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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Down to Earth (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Down to Earth (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Down to Earth (1947)

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About the movie: Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Down to Earth (1947)?
a.		Adele Jergens singing voice was dubbed by Kay Starr.
b.		One of the early concepts for General Grievous was a small child sitting on a floating chair, guarded by two IG88 droids from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. George Lucas rejected this look as a child would not be taken seriously as the deadliest hand to hand fighter the galaxy has seen, which is how he wanted Grievous to be portrayed. Instead, part of the final look for General Grievous face was inspired by the shape of a bathroom detergent spray nozzle.
c.		Goran Visnjic filmed this movie while on summer hiatus of his television series, ER.
d.		Gavin OConnor did rewrites on the script throughout the filming process.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Down to Earth (1947)?
a.		James Gleason plays Max Corkle, a character he originated in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (also directed by Alexander Hall and later remade as Heaven Can Wait).
b.		Despite many claims, the film is not entirely in iambic pentameter. The first draft was, but James Gunn found it to be too tedious of work, so he simply told Lloyd Kaufman it was and he believed it all throughout shooting.
c.		When the executives at Control Data Corporation found out that Universal was planning a major movie featuring a computer, they saw their chance for some public exposure, and they agreed to supply, free of charge, $4.8 million worth of computer equipment and the technicians to oversee its use. Each piece of equipment carried the CDC name in a prominent location. Since they were using real computers - not just big boxes with a lot of flashing lights - the sound stage underwent extensive modifications: seven gas heaters and five specially-constructed dehumidifiers kept any dampness away from the computers, a climate control system maintained the air around the computers at an even temperature, and the equipment was covered up at all times except when actually on camera. Brinks guards were always present on the set, even at night. The studio technicians were not allowed to smoke or drink coffee anywhere near the computers.
d.		Some of the buttons in the Glass elevator: Incompetent Fools T-Bone Steak Jell-O Secretarial Poodles Cocoa Cats Mechanical Clouds Stars in their Pies Nice Plums Up And Out Fragile Egos Black Box of Frogs Weird Lollipops Mighty Jam Monitor Creative Dog Flip Elastic Forest Leaky Canes Dessert Island People Poo Pie Cream Spewed Vegetables Naffy Taffy Lickety Split Peas Honeycombs and Brushes Old Sneezes and Smells Dept. Spewed Dumplings Television Room Whizzdoodles Chocolate Lip Rookies Blackberry Sausages Yankee- Doodles Orange Egg Flip Root Beer Goggles Pastry Room Heart Shaped Lungs Projection Room

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Down to Earth (1947)?
a.		Shot in only 15 days.
b.		Although it is not unusual in the history of film for an actors singing voice to be dubbed by someone else this film is a rare instance where both leads, Rita Hayward and Larry Parks, could not sing. Anita Ellis sang for Rita and Hal Derwin dubbed Parks.
c.		Alicia Silverstones acting debut.
d.		Also, the last time we see Sgt. Kyle Blanks, Mrs. Fackler and cadets Hedges and Karen Adams.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Down to Earth (1947)?
a.		Though never spoken in the film the name of the town where its set is Mercer, Montana according to the script. The local population of the fictional town is 1,536 - though it drops over the course of the film.
b.		The book pages at the end of the movie are song lyrics from television series. One the left page, first paragraph is from The Fall Guy; paragraph two is from a cartoon called DArtacan y los tres mosqueperros; paragraph three is the theme from The Dukes of Hazzard; and paragraph four is from Taiyô no ko Esteban.
c.		After Kitty (Rita Hayworth) and Danny (Larry Parks) finish their fight about how the information in the play is all wrong, Hayworth picks up a snow globe from a table and throws it at a mirror. It is the same snow globe that Charles Foster Kane drops when he dies in Citizen Kane. Charles Foster Kane was played by Orson Welles, who was Hayworths husband at the time.
d.		The small spiders used in the film were Avondale spiders (Delena Cancerides), a harmless species from New Zealand that were provided by Landcare Research in Auckland. Despite their fierce appearance, this spider is docile member of the crab-spider family and are, in fact, harmless to humans. They were not allowed back in New Zealand for quarantine reasons. The giant "spider" used in the film was a species of a bird-eating tarantula, which attains an 8" legspan or more. Those types of tarantula are not easy to handle and can give a nasty bite. The spiders in the film were managed and handled by famed entomologist Steven R. Kutcher.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Down to Earth (1947)?
a.		In its standard edition, the DVD runtime is exactly 104 min and 8 sec, referring directly to the movie title. This also makes the DVD stop playing at precisely 1:44:08, again referring to the title.
b.		Opened 6/15/73 in Seattle, Washington, at the 5th Avenue Theatre. Its ad campaign, whose slogan was "When was the last time you stood up and applauded a movie?", was one of the most successful in Hollywoods history.
c.		The girls who played the twins were not professional actors. Robert Altman cast them after spotting both of them as waitresses in California.
d.		In the newspaper montage, the third item in the Lyons Den column reads: "Save up your gas money and go over to Danny McGuires place in Brooklyn. Youll see the current Vanity cover in the flesh." This is the plot for Cover Girl, Rita Hayworths previous movie for Columbia, so in effect the characters of Kitty Pendleton and Rusty Parker are playing at the same time in different venues, even though theyre both played by the same person.

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