Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dear Wife (1949) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dear Wife (1949) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dear Wife (1949).

About the movie: Thanks to political activist teen Miriam, her brother-in-law and father find themselves rival candidates for state senator.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear Wife (1949)?
a.		The ship escorting the Red October out of port is the USCGC Blackhaw (WLB-390), a buoy tender stationed in San Francisco California at that time.
b.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 19, 1951 with William Holden, Joan Caulfield, Edward Arnold and Mona Freeman reprising their film roles.
c.		Originally titled, "A Tall Tale of Texas", rewritten 2007.
d.		Rock band Pink Floyd was at one point approached to perform music for the film. However they turned it down due to other commitments. Yet they retain a connection with the film: much like The Wizard of Oz and "Dark Side of the Moon", it is said that Pink Floyds song "Echoes" from the album "Meddle" can be perfectly synchronized with the "Jupiter & Beyond the Infinite" segment of the film. See links section for details.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear Wife (1949)?
a.		A piece in Film Comment in the 80s speculated that the opening titles of this movie (which have the two stars last names in big letters side by side) might be where J.D. Salinger got the name "Holden Caulfield" for the main character in Catcher in the Rye, which he was writing when "Dear Wife" came out.
b.		Roddy Mcdowell was booked for a major cameo role but was replaced before filming.
c.		Abraham Lincolns "Bixby Letter" was an indirect plot device in an earlier Steven Spielberg film, Saving Private Ryan. Additionally, his "Gettysburg Address" is recited by a schoolboy in the opening scene of another Spielberg film, Minority Report.
d.		The character name of Ridley Kraid is a combination of the names of two boss villains in the Metroid video game series.

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