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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Disraeli (1929) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Disraeli (1929) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929).
About the movie:
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929)?
a.
Jonathan Kaplan
s directorial debut.
b.
Previously produced as a silent film -
Disraeli
, also starring
George Arliss
.
c.
The final conversation between Detective McCann and Banning in which he essentially excuses her from the investigation so she can chase down Thomas Crown was not in the original script, but added about halfway through filming.
d.
When Nick mentions how smoking was affected by the development of motion pictures, he briefly refers to a scene between
Humphrey Bogart
and
Lauren Bacall
. The scene is from the movie
To Have and Have Not
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929)?
a.
The film was re-released in 1933, at which time the title credits were re-done, Arliss given billing as "Mr.
George Arliss
," and an NRA (National Recovery Act) emblem added; this is the version which presently survives. Unfortunately, the remainder of the film is cropped off the left side, in order to accommodate the sound-on-film system track, which had, by then, replaced the now obsolete Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, and required a slightly narrower picture image as a result.
b.
John Wayne
s character, Robert Marmaduke Hightower, was named by director
John Ford
after his favorite stuntman,
Bryan Slim Hightower
, who also worked on this picture.
c.
The working title was "The Black Hills Project."
d.
The hospital ER featured in the movie was actually an old second-floor ICU.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929)?
a.
The climactic transformation had to be done all in closeup because the film had exceeded its budget by then, and it had to be shot in an office because they had no money for sets anymore.
b.
Some reports refute
Charles Chaplin
s claims of ignorance as to the true extent of Nazi atrocities, stating that Chaplin was very much aware of the various goings-on, but decided to make the film anyway as an attack on Nazi ideology.
c.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3130,
George Arliss
speaks to the audience about the film.
d.
Several shots with flickering computer screens were digitally altered to remove the flicker. 2 shots of a wall clock were also digitally altered to show the correct time.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929)?
a.
Sergio Leone
intended that the film be a tribute to early gangster films: Noodles visit to his childhood home is similar to
Dead End
Noodles nostalgia for the days of his youth was taken from
High Sierra
as in
Angels with Dirty Faces
, two boyhood chums grow up to be very different, and one of them visits their childhood hangouts and remembers the old days the changing times bring a new era of unions and politics, similar to
Bullets or Ballots
the gangster (Max) who gradually turns paranoid comes from
White Heat
the suitcase at the train station pays homage to
Cry of the City
and
The Killing
the inscription "Your men will fall by the sword" was taken from
Little Caesar
the relationship between Noodles and Deborah is similar to Eddie and Jeans romance from
The Roaring Twenties
the Chinese theatre scenes are a tribute to
The Lady from Shanghai
and Noodles arrival at Senator Baileys house parallels a scene in
The Big Heat
.
b.
Adapted from a Broadway play by
Louis N. Parker
. The original stage production of "Disraeli" also starred
George Arliss
and opened on Sep 18, 1911 at Wallacks Theatre in New York and ran for 280 performances. It was revived in 1912, 1917 (again with
George Arliss
) and 1927.
c.
This is the only BTTF movie where all five time periods are visited and/or shown within the same movie: 1985, 2015, 1985-Alternate, 1955, and 1885. Although the last one was not visited until the final movie, the trailer for the final movie is shown just before the closing credits, so in a way, it could be considered part of this movie as well.
d.
Warner Bros. was named to the Honor Roll of Race Relations of 1942 because of its dignified portrayal of African-Americans in this film. However, scenes in which
Ernest Anderson
s character was treated in a friendly fashion were cut for showings in the South to avoid offending those viewers. The film was initially disapproved for export by the Office of Censorship in Washington, D.C., because it suggests that the Negros testimony would be totally disregarded by the jury when it was disputed by a white person, which, in the South at the time and for long afterwards, was true.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929)?
a.
For Parkers death, a fiberglass cast of
Yaphet Kotto
s head was made, and then filled with pigs brains. The forehead was made of wax so that the aliens teeth could penetrate it easily. Indeed barbed hooks were fastened to the end of the teeth to make sure it broke the wax surface effectively.
b.
Although set in Belfast, the film was almost exclusively shot in the run-down docklands and Sheriff Street area of Dublins North Inner City. The flat complex used in the film was earmarked for demolition but this was postponed until filming was completed. Since then the entire area has been redeveloped and now contains several multinational company headquarters, a college, hotels, up-market restaurants, a rail station and million dollar apartments.
c.
Young Jenna puts her dream house that young Matt makes for her on top of the board game Battleship. Later, adult Jenna asks to play Battleship at her boyfriends house.
d.
Vitaphone production reels #3531-3539
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Disraeli (1929)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 17, 1938 with
George Arliss
and
Florence Arliss
reprising their film roles.
c.
The music heard after Roxie faints, and proclaims that she is pregnant, is the music for the number "Me And My Baby", from the stage musical, originally included in the script.
d.
The movie is based on the career of casino boss
Frank Lefty Rosenthal
as portrayed by
Robert De Niro
s character Sam "Ace" Rothstein.
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