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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Captains Courageous (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Captains Courageous (1937) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937).
About the movie:
Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
The role of Payton was the most heavily auditioned, with around 20 girls reading for the part, including
Olivia Kinter
who ended up being cast as Natalia. The role ultimately was given to
Olivia Sutton-Smith
immediately after her audition.
b.
When Ursula "very quickly" tells her parents of her jungle exploits, she is actually saying "So anyway I went to the jungle, and I wanted to get away before I got married, and Lyle showed up and nobody got along with Lyle, he was a big pain in the ass, and anyway, so he, he went off into the jungle by himself, and I, you know, I had to follow him. And a jungle man comes swinging through on a vine, just swinging through, and, and he, and then we, hit something, and I dont know what happened. The next thing I know I wake up inaudible And then Lyle shot him!"
c.
Spencer Tracy was initially reluctant to take on the part of Manuel, mainly because he had to sing in several scenes and get his hair curled. His new curly locks provided a lot of amusement to his friends and fellow actors. Joan Crawford, for instance, referred to him as Harpo (after Harpo Marx, the curly-haired Marx Brother).
d.
Average Shot Length = ~5.9 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.4 seconds.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
Spencer Tracy
initially turned down the role of Manuel because he thought it was too secondary to the boy. He did not attempt a Portuguese accent but instead based his accent for the film on a Yiddish voice he had used during an early theater performance. He initially hated his performance in the movie until it won him good reviews and an Oscar nomination.
b.
Several items in the movie, including
Jim Lovell
s jumpsuit and a coffee mug in mission control bear the mission patch for Apollo 8, the mission that took Lovell to the moon for ten orbits a year and a half earlier.
c.
In the latter half of the film
Martin Sheen
s character McKinney says to
Charlie Sheen
s Bean that he has a son "about your age." Martin Sheen is, of course, Charlie Sheens father in real life.
d.
This would be the last time
Max Steiner
would compose a film score for a film featuring
Bette Davis
. He had written several scores for movies starring Davis, and had been her favorite composer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
John Ottman
: in the final scene as a mental patient.
b.
The M. Riklis who produced the film was
Pia Zadora
s husband at the time. He also owned a controlling interest in the Riviera hotel, where the film was shot, and he had a small cameo at the very beginning of the film.
c.
To get the role of Michael Myers, Dick Warlock revealed that as he passed by a room, the Michael Myers mask was on a table. He put the mask on and walked into Rick Rosenthals office and stood there. After Rosenthal continuously asked him who he was and he didnt reply, he took off the mask and asked if he could play Michael Myers.
d.
Was the first MGM film to be shown on television, in 1955.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
To demonstrate his faith in the safety equipment, director
Renny Harlin
put on a harness and flung himself out on a cable over a cliff.
b.
Daniels original last name in the script was "Webber" according to the DVD commentary.
c.
Had a public premiere on September 20, 2003 at the Vinegar Hill Theatre in Charlottesville, Virginia. The screening was held just days after Hurricane Isabel moved across the state.
d.
When
Spencer Tracy
received his Oscar statuette for this movie, he was surprised to find it inscribed to comic-strip hero "Dick Tracy". An embarrassed Academy replaced the statuette.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
This was one of the final films Lionel Barrymore made before his degenerative arthritis crippled him. The following year, he was hobbling around on crutches in Frank Capras "You Cant Take It with You" (1938); after that, he was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
b.
Jim Carrey
helped design a lot of his costumes.
c.
Although this started out as a "B" feature, it wound up costing approximately $1,000,000. It reportedly made its production cost back in only the first three days of release.
d.
This was the first Disney feature available on DVD.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
The Polish title of the movie is Is the pilot flying with us? (Czy leci z nami pilot?).
b.
During production the title was briefly changed to Brothers to avoid confusion with
David Cronenberg
s
Dead Ringers
which was at that time also called Twins.
c.
Shooting lasted July 7-21 1942, released October 22. This completed Karloffs 6-picture contract with Columbia.
d.
Manuel was a replacement for the grief-crazed priest character who falls off the fishing boat into the storm in the original novel. The Hayes act forbade the use of such a character.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
In the novel (which first appeared as a serialization in "McClures" magazine beginning November 1896) Harvey Cheyne is 15 and his father and mother travel by train from San Diego when they are notified Harvey has arrived in Gloucester. In the film his father says (at 05:23) "I wish his mother had lived to see him now, ten years old and yet hes one of the editors of his school paper."
b.
This was
Hedy Lamarr
s last film she did for MGM under her contract. After this she went on to free lance.
c.
Even though
Robert Preston
had played the role of Harold Hill on Broadway,
Frank Sinatra
was Warner Bros personal choice to play the role in the movie. However,
Meredith Willson
told them, "No Robert Preston, no movie".
d.
Two real life twins were reunited with their father after seeing him in the scene set in downtown Santa Fe.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
The only film where
Freddie Bartholomew
was allowed to play a less-than-virtuous character.
b.
The red ninja, Ermac, is played by the films stunt co-ordinator,
John Medlen
.
c.
The original play by Lajos Zilahy opened in Budapest, Hungary, on 25 February 1932. Jeffrey Dells English adaptation opened in New York City, New York, USA, on 21 November 1932 and had 42 performances.
d.
George Brent to refers to
Basil Rathbone
as "Sherlock" about half way through the movie. Rathbone had already made a couple of Sherlock Holmes movies and was scheduled to make several more.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
William Wyler
, who served as a major in the Army Air Force during World War II, incorporated his own wartime experiences into
The Best Years of Our Lives
. Just as Fred Derry did in the movie, Wyler flew in B-17s in combat over Germany, although rather than being a bombardier, as Derry was, he filmed footage for documentary films. Additionally, Wyler modeled the reunion of Al and Milly, in which they first see each other at opposite ends of a long hallway, on his own homecoming to his wife, Talli.
b.
Presently available version, as seen on Turner Classic Movies, is the 1938 re-release, bearing a re-release Production Code seal of approval, and re-designed 1938 opening and closing credits.
c.
The Fishermens Memorial at the end of the film is a replica of the one in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The actual memorial can be seen at the beginning of
The Perfect Storm
, another movie about Gloucester fishermen.
d.
David Koepp
s fourth screenplay to hold the opening weekend box office record. The others are
Jurassic Park
(June 1993),
Mission: Impossible
(May 1996) and
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(May 1997).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains Courageous (1937)?
a.
None of the filming actually took place at sea. A four fifth size replica of the fishing schooner was built in the "tank". The actors merely walked on to it every day while filming. Distance and tracking shots of the schooner were a real ship that was filmed at sea and spliced into the movie where necessary.
b.
During the "stare" scene,
Danny DeVito
was allowed to do several different permutations on his lines.
Barry Sonnenfeld
just sat and let the camera roll for take after take.
c.
Shot in under 14 days.
d.
Entire movie was shot digitally for only $20,000.
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