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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cover Girl (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cover Girl (1944) Quiz
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About the movie:
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cover Girl (1944)?
a.
The book that Ruby reads in the film, The Delta of Venus, was written by
Anaïs Nin
.
b.
The first Harry Potter film to be released in IMAX 3-D.
c.
Several Conover Cover Girl models appear in this film.
d.
Dawn French
was originally cast as Rosie. After the creators described her character as "the fat, funny one," and the musical director was clearly not impressed with her singing, she declined the role. In her autobiography "Dear Fatty," Dawn said that she is a fan of
ABBA
, but she is not a fan of Mamma Mia!, and only originally agreed to do the film because
Meryl Streep
was starring.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cover Girl (1944)?
a.
Juan says he wants to "make the crossover" like
Rubén Blades
. This is a reference to Bladess movie,
Crossover Dreams
, in which a smalltime Latin musician makes the crossover into major fame (and back again).
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.
Robert Hall
wrote the script when he was 25 and made the movie when he was 29.
d.
Columbia Pictures gave
Gene Kelly
almost complete control over the making of this film, and many of his ideas contributed to its lasting success. He removed several of the sound stage walls so that he,
Rita Hayworth
, and
Phil Silvers
could dance along an entire street in one take. He also used trick photography so that he could dance with himself in one sequence.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cover Girl (1944)?
a.
In French, the movie is called "Cheeseburger Film Sandwich", because its considered as the sequel of "Kentucky Fried Movie", translated as "Hamburger Film Sandwich".
b.
Originally,
Nick Castle
was on set just to watch the movie be filmed. It was at the suggestion of
John Carpenter
that he took up the role of Michael Myers.
c.
The song "Put Me To the Test" was a complete reworking of an instrumental used in the 1937
Fred Astaire
musical
A Damsel in Distress
The lyrics for it had already been written by
Ira Gershwin
, and the original melody by his brother George, but because the song had already been heard only as an instrumental in that film,
George Gershwin
s melody was discarded in favor of a new one by
Jerome Kern
when "Cover Girl" was made, and Ira Gershwins lyrics to the song were finally heard.
d.
In Andrew Wykes cellar, a life preserver from the R.M.S. Mauretania is seen hanging from a wooden post. Built in 1906, the original R.M.S. Mauretania was a luxury ocean liner owned by the Cunard line. She was a sister ship of the R.M.S. Lusitania. For thirty years, the Mauretania carried upper-class passengers between London and New York. When she was scrapped in 1935, the Mauretanias first class reading-writing room was moved to Pinewood Studios in London (where the cellar scenes were filmed), and became the studios board room.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cover Girl (1944)?
a.
The number of the bus they get on at the end is 2525, the same as in Speed (1994/I).
b.
Rita Hayworth
s singing voice was dubbed by
Martha Mears
.
c.
This films director
Jean-Claude Tramont
once said of
Lisa Eichhorn
s replacing: Eichorn was let go because ". . . the part was too much of a stretch for Lisa. Its no reflection on her acting ability."
d.
The original film with no edits or cuts clocked in at 2 hours and 56 minutes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cover Girl (1944)?
a.
Robert Carradine
moved to the University of Arizona two weeks before shooting to get into character as Lewis Skolnick. He brought only his "nerd" clothes to wear. He couldnt bring himself to leave his hotel room for three days.
b.
As she stated in her autobiography,
Lauren Bacall
had been wanted by Columbia to appear in this film as Harpers Bazaar cover girl (as she had appeared on Harpers Bazaar cover in March 1943), but instead filmed
To Have and Have Not
at Warner Bros. and became a star.
c.
The name of Mrs. Blankenship is a reference to
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
, in which Ellie says her father had an appointment with Minnie Blankenship.
d.
The police cars were modified Ford Tauruses. One of the main competitors of the Taurus at the time was the Pontiac 6000. The car the villains use is the 6000 SUX, a not-so-subtle jab at the Pontiac 6000.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cover Girl (1944)?
a.
This film is considered lost. Please check your attic.
b.
In the original comic strip, Buck Rogers is actually a former World War One pilot who was working as a mine surveyor at the time he came to fall into his long (500 years long) sleep. For some reason, the regulations would not allow the screenwriters to use the comic strips continuity, so the serial is actually a completely original story with the comic strip characters added.
c.
Martha Hyer
s last feature film
d.
During the middle of shooting
Rita Hayworth
eloped with
Orson Welles
. Coincidentally the films wedding scene was shot that day.
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