Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : China (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : China (1943) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: China (1943).

About the movie: During the Japanese invasion of China, a cynical, macho profiteer meets a compassionate, beautiful schoolteacher.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: China (1943)?
a.		One of only three films to win Best Picture: Drama at the Golden Globes and not receive a Best Picture nomination from the Academy Awards. The other two are East of Eden and The Cardinal.
b.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 22, 1943 with Loretta Young, Alan Ladd and William Bendix reprising their film roles.
c.		The final sequence in the film, where Joaquin Phoenix is trekking through the river, was actually longer in the original cut. It was almost another three minutes longer, but Casey Affleck thought that it was "beating a dead horse" at that point and decided to cut it shorter, and that is what we see in the final film.
d.		While Christopher Lee was always Peter Jacksons first choice for the role of Saruman. Jackson did consider Tim Curry, Jeremy Irons and Malcolm McDowell for the role.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: China (1943)?
a.		When the film was purchased for distribution by New World Pictures 15 minutes of footage was edited for the release. New World rarely released films that were longer than 80 minutes fearing that audiences would lose interest the longer the film ran. Among the scenes cut from The Prey was an opening sequence showing the gypsy village being destroyed by the forest fire.
b.		Robert Shaw originally wrote the source play as a novel. Harold Pinter encouraged him to adapt the novel as a play. Apparently, Shaw once said in an interview that Pinter virtually had done the adaption to a play himself.
c.		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.
d.		The scene when Morticia trims the blooms off the roses is a direct reference to the television series. Also when the Addams family are evicted from the house Morticia is carrying a plant. Though shorter, the plant is identical to Cleopatra Morticias meat eating, African strangler plant.

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