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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Career (1959) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Career (1959) Quiz
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About the movie:
More than anything in the world, Sam Lawson wants to be a successful actor. Is he willing to sacrifice his wife, happiness and personal reputation to achieve his goal?
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Career (1959)?
a.
A reported 400,000 feet of film stock was exposed for this serial (compared to the average 30,000 for a fifteen episode chapter play).
b.
Dean Martin
still had four pictures left in his old contract with producer
Hal B. Wallis
with whom he hadnt worked after his break-up with
Jerry Lewis
. Wallis refused to raise Martins salary, but the star was interested in playing a more serious part and accepted the role of Maury in this picture. After
Career
, Martin made three more pictures with Wallis:
All in a Nights Work
,
The Sons of Katie Elder
and
5 Card Stud
.
c.
When this film was first televised by NBC in 1970, it was cut to less than an hour, leaving out all musical performances including the gospel sequence.
d.
This was the first acting role for
Peter Lupus
who is playing Flex Martian under the name "Rock Stevens". This would lead to an early career in Europe where he would play the lead role in various sword and sandal/mythological muscleman movies that were then in vogue.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Career (1959)?
a.
Though respected as an actor,
Robert Shaw
s trouble with alcohol was a frequent source of tension during filming. In later interviews,
Roy Scheider
described his co-star as "a perfect gentleman whenever he was sober. All he needed was one drink and then he turned into a competitive son-of-a-bitch." According to
Carl Gottlieb
s book "The Jaws Log," Shaw was having a drink between takes, at which point he announced "I wish I could quit drinking." Much to the surprise and horror of the crew,
Richard Dreyfuss
simply grabbed Shaws glass and tossed it into the ocean. When it came time to shoot the infamous USS Indianapolis Scene, Shaw attempted to do the monologue while intoxicated as it called for the men to be drinking late at night. Nothing in the take could be used. A remorseful Shaw called
Steven Spielberg
late that night and asked if he could have another try. The next day of shooting, Shaws electrifying performance was done in one take.
b.
Prior to the release of this movie, a fan had written to Screen Stories magazine, inquiring as to what movie
Dean Martin
would next be appearing in. The response was that one of the movies would be Korea - but there was no mention of Career. While the movie does have a brief character introduction set during the Korean War, Dean Martin never appeared in a movie called Korea.
c.
Howards house was built from scratch in the Shadow Hills area of south California, with a reinforced roof that could stand the weight of the actors and the camera crew. Some of the crew were unaware of this and were surprised when they went into the house to find it completely empty, something which director
Seth Gordon
is very proud of.
d.
Dorothea Wieck
replaced
Carole Lombard
, who refused to do the picture.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Career (1959)?
a.
Kenny Baker
s Ewok character, Paploo, was supposed to find Princess Leia unconscious after the speeder bike sequence, but Baker got a case of food poisoning before the scene was going to be filmed, so
Warwick Davis
s character, Wicket, became the Ewok who finds Leia.
b.
Bette Davis
was originally sought for the part of "Shirley Drake" and
William Holden
was considered for "Maurice Novak" (The Hollywood Reporter, 1958).
c.
The
Star Trek
episode that Angela and Marcus are watching is Episode 57: Elaan Of Troyius.
d.
Decca Records released a
Judy Garland
78 containing two songs from the score not performed by her in the movie: "Love" (music and lyrics by
Hugh Martin
and
Ralph Blane
), a fervent air which Judy sang on radio the twice in 1945, then occasionally in her 1951-52 concerts as an encore, and two times on her CBS-TV series,
The Judy Garland Show
: a duet with
Lena Horne
from the October 13, 1963 broadcast, and a solo version telecast on March 22, 1964. The Decca flip side was the radiant ballad, "This Heart of Mine" (music by
Harry Warren
and
Arthur Freed
). Judys two commercial cuts, arranged and conducted by
Victor Young
, recorded on January 26, 1945 and released on March 22, along with an alternate take of "This Heart of Mine," have been presented on her CD box set from MCA, "The Complete Decca Masters (Plus)."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Career (1959)?
a.
There is a scene where the meteors are raining down on New York with a short cut to the World Trade Center with a fiery hole punched through the center of one tower and a chunk missing at the top of the other tower. This looks very much like the real images from the terrorist plane strike on the WTC on 9/11/01, 3 years after the film was made. Statistically speaking, this is the most likely distribution of two strikes on a pair of towers (by meteors, planes, or otherwise).
b.
The phone used by Tom Lincoln is the Nokia 8800/8801 model. At the time of the movie filming this was merely a concept phone; it was subsequently mass released.
c.
In the scene where Rhett pours Mammy a drink after the birth of Bonnie, for a joke during a take,
Clark Gable
actually poured alcohol instead of the usual tea into the decanter without
Hattie McDaniel
knowing it until she took a swig.
d.
Carolyn Jones
was originally cast as "Sharon Kensington" but switched roles with
Shirley MacLaine
in order to play Shirley Drake because she wanted the less flamboyant role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Career (1959)?
a.
The film-within-a-film is titled "War Devils".
b.
The computer in Alfreds room is a 20th anniversary Macintosh built by Apple Computer.
c.
Doris Day
wrote that this film started with
Charles Lang
as Director of Photography.
Frank Sinatra
did not like to rehearse and was accustomed to doing scenes in one take, and he complained that the meticulous Lang was taking far too long to set up camera shots and wanted to do repeated takes. Sinatra walked off the film and threatened to quit unless Lang was fired. Lang was replaced by
Ted D. McCord
.
d.
Randy Newman
: the films composer also provides the voice for the minor character Cousin Randy.
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