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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Garbo Talks (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Garbo Talks (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Garbo Talks (1984).
About the movie:
The son of a woman dying of a brain tumour tries to fulfil his mother's last wish - to meet Greta Garbo.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Garbo Talks (1984)?
a.
A recording of the music for this film was made using the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Some sources say the entire film was scored and recorded in this process, but other sources say only a couple of reels were recorded as an experiment. See also
Bella Donna
.
b.
Miss Beaumonts name means beautiful mountain. This is in reference to the considerable height difference between Beaumont (
Uma Thurman
) and Major Wilshaw (
Edward Fox
).
c.
Dorothy Loudon
s film debut.
d.
Film debut of
Eddy Waller
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Garbo Talks (1984)?
a.
The Pants Manifesto scene (at Gildas) was filmed by placing the camera on a 360-degree dolly track around the girls. However it was virtually impossible for the camera to complete the circle around them without its own shadow being visible at some point in the scene (as the camera passed in front of the lights). Luckily, the visual effects people came to the rescue and "erased" the shadow from the shot.
b.
This is the last film of
Hermione Gingold
.
c.
The bottle of chili sauce falling in the opening cartoon had to be reanimated several times as British animators used the UK spelling "chilli".
d.
In the scene at the Windsor racetrack, you can see part of
Michael Caine
s backyard and the roof of the house he owned over
Robert Shaw
s shoulder.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Garbo Talks (1984)?
a.
In an early example of product placement, a bottle of Bayer aspirin is shown on a table.
b.
The second film in which
Anne Bancroft
and
Steven Hill
play a married, or once married couple, the first being the
The Slender Thread
.
c.
Any hope of a sequel to "The Breakfast Club" was basically dashed due to the volatile relationship between John Hughes and Judd Nelson. John Hughes stated that he would never work with Nelson again. Also, it was unclear whether or not Hughes still held ill will against his oft-cast starlet, Molly Ringwald. They had a falling out in the late eighties after Ringwald decided to move on from the teen film genre to pursue more adult roles, thus severing her relationship with Hughes.
d.
Basil Rathbone
played Tybalt in this film even though he had triumphed in the role of Romeo on Broadway in 1934, opposite the Juliet of
Katharine Cornell
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Garbo Talks (1984)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "The Letter" (and adapted for this film) by
W. Somerset Maugham
opened at the Morosco Theater on September 26, 1927 and ran for 104 performances.
b.
Terence Jay
, who plays Jermey Van Holden, also performs the song oneblood that plays during the final fight scene.
c.
This is the last film project for
Howard Da Silva
.
d.
The film was blocked by the Censor Board of India for too much violence. The Board demanded cuts that
Steven Spielberg
declined to make, and instead he decided not to release the movie in India at all. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the then Home Minister of India saw the movie himself and, impressed, ordered it to be released uncut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Garbo Talks (1984)?
a.
Though an "A-scale" Technicolor musical from MGM, this picture failed to receive a contemporary New York Times review. Moreover, MGM Records did not release a soundtrack album.
b.
Was originally shown as a drive-in double feature with
Gas Pump Girls
.
c.
Betty Comden
was hired to play Garbo at the end of the film because the producers were sure that the real Garbo either could not be located or would flatly turn them down. They did try however, a known associate of
Greta Garbo
s. He was located and was asked to ask the great actress if she would appear in the film, but the associate never responded back. That is Comden we see in the film.
d.
Many critics said that the arrest scene at the end was not believable. In fact, most of the actors did not know the arrest was going to be happening. The yacht party ran out of food in real life. Many of the actors were upset with director Hergott and were drinking on the yacht. Many of the reactions on the yacht were in fact real. Characters thought the arrest was real. Many of the actors to this day will not speak to Hergott because of what happened on the yacht that night.
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