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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grand Hotel (1932) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grand Hotel (1932) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grand Hotel (1932) - Part (2)

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.		The game being played in the arcade is a high-quality prototype of the Playstation game "Wipeout" by Psygnosis. It is done on a high-end SGI server and allowed the development team to try out tracks and gameplay, before porting it to the Playstation. As a result, there are features and graphics in the movie that do not exist in the actual game, including the "high score smashing" sequence.
b.		The role of Suzette was intended for Pauline Frederick but she was forced to pull out due to illness.
c.		The script was included in 2010s "Black List" of best unproduced screenplays.
d.		Richard Donner was once attached as director.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		Film debut of Tatum ONeal.
b.		Code names for the "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad": Black Mamba (Uma Thurmans characters code name) is the only snake that is not indigenous to North America compared to the Sidewinder, Cottonmouth, Copperhead, and California Mountain Kingsnake. Also the California Mountain Kingsnake is the only one out of the code names that is non poisonous as there are only four types of snakes in North America that are poisonous: These types are Rattlesnake 10 species including the Sidewinder, Cottonmouth Moccasin, Copperhead and Coral Snake (2 species).
c.		The part of Walter Neff was originally offered to George Raft. He insisted that he would only take on the role if his character turned out to be an FBI agent at the end, entrapping Barbara Stanwycks character. As this ran completely counter to James M. Cains original novel, he naturally didnt get the part.
d.		The ensemble cast never actually all appeared together.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		The meaning and relevance of this movies title is that it refers to a drawing featuring an avenging angel of death that is left at a crime scene at the beginning of the movie. The title also connects with Charles Bronsons vigilante screen persona made famous in the movie Death Wish. It suggests that Bronson is a Messenger of Death, the word messenger also being a play on words with this, as his character is a journalist, a job which involves writing news articles, they being "messages" in a sense.
b.		In the bar scene at the beginning of the movie, the U.S. Marshal crew is watching themselves on TV. The reporter throws it back to "Lester", better known now as NBCs Lester Holt who was at that time the anchor at Chicagos WBBM. Lester Holt was also in the The Fugitive, the movie that this is a sequel to.
c.		Callie Khouri first conceived the project in 1979. She was hired by Ridley Scott for a project called "Thelma & Louise" around 1980. Ridley Scott was going to produce, and Khouri was appointed as director. They were turned down by many studios, until MGM purchased the rights in 1981. But Khouri wasnt ready to direct the film, so Scott was going to direct himself. The movie was originally announced in 1981 for a 1983 release. Originally, Scott and Khouri wanted Natalie Wood for Thelma and Tuesday Weld as Louise. However, Wood died in 1981 and Weld quickly dropped out from the project, so this would never come to pass. A number of filmmakers were attached to Khouris script including Brian de Palma, John Carpenter and Sidney Lumet. By 1988, Ridley Scott spoke of casting Mia Farrow, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Candice Bergen, Tuesday Weld, Meryl Streep, Liza Minnelli Jessica Lange, Isabella Rossellini or Jodie Foster for the role of Thelma; Michelle Pfeiffer, Melanie Griffith, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, Mary Steenburgen, Kim Basinger, Ellen Barkin, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, Sigourney Weaver or Lorraine Bracco would be considered for the role of Louise; Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert de Niro, Steve Martin, David Bowie, Tim Curry, Richard Gere, Pierce Brosnan or James Woods could be Hal; Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Rick Moranis or Chevy Chase would play Jimmy; Jon Voight, Willem Dafoe or John Travolta would be Max; and Christopher Atkins would be J.D.
d.		Extra scenes with Greta Garbo were added after previews to ensure that Joan Crawford didnt walk off with the picture.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		One of the scenes of a saucer attacking jets is actually based on footage of an air show crash.
b.		Karens boyfriend Donald drives a 1960s Blue Classic Mustang in the film.
c.		Author and playwright Vicki Baum based "Menschen im Hotel" both on a true story about a scandal at a hotel involving a stenographer and an industrial magnate, and on her own experiences working as a chambermaid at two well-known Berlin hotels.
d.		Mike Shatto, as the one-armed Freaky, lost his arm when his hand went into a pancake roller.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		The cast members on the roller-coaster had to ride the coaster 26 times on the same night in order to shoot the films main premonition scene.
b.		The quote "I want to be alone" spoken by Greta Garbo in this movie was listed at #30 in AFI List of Top 100 Quotes From U.S. Films.
c.		One of Disneys four "Package Films". During the second World War, the studio lost a lot of manpower and resources which left them with countless unfinished ideas too long for shorts, too short for features. So, inventive as they are, they stuck short ideas together into feature length movies. See also The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Melody Time and Fun & Fancy Free.
d.		The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 22 November 1927 and closed in March 1928 after 119 performances. The opening night cast included Edward G. Robinson, Romaine Callender, G. Pat Collins (who is also in the movie), Norman Foster, Hugh OConnell and Willard Robertson.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		The movies line "Ill be back." was voted as the #37 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100), and as #95 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
b.		Depite them not having any scenes together, Joan Crawford often tried to talk to Greta Garbo, and would say "Hello, Miss Garbo" whenever the two would pass each other in the hall. Garbo never responded, so Crawford gave up and stopped saying anything. This led to Garbo stopping Crawford as she walked silently past her, and asking, "Arent you going to say something to me?"
c.		George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Wahlberg and Vince Vaughn were previously considered to play the lead role.
d.		The arrest scene in France was actually shot in Place Royale, Quebec city. The church in the background is called Notre-Dame-des-Victoires and the bust in the middle of the place is of Louis XIV.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		The gloss-black, prototype Northrop XP-89 scorpion appears in some scenes set in Russia.
b.		Writer/producer Hope Riley based locations in the script out of her hometown of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
c.		When the teaser trailer with the head of the Statue of Liberty was shown without a film title, but a reference to J.J. Abrams, many Abrams fans looked to the internet to find out as much as possible about the upcoming, mysterious film. Abrams launched a viral campaign using multiple internet websites to promote this film, each providing background details of the plot. However, given the mysterious nature of the film and the viral websites, a number of theories were promoted on the blogosphere that were eventually proven untrue; for example, one hypothesis involved three Biblical monsters, one each for the sea, the land, and the air, instead of the single monster that came onto land from the depths of the sea.
d.		In 1989, a new musical adaptation was produced for Broadway. It opened Nov 12, 1989 at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York and ran for 1,017 performances. Among the replacement cast members during its long run were Cyd Charisse as Grusinskaya (the Greta Garbo role in this film) and John Schneider as Felix Von Gaigern (the John Barrymore role in this film).

