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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Good News (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Good News (1947)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947).

About the movie: At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20's, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		After they finished the "Good Morning" number, Debbie Reynolds had to be carried to her dressing room because she had burst some blood vessels in her feet. Despite her hard work on the "Good Morning" number, Gene Kelly decided that someone should dub her tap sounds, so he went into a dubbing room to dub the sound of her feet as well as his own.
b.		The script was written by Marvin Faulkner as a method of therapy after losing his own wife to cancer. The film is dedicated to her memory.
c.		Having been a stunt man in his early years in films, Erich von Stroheim refused to use a stunt double for the scene in which he is shot and falls down stairs. In taking the fall himself, he broke three ribs.
d.		Mel Tormés vocals were not featured on the MGM soundtrack album. Under contract to Musicraft Records, Mel remade one of his film songs as a 78-rpm single: the DeSylva, Brown and Henderson evergreen, "The Best Things in Life Are Free."

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Jeremy Piven (Droz) smoked cigarettes filled with ground up fruit and not tobacco since he does not smoke in real life.
b.		In 1937, Max Factor Company debuted a new type of makeup that was specially designed for use in color film. This was the first film to make use of this particular brand of makeup.
c.		Since Peter Lawford spoke French fluently and June Allyson did not, Lawford had to teach Allyson how to teach him to speak French in the French Lesson scene.
d.		One of the five percussionists in the orchestra which did the films score was Emil Richards, who 30 years ago played bongos on the original Mission: Impossible theme.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Ben Afflecks first screenwriting credit since his Oscar win for Good Will Hunting.
b.		One song called "An Easier Way" was cut prior to release but it can be seen on the DVD of the film.
c.		Shot over the course of the year of 2008, but the story takes place over a 48 hour period.
d.		As the movie was actually shot in early spring in southern California (as opposed to Illinois in late October), the crew had to buy paper leaves from a decorator and paint them in the desired autumn colors, then scatter them in the filming locations. To save money, after a scene was filmed, the leaves were collected and reused. However, as Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter note on the DVD audio commentary, the trees are quite full and green and even some palm trees can be seen, despite that in Illinois in October, the leaves would probably be mostly gone and there would be no palm trees.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		The short knives wielded by the "Three Storms" warriors, that Thunder calls "Hui Huan Dou" (Soul-Returning Blades) are in fact Nepalese Kukri. These knives were made famous for their usage by the Gurkhas in the British Indian Army.
b.		Shane Acker first made 9 as a ten minute short film while he was still at UCLA. It was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Oscars, and although it didnt win, Acker was offered the chance to expand it into a feature film. It follows the same basic plot, but more characters have been added, they have the ability to talk now, and the reason for the worlds destruction is explained in more detail.
c.		One of the three films June Allyson considered her personal favorites of her films.
d.		When developing the script, the producers had Diane Lane in mind to play Ana.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Under contract to the Musicraft label, Mel Tormé was "officially" excluded from the MGM Records soundtrack album, although he was heard singing "Be a Ladies Man" with Peter Lawford and Ray McDonald. On a 78-rpm single, Musicraft issued Mels remake of one film song: the DeSylva, Brown and Henderson evergreen, "The Best Things in Life Are Free." All of Mel Tormés prerecordings have been restored on the soundtrack CD from Rhino Handmade. The one Musicraft revamp is included on a Living Era CD entitled "The Velvet Fog."
b.		Chicken Little was originally going to be a girl.
c.		This was producer Jerry Walds final film before entering US military service.
d.		Although he was dismissed from the production, George Cukor continued to privately coach both Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland at their request on weekends.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		The lab equipment was provided by Ken Strickfaden, who used the same gadgets in the Frankenstein films made by Universal, as well as Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein. This is one of the few times the equipment was filmed in color.
b.		Stephen Sommers: the man silhouetted against the fog banging a pot at 39:27 on the DVD.
c.		Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, director Busby Berkeley, and producer Arthur Freed were planning to remake this as a follow-up to Babes in Arms. But when Louis B. Mayer suggested instead to Freed to capitalize on the swing music craze, they switched gears into the production of Strike Up the Band.
d.		Anthony Rapp kept the famous scarf he wore as Mark in the original Broadway show. It could not be used in the film, however, because the white was too bright for the camera. Instead he wears a navy and light gray scarf.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Peter Lawford and June Allyson would be reunited 25 years later in the film They Only Kill Their Masters, which was also the last film shot on the old MGM backlot before the land was sold.
b.		Originally starred Sally Field and Matthew Broderick in 1981, but production shut down after director Martin Ritt had a heart attack.
c.		James Gandolfinis film/television debut.
d.		Romero has confirmed that there is no known existing copy of the legendary 2 hour 45 minute cut at a recent screening of the film in New York City.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Claudio Laniado is a psychiatrist who loves to work on character roles (such as Roy) which have multi-layered psychological elements.
b.		The original Broadway musical on which the screenplay and score were based was "Good News" that opened at Chanins 46th Street Theatre on September 6, 1927 and ran for 557 performances.
c.		The hair of Harry Connick Jr. and Shawn Salinas was lightened for their early scenes as Tripp and Derrick and was returned more to their natural color when they played Glen and Mickey.
d.		At the beginning of the film, the Death Eaters destroy the Millennium Bridge in London. In the Book it is actually the Brockdale Bridge that is destroyed. The book is set in 1995 - 1996, according to the Canon time line. The Millennium Bridge was not constructed until 1998, and opened on 10 June 2000.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Gloria DeHaven was suspended by MGM for refusing to appear in this film.
b.		George Buck Flower plays a porn director named "Rex Boorski". When adult-film director Alex de Renzy started shooting porn on video instead of film, he used the name "Rex Borski", apparently as a jab - good-natured or otherwise - at his colleague Henri Pachard (who directed this film using his real name: Ronald Sullivan).
c.		Jay Hernandez had to learn many of his Spanish lines phonetically because he does not speak fluent Spanish.
d.		According to Hedda Hoppers "Looking at Hollywood" newspaper column of May 3, 1947 "when the picture opens at the Roxy, Macys will close for half a day so its 12,000 employees can see the first showing."

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Good News (1947)?
a.		Gets its title from the Elton John song "Harmony". In the song the chorus starts with the lyrics "Harmony and me were pretty good company".
b.		Filmed in 20 days in the isolated, remote region of Pittsburg, NH.
c.		The original musical was based on the an actual sorority, Pi Beta Phi. The song, "The Girl of the Pi Beta Phi" was kept on the 1996 soundtrack, but deleted from the 1947 film. The name of the sorority was changed in the 1947 movie to the fictitious "Phi Gamma Gamma".
d.		The entire movie was filmed at the real Johnsondale, Calfornia, which in 1989, was converted into a timeshare resort - R-Ranch in the Sequoias.