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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Freaks (1932) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Freaks (1932) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932).
About the movie:
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
At the end of the movie, the grandmothers high school rival is played by
Cloris Leachman
who used to trade barbs with Betty White on
Mary Tyler Moore
as Sue Ann Nivens and Phylis Lindstrom.
b.
During the 1920s and 1930s, photographer Edward J. Kelty took a succession of group photographs of members of the Barnum and Bailey freak show. What is interesting is how many cast members can be spotted in them (this film is the only movie credit for most of them). Familiar faces include
Harry Earles
(Hans),
Daisy Earles
(Frieda),
Peter Robinson
(human skeleton),
Elvira Snow
(pinhead),
Jenny Lee Snow
(pinhead),
Elizabeth Green
(bird girl) and
Olga Roderick
(bearded lady).
c.
Carl Sagan
and
Ann Druyan
began the concept in 1980 as a movie treatment that was never picked up. Sagan finished the story alone and in 1985, released the book "Contact" with no further assistance from Druyan.
d.
There is an 8x10 photo shown in the film of
Humphrey Bogart
s character before his face surgery. The actors face in the photo is of character actor
Frank Wilcox
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
In the UK this film was banned for 30 years after it was first released.
b.
Walter Catlett
was hired for some comical scenes, but he didnt made it in the final print.
c.
Was not shot in 3-D as previously reported. According to the Moving Picture World, some test footage was shot of (among other things) John Mason enacting scenes from the film (although not specifically from the film). Marie Doro has often been miscredited as being in "Jim the Penman," but was actually a subject of another test. "Jim the Penman" as a feature was shot flat and released flat only.
d.
When "Lucky" Luciano and the others bring in "Mad Dog" Coll to offer him a chance to move to California, they get into a discussion about Colls style of killing, to which Coll slaps "Bugsy" Siegel on the knee and laughs out "Theres nothing so pretty as the back of a mans head!" Ironically, when
Bugsy Siegel
was murdered in 1947, he was shot through the back of the head.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
The films original ending showed Hercules singing soprano in Madame Tetralinis new sideshow because he has been castrated by the freaks. After intensely negative reaction by preview audiences, this scene was cut.
b.
The song "Put Me To the Test" was a complete reworking of an instrumental used in the 1937
Fred Astaire
musical
A Damsel in Distress
The lyrics for it had already been written by
Ira Gershwin
, and the original melody by his brother George, but because the song had already been heard only as an instrumental in that film,
George Gershwin
s melody was discarded in favor of a new one by
Jerome Kern
when "Cover Girl" was made, and Ira Gershwins lyrics to the song were finally heard.
c.
According to his file, Billy Costigans birthday is November 7, 1984. Although a second shot of the same screen then labels his date of birth as November 7, 1980 (See "Goofs" section).
d.
The entrance hall of Kirk Cuddys mansion is the same set that was used for Chilton Academy on the TV show
Gilmore Girls
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
The car dealership in the movie was actually Harry Mahers used car lot near Universal Studios. Since Ford Motor company was a sponsor of
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show the car lots usual inventory was displaced in favor of shiny Edsels, Fairlanes and Mercury models from Ford.
b.
Sean Penn
took the role of David Kleinfeld just for the money so he could use it to fund his second film
The Crossing Guard
.
c.
The original casting had
Victor McLaglen
as Hercules,
Myrna Loy
as Cleopatra, and
Jean Harlow
as Venus. All balked at the prospect of co-starring with "sideshow exhibitions".
d.
Jim Backus
last live project.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
The two
Ray Noble and His Orchestra
songs used were not actually from the 1920s: "Midnight, the Stars and You" (played in the ballroom) was recorded Feb 16, 1934, and "Its All Forgotten Now" (heard faintly when Grady is talking to Jack in the bathroom) was recorded July 11, 1934.
b.
Cast member
Olga Roderick
, the bearded lady, later denounced the film and regretted her involvement in it.
c.
Tom Berengers film debut.
d.
John Landis
was going to make a cameo as an irate customer, but this was written out at the last minute.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
During filming, director
Tod Browning
was plagued with dreams in which
Johnny Eck
and a pinhead would keep bringing a cow in backward through a doorway in the middle of shoots.
b.
Re-released under the title of "E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nasty" during the Video Nasty era. The VHS cover itself was actually a doctored E.T. poster made to look like a gory rip-off.
c.
Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Western" in June 2008.
d.
There is a
Bride of Frankenstein
connection to this motion picture, both
Elsa Lanchester
and
Una OConnor
costarred in that monster classic.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
Doug Hutchison
insisted that his character should have handlebar mustache.
b.
A lengthy alternative ending was shot but later scrapped. That ending included spoofs of
A Beautiful Mind
,
Hulk
, and especially
The Matrix Reloaded
.
c.
The electrical equipment on the set was so badly grounded that crew members were frequently shocked.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
The tune that the main characters constantly play on their sweet potatoes is "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actors Life for Me)" from
Pinocchio
b.
In the beginning scenes when Princess Mia is explaining what has gone on since the first movie she says that she and Michael have broken up and he is now touring with his band.
Robert Schwartzman
declined to do the sequel in order to focus on his band, Rooney, which was touring the country at the time the movie was being made.
c.
Prince Randian
, the man with no arms or legs, developed a habit of lurking in dark corners and frightening passers-by with a blood-curdling yell.
d.
At one point,
Brendan Fraser
was set to star and
Joel Schumacher
was set to direct.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
The meaning and relevance of the word Isandhlwana in the phrase Battle of Islandlhwana is that Isandlwana is a place in South Africa. It has been defined as both a hill and a mountain. It is an isolated location in the KwaZulu-Natal province and is 16 km (ten miles) south-east of Rorkes Drift where the battle in
Zulu
takes place.
b.
Judy Garland
complained about the press writing about her behavior on this film. She said: "The studio hadnt even built the set yet, and the tabloids had me walking off it".
c.
John Dykstra
, who won an Oscar for his work as visual effects supervisor on
Spider-Man 2
, had declined to work on the third film. Instead, Dykstra chose to work on Hot Wheels.
Scott Stokdyk
took over as visual effects supervisor.
d.
After the film had been withdrawn and shelved by MGM, the distribution rights were acquired by notorious exploitation roadshow specialist
Dwain Esper
. Esper traveled the country showing the film under such lurid titles as "Forbidden Love" and "Natures Mistakes".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Freaks (1932)?
a.
This was the only film Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey made for Columbia Pictures. All their other features were for RKO Radio Pictures.
b.
This is Omnimons first appearance (segment 2).
c.
The on-screen romance between Hans and Frieda was very subdued because the roles were being played by real life brother and sister
Harry Earles
and
Daisy Earles
.
d.
James Baldwins original screenplay for this film has been published, under the title "One Day When I Was Lost." It begins with Malcolm driving to the Audobon Theater, and then telling his life through flashbacks.
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