birthday party scene you can see the former Miami Herald columnist standing on the right of the shot smiling.
b.
This was a big gamble for Warner Brothers in 1935, as it was an expensive production, costing $1 million without any household names (both
Errol Flynn
and
Olivia de Havilland
became stars after the films release).
c.
Although the characters full name is Michael Patrick Donovan, he is called "Mike" only twice in the movie, by LaFleur as he is throwing her off the balcony into the pond, and by Andre as he is trying to undercut Donovan. The character is called "Mr. Donovan" by Amelia and "Guns" by everyone else.
d.
Gary Kent
has said that despite the graphic nature of the film, he,
T.R. Blackburn
and the principal actresses in this film got along very well off-camera.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
This film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.
b.
The sets are deliberately overfilled with bric-a-brac to emphasize Paulas increasing sense of claustrophobia.
c.
To
Scott Hicks
, the films "Atlantis" is the lost domain of childhood (commentary at 32:53), which isnt at all the symbolism evoked in readers of
Stephen King
s book "Hearts in Atlantis", where the second story, also titled Hearts in Atlantis, concerns students, attending college as a sanctuary to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War, becoming addicted to the card game called "hearts".
d.
In his biography, "My Wicked, Wicked Ways"
Errol Flynn
(an infamous prankster) states that he played many pranks on
Olivia de Havilland
. One of them was leaving a dead snake in her underwear, which she found when she went to put them on. After that she lived in terror of what prank he would pull on her next.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Chris Noth
was originally going to play
Michael Biehn
s role.
b.
Eric Bana
s US film debut. He found the experience to be an ultra-realistic one and said he frequently forgot that they were only making a movie.
c.
Although they worked together a total of 12 times,
Errol Flynn
and
Michael Curtiz
disliked each other intensely.
d.
This was
Billie Burke
s favorite movie.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captain Blood (1935)?
a.
Some of the desert island footage was shot on the mainland with a highway in the background that had to be removed.
b.
Quentin Tarantino
admitted later in an interview that he believed he "over-tweaked"
Death Proof
, but was still very proud of it.
c.
Originally to be filmed with
Marion Davies
in 1928. The production was abruptly halted when MGM converted its studio to sound. The 1936 film incorporated footage from the unfinished 1928 production, mostly exterior shots.
d.
The first film to feature a musical score by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
, one of Hollywoods greatest composers. Korngold was given three weeks to score the film, although during the day he was working on adapting the score of an operetta for Paramount called
Give Us This Night
. He worked nights on the score for this film.
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