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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Going My Way (1944) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Going My Way (1944) - 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: Going My Way (1944).
About the movie:
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Going My Way (1944)?
a.
Louis Calhern
died only a few months after his appearance in this film.
b.
First film directed by actor Richard Haydn.
c.
Although
Barry Fitzgerald
played a Catholic priest in this film--and several others--he was in real life not a Catholic but a Protestant. Several times during this film when he is "crossing" himself he does it wrong, going from right to left instead of from left to right.
d.
Enids notebook drawings were done by
Sophie Crumb
,
Robert Crumb
and
Aline Kominsky
s daughter (mentioned in closing credits). The production team reached out to Sophie Crumb after
Daniel Clowes
insisted to
Terry Zwigoff
that Enids work had to be created by a female artist (Clowes insisted he should not do the drawings).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Going My Way (1944)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~4.4 Seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.6 seconds.
b.
The film was based on the play "Love em and Leave em" which opened at the Sam H. Harris Theater (New York City) on February 3, 1926 and ran for 152 performances.
c.
During the filming of a scene that involved guns, the actors were pulled over and held at gun point by the police after mistaking them for people that actually robbed a bank not too far from where they were filming. After realizing that it was all a big misunderstanding, the police and the film team all had a good laugh about it.
d.
Cinematographer
John F. Seitz
shot the opening scenes, uncredited.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Going My Way (1944)?
a.
The real Frank Pesce, the first winner of the NY State Lottery, plays his own brother, Vito Pesce
b.
After Taylor (
Charlie Sheen
) takes his revenge on Sgt. Barnes (
Tom Berenger
), the other platoon arrives to look for survivors and someone asks Taylor if hes okay. As he does, Taylor quickly drops a grenade. The script didnt call for it, but Sheen thought his character would be suicidal at that point in the movie, and director
Oliver Stone
liked it and kept it in the movie.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 8, 1945 with
Bing Crosby
and
Barry Fitzgerald
reprising their film roles.
d.
Stan Lee
: the creator of the Hulk (1962) appears as a security guard. Lee ad-libbed his lines.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Going My Way (1944)?
a.
Even Altman admitted that he wasnt sure what the ending would be, although he did have a loose theory about it.
b.
Fr. OMalleys favorite baseball team is the St. Louis Browns. The year "Going My Way" was released, 1944, was the only season the Browns reached the World Series while in St. Louis.
c.
Bosco, at the party, tells a story of a grade school friend of his name Raoul.
Michael Mann
said that the story was completely ad-libbed by
Ted Levine
and that he had no idea how Levine came up with it.
d.
Tumbleweeds were shipped from Texas to various parts of the United States and world so they could get on location footage of tumbleweed attacks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Going My Way (1944)?
a.
The first half of this movie is built up almost entirely out of flashback footage from part one.
b.
At the end of the film,
Jon Gries
character is wearing a scorpion necklace. Its is the same one that Memnon wears in
The Scorpion King
.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 3, 1954 with
Barry Fitzgerald
reprising his film role.
d.
Michael Wilson
was brought in to do a rewrite of
Rod Serling
s screenplay. Wilsons contribution is most evident in the kangaroo courtroom scene, Wilson being an embittered victim of the blacklisting McCarthy witchhunts of the 50s.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Going My Way (1944)?
a.
Billy Franey
was listed as a cast member in a Hollywood Reporter production chart, but he was not seen in the film.
b.
Banned in several Latin American countries because
Bing Crosby
wore a white shirt as a priest.
c.
The story of Kirby Kyle, the ill fated baseball player, is a parody of former Chicago White Sox pitcher
Monty Stratton
, whose promising career was derailed after he lost part of his leg due to a hunting accident. Stratton attempted a comeback, and then retired. His life was made into a movie:
The Stratton Story
.
d.
It took makeup artist
Lee Greenway
five months and 18 sculptures of the creature before he came up with a design that satisfied producer
Howard Hawks
.
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