Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Carmen Jones (1954) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Carmen Jones (1954) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954).

About the movie: Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie with the largest money budget ever made. The amount of its budget surpasses the live-action trilogys amounts.
b.		Steve Buscemi dies in three of the five Coen Brothers films in which he appears (with the notable exceptions of The Hudsucker Proxy and Barton Fink,). Additionally, with each successive role his remains are smaller: in this film, his ashes blow all over The Dude when Walter scatters them at the ocean. (See also Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy and Fargo.)
c.		The singing voices of Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge were dubbed by LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne respectively, even though Belafonte and Dandridge were both accomplished singers. However, neither had the training nor the range to sing operatic roles. Catherine Hilgenberg, a soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale (morphed later into the Los Angeles Master Chorale), was originally signed to sing the Carmen role, and a number of the arias were already recorded (with piano, on a separate track), when director Otto Premingers bullying behavior became too much for her and she quit. Horne ("Jackie") was a 19-year-old music student at nearby USC. She auditioned for the part and was immediately hired - for $300. But it was a terrific break for her, and she grabbed it, and did an outstanding job, re-recording what Hilgenberg had already sung, plus the balance of the music. Its also fun to note that Horne was a singer for Tops Records, a company that made sound-alike recordings of hit records with identical arrangements (in those days arrangements could not be copyrighted) and "stand-ins" who could mimic the artists who made the hit record. Jackie Horne, later to become a major 20th-century opera star, was funding her college expenses, in part, by recording Kay Starrs hits. Starr was famous for belting out her songs with a certain razzmatazz style, and Hornes rendition was a dead-ringer. The Tops Records offices, it should be noted, were within walking distance from the USC campus.
d.		Chapter Titles: 1. Jade of Jeopardy 2. Buried Alive 3. The Shadow Man 4. The Fatal Prophecy 5. The Unseen Death 6. The Haunting Shadow 7. The Guilty Man 8. The Grip of Death 9. Out of the Shadows 10.The Atonement

