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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Chicago (1927) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Chicago (1927) Quiz
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About the movie:
Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chicago (1927)?
a.
Presentations of this film on television (broadcast, cable or home video) required preservation of the widescreen format. This presented a problem in the U.S. since certain F.C.C. technical regulations did not permit a portion of the screen to be left blank as in letterboxing. The problem was solved by making the area above and below the frame gray. The regulations have since been changed and letterboxing with black borders is now permitted.
b.
The stage actress who originated the role of Sylvia Fowler (
Rosalind Russell
s role in the film) was
Ilka Chase
. She is probably best recognized by todays audiences as the Stepmother in the original
Julie Andrews
live TV musical production of
Richard Rodgers
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
s
Cinderella
, the kinescope of which was recently rediscovered and released on DVD.
c.
The Broadway play, "Chicago," which inspired this film, 1942s
Roxie Hart
, and the Tony-award winning musical and Oscar-winning 2002 film, was based on a true story. The characters of Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly were inspired by the real-life cases of two Chicago women -- Beaulah Annan and Belva Gaertner -- who each murdered their lovers in 1924. Both women were tried in separate cases, which became media sensations in Chicago, and both were acquitted. Playwright
Maurine Dallas Watkins
covered both trials as a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune," and adapted her experiences into the play, "Chicago."
d.
Randy Quaid
was considered for the lead role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chicago (1927)?
a.
This film opened on the same day that the famous musical "Show Boat", written by
Jerome Kern
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
, and which has a lengthy sequence set in Chicago, first opened on Broadway.
b.
Michael Imperioli
was originally meant to play Richie, but he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with
The Sopranos
. He appears only briefly in the film as "Midnight".
c.
John Charles Hunt
directed the film while working his job at Fed-Ex. DP
Abe Holtz
directed some key scenes with Hunts blocking while off to his delivery job.
d.
The two award ceremony scenes are parodies of two real award recipients whom
Spike Lee
has publicly criticized: the first, where DelaCroix is fumbling around and yelling "Show me the money!", is a jab at
Cuba Gooding Jr.
s enthusiastic victory speech for winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; the second scene, in which DelaCroix becomes a teary-eyed brown-noser to
Matthew Modine
, is a shot at
Ving Rhames
Golden Globe victory in which he gave teary-eyed kudos to
Jack Lemmon
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chicago (1927)?
a.
While the original assembly cut pushed upwards of 3 hours delving equally into the 4 main story arcs, the final cut is less than 80 minutes with focus on only 2 of them.
b.
The first stage version of Chicago opened at the Music Box Theater on December 30, 1926 was directed by George Abbot and ran for 172 performances.
c.
Scenes from one promo, depicting Mark Miller (
Goran Visnjic
) effectively fighting off ninjas at his waterfront cabin, were deleted from the theatrical release.
d.
Stars
Jim Carrey
and
Zooey Deschanel
share the same birthday, January 17. However, Carrey was born in 1962 and Deschanel in 1980 making him exactly eighteen years older than her.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chicago (1927)?
a.
Film debut of
Helene Chadwick
.
b.
For its Germany release the film was titled Die Nacht der unheimlichen Bestien, which means "The Night of the Uncanny Beast."
c.
Presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival to a sellout house of 1400 at the Castro Theatre on Saturday December 2, 2006.
d.
The water in the reflecting pool in front of the
Abraham Lincoln
Memorial in the scene where Ben and Riley are talking on the steps was digitally added later because the water drained for maintenance at the time of filming.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chicago (1927)?
a.
It rained so much during filming of The Tripper that director David Arquette, at the wrap party, gave each cast and crew member a personalized poncho. In fact, one of the few days it DIDNT rain was when they shot the rain scenes. They had to make rain for these scenes.
b.
When Brill accesses the National Security Administrations executive files to identify Reynolds, the very first photograph that flashes from the personnel files has the name "Buster, Ball" below it.
c.
One early draft of the script focused almost entirely on Hicks, Bishop and Newt, played in
Aliens
by
Michael Biehn
,
Lance Henriksen
and
Carrie Henn
respectively. The story would tie up loose ends from the preceding film with Newt returning to Earth to live with her grandparents, as well as Hicks and Bishop and a new team of Colonial Marines battling a rival faction of planets who use the Alien as a bio-weapon.
d.
Although
Frank Urson
is credited as the director, it was widely known (and even publicized) at the time that producer
Cecil B. DeMille
directed most of the film (including 11 days of re-takes). DeMille took his name off the picture because his Biblical epic,
The King of Kings
was also playing in theaters at the time. Reportedly, DeMilles friend, theater owner
Sid Grauman
, convinced the director that audiences wouldnt want to see an amoral crime drama with an adulterous heroine so soon after seeing DeMilles film about the life of Christ.
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