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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Footlight Parade (1933) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Footlight Parade (1933) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933).
About the movie:
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933)?
a.
This film is loaded with cameos by famous country singers, such as
Carlene Carter
(playing a waitress on the riverboat),
Hal Ketchum
(bank robber),
Vince Gill
(spectator at the poker game),
Clint Black
(gambler who gets thrown off the boat for cheating),
Waylon Jennings
and
Kathy Mattea
(two people with guns on the riverboat).
b.
In wide shots, most of the refinery is actually made of cardboard.
c.
After the books author
Thomas Keneally
wrote a miniseries-length script,
Kurt Luedtke
was hired by
Steven Spielberg
to write the screenplay, but he gave up after four years work.
d.
Film debut of
Dorothy Lamour
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933)?
a.
The Nostromo is supposed to be 800 feet long, while the craft she is towing is a mile and a half long.
b.
The screen to the far left of all of Warlocks hacking screens has the auction website eBay open with a Boba Fett action figure being watched, despite the fact that the power had already been cut off by that time in the screenplay.
c.
The actress who successfully auditions in the "Ah the Moon is Here" number is
Gracie Barrie
. She is not credited but a 1933 press release identifies her.
d.
Thomas Ikimi does the voice for the radio station Adam listens to in his apartment when he comes home from the roof.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933)?
a.
The video camera that Yen uses while in the hotel room is a Canon XL1S. For director
Steven Soderbergh
s low-budget/star-studded indie film
Full Frontal
, he used the same camcorder to shoot the film and keep the budget low.
b.
In a documentary,
The John Garfield Story
, actress
Julie Garfield
denied that her father,
John Garfield
, is the sailor-extra he is often credited with being in the "Shanghai Lil" production number. Whoever the extra is, hes a dead ringer for Mr. Garfield.
c.
Tim Herlihy
,
Adam Sandler
s preferred screenwriter, was brought in to rewrite some dialog. He didnt receive any credits.
d.
Filming came to a temporary stop in May 2010 after a worker fell 30 feet from a set while shooting at the F.A.O. Schwartz toy store in New York.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "A Thousand Clowns" by
Herb Gardner
opened at the Eugene ONeill Theater in New York on April 5, 1962, ran for 428 performances and was nominated for the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play.
Jason Robards
,
Gene Saks
,
William Daniels
and
Barry Gordon
recreated their stage roles in the filmed production. Barry Gordon (I) was nominated for the 1963 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Sandy Dennis
who did not recreate her stage role, won the 1963 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
b.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1992.
c.
Filmed in Minnesota, down the road from
Fargo
which was shooting at the same time.
d.
The subplot concerning Cates engagement to the Rev. Browns daughter Rachel, and Bradys manipulation of the girl to give damaging testimony at the trial, is entirely fictional. The real-life
John Thomas Scopes
had no known fiancée or girlfriend at the time of the trial.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933)?
a.
During the month-long shoot
Georgine Darcy
, who played "Miss Torso", "lived" in her apartment all day, relaxing between takes as if really at home.
b.
To this day (19 March 2007),
Karen Blixen
remains the only woman who has ever been invited to drink in the mens bar at the Muthaiga Country Club. Even though the club has relaxed certain rules, even allowing men without jacket and tie in certain parts of the club, the rule for men only remains. Another bar allows women.
c.
Director Frank Henenlotter stated in an interview that his original idea for this sequel was to have the character Duane Bradley from the original
Basket Case
have a small part and have the film focus more on the freak aspect. He also wanted to the call the sequel "House of Freaks." Shapiro-Glickenhaus Home Video wanted to call the film "Basket Case 2" and insisted Duane Bradleys character have a much larger part. Despite this Henennlotter was given freedom to put the freaks in a very different situation instead of just basically redoing the first film. Because of this Hennenlotter has admitted that he likes this sequel because it is a different film than the original.
d.
John Garfield
is often credited as being an extra in this film, five years before signing a Hollywood contract with Warner Brothers, but researchers are in dispute over whether it is actually Garfield in the shot, which lasts 5/6 of one second onscreen.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Footlight Parade (1933)?
a.
Julie Andrews
nearly turned down the role of Maria Von Trapp, fearing the character was too similar to her role in
Mary Poppins
.
b.
The list of wrestlers Frank gives who have died in the ring are all real, and they all did die either while wrestling or from injuries sustained in a match.
c.
The film that
Guy Kibbee
and
Arthur Hohl
takes
James Cagney
to see is
The Telegraph Trail
.
d.
One subplot discarded from the final film concerned Susan Alexander Kane having an affair that Mr. Kane discovers. There were scenes written and story boards designed for this sequence.
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