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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dancing Lady (1933) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dancing Lady (1933) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dancing Lady (1933).
About the movie:
An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dancing Lady (1933)?
a.
After
Alfred Hitchcock
had suggested "Hidden Impulse" as a title, studio secretary Ruth Rickman came up with the title "Spellbound", which tested well in a pre-release survey.
b.
Coincidentally, 571 was the numerical designation of the U.S.S. Nautilus, launched in 1954, the first nuclear submarine.
c.
Fred Astaire
s movie debut. Though he was reported to have appeared years earlier in the silent film
Fanchon, the Cricket
, he and his sister Adele only visited the set; they did not appear on camera in that one.
d.
As Enslin is walking to 1408, reading the files Olin gave him, he comes across a page that says "My brother was eaten by wolves on the Connecticut Turnpike." This is a reference to Kings short story. As Enslin loses his mind in the room, that is the last intelligible thing he says to his tape recorder. His brother actually died of lung cancer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dancing Lady (1933)?
a.
This movie will complete the first ever backwards "trilogy" -
Along Came a Spider
occurred before
Kiss the Girls
, while I, Alex Cross introduces Dr. Cross.
b.
When
Franchot Tone
reads the program for the play, the cast listed therein includes the real names of all the performers except
Joan Crawford
, whose character name is listed. Even the chorus girls are listed by their real names.
c.
Vincent Gardenia
won the 1972 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" for the role of Harry Edison.
d.
The film project was confirmed in 1989. Terry Semel and Bob Daly, then studio bosses at Warner Bros., were "Phantom" fans and wanted it filmed. The project was ready to begin filming in 1990 and be released in November 1991; it was set to star
Michael Crawford
and
Sarah Brightman
(the original stars of the stage version). Just before filming began,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
divorced Brightman and the project was put on hold.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dancing Lady (1933)?
a.
Only one number is sung by a trained singer - "They Call the Wind Maria" by
Harve Presnell
. (The word "Maria", spelled Maria without the H, is sung/pronounced as "Mariah".)
b.
Joel Siegel
, film critic for
Good Morning America
, walked out 40 minutes into a screening of the film. In his own words: "First movie Ive walked out of in thirty fucking years!". The straw that broke the camels back was the scene where two of the characters discuss hiring a woman to perform sex acts with a donkey.
c.
Joan Crawford
was
Fred Astaire
s very first on-screen dance partner.
d.
Eric Idle
, upon seeing the "coconuts as horse hoof sound effects" segment in the stage show scene, admonished the makers of the film publicly. He claimed they were ripping off
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
and "stealing" their joke. He perhaps failed to realize that coconuts have been used as horse hoof beats since the days of radio - from whence Monty Python were no doubt inspired.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dancing Lady (1933)?
a.
Film trailers for this film were supplied by National Screen Service, headquartered at 630 Ninth Ave, NY, which maintained 7 other offices in the U.S. Theater owners were reminded that their most potent advertising medium was their own screen along with the wisdom of ordering early.
b.
Richard Harris
desperately sought the lead role, despite being repeatedly refused due to his limited singing ability. At one point he even paid a man to carry a board down the Strand that said, "Harris Better than Burton, Only Harris for Camelot".
c.
Ted Healy
is actually credited as Ted Healy and His Stooges, but because the Stooges are also credited individually later (as Stagehands), he is listed just as Ted Healy.
d.
Before production began, the budget was cut. This required a second draft of the script which eliminated some character development and some expensive special effects sequences.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dancing Lady (1933)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 19, 1949 with
David Niven
reprising his film role.
b.
The scene where
Kris Marshall
s character Colin (accidentally) insults the caterers food to her face, was originally written as a scene for
Hugh Grant
s character in
Four Weddings and a Funeral
, but was cut from that film.
c.
Fred Astaire
wore his classic top hat and tails this film, his first.
d.
Franks car is a BMW 750i E38 (pre-facelift). The car in the movie is the only one ever produced with a manual six-speed gearbox. This information is obtained from the full-length audio commentary available on the DVD. People have made conversions using the manual gearbox from the BMW 850CSi E31 but that car is genuinely rare.
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