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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gaslight (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gaslight (1944) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944).
About the movie:
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret which he will do anything to protect, even if that means driving his wife insane.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
The sets are deliberately overfilled with bric-a-brac to emphasize Paulas increasing sense of claustrophobia.
b.
Kay Siu Lim (Prince Chowfa) is in real life married to Swee Lin Neo who plays Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung.
c.
Scout Taylor-Compton
and
Shane Dawson
auditioned for roles in the movie.
d.
This was the first in a series of Boston Blackie films starring
Chester Morris
and was sufficiently popular to spawn 13 more hour-long pictures.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
Veteran character actor
Vito Scotti
s last film.
b.
The aria that
Ingrid Bergman
is singing when we see her in the first scene of her in the present day is from the
Gaetano Donizetti
opera "Lucia Di Lammermoor". The opera is famous for its so-called "mad scene", in which the eponymous Lucia goes insane.
c.
The Columbia Pictures logo at the start of the film is not the modern one, but the one in use in 1949, which is when the film is set.
d.
This film has oft been mentioned alongside
The Big Chill
but writer-director
John Sayles
has noted that in that movie the friends characters were more upwardly mobile than in this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
Both
Irene Dunne
and
Hedy Lamarr
both turned down the chance to play Paula.
b.
"A Princess of Mars" was originally published as "Under the Moons of Mars" by Norman Bean (Edgar Rice Burroughs pseudonym) in The All-Story (six pulp magazine issues February - July, 1912). Burroughs was originally afraid that he might be ridiculed for writing such a tale, so he decided to use a pen name. The pseudonym was supposed to be a pun "Normal Bean" (as in "Im a normal bean") to reassure people, but the man who typeset the text thought it was a mistake, so he changed it to "Norman".
c.
The song "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" by Vaughn Monroe (I) plays in Samanthas car radio. It also featured at the end of
Die Hard 2
also directed by
Renny Harlin
.
d.
The original production of Showboat opened in the Ziegfeld Theater on December 27, 1927 and ran for 572 performances.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
Director
Richard Quine
played Frank Lippincott in the earlier film version
My Sister Eileen
, and in the original Broadway production of the play.
b.
Angela Lansbury
was only 17 when she made this, her film debut. She had been working at Bullocks Department Store in Los Angeles and when she told her boss that she was leaving, he offered to match the pay at her new job. Expecting it to be in the region of her Bullocks salary of the equivalent of $27 a week, he was somewhat taken aback when she told him she would be earning $500 a week.
c.
The scenes with Jesus Christ are written by
Luis Buñuel
.
d.
Russ Tamblyn
and
Bryan Russell
also appear on the other 1962 Cinerama film
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
Charles Boyer
s contract stipulated top billing. When
David O. Selznick
heard this (
Ingrid Bergman
was under contract to him at the time), he refused to loan MGM Bergmans services. It was only after much pleading from Bergman, who was very keen to work with Boyer, that Selznick finally relented.
b.
Jim Henson
: As the horse and carriage driver.
c.
In Italy, for the theatrical release, the film was renamed simply "Missione 3D: Game Over" ("3D Mission: Game Over"), without any references in the trailers, or anywhere else, of it being a part of the "Spy Kids" trilogy.
d.
The three principal actors,
Heather Donahue
,
Joshua Leonard
, and
Michael C. Williams
, shot nearly all of the completed film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
The first time
Ingrid Bergman
met
Charles Boyer
was the day they shot the scene where they meet at a train station and kiss passionately. As Boyer was several inches shorter than his co-star, he had to stand on a box, which she kept inadvertently kicking as she ran into the scene.
b.
Heather (Vanessa Ferlito) mentions that
Full Metal Jacket
is her favorite movie.
R. Lee Ermey
who plays Captain Nichols in the film also appeared in
Full Metal Jacket
.
c.
Irvin Kershner
: when Dr. Juliette Faxx is reviewing death row inmates files on the computer, the first inmate image shown is that of Kershner.
d.
The movies line "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." was voted as the #20 movie quote by the American Film Institute
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
The book from which
Ingrid Bergman
reads aloud is "Villette" by
Charlotte Brontë
.
b.
On the Beretta 92, a button on the right side of the frame must be pushed in to un-block the lever on the left side, which is rotated down 90 degrees, in order to release the slide so the weapon can be stripped and cleaned. It is possible to grab the gun, push the tab down, and pull the slide off to disarm the weapon. When Wah Sing Ku pulls the slide off of Riggs Beretta 92, the button has already been pushed down and the lever partly rotated.
c.
Dwayne Johnson
was offered the lead role of John Grimm but chose the role of Sarge because he thought it was more interesting.
d.
During post-production,
Marlon Brando
claimed this film would be the biggest turkey of all time, but subsequently changed his mind, saying it would be "reasonable".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
Jeffrey DeMunn
was nominated for the 1983 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "K2" as Taylor.
b.
Ingrid Bergman
spent some time in a mental institution to research her role, studying a woman who had suffered a nervous breakdown.
c.
Just before going to the Castle, Kafka ask Bizzlebek to burn his manuscripts if he never came back. Bizzlebek replies "such an extraordinary request". This is in reference of the real request Kafka asked his friend Max Brod before dying. Brod couldnt go with the request and had Kafkas work published.
d.
The Stark Industries logo is similar to that of Lockheed Martin, codeveloper of the F-22 Raptor.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
The problem Prof. Rosa mentions in class with the three doors is known as the Monty Hall problem.
b.
In MGMs script,
Charles Boyer
was supposed to have told
Ingrid Bergman
at the end that he had loved her all along. This was an addition to the play made by the screenwriter.
David O. Selznick
, when reading over the script, was horrified and promptly sent MGM one of his famous long and involved memos, this one ordering the studio to omit the line, which it did.
c.
This is only one out of the four Fast And The Furious movies to have no major character deaths.
d.
The Moondance Diner where Mary Jane Watson works is the same one that
Rent
creator
Jonathan Larson
(and actor and star of "Rent,"
Jesse L. Martin
) worked at prior to quitting to pursue a career writing musicals.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gaslight (1944)?
a.
The ventriloquist teacher in the classroom scene (
Alan Semok
) designed and built the films title character and also played teacher in real life as
Adrien Brody
s personal trainer, teaching Brody ventriloquism and puppet manipulation in a three week crash course during preproduction.
b.
The word "chechahcos" is Inuit for tenderfoot or newcomer.
c.
Ian Fleming
once said on writing the "Casino Royale" novel: "Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, Casino Royale dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before, I might have despaired."
d.
When this film was produced, the studio attempted to have all prints of the previous version,
Gaslight
destroyed. These efforts were ultimately unsuccessful, though the film was rarely seen for the next few decades.
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