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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gentleman Jim (1942) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gentleman Jim (1942) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942).
About the movie:
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
The quote "No man is an island" which Will jokingly attributes to
Jon Bon Jovi
, was actually written by
John Donne
in 1624, in his work "Meditation XVII".
b.
Some desert scenes were also shot on a Universal sound stage with lights doubling as burning oil wells. The lights were later replaced with burning wells courtesy of ILM.
c.
All of the puppets in the movie used the same two bodies (one for the males and one for the females) with different heads- except for Kim Jong Il, to make him look that much smaller.
d.
According to "Variety," the real Corbett was "self-effacing" and had a "quiet personality.," which is at odds with the brash extrovert that is pictured in the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
When producer
Stephen J. Cannell
re-acquired the script and put the project back together (with IDT Entertainment), he had the main character Mike changed into a woman, Danny, and he wrote the love story between her and Justin her boyfriend (which wasnt in the script).
b.
When the Revolution performs the song "Darling Nikki" the third verse is cut. The whole song can be heard on the soundtrack album.
c.
In the trailer for "Dont", there is a cameo by British jazz songstress
Katie Melua
, she is the victim whose head is cleaved in half.
d.
Former Junior Welterweight champion Mushy Callahan not only trained Flynn for the films fight sequences, his feet doubled for the actor in the shots that showed off his famous footwork.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
Singer/actress
Cher
was considered for the role of Adrian.
b.
The press announced Phil Silvers for "Gentleman Jim," but he was never signed. Presumably he would played the Jack Carson role.
c.
During the scene where Kirks friends are teasing him about his premature ejaculation, Jacks hamburger can be seen to have french fries on it. This is a custom local to Pittsburgh. Sandwiches are famously served that way at Primantis, a popular Pittsburgh eatery seen earlier in the background during Kirk and Mollys date where they meet Cam.
d.
The tune you hear the teens sing to the school song, "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts" was written by
Mike Newell
. The lyrics first appeared in the first novel, "Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone". (Traditionally the song can be sung to any tune the singer happens to like.)
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
Make-up designer
John Caglione Jr.
s final design of Big Boy Caprice matches the intended design conceived by
Al Pacino
. Since then, Caglione Jr. became Pacinos personal make-up man in all of his films.
b.
Only one reel of this film survives.
c.
Errol Flynn
did all of his own boxing stunts in the film, and although production was shut down for a time after Flynn suffered a mild heart attack, he came back and finished the picture without ever using a double.
d.
While filming both the bank and police department scenes at the post office, an unrelated fire broke out in a top floor mechanical room and many onlookers believed that the smoke and fire was related to the filming.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
The sounds coming from The Game are from the Atari 2600 game
Donkey Kong
.
b.
Soon after completing "Gentleman Jim," Flynn became embroiled in an infamous rape trial. During screenings of "Gentleman Jim," his closing line of "Im no gentleman" was met with laughter and derision. The line was cut from the conclusion of the 1944 radio broadcast.
c.
Ed Lammi
: A Zombie with a cast arm entering the room after Steel commits suicide.
d.
Don Ameche
s brother,
Jim Ameche
, portrayed Alexander Graham Bell in
The Story of Mankind
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
Director Walsh originally wanted Barry Fitzgerald for Corbetts father and suggested Ann Sheridan and Rita Hayworth for the romantic lead.
b.
Film debut of
Dean Jones
.
c.
Ernest Lehman
became the films scriptwriter following a lunchtime meeting with
Alfred Hitchcock
, arranged by their mutual friend, composer
Bernard Herrmann
. Hitchcock originally wanted him to work on his new project
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
(which was eventually made instead by
Michael Anderson
), but Lehman refused. Hitchcock was so keen to work with him that he suggested they work together on a different film using Mary Deares budget (without MGMs approval) even though he had only three ideas to set Lehman on his way: mistaken identity, the United Nations building, and a chase scene across the faces of Mt. Rushmore.
d.
Franklin Beans walkie-talkie is all but identical to the U.S. BC-611 (or SCR-536), which saw widespread use in WWII and was the first hand-held two-way radio.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
It cost $200,000 to get the rights to use the
Law & Order
"dunt-dunt" sound for the "Day X" title cards.
b.
Original screenwriter
Phil Alden Robinson
was so upset by
Sylvester Stallone
s extensive changes to the original screenplay that he briefly considered having his name removed. He was convinced that having his name on a film of this "caliber" would look good on his resume.
c.
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 Universal ever since.
d.
The real Sullivan had fought Corbett had fought prior to their world championship bout at San Franciscos Olympic Club some years before.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
The puppet orchestra made of fruit that comes to life playing instruments for Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland on a kitchen table, was the work of animator
George Pal
. He had just arrived in Hollywood from Europe via New York and this was among his first projects. Pals work was relatively unknown by American audiences, thus he was uncredited. The idea for the sequence was that of another New York-to-Hollywood transfer:
Vincente Minnelli
.
b.
Savage Harvest
, another movie featuring lions, a thriller where humans are under their attack, was also released in 1981. It was actually released about six months prior to
Roar
. Moreover, the movie
The White Lions
was also a 1981 release.
c.
Many scenes were filmed on location where bystanders were confused about the action taking place. On one occasion, a van doubled back to make sure that the person laying in the pool of blood was "OK".
d.
Sullivan reportedly did not like Corbett, and although the film shows Sullivan presenting his championship belt to him, in real life the belt had been hocked by the champion years before.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
Mike Mazurki and Ed Strangler Lewis started their careers as professional wrestlers.
b.
Director
Sofia Coppola
, the daughter of
The Godfather
director
Francis Ford Coppola
, included in her cast many performers who are also children of famous film professionals: her cousin,
Jason Schwartzman
, is the son of actress
Talia Shire
and producer
Jack Schwartzman
;
Asia Argento
is the daughter of Italian horror director
Dario Argento
;
Mary Nighy
is the daughter of British actor
Bill Nighy
;
Katrine Boorman
is the daughter of British director
John Boorman
;
Danny Huston
is the son of American director
John Huston
and the grandson of character actor
Walter Huston
; and
Io Bottoms
, who played a lady-in-waiting, is the daughter of actor
Sam Bottoms
(brother of
Ben Bottoms
,
Timothy Bottoms
, and
Joseph Bottoms
) and
Susan Arnold
.
c.
To play Ripley 7,
Sigourney Weaver
stuck her head up through a hole in the floor so it could be seamlessly grafted onto the grotesque body that the make-up department had created for her.
d.
Chapter titles: 1. A Proposal from the Duke 2. A Proposal from the Spanish Don 3. A Proposal from the Sculptor 4. A Proposal from Nobody 5. A Proposal Deferred 6. A Proposal from Mary
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gentleman Jim (1942)?
a.
Eric Bana
shot his scenes toward the end of filming.
b.
DVD by Synergy Entertainment has Super-8mm version, as a special feature.
c.
Hall of Fame baseball player Wade Boggs makes a cameo.
d.
The 2/14/44 Screen Guild radio broadcast of "Gentleman Jim" reunited Flynn, Smith, and Bond, but Grant Withers replaced Jack Carson as Walter Lowrie.
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