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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dirigible (1931) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dirigible (1931) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dirigible (1931)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931).

About the movie: A French explorer enlists the help of the US Navy in an expedition to the South Pole. There is competition between the airship division and fixed wing fliers...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		The Motion Picture Herald reported that the rough cut before final editing consisted of 28 reels. 125,000 feet of film were shot at the Naval Air Base at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The estimated cost of production of $1,000,000 made it the most expensive Columbia film to that date.
b.		In each film in the trilogy, the subtitle of the film is incorporated as dialogue. In this instance- Elrond: "So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of The Ring".
c.		Director Sam Firstenberg has stated in an interview that American Ninja (along with Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo) is one of the two favorite films he directed. He says American Ninja "has a special quality of innocent, true friendship, love and youthful idealism."
d.		Darryl Hickman has stated that Gene Tierney was not a fun presence on the set and that in his opinion she was somewhat arrogant.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		While watching a sunset with Harold, Maude sees a flock of seagulls and refers to Dreyfus. Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), a Jewish officer in the French army, was wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, and sentenced to life in solitary confinement on Devils Island (a penal colony off the coast of French Guiana). He was pardoned five years later, and ultimately exonerated when the evidence against him was proved false. The incident is seen by most historians as a revelation and indictment of French antisemitism, and its implications for French Jews still reverberate in France. The Dreyfus conversation coincides with Harold seeing Maudes concentration camp tattoo for the first time, which juxtaposes two of the most infamous instances of institutionalized European antisemitism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and strongly implies that Maude had been a Jewish concentration camp prisoner during World War II.
b.		Djimon Hounsous first film.
c.		Originally planned by Paramount as a sensational follow-up to Wings, but they couldnt get the production off the ground. The story was sold to Columbia Pictures, and its final "lighter than air" plot reached theaters in 1931.
d.		Dolly Parton was offered the role of Pauline (according to Jessica Simpson) but turned it down.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		The front of the product packaging for "Avery 8293 Matte White High-Visibility Labels for Inkjet Printers" shows a sample usage of the label on a shipping package. The address on this label is, "Tyler Durden 420 Paper St. Wilmington, DE"
b.		The films original director, Joe Dante, approached Nigel Kneale to write the film while Kneale was temporarily living in Hollywood writing the remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon for director John Landis that was never made due to budget cost. Dante wanted a new and different story than the two previous films in the series, so he suggested Kneale write a treatment around the word Halloween. The producers liked the idea, and after Joe Dante moved on to another project, producer John Carpenters regular collaborator, Tommy Lee Wallace, came in as the new director. Kneale initially blamed the drastic changes to his script on executive producer Dino De Laurentiis not understanding his dialogue when it was translated to Italian. Kneale requested his writing screen credit be removed once his comical mystery screenplay was rewritten by an uncredited Carpenter, and then later Wallace (who received sole screen credit as writer), to include more gore and simplify the story.
c.		In August 1957, this film was being being shown on a double bill with The Delinquents.
d.		Debut of Richard Loo.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		At the films premiere, as the movie neared its third hour with the end not yet in sight, comedian Mort Sahl stood up from his seat in the packed theater and shouted, "Otto, let my people go!" The incident quickly became a popular piece of Hollywood lore.
b.		The Martian war machines had about twenty wires running to each one. Some were for suspension and maneuvering, while others carried power to the various lights and mechanisms. This was produced before there were lightweight circuits and sophisticated radio controls.
c.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 17, 1940 with Adolphe Menjou reprising his film role.
d.		Debut of Kenneth MacDonald.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		The closed-captioner for this movie decided to have some fun with Prince Kouras lines. When Koura says his unintelligible magic spells to summon the dark spirits against Sinbad and his crew, the captions for the first time he does that read, "SSFUP AOCOC ROF OOKCUC MI" (which is IM CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUFFS spelled backwards); and subsequently, "TTIBBAR YLLIS. YLNO SDIK ROFERA XIRT" (that reverses to TRIX ARE FOR KIDS ONLY. SILLY RABBIT).