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		Just prior to release, scenes with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were filmed interspersed throughout the film to increase box-office appeal.
b.		Among the major promotional items for the film was a lengthy coming attractions trailer (filmed in several languages) of Alfred Hitchcock taking the audience on a seemingly lighthearted tour of the house and motel. At the end, Hitchcock pulls open a shower curtain to reveal a close-up of a woman screaming. The actress is not Janet Leigh but Vera Miles wearing a wig similar to Miss Leighs hairstyle. The logo "Psycho" simultaneously comes onto the screen and cleverly covers Miss Miles eyes so that the switch is not easily discernible.
c.		Filming commenced on 30 June 1954 and wrapped up in early August. The soundtrack for the film was recorded at 20th Century Fox Studios beginning on 18 June 1954 and continuing for several weeks.
d.		Before making New Nightmare, Wes Craven watched all of the Elm Street films. By the time he was finished, he claimed that he could not follow the storyline at all. He further regards the sequels to be weak compared to his original masterpiece.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		This was intended to be the first of the two back-to-back Terminator movies developed by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in 1999. It was to be originally written by Tedi Sarafian, while the second-half, codenamed Project Angel by Warner Bros (eventually became Terminator Salvation) was to be written by David C. Wilson due for a 2003 release which is to take place immediately after the events of this film. Had there been no script revisions, the film could have been released in 2001. After the films release, actors work commitments, including Arnold Schwarzeneggers term as Governor of California prompted the Project Angel script to be rewritten again from scratch- including moving the time setting by writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris under Jonathan Mostows supervision. However, by 2006, Kassar and Vajna decided to end their business relationship and sold their rights to Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson. The original idea for the fourth film was ultimately scrapped.
b.		The title is derived from William Shakespeares "Hamlet" (Act 3, Scene 1): "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, theres the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause..."
c.		Joyce Bryant and Elizabeth Foster also did screen tests for the role of Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge did her screen test working opposite veteran actor James Edwards in the role of Joe. Edwards, whose career was on the decline, was never considered for the role.
d.		During the commentary she did for the DVD of What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 Dina Merrill said that the treatment she received from director John Frankenheimer on this picture nearly drove her out of the business. He literally told her at the end of a days filming that she was the worst actress hed ever worked with. She said she went home in tears. It got so bad that her co-star Burt Lancaster came to her defense one morning by ridiculing the directors "good mood" as evidenced by the fact that he hadnt insulted Dina yet.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		There is music playing in the background when Fred Astaires Josh Barkley tells Oscar Levants Ezra Millar that Jacques Barredout is a bad director for Ginger Rogerss Dinah Barkley. The song is "This Heart of Mine," which Astaire performed with Lucille Bremer in Ziegfeld Follies.
b.		This film contains just 169 shots in 103 minutes of action. This equates to an average shot length of about 36 seconds, which is very high, given the 8 - 10 seconds standard of most Hollywood films made during the 1950s.
c.		Roger Corman shot this film in England to take advantage of British tax laws. By making this a British production with a British crew, the production got a government subsidy.
d.		The original play "The Broken Wing" by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard opened on Broadway at the 48th Street Theater on 29 November 1920. It closed in April 1921 after 171 performances.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		There is a version of the film which features a more upbeat ending which was only shown to preview audiences. Director Sidney Lumet decided to end the film with a more downbeat ending.
b.		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.
c.		Eartha Kitt was offered the role of Carmen but they wanted her to be dubbed so she would have an operatic voice in the role, same offer they made to Harry Belefonte and Diahann Carroll. Kitt refused, wanted to use her natural chest voice. It didnt matter for Pearl Bailey, whose own voice suited her comedy songs.
d.		Olivia Newton-John was interviewed for a key role.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		Like the original Wall Street, the sequel is set historically two years prior to the date of its release.
b.		Film debut of Diahann Carroll,
c.		Stephen King traded the rights to this film in order to get the rights to Kingdom Hospital.
d.		Title card at the finish reads "FIN" in the French style, instead of "The End".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		The original title of Ntozake Shanges play is "for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf" (complete with the unorthodox capitalization, spelling, and punctuation).
b.		One of the locations on the goats map is Sam Hill, a common epithet, used especially when one is lost.
c.		The goon stalking Martin Blank is Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, a world-champion kickboxer who was also John Cusacks kickboxing instructor.
d.		This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1992.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		Only one reel of this film is known to exist.
b.		Leontyne Price was originally assigned to dub Dorothy Dandridges singing voice, but fell ill and was replaced by Marilyn Horne.
c.		The illusion of the Red Sea parting was achieved by large "dump tanks" that were flooded, then the film was shown in reverse. The two frothing walls of water were created by water dumped constantly into "catch basin areas" then the foaming, churning water was visually manipulated and used sideways for the walls of water. A gelatin substance was added to the water in the tanks to give it more of a sea water consistency. Although the dump tanks have long since been removed, the catch basin section of this tank still exists today on the Paramount lot, directly in front of the exterior sky backdrop, in the central portion of the studio. It can still be flooded for water scenes, but when not being used in a production, it is an extension of a parking lot.
d.		Jay Chou improvised the "I dont want to touch you" line seen in the trailer.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		According to Bright Lights Film Journal website, When Kralik mentions "You read Zolas Madame Bovary," Klara immediately corrects him: "Madame Bovary is not by Zola," she snipes. The joke here is that though Klara knows who wrote Madame Bovary, she doesnt understand that she herself is living exclusively in Emma Bovarys world of impossible ideals.
b.		Otto Preminger wanted to film on location in Chicago and South Carolina, but studio records show the movie was shot entirely on the Fox lot. One notable exception was the childrens chorus scenes that were shot on location at a working dynamite factory. The parents, of course, were present, many of them sitting on boxes of explosives - idly smoking.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 15, 1937 with Marlene Dietrich reprising her film role.
d.		Production of this film lead to a major disagreement between John Lasseter and Disney chairman Michael Eisner. At the time of production, Pixar Animation was in the midst of a 5-picture deal with Disney. When the Disney, which owned all the characters, decided to move ahead with a low budget direct to DVD sequel, Lasseter intervened, offering Pixars services to produce the film. Lasseter assumed it would be counted as part of Pixars 5-picture contract, but Eisner refused, forcing a tense renegotiation between the two studios. It also lead to Pixars refusal to renew its distribution contract with Disney, though Disney eventually bought Pixar Studios and integrated its creative staff into studio management.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carmen Jones (1954)?
a.		Following The Jazz Singer, the second Vitaphone feature to have talking sequences.
b.		Based on an original short film by James Muro
c.		Lane Smiths last film.
d.		Although the original Broadway production had used a standard pit orchestra with Georges Bizets orchestrations for the opera "Carmen" slightly altered by orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, the film score was created by Herschel Burke Gilbert, the Music Director (a term he always insisted was the correct one, not "Musical Director), using a full symphony orchestra (ranging from about 90 to over 105 pieces), which enabled him to present the music with the sensibility of most of Bizets original 1875 orchestrations as they were meant to be heard, although modified to fit the story line and transitions of the film. Because of Marilyn Hornes coming into the singing cast quite late in the production, and because of a number of unrelated delays, Gilbert had to leave the production shortly before it was completed, as he had a commitment for an original score of another film. Dimitri Tiomkin, a Fox Studio senior, as it were, stepped in to put together the last bits of recording and supervising the last music editing. Technically, especially given his seniority at Fox and his stature in the industry, he could have insisted his name be added to the credits. Graciously, he acknowledged Gilberts responsibility for over 95% of the work and chose to not have himself officially credited. Given his much larger fame, his name in the credits would have overshadowed the younger, less known Gilberts, and would have left the impression that Gilbert was more of an assistant, which was far from the case.

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