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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hallelujah! (1929) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hallelujah! (1929) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hallelujah! (1929).
About the movie:
In a juke joint, sharecropper Zeke falls for a beautiful dancer, Chick, but she's only setting him up for a rigged craps game...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hallelujah! (1929)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 24, 1941 with
Ann Sothern
,
Lew Ayres
and
Maureen OSullivan
reprising their film roles.
b.
The set used for Dr. Steins lab uses items from Universals original
Frankenstein
.
c.
Other actors that were under consideration for the role of Sundance were
Steve McQueen
and
Warren Beatty
. McQueen withdrew due to billing disagreements, and Beatty declined as he found the film too similar to
Bonnie and Clyde
.
d.
Although this film is frequently touted as the first black-cast film produced in Hollywood, it is actually predated by the more obscure
Hearts in Dixie
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hallelujah! (1929)?
a.
Presently available version, as broadcast on Turner Classic Movies, is the re-edited 100 minute 1939 re-release, with redesigned opening and closing credits.
b.
The Prospect Avenue apartment where the story takes place was once inhabited by the author,
William Peter Blatty
, while he was a student at Georgetown University. The house was owned by Ms. Florence Mahoney and is at the corner of 36th and Prospect. During shooting of the exterior scenes the crew had to build special sets to allow sunlight in to keep her garden plants from dying.
c.
Before being purchased for
Cecil B. DeMille
, the rights to the 1895 play had been retained by
Mary Pickford
.
d.
Jerry Orbach
filmed scenes as Suzannes father, based loosely on writer
Carrie Fisher
s real-life father,
Eddie Fisher
. His scenes were later cut.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hallelujah! (1929)?
a.
Ann Robinson
is the only member of the cast to reprise the same role in the 1988 TV series
War of the Worlds
.
b.
King Vidor
had been hoping to make the film for several years, and jumped at the chance to make it with the advent of sound. He so wanted to produce the picture that he offered to give up his salary.
c.
Although he wasnt keen on the idea of a film being made in his offices, Post editor Ben Bradlee realized that by co-operating he would have a better chance of influencing the production.
d.
The movie theatre featured in the film is the Marcal Theatre at 6021 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California, which featured late runs, revivals, and various odds and ends in keeping with its location on the "wrong" end of Hollywood Boulevard. The revival combination of
Flight Lieutenant
and
Corregidor
was somebodys idea of a "commemoration" of the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the first week of December 1949, at which time Destination Murder was filmed.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hallelujah! (1929)?
a.
An advertising poster for this film is pictured on one stamp of a set of five 42ยข USA commemorative postage stamps honoring Vintage Black Cinema, issued 16 July 2008. Other films honored in this set are
Black and Tan
,
The Sport of the Gods
,
Princesse Tam Tam
, and
Caldonia
.
b.
Victor Salva
says in his directors commentary that he nearly cut the scene were The Creeper flirts with the teens on the bus, feeling that it might be too comical for the film. He was later glad that he didnt as it was a favorite scene with the screening audiences.
c.
The board games "The Game of Life" and "Operation" are both seen on a table while Vincent and Lance are administering the adrenaline shot.
d.
Medical equipment used in the movie: the scene where the car is being "jump-started" used a PhysioControl LifePak 7 defibrillator, and where the German doctor
Dwight Schultz
"zapped" Murdock, the device was a real Mecta SR1 ECT, or Electro-Convulsive Therapy, machine that is really used to induce a very mild seizure under controlled conditions.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hallelujah! (1929)?
a.
As revealed in the DVD commentary, there was originally a scene that would have had her character masturbating out of boredom, but Robin Tunneys father nixed that idea quickly.
b.
Leonardo DiCaprio
and
Tobey Maguire
originally vied for the lead role in the film.
c.
The rights to
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
s book were originally acquired in 1941 by
Harold Hurley
, a former Paramount producer who tried unsuccessfully to make a distribution deal with United Artists. Modern sources note that director
William A. Wellman
bought the rights from Hurley and then interested Twentieth Century-Fox production chief
Darryl F. Zanuck
in producing the story. Zanuck agreed on the condition that Wellman direct two other films for the studio,
Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air]
and
Buffalo Bill
.
d.
This was
King Vidor
s first sound film.
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