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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grand Hotel (1932) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grand Hotel (1932) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932).
About the movie:
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
Remarkably, outtakes still survive from this film. Raw footage of the clapperboard and the setup for a dance number with 16-year-old
Rita Hayworth
are included in the documentary
Rita
.
b.
According to
Joe Dante
and
Michael Finnell
, the original rough cut of the film ran 2 hours and 40 minutes.
c.
Rights to the recordings on the soundtrack were not obtained, so the songs were replaced with new songs or cover versions. However, many of the original introductions remain.
d.
Greta Garbo
turned down the role not because she refused to share the spotlight, but because she believed that at 27 she was too old to play a prima ballerina.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
Momoko Kochi, who played Emiko, reprised her role in "Godzilla Vs. Destroyah," her final film role.
b.
The picture of Mias deceased father next to her music box is actually
Anne Hathaway
s real life father. He also appears to be writing the letter to her while fishing.
c.
Both
Greta Garbo
and
John Barrymore
were very wary about working with each other. In actuality they got on quite well, to the extent that she allowed rare backstage photos of them be taken.
d.
Omid Djalili
plays the Cashier at the Coffee Shop (uncredited) - he was filming
The Mummy
at the same time at the same studios so was conscripted to fill in the part, very conveniently. (Blink and you could miss him serving
Hugh Grant
the orange juice that he soon spills on Julia Roberts.)
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 13, 1949 with
Kirk Douglas
and
Marilyn Maxwell
reprising their film roles.
b.
In the theatrical trailer, when the first Martian meteor hits the Earth, there is a large explosion and a cloud of smoke. In the film itself, the same shot contains only a flash when the meteor hits.
c.
There are no scenes where
Greta Garbo
and
Joan Crawford
are in the same frame. This was done to eliminate the possibility that one of the two great stars might upstage the other.
d.
In the UK, it sparked a brief resurgence of interest in brass band music, with the CD soundtrack selling 50,000 copies.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
Less than eight feet of film was cut from the final release. Eight feet is about 5 seconds.
b.
In a separately filmed trailer,
Grant Withers
talks to the audience about the film.
c.
Joan Crawford was on-loan to Columbia Pictures from MGM.
d.
MGM bought the film rights for $35,000 and had already made a profit from the material thanks to the Broadway play.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
For the massacre scene in the garage, the actors playing the slain gangsters were shown photos and directed as how to fall so their positions were identical to the real photos of the massacre. Two actors bumped together on the way down. After studying photographs they realized they had fallen and collided in the exact way the slain gangsters had fallen and had landed in the correct positions.
b.
This picture was the second and final film of a two picture contract between star actor
Burt Reynolds
and producer
David Merrick
. The first movie in the deal had been
Semi-Tough
.
c.
All the crimes involve members of the Ballon household. "Ballon" is French for "balloon". At one point Clouseau disguises himself as a balloon-seller.
d.
Wallace Beery
also turned down his part, only to take it again when promised that he would be the only actor to act in the film with a German accent.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
UCLA Film Archives has a viewable print of this film.
b.
Joan Crawford
was irked by
Greta Garbo
s insistence on top billing and decided to take her revenge. Knowing that Garbo loathed tardiness and
Marlene Dietrich
in equal measures, Crawford played Dietrich records between shots and made sure to arrive late on set.
c.
Oliver Phelps
(George) could only do about five takes for Freds death scene. Seeing his brother (
James Phelps
) lying there pretending to be dead was emotionally exhausting for him.
d.
According to
Robert Rodriguez
on the DVD commentary,
Walton Goggins
had been cast in the role of Stans, but Rodriguez felt the character was written far too much like the character Hudson in
Aliens
. So Rodriguez had the part re-written and asked director
Nimród Antal
to re-cast the role. But Antal insisted that Goggins could still do the role and scheduled a meeting between Goggins, Rodriguez and himself. Within a very short period of time, Rodriguez was convinced that Walton was still right for the part.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
The New York Central 20th Century Limited railcar featured (number 10006) was built by Pullman-Standard in 1939 and was scrapped in 1968. It was named "Imperial State" and featured four double bedrooms, four single compartments and two drawing rooms. The interior of the car seen in the film is actually a set built by MGM studios. When
Cary Grant
shuts the door, the wall can clearly be seen to move since the whole thing was manufactured out of plywood panels and painted to simulate the look of metal (including small fake rivets).
b.
Phoebe Cates
auditioned for the role of Debbie, which eventually went to
Demi Moore
.
c.
Evanna Lynch
beat 15000 girls and 29 finalists for the role of Luna. When it came to viewing the finalists, she was the ninth person in the audition videos and one of the producers,
David Barron
stopped viewing after her saying, "She is Luna." Unknown to them, Lynch actually wrote a letter directly to
J.K. Rowling
.
d.
The only Best Picture Oscar winner not to be nominated for any other Academy Awards.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
The leaves on the trees outside of the first high school in the film were added by the crew. Due to the fall-time weather and the fact that the high school (where the filming took place) had just opened and had little landscaping, the director needed the trees to be buffed up.
b.
Buster Keaton
was first choice to play the
Lionel Barrymore
part.
c.
One of the voices of the reporters watching the newsreel at the beginning belongs to
Joseph Cotten
.
d.
Counting John Landis, there are 17 directors that make an appearance in the film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
Because Rockys life is so different in this film from the first two films, director
Sylvester Stallone
wanted this film to look different from the first new so as to reflect the changes in the characters life. Stallone felt that one of the biggest prices of fame is a loss of privacy, and the intrusion of the media into every aspect of a celebritys life. He felt that people get to know celebrities primarily through news and documentary footage, so he wanted the film to feel that way - as if the camera was secretly filming Balboa, who had given up all rights to privacy. This is why there is so much hand-held material in the film.
b.
The Predalien was nicknamed "Chet" on set and in the script. This was to avoid early spoilers about the nature of the creature (i.e. it being a hybrid between the Alien and Predator). The name "Chet" was a reference to the obnoxious brother from the movie
Weird Science
(who was played by
Bill Paxton
).
c.
Greta Garbo
requested the stage be lit in red to create a more romantic atmosphere for rehearsals.
d.
When writers
Michael Grais
and
Mark Victor
first met with
Steven Spielberg
, they were being hired to write the film that eventually became
Always
. When Spielberg happened to mention he also had an idea for a ghost story, Grais and Victor said theyd rather write the ghost story than Always and thats how they got this job.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.
For realistic close-up shots,
William Holden
learned how to taxi a fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
b.
Greta Garbo
wanted
John Gilbert
to play her lover but his recent lackluster box office record precluded that.
c.
During the filming of a fight scene,
Seth Rogen
broke a stunt mans nose by accidentally hitting him in the face for real.
d.
The real
Nando Parrado
(
Ethan Hawke
s character) was technical advisor to the film.
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