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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Foreign Correspondent (1940) - 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: Foreign Correspondent (1940).
About the movie:
On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
The hut used during the filming as Hagrids hut has since been demolished in case fans of the film swamped it.
b.
The motorcycle that Hilts (
Steve McQueen
) rides is a cosmetically modified Triumph TR6 Trophy. Bud Ekins who actually performs the famous barbed wire leap stunt, was a Triumph dealer. Triumph was McQueens favorite motorcycle marque. The motorcycle sidecar combination that crashes into a ditch is revealed to be a Triumph motorcycle, too. As is well known, these British motorcycle models were not in existence during the Second World War and their appearance is somewhat incongruous.
c.
When this movie was made, America was not part of World War II. At this time, a number of Hollywood studios were pro-American involvement in the war. This movie is one of a number of films made during the late 1930s and early 1940s that represented pro-American intervention in the war. These films include:
A Yank in the R.A.F.
,
Man Hunt
,
Foreign Correspondent
,
The Mortal Storm
,
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
and
Sergeant York
.
d.
Mailes Restaurant (The Tremor Brothers shoot-out at the beginning of the film) is named after director
Joe Carnahan
s daughter, Maile.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock originally wanted Joan Fontaine for the female lead. But David O. Selznick refused to loan Joan Fontaine to Walter Wanger Productions for Foreign Correspondent.
b.
Fanny Brice
was originally slated for the part of Glinda, the Good Witch.
c.
Based on
Peter Landesman
s 25 January 2004 New York Times Magazine cover story about sex slaves.
d.
The opening title sequence has a text that identifies the place as Korea. This was added at the insistence of the studio after director
Robert Altman
had removed every reference to Korea, intending it to be mistaken for Vietnam, which would reinforce the anti-war statement.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
Years after the films release, with the advent of advanced DNA testing, it was determined that the body shipped back to the United States (as seen in the films final image) was NOT that of Charles Horman. Joyce Horman actively continues to search for the truth behind her husbands capture and murder.
b.
Ranked #3 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Western" in June 2008.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
s eccentric marriage proposal to
Alma Reville
was written into the script.
d.
Unbeknownst to most of the cast and crew several of the cadavers were real skeletons. Upon learning of this, the crew demanded an exorcism be held on the set to ease the rising tensions, which happened soon after.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
Producer
Walter Wanger
and director Alfred Hitchcock clashed repeatedly during shooting. Wanger kept wanting to have the script rewritten with every news story reporting changes in the European situation. Hitchcock, who hated making a movie without the script in absolutely final form before shooting began, pointed out that even if the film were up-to-date at the time of shooting it would be out of date by the time he finished post-production and it was ready for release.
b.
A Klansman in a red car with tall fins and white roof throws a victim out the door in the town square. The car is a 1961 DeSoto, the very last edition of the historic make. In fall 1960, Chrysler made about 3000 DeSotos before they discontinued the line.
c.
The films title refers to a street term for cocaine.
d.
The first film in CinemaScope which was not produced by 20th Century-Fox.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
: early in the movie walking past Johnny Jones hotel reading a newspaper.
b.
The character of Lorraine Sheldon was based on
Gertrude Lawrence
, and the character of Beverly Carlton was based on
Noel Coward
.
c.
For the scene in Mirabelles bedroom where the cat jumps on the bed and watches her and Jeremy, there were actually two cats used. The director explains in his commentary that one could jump but never watched, and the other was good at watching but couldnt jump.
d.
The actual school that Norway merged to went to the state playoffs in 2009.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
Gary Cooper
and
Grace Kelly
had an affair that lasted for the duration of filming.
b.
Final cinema film of
Michael V. Gazzo
.
c.
The ending with
Joel McCrea
delivering a propaganda broadcast as bombs fall on London was written (by
Ben Hecht
) and shot after the rest of the film was completed. It replaced a more sardonic ending in which Folliott (
George Sanders
) tells Haverstock (McCrea) how the Germans will likely cover up the incidents depicted in the main part of the film.
d.
Clint Eastwood
did all of his own stunts, including the scene where he cuts his safety line over a drop of at least one thousand feet. The only stunt he did not perform was a 2500-foot drop, for which a dummy was used.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Foreign Correspondent (1940)?
a.
Unlike in her earlier film
Our Little Girl
, in which she played "Oh! Susanna,"
Shirley Temple
did not do her own piano playing in this film.
b.
The yoga instructor is played by Jennifer and Alans real yoga instructor.
c.
When the shipwreck sequence was shot, a special tub within the studio tank had to be built for
Herbert Marshall
, who couldnt swim because he only had one leg (hed lost a leg in combat in World War I).
d.
Marcia Mae Jones
received fan mail from disabled children all over the world after playing Klara in this movie.
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