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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Carrie (1952) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Carrie (1952) Quiz
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About the movie:
Carrie boards the train to Chicago with big ambitions. She gets a job stitching shoes and her sister's husband takes almost all of her pay for room and board...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carrie (1952)?
a.
Thorne tells Joe a line about their forefathers "burning their ships at the shore" when they first arrived. This is a reference to Cortes, the Spaniard conquistador who conquered Mexico. Cortes did, in fact, burn his ships to show his men they had no other choice but to join him.
b.
This film inspired a short-lived craze for yelling out "Attaboy, (name)" during speeches and other situations. This came from a running gag used in this film.
c.
In 1937, Warner Brothers owned the movie rights to
Theodore Dreiser
s "Sister Carrie", but
Joseph Breen
at the Hays Office prohibited the studio from producing a faithful version of the novel. A copy of the letter is available on the University of Pennsylvanias website.
d.
A musical number from "Red White and Blain" was cut, telling the tale of the great flood. The tune of this song is still in the shows overture.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carrie (1952)?
a.
Though based on
Theodore Dreiser
s novel "Sister Carrie," the movie was released simply as "Carrie" because the studio feared audiences would think "Sister Carrie" was the story of a nun.
b.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
shot the film in a motel room in two days and slept in the same room after filming was done for each day.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 27, 1941 with
Jackie Cooper
,
Jane Withers
and Edith Fellows reprising their film roles.
d.
Although set on the front lines of the Korean War, the only gunshots heard throughout the movie are from the referees pistol during the inter-camp football game.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Carrie (1952)?
a.
Its 30 minutes into the film before we see John Merrick, and 40 minutes until we hear him talk.
b.
James Bond screenwriters
Neal Purvis
and
Robert Wade
wrote the first draft of the screenplay, a fairly faithful translation of the original with a prologue set in World War II in which Charlie Crokers father tries and fails to recover the gold (tying the film in with
Troy Kennedy-Martin
s other heist film
Kellys Heroes
). A new story was commissioned from writing team the Powers that relocated the action to L.A. Early posters and the trailer still credited Purvis and Wade as co-writers.
c.
Mary Astor
s pregnancy caused some filming problems.
d.
Laurence Olivier
accepted the part of George Hurstwood so he could be in Hollywood at the same time that his emotionally troubled wife
Vivien Leigh
was making
A Streetcar Named Desire
so that he could look after her.
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