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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cavalcade (1933) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cavalcade (1933) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cavalcade (1933).
About the movie:
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cavalcade (1933)?
a.
The wolves that destroyed the Beavers home were mostly real animals with one or two CGI ones added in, although their tails had to be digitally removed and re-added. Their tails kept wagging while filming the scene, making them seem less vicious.
b.
David Lean
s first choice for the title role was
Peter OToole
who declined, citing the grueling experience of having made
Lawrence of Arabia
with Lean. This created a rift between the two that was never fully healed.
Dirk Bogarde
and
Max von Sydow
were considered for the title role but was never actually offered the part before Lean offered the role to
Omar Sharif
.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 28, 1936 with
Una OConnor
reprising her film role.
d.
The script was written in 28 days (in 1995) and the final production was shot in 26 days (in 1998).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cavalcade (1933)?
a.
Faye Dunaway
turned down the role of Jane before it was offered to
Jane Fonda
.
b.
Diana Wynyard
was honored with a footprints ceremony at Graumans Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, in connection with this film.
c.
Marlon Brando
was reportedly involved in a string of stunts during filming. On location in Texas, he shot off a string of firecrackers in a hotel lobby, serenaded
Jean Peters
from a treetop at three in the morning, horrified cast and crew by playing dead for several minutes following the hail of gunfire that ends Zapatas life, and told visiting reporters that he once ate grasshoppers and gazelle eyes.
d.
This sequel was made about a decade after
The Sting
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cavalcade (1933)?
a.
Named by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "Best 25 Movie Musicals of All Time".
b.
Jack Mower
(Driver),
Robert Barrat
and
Hugh OConnell
are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but were not seen in the print.
c.
Rex Harrison
wanted
Julie Andrews
for the role of Eliza, since they had played together in the Broadway version. He was concerned that
Audrey Hepburn
, whose mother was a Dutch baroness, would not be able to play a "guttersnipe" effectively. However, after finishing the film, Harrison had the highest regard for Hepburns performance, and later referred to her as his favorite leading lady of them all. (It should also be mentioned that Harrison was appalled by Andrews during initial rehearsals for the original Broadway production of "My Fair Lady". Andrews was having a lot of trouble with the characterisation of Eliza Doolittle, and the Cockney accent. So much so, that Harrison was once quoted as saying: If that girl is here on Monday giving the same goddamn performance, I am out of this show!)
d.
The play opened in London on 6 September 1931 and had 405 performances.
Una OConnor
,
Irene Browne
and
Merle Tottenham
originated their movie roles in the play.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cavalcade (1933)?
a.
Noel Coward
was paid $100,000 for the rights to the play and the songs he wrote for the play.
b.
In the scene where the husband turns on the air for his sick wife, you see in the background a man wearing a large beard, it was supposed to fly off in the wind, but the adhesive they used wouldnt let the beard come loose. The man can be seen moving his face back and forth and scrunching his face trying to help it come off.
c.
Special effects work on this movie included lampblack and oil covered sand to look like the volcanic ash of a Pacific island as well as gun emplacements, palm trees, and pillboxes all made of plaster.
d.
In the film, Stan Ross repeatedly fails to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame despite making 3000 hits in his career. Since 1947, every retired player with at least 2800 hits has been elected on the first ballot, usually by a comfortable margin. However, baseball writers vote the players in. Stan Ross makes a point of telling the writers that they cant keep him out of the Hall, and they prove him wrong. In fact, they could have deliberately kept him out until the Veterans Committee elected him.
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