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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flesh and the Devil (1926) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flesh and the Devil (1926) Quiz
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About the movie:
Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home, on leave from their military training, Leo sees the beautiful Felicitas at the railroad station...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
According to an interview in Entertainment Weekly,
Tom Hanks
,
Michael Keaton
and
Judge Reinhold
were considered for the role of Mahoney.
b.
The theme song was re-recorded by
Josie Cotton
and released on the CD Invasion Of The B-Girls..
Russ Meyer
threatened to sue Cotton if she put any of his title-songs on her CD, but died before he could follow through. Josie says that she didnt mean to steal from Meyer, but that she is a fan and it was meant as an homage to his work.
c.
According to Barry Pariss commentary on the 2005 DVD release, Garbo initially refused to do this film, which was scheduled for production immediately following her last picture, and also not long after the death of her sister from cancer. MGM sent her a sternly worded telegram, and she capitulated.
d.
Penny Chenery was on set for much of the filming. She was absent when she took an afternoon nap, but otherwise was there each morning and later in the day.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
Debut of
Colleen Moore
.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 5, 1949 with
Robert Taylor
reprising his film role.
c.
The cigarettes that
Emma Thompson
smokes are American Spirits.
d.
The first scene between
John Gilbert
and
Greta Garbo
, in the train station, was also the first time Gilbert every saw Garbo. He falls in love on camera, so completely in love that he never went back home to his wife.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
The film was such a commercial success for MGM Studios and such a breakout film for
Greta Garbo
, that she was considered 12% of the entire studios value by 1927.
b.
No fewer than 35 writers worked on the film.
Steven E. de Souza
turned in the original draft in 1987, though
Michael J. Wilson
s 1992 draft later became the working model. When director
Brian Levant
signed on, he recruited
Gary Ross
to handle the screenplay; Ross turned in his draft in 1993. This was junked. Various other writers, including
Lowell Ganz
and
Babaloo Mandel
, worked on the script before Levant was finally happy in August 1993. Though just three writers ended up being credited, a total of 32 people (including Levant and producer
Bruce Cohen
) were awarded the films Golden Raspberry for Worst Screenplay.
c.
Ojo (
Nick Cravat
) is mute because Cravat had a thick East Coast accent.
d.
Sam Spiegel
was en route from Paris to London when he bought the then much-talked about novel by
Pierre Boulle
out of curiosity. By the time he arrived in London, he had read the novel and decided what his next film was going to be. He immediately flew back to Paris for a meeting with a surprised Boulle who agreed to sell him the film rights.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
A "Siskel and Ebert Fruit Cart" appears in the movie in reference to Roger Eberts glossary of movie terms where, under the title "Fruit Cart!", its explained that during any chase scene involving a foreign or ethnic locale, a fruit cart will be overturned during the chase, and an angry peddler will run into the middle of the street to shake his fist at the heros departing vehicle.
b.
MGM denied
Greta Garbo
s request for bereavement leave to attend the funeral of her sister in Sweden. Garbo reluctantly continued production after rumors of deportation arose if she refused to work.
c.
The elderly man in the waiting room who talks on and on about the Pony Express is
Byron P. Cavnar
, an 89-year-old local who was in the waiting room when the crew arrived to film there. He got to talking on his favorite subject, the Pony Express, and director
Barry Levinson
got such a kick out of it that he let Caunar keep on talking as the cameras rolled; all his dialog was spontaneous and not scripted.
d.
43 cats were trained for the film.
Halle Berry
adopted one of them afterwards, an orange and white youngster named Play Dough.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
The 15th biggest grossing film of 1974.
b.
During its long development process, Rambo went through a number of story premises. One un-produced script featured Rambo living a quiet life with wife and child, until white supremacists kidnap his family. Another script found Rambo trying to stop a hostage situation at the United Nations, where he is working as a diplomat, when terrorists (including Rambos adopted son) take hold of the UN headquarters in New York.
c.
In Chinese, Los name is "Little Tiger", and Jens name is "Gorgeous Dragon".
d.
Felicitas role was first conceived for
Lillian Gish
, but at the time she was getting $1 million per picture. The role was assigned to the recently-hired
Greta Garbo
, who was contracted at $450/week.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
There was some concern that
John Wayne
and
Montgomery Clift
would not get along since they were diametrically opposed on all political issues, and both were outspoken on their views. According to legend they agreed not to discuss politics and the shooting went smoothly. However both Wayne and
Walter Brennan
would not get along with Clift since they were aware of his homosexuality, and they stayed away from the young actor when not filming. At one point Wayne tried to have Clift replaced when he heard that his co-star was having an affair with
John Ireland
. Clift later turned down
Dean Martin
s role in
Rio Bravo
because he did not want to be reunited with those two actors.
b.
After Blackheart absorbs the souls of the damned at San Venganza, he says, "My name is Legion, for we are many." In the Bible, a man possessed by demons says the same thing before Jesus cures him (Mark 5:9).
c.
Director
Clarence Brown
was so overawed by the developing romance between Gilbert and Garbo that at the end of one particularly passionate scene he did not even call "cut," instead motioning the lighting and camera crews to stop filming. They withdrew from the set and, after a few hours, had dinner sent in.
d.
Brad Pitt
was committed to playing Adam Hall, but left the project when
Ron Howard
left to direct
Ransom
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flesh and the Devil (1926)?
a.
There are repeated references to five women murdered by Lord Blackwell before the beginning of the movie. Five is also the number of women that the bulk of historians agree were murdered by Jack the Ripper (additional victims are disputed).
b.
During the "cigarette lighting" scene in the garden, the "match" cupped in Leos hand is actually a very small carbon arc lamp built for the scene - very hot, very dangerous, but providing a remarkable visual effect.
c.
By the time
Alan Menken
and Howard Ashman won an Academy Award for Best Original Song (for the song "Beauty and the Beast"), Ashman had already died. Ashmans longtime romantic partner,
Bill Lauch
, accepted the award on his behalf.
d.
According to notes from Twentieth Century-Fox studio publicity and their Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Arts-Special Collections Library, planned but rejected and unfilmed scenes included a big wedding sequence between lead characters Carol Brown (
Betty Grable
and Tim Baker (
Tyrone Power
at the end of this movie after Baker had been discovered to being alive.
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