b.		This was the first Columbia film to open at the Graumans Chinese theater in Hollywood, California, a sign that Columbia Pictures was becoming a major studio, mostly due to Frank Capra.
c.		Mexican singer/songwriter Ely Guerra was the voice of Grace in the dubbed Mexican version.
d.		A technical advisor on board during filming had to go uncredited, because he was a real-life chain gang escapee who was still a wanted man.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		Dr. Loveless demands the "immediate and unconditional surrender of the United States" from President Grant. Ulysses S. Grants nickname during the Civil War was "Unconditional Surrender", which made use of his initials.
b.		The movie was shot during winter in Regina, Saskatchewan when temperatures would go down as low as -54°C.
c.		Ben Lyon and wife Bebe Daniels leased William Wellman and his wife a house that they occupied during the course of shooting.
d.		Robert Harari directed, adapted and wrote dialogue for a French version; Egon Goltzen directed a German version, both at the same time of the English version.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		Gordon Phillott was favored for the role of Jacob Freud.
b.		When Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford were called to shoot publicity stills, neither actress would enter the studio first. Instead, they remained in their limousines and circled the parking lot until director George Cukor summoned them and they instantly behaved like best friends.
c.		The production was shot during a California heat wave. To form vapor on the breath and give the impression that the pilots were in the Antarctic, the performers were given lumps of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) in metal boxes to put in their mouths. Hobart Bosworth found the box cumbersome and simply put the ice in his mouth. He lost his tongue and most of his lower jaw.
d.		The film happens entirely in "real time". In other words, the time portrayed in the story is about 90 minutes, the running time of the film.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		This movie does a parody of the musical South Pacific, ironically Mitzi Gaynor would go on to star in the movie version.
b.		Richard Boone and Dennis Weaver, who portray police captains, would win fame as peace officers in the two long-running TV western series, Have Gun - Will Travel (Boone as Paladin) and Gunsmoke (Weaver as Matt Dillons deputy, Chester).
c.		Boris Karloff supposedly had a small part as a member of the failed dirigible expedition, but he was not seen in the movie; Richard Loo supposedly made his film debut, but he also was not seen in the movie.
d.		The car Luther Heggs drives is an Edsel, a short lived marque of the Ford Corporation named after Henry Fords son, Edsel Ford.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dirigible (1931)?
a.		Filming took place during some of the worst fires in Los Angeles County history affecting the films locations and schedule including having to completely find replacement locations.
b.		A Jewel Production. Universal made a conscious business decision not to own a theater chain (a move that would pay huge dividends after the 1949 Supreme Court anti-trust decision that would impact its competitors) but was faced with the challenge of differentiating its feature product to independent theater owners. As a result, Carl Laemmle created a 3-tiered brand system: Red Feather (low-budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures). Jewels were often marketed as special engagements in hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket price levels. Universal would cease branding in late 1929.
c.		This film is loosely based on the crash of the airship Italia, flown by Umberto Nobile, around May 25, 1928 near the North Pole, and the international rescue effort that cost early Polar explorer Roald Amundson his life. The Pilot who rescued Nobile also crashed when returning to rescue more survivors and had to be rescued himself.
d.		Writer/director Andrew Bergman was intent on persuading the increasingly reclusive actor Marlon Brando to play the role of Mafia chieftain Carmine Sabatini. A few weeks after sending Brando the script, the actor phoned Bergman and invited the director to his home to discuss the movie. Bergman arrived at Brandos Mulholland Drive home and began two days of intensive, non-stop conversations: The director and the actor discussed eastern religion, the economy, politics, philosophy, insects, geology, history, favorite foods, meditation... everything but the movie, the screenplay, or the role of Carmine Sabatini. Finally, after two days of discussions, during a lull in the conversation Brando said, "I dont think I can play this part without referencing some aspect of the Don," referring to his iconic role in _The Godfather (1971)_. Bergman, drawing on his background as a comedy writer, thought for a moment. Then he brightened. "Ive got it!" said Bergman, "Well make Carmine Sabatini the guy The Godfather is based on!" The actor thought Bergmans idea over. "I can live with that," Brando said after a few seconds, "Lets do the picture."

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