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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dracula (1931) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dracula (1931) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931).
About the movie:
The ancient vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon the virtuous young Mina.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
Film critic
Rex Reed
interviewed
Otto Preminger
and the cast during the filming in the summer of 1966 and was given a bit part in the film as a farmer.
b.
Similar to the prologue in
Frankenstein
, the original release featured an epilogue with
Edward Van Sloan
talking to the audience about what they have just seen. This was removed for the 1936 re-release and is now assumed to be lost.
c.
The video title "Deadly Drifter" is strongly contested by
Eli Hollander
. He has claimed that he plans on making a legal plea for the original title "Out" to be re-applied to all video versions, since it is he who holds the copyright.
d.
The chant of the Wicked Witch of the Wests Palace Guards was later incorporated into the song "Jungle Love" by
Morris Day
and The Time.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
According to
Joe Eszterhas
s autobiography he hated the final film. Director
William Friedkin
changed Eszterhass script so much, he threatened to remove his name from the credits. Paramount settled with him by giving him a "blind script deal" worth two to four Million Dollars. Later, Friedkin admitted that he did virtually rewrote the script, but Friedkin also said that this film was his most favorite film he had ever made.
b.
Two biologists were employed to protect the eggs of turtles on the beaches of Mexico where filming took place.
c.
Swan was to be abducted by a homosexual and sadomasochistic gang who had doberman pinschers. He was scripted to escape and lead The Warriors home.
d.
This Universal production became the most famous and successful film to pair
David Manners
with
Helen Chandler
. The pair had made two films at Warner Brothers/First National and one at Fox.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
Just like the character he plays becomes,
Charles Bronson
was claustrophobic in real life from working in coal mines as a youth.
b.
After striking box office gold in
Grease
,
John Travolta
and
Olivia Newton-John
re-teamed five years later for this romantic comedy.
c.
Audie Murphy
received most of his military decorations before he had turned the ages of nineteen and twenty.
d.
Although it was his most famous role,
Bela Lugosi
played Dracula only once more on screen, in the comedy
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
. However, he played Dracula-like characters in movies such as
The Return of the Vampire
and
Plan 9 from Outer Space
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
b.
Due to studio demands to cut costs, the film was shot in sequence.
c.
Rob Brydon
played
Dustin Hoffman
in a deleted scene, which took place at the 1980 Academy Awards and involved Sellers losing the Oscar for Best Actor (for his performance in
Being There
) to Hoffman (for his performance in
Kramer vs. Kramer
), during his acceptance speech Hoffman declared "I refuse to believe that I beat Peter Sellers". Though the Academy Awards scene was deleted, the framing scene of Sellers watching it on TV is still in the picture. It has merely been reedited so whats playing on the TV has been changed to the scene from
Being There
that he filmed. The look on Sellers face as he watches was originally his expression while rewinding the tape of Hoffman saying "I beat Peter Sellers" and playing it over and over again.
Stephen Hopkins
says on the DVD commentary that the scene was altered because his dramatic point got lost in the exposition of showing Sellers lose the Oscar.
d.
Warner Brothers second all-talking picture.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
There was no real musical soundtrack in the film because it was believed that, with sound being such a recent innovation in films, the audience would not accept hearing music in a scene if there was no explanation for it being there (e.g., the orchestra playing off camera when Dracula meets Mina at the theatre).
b.
Alec Cawthorne
receives an "introducing" credit
c.
Robbie Coltrane
had to turn down a part in
The West Wing
to reprise his role as Hagrid.
d.
Though
Gene Wilder
and Gilda Radner met on this picture, interestingly, Radner had previously had a very bit part as a Townswoman in the earlier Wilder starring movie,
Blazing Saddles
but apparently the two future spouses never crossed paths on that picture.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
The name of the song being played and sung when Janet enters Bobbys church is "Jesus, Friend of Sinners", written by Paul Oakley (uncredited).
b.
The North Korean sequences were deliberately bleached of color to emphasize the inhospitality of the location.
c.
After the death of
Lon Chaney
, one of the first actors considered for the title role was
Ian Keith
.
d.
After the movie was taken out of
Woody Allen
s hands, Allen noted that his own voice had been dubbed over in the closing credits.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
While it is rumored that
Bela Lugosi
, could not speak English very well, and had to learn his lines phonetically, this is not true. Lugosi was speaking English as well as he ever would by the time this was filmed.
b.
The song "Parlez nous à boire", heard towards the end of this movie, was actually sung by
Dewey Balfa
, a Cajun Indian musician who performed the traditional Cajun Indian music in the film.
c.
The
Queen
song "One Year Of Love" (which can be heard in the background in the scene where Brenda meets Connor in the bar) was never released as a single in Europe or the US, but was a hit in Japan. The 7" single was released as part of the Highlander marketing wave, and its label said it was from the forthcoming soundtrack album (which never surfaced). It was, however, featured on the "Its a Kind of Magic" album.
d.
Much of the film is based off a real-life confrontation between Chicago cop
Chuck Adamson
and the REAL
Neil McCauley
. Adamson was a retired police officer whom director
Michael Mann
had been working with off and on since the film
Thief
starring
James Caan
(and based upon the career of famed Chicago burglar
Frank Hohimer
whom Adamson had arrested). They had later worked together on two shows produced by Mann, "Miami Vice" and "Crime Story". According to Chuck Adamson (and confirmed by Michael Mann) in the Heat-Special Edition DVD Documentary "Crime Stories", McCauley was a professional robber whom he had frequently crossed paths with. Events such as the scene between Vincent Hanna and Neil McCauley in the coffee shop where they basically tell each other that the last time they meet will be their last, and the warehouse sting where McCauley got tipped off that the cops were around due to an officer making a noise really happened. In real life, the real Neil McCauley was killed during a robbery of a grocery store (similar to the bank heist shootout) by Adamsons team who were tipped off to the robbery.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
Several famous elements often associated with Dracula are not visible in this film. At no point does Dracula display fangs. Also, the famous vampire bite mark on the neck is never shown either (though it is visible in the Spanish version).
b.
Ethel Merman
insisted on bringing her own hairdresser to set.
c.
During the opening credits, the Hasidic-clad diamond thieves are discussing the Virgin Mary. This is a reference to
Reservoir Dogs
, where during the opening scene the thieves are discussing the
Madonna
song "Like a Virgin".
d.
The nineteenth of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
In the Foot Warehouse, the boxes in the foreground near the skate half-pipe read Mirage, which was one the comic book company that originally published Eastman and Lairds Ninja Turtles comic.
b.
Bang Bang says only three words in the entire film, not counting the karaoke she does.
c.
The peasants inside the inn are praying The Lords Prayer in Hungarian.
d.
Incomplete print exists (missing one reel) in The International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula (1931)?
a.
Bette Davis
(who had a contract at Universal at the time) was considered to play the part of Mina Harker. However, Universal head
Carl Laemmle Jr.
didnt think too highly of her sex appeal.
b.
The Six originally met when they all worked together at the Arclight movie theater in Hollywood. They based the opening of the movie on their experiences there.
c.
During its original theatrical run, this film was preceded by
Not Tonight, Josephine
in some theaters.
d.
The song "Where Is the Boy?" was done by two musicians director
Radley Metzger
met while shooting the film in Yugoslavia.
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