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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Enchanted Island (1958) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Enchanted Island (1958)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Enchanted Island (1958).

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1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Enchanted Island (1958)?
a.		This was one of the last films produced for RKO. By the time it was completed, RKO had ceased production and distribution. It was released through Warner Brothers.
b.		Stephen Lang was initially a top candidate for the supporting role of Captain, he was in the midst of playing a fire captain in Jim Simpsons "The Guys" in the Flea Theatre. However he lost out once John Travolta expressed interest in the project.
c.		When the wardrobe department was looking for a coat for Frank Morgan (Professor Marvel / The Wizard), they decided they wanted one that looked like it had once been elegant but had since "gone to seed". They visited a second-hand store and purchased an entire rack of coats, from which Morgan, the head of the wardrobe department, and director Victor Fleming chose one they felt gave off the perfect appearance of "shabby gentility". One day, while he was on set in the coat, Morgan idly turned out one of the pockets and discovered a label indicating that the coat had been made for L. Frank Baum. Mary Mayer, a unit publicist for the film, contacted the tailor and Baums widow, who both verified that the coat had at one time been owned by the author of the original "Wizard of Oz" books. After the filming was completed, the coat was presented to Mrs. Baum.
d.		All key scenes feature either one of the many actual bridges of Pittsburgh or a depiction (painting, photo, billboard, etc) of a bridge in the background. In the DVD extras, director Curtis Hanson says this is meant to represent the fact that so many of the films characters are at a point in their lives at which they have to make pivotal decisions about which way to go from then on.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Enchanted Island (1958)?
a.		In the early 1960s Sergio Leones brother-in-law Fulvio Morsella read an Italian translation of Harry Greys book The Hoods to him. The book claimed to be "an autobiographical account" of the life of a Jewish gangster in New Yorks Lower East Side, and written by Grey whilst he was incarcerated in Sing Sing prison. Leone was very taken with the book, and it served as his major inspiration in making a gangster film that would capture the spirit of America.
b.		Bill Murray, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vince Vaughn were all considered for the role of Pat Healy.
c.		Of Jane Powells 19 features released between 1944 and 1958, her Hollywood era, this was the only film not to receive a contemporary New York Times review.
d.		Reported to be Greer Garsons favorite of all her movies.