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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) Quiz
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About the movie:
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)?
a.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 4, 1951 with
Shirley Booth
reprising her film role.
b.
The town in the movie, Sidi Halfaya (where the hotel is situated), is not actually a real place in Egypt. There is a place called the Halfaya Pass (aka Hellfire Pass) in Egypt, which was a region which was involved in World War IIs North African war. The village town Sidi Halfaya in this movie was actually a large set built at a location near the city of Indio in Riverside County, California.
c.
The bulk of the movie was filmed from November-December 1983 (the "When the Rain Begins to Fall" segment was filmed in April 1984), and the movie was tentatively scheduled to be released in the summer of 1984.
d.
Clint Eastwood
was originally going to direct this film himself. After taking over as director of
The Outlaw Josey Wales
though, he found himself having to supervise the edit of that film and lacked time to fully prepare himself to both act and direct in another film so soon. He therefore promoted
James Fargo
, who would have been this films assistant director, to full director. Eastwood would instead direct the next Dirty Harry film,
Sudden Impact
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)?
a.
The number on the bus David rides after being fired is 5150, which is a police code meaning danger to self and/or others.
b.
Robert Downey Jr.
turned down the lead played by
John Cusack
.
c.
The delay that followed
Harold Lloyd
s last picture
Movie Crazy
was partly due to the fact that he could find no suitable story. He bought The Cats Paw when Author
Clarence Budington Kelland
had finished only the first chapter, offered suggestions to make the part more to his taste. When the story was finished Lloyd was amazed to find that none of the antics which his private staff of "gagmen" usually arrange for him seemed to fit the plot. He finally accepted the advice of his director,
Sam Taylor
, to make the picture without his customary comedy inventions.
d.
Sidney Blackmer
won the 1950 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Come Back, Little Sheba" for his portrayal of Doc.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)?
a.
The original title for Planet Terror was "Project Terror".
b.
Robert Fuller
s film debut.
c.
The original title of this film was Is Marriage Necessary?, but this was deemed to contravene the Production Code.
d.
"Let the River Run",
Carly Simon
s award winning theme song, was originally titled "Wall Street Hymn".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)?
a.
In the final scene, the year of Christines death is marked as 1917 on her tombstone. However, in Webbers own musical sequel "Love Never Dies", she dies in 1907.
b.
The gravestones in the graveyard were customized by the crew. Some epitaphs that can be read are; "Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake, who stepped on the gas instead of the brake.", "I told you I was sick", and "Gravestone".
c.
Elsa Lanchester
s shock hairdo was held in place by a wired horsehair cage.
d.
Shirley Booth
s movie debut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)?
a.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Inside Edition
was the first TV show to reveal that the viral video was in fact a work of fiction and part of the movie.
c.
Much of the films background information, such as the story of Brian being beaten, robbed and blackmailed after soliciting a man at a mens toilet, is taken directly from the 1983 book "The Love You Make" by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines.
d.
The original Broadway production of production of "Come Back, Little Sheba" by
William Inge
opened at the Booth Theater in New York on February 15, 1950 and ran for 190 performances.
Shirley Booth
won the 1950 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for portraying Lola on stage and then recreated the role in the film version.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)?
a.
Paul Douglas
was originally set to star.
b.
This is only the second time that an M characters home has been shown in an official EON Productions James Bond film. The first was in
On Her Majestys Secret Service
. The unofficial James Bond film, the comedy spoof
Casino Royale
also showed Ms home.
c.
The first of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
d.
Burt Lancaster
actively campaigned to play the alcoholic husband in this film, even though he was younger than the character, Doc, who was in his mid-fifties. Sidney Blackmer, who had played the part on Broadway in the original production, was 18 years older than Lancaster, and
Shirley Booth
was 15 years his senior. The role of Doc was coveted by
Humphrey Bogart
, who was the right age, but Bogart lost out to Lancaster due to studio politics, despite the fact that he had just turned in his Oscar-winning performance in
The African Queen
.
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