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		William Hurt filmed his role in only five days.
b.		During the filming of the busy lobby scenes, the actors wore socks over their shoes to prevent noise. Reportedly two hundred pairs of woolen socks were worn out daily.
c.		The bottle in which Rango goes into to escape the bird in the desert is a Mexican soda-like drink called "Jarrito".
d.		When Billy Jack and Vicky Barrington meet the astrologer in the restaurant, he asks Billy when his birthday is. Billy replies "August 10th." This is the birthday of Tom Laughlin, who plays Billy Jack.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		A crucial fact left out of the movie was that Bonnie Parker was virtually incapacitated for the last year of her life from a car wreck. Clyde Barrow was driving fast down a lonely country road in Texas when he came upon a washed-out bridge. Unable to stop in time, the car went over the edge crashed and into the creek. The force of the impact jarred Bonnies seat forward, pinning her in the car as it began to catch fire. She received severe burns on the backs of her legs that made it difficult to walk. She would either limp or was carried by Clyde. She was, in fact, injured at the time of the nighttime tourist court shootout and the field shootout (where Buck was killed) that occur near the end of the film.
b.		Wallace Beery was originally upset at being cast as Preysing, believing that playing an amoral business tycoon would wreck his image, and tried to stage a "walkout" in protest. When he relented, he reportedly decided to steal as much of the show as possible and constantly tried to upstage the other stars in the film.
c.		The film was shot in 28 days.
d.		Two of the songs played in the film - "Shake it Up" and "Im Hot Tonite" are performed by then-21-year-old Elizabeth Daily.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grand Hotel (1932)?
a.		The scene where Heather is dialing Robert Englunds house number on the phone in her car, the music tones that are played when she presses the buttons is the same as the A Nightmare on Elm Street Theme.
b.		In the video room there are posters for Alien, Planet of the Apes, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and X2 - all films released through Fox.
c.		In the first draft of the script, the fight took place at the Roman Colosseum.
d.		The original MGM Grand in Las Vegas (where Ballys now stands) was built to resemble the design of this film.

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