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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Christmas in July (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Christmas in July (1940) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940).
About the movie:
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
Hedda Hopper
: at the top of the stairwell as Norma descends toward the cameras.
b.
Tim Burton
: [Black and white stripes] Jims shirt collar at dinner.
c.
Sean Penn
improvised during his takes and tried to find ways to aggravate actor
Ray Walston
, who played Mr. Hand, even off camera. He also did things to get genuinely startled reactions from the extras who played his classmates through unexpected improvisations.
d.
This film was based on a play called "A Cup of Coffee" which
Preston Sturges
wrote in the summer of 1931. The play also features a character named Jimmy MacDonald who works for a coffee company and enters a contest for a rival company with the slogan "If you cant sleep at night it isnt the coffee, its the bunk." Much of the plays plot and supporting characters were changed for the film, but the dialogue between Jimmy and his girlfriend about his slogan is repeated almost verbatim. "A Cup of Coffee" was never produced in Sturges lifetime, but it was eventually staged by the New York theater company Soho Rep in a production that opened in March of 1988, fifty-seven years after the play was written and twenty-nine years after Sturges death.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
Originally to be released in fall of 1992, but was held back by over a year to allow director
Martin Scorsese
more time to edit.
b.
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.
c.
At first
Irwin Allen
did not want to use music at the first 5 minutes of the Helicopter Sequence.
John Williams
told Allen that he could come up with 5 minutes of music for the beginning. When Allen heard it, he agreed with Williams.
d.
When Teresa meets Tony in the bar, she is reading "The Godfather", just as she does in the original novel. He comments that he has seen the movie.
Diane Keaton
(Teresa) plays the part of Kay in
The Godfather
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 26, 1944 with
Dick Powell
reprising his film role.
b.
Nelson Riddles instrumental recording of "Lisbon Antigua" (an ancient Portuguese melody) was already on the Hit Charts before this film was made. Republic publicity sent out a story that "Director/Producer Ray Milland took a recording of the music with him and had a Portuguese orchestra adapt it for a sequence in the picture".
c.
This movie predominantly takes place in a fictitious village called Sidi Halfaya but the production originally wanted to set it in the town of Sidi Barani, an Egyptian town which was a location of actual Word War II combat. Sidi Barani was captured by Nazi German Erwin Rommels Afrika Corps in 1941 and then taken back by the British Army in 1942.
d.
Vivian Vance
also turned down the role of Hazel. She felt it would damage her image among fans who flocked to theaters to see her whenever she appeared in a play.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
The ship captained by Captain Boomer (
James Robertson Justice
) is the Samuel Enderby. Samuel Enderby founded a whaling company called Samuel Enderby & Sons. Vessels of the Enderby company vessels sailed seas all around the world, including whaling trips and being part of the Third Fleet to the colony of New South Wales.
b.
According to the book The Great Spy Films by Leonard Rubinstein, " . . . this film was released in early 1943 shortly after the British victory at El Alamein in North Africa and incorporated some footage from that battle in its closing scenes, besides providing an imaginative explanation for that success."
c.
Preston Sturges
made a cameo appearance as the man listening to the radio while his shoes are being cleaned.
d.
The famed
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
of New Orleans appears in the film. Preservation Hall on St. Peter Street has been a venue for New Orleans jazz since 1961.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
In Christopher Plummers new memoir, he revealed that while filming a scene, he got so into character that he actually slapped
Michelle Pfeiffer
across the face instead of faking it.
b.
Sturges helped invent the gadget sofa demonstrated in the department store scene.
c.
The prison tattoo on Franks neck reads Christene. This is presumably in tribute to actor Viggo Mortensens wife at the time, punk singer Exene Cervenka, whose real name is Christene.
d.
Upon seeing Fats for the first time,
Anthony Hopkins
was allowed to take the doll home to work with it. However, he wound up being so unnerved by it that he called the consulting ventriloquist in the middle of the night, threatening to throw Fats into the canyon if someone didnt come and get the doll immediately.
Richard Attenborough
ended up going to Hopkins house to calm him down.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
The resort scenes were filmed entirely at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California. One reason why
Billy Wilder
chose this location was
Marilyn Monroe
s ongoing personal problems. He wanted a location where she could live on site and not have to be transported.
b.
Arthur C. Clarke
: sitting on a park bench in front of the White House, feeding the pigeons.
c.
The working title of this film was "A Cup Of Coffee".
d.
The portraits that provide a prologue for the movie and sing about the problems of the country during the Depression are of the same four presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Rossevelt) that are on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota that was being carved at the time this movie was released.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Christmas in July (1940)?
a.
The American actors had to absorb a Croatian accent and underwent training classes with producer Diane M. Kolanovic.
b.
The set to this movie was open because Sturges loved visitors to observe what he was shooting.
c.
Steve McQueen
got his only nomination for an Academy Award (Best Actor) for this film.
d.
Michel Piccoli
was also considered for the role of Dario Baredevil.
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