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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Excess Baggage (1928) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Excess Baggage (1928)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Excess Baggage (1928).

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1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Excess Baggage (1928)?
a.		The scene when a can is thrown at John Malkovichs head is real. An Extra became drunk and decided to pull of the prank. Director, Spike Jonze, loved the scene so much, he put it in the film. Subsequently, the said actor has received a SAG card for this infamous scene.
b.		The soldier who did most of the dancing with Madonna in the bar scene was a recurring character on director Penny Marshalls Laverne & Shirley TV show. The actor, Eddie Mekka, was Shirleys boyfriend and his occupation was a dance teacher.
c.		Director Lewis Milestone needed to persuade Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn to hire actor John Gilbert for this picture. At the time it was generally believed that Gilberts voice recorded higher in pitch than suited his masculine silent screen image, but Milestone believed that Gilberts voice recorded higher in pitch because of the actors anxiety at having to test for MGM as a means of defending his exorbitant salary there. Gilbert agreed to submit to a new voice-test for the role as a means of persuading Cohn that his casting in the picture was a viable investment. With his friend Milestone directing the test for the Columbia picture his voice recorded perfectly and John Gilbert was hired for the role.
d.		This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Excess Baggage (1928)?
a.		MGM initially intended Singin in the Rain to be a remake of this film.
b.		Judi Denchs dress was made from crushed Swarovski crystal.
c.		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.
d.		Director Otto Preminger offered the role of a Southern senator to Martin Luther King Jr., believing that the casting could have a positive impact (despite the fact that there were no black senators at the time). King declined after serious consideration, as he felt playing the role could cause hostility and hurt the civil rights movement.