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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Casablanca (1942) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Casablanca (1942) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942).
About the movie:
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any):
Eddie Acuff
(Sailor),
Ernie Alexander
(Masher),
Murray Alper
(Sailor), Sam Ash (Man on Street),
Joseph E. Bernard
,
Lester Dorr
,
Betty Farrington
(Customer),
Edward Gargan
(Policeman),
Ben Hall
(Customer),
Lee Phelps
Customer),
Charles Sherlock
(Man on Street),
Emmett Vogan
(Nicholson),
Douglas Wood
(Old Man) and
Joe Yule
(Painter).
b.
Jaye Davidson
despised the costumes he wore so much, on the last day of shooting his scenes, after hearing the final "cut", he stripped naked on the set without going to his trailer. Moreover, Davidson retired from acting after completion of this film. Since 1994, as of 2010, he has only appeared since in
The Borghilde Project
, a 17-minute film.
c.
In another version of the script, Max Shreck was discovered to be the Penguins older brother.
d.
S.Z. Sakall
, who plays the maitre d at Ricks Cafe, actually has more screen time than
Peter Lorre
or
Sydney Greenstreet
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
At one point
Stephen Schwartz
was lined up to be the lyricist for the film. When he couldnt do it, the job went to
David Zippel
who had been working on Disneys
Hercules
.
b.
The letters of transit that motivate so many characters in the film did not exist in Vichy-controlled France - they are purely a plot device invented by the screenwriters. Playwright
Joan Alison
always expected somebody to challenge her about the letters, but nobody ever did.
c.
They used little to no makeup on the face of
Gary Cooper
, to show his lines and show how worried he was.
d.
The entire film was shot in five days.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Brad Pitt
left in the middle of shooting for three months to shoot
Oceans Twelve
.
b.
When this film won the Academy Award for Best Picture,
Jack L. Warner
was first on stage to accept the award, beating the films actual producer,
Hal B. Wallis
, who was incensed at this slight and never forgave Warner. Wallis, at the time regarded as the "wunderkind" at the studio, left Warner Brothers shortly afterwards.
c.
Richard Jenkins was rumored for a role.
d.
The movie was released about 18 months after it was finished, but the cause of the delay is not known.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
It was
Winona Ryder
who brought the idea of redoing Bram Stokers novel to Francis Ford Coppolas attention. She had been given a pile of scripts by her agent, one of which was titled "Dracula: The Untold Story". This was the first time Ryder had ever read anything to do with Dracula, let alone see a film about him. Coppola was interested as he saw it as a bridge-building exercise between him and Ryder after she had inexplicably dropped out of
The Godfather: Part III
.
b.
Betty Furness
s first film role. According to the autobiography "Being and Becoming" by
Myrna Loy
, Furness also doubled her as a hand model in some close ups. Furness scenes (as the thirteenth woman) were cut.
c.
Thomas Gomez
s final appearance in a film, and
Gregory Sierra
s first.
d.
Rick and Ilsa standing over Sams piano in Paris was the first scene to be shot. Filming a tender love scene with two actors who had just met was not planned, but the filming of
Now, Voyager
had gone over schedule, so
Paul Henreid
and
Claude Rains
were not available.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Much of the clothing (shirts, hats) worn by
Johnny Depp
in the movie were actual pieces of clothing that the real
Hunter S. Thompson
wore in the 70s. Thompson himself let Depp borrow them for the movie, after Depp spent four months with Thompson learning his mannerisms and proper vocal inflection for the role.
b.
The characters of Sam and Marlo were named after Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, two fictional detectives played by
Humphrey Bogart
.
c.
According to the Australian DVD sleeve notes, this was Italian
Gina Lollobrigida
s first movie that she made in Hollywood.
d.
Hal B. Wallis
didnt want
Humphrey Bogart
wearing a hat too often in the film, as he thought it made Bogart look like a gangster.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
was originally offered the chance to direct, but turned it down.
b.
Based on writer
Charlie Kaufman
s struggle to adapt the best-selling book "The Orchid Thief".
c.
In the famous scene where the "Marseillaise" is sung over the German song "Watch on the Rhine", many of the extras had real tears in their eyes; a large number of them were actual refugees from Nazi persecution in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and were overcome by the emotions the scene brought out.
d.
The
Seabiscuit
/
War Admiral
race originally held at Pimlico race track was actually filmed on location at Keeneland race track in Lexington, Kentucky. The track, as well as some of the surrounding area, had to take on some minor cosmetic changes in order to accurately reflect the time period.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
In one of the first takes of Hermiones "Cinderella moment",
Emma Watson
actually tripped in that fancy dress and fell down the stairs.
b.
A third installment had been originally planned for the Sorceress series. At the end of the final credits, it reads: COMING SOON "SORCERESS III: THE SWEET SPELL OF SUCCESS"
c.
As part of the marketing campaign in North America and the United Kingdom, posters were put up in major cities on bus stops, the sides of buildings, etc. designating areas that were restricted for humans only, with a number to call (866.666.6001 in the US, 0207 148 7468 in the UK) in order to report non-humans. The title of the film was generally not included, although the URL address for the films official website was.
d.
The original unproduced play, "Everybody Comes to Ricks", was found by Irene Lee, who headed the story department at Warner Bros., on a trip to office of Jack Wilk, story editor for Warner East Coast operations in New York, where the typed script had sat for a year. It arrived at Warner Bros. Studios to be read as a potential film project on the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Betty Grable
s stepson, Tim James, natural son of big band leader
Harry James
, was an attorney working with the then Attorney General of Texas and became responsible for enticing TV personality
Marvin Zindler
of Houston to investigate the famous Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas - eventually closing it down.
b.
The video game Ross Webster plays was created for the film. It originally looked so life-like that the creators were asked to make it look more computer-like.
c.
Although this was an overtly anti-Nazi film, it wasnt the first one that Warner Bros. had made (it had come out several years earlier with
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
). Warners was the first Hollywood studio to be so open about its opposition to the Nazi regime, and the first to prohibit its films from being distributed in Nazi-occupied territories. Indeed,
Harry M. Warner
was making speeches denouncing Nazi activities in Germany as early as 1936.
d.
When Juni is entering the next level of the video game, he comes across a place named "Rebel Rockets" the names of director Robert Rodriguezs two sons.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Cinematographer
John Alton
was fired two weeks into production and replaced by
Burnett Guffey
.
b.
The sets of Vans office were also used in the anti-crime short
The Public Pays
.
c.
The Paris train station set was recycled from
Now, Voyager
.
d.
This was
John Schuck
s film debut, and he was cast as Capt. Walter Kosciusko Painless Pole Waldowski, the MASH dentist, because of his very pronounced under bite.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Casablanca (1942)?
a.
Wes Anderson
: [
The Rolling Stones
] Features "Street Fighting Man".
b.
The cover of Morrisseys debut album, Viva Hate, can be seen in both Tom and Summers childhood rooms.
c.
In the original script, the climactic events were set to take place on the minute that Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule. However, director
Jon Amiel
preferred to use something more timely so the Millennium Eve became the catalyst event.
d.
The influx into Hollywood of large numbers of European exiles fleeing the war helped the casting enormously. In fact, of all the featured players in the film who get screen credit, only three were born in the United States:
Humphrey Bogart
,
Dooley Wilson
and
Joy Page
.
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