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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952).
About the movie:
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
According to the art director, the character of Bruce (Nick Karner) wore more make-up than any other character in the film. This was at the request of Karner, who believed that his character would feel incredibly vain surrounded by such younger characters.
b.
This film marked the finish of producer
Samuel Goldwyn
s distribution pact with RKO, which resulted in 20 releases spanning 11 years, beginning with
The Little Foxes
.
c.
The musical code for entering the Chocolate Factory played by Wonka (at 51:51) is the introduction of Mozarts "Marriage of Figaro". Mrs. Teevee mistakes it for "Rachmaninoff."
d.
In an earlier draft of the script, Karla Fry was named "Trish" and the finale was originally set to take place at Maxwell Dents mansion.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
In order to cover the necessary camera tricks, and to add "magic" to the Little Mermaid ballet, it was decided that, rather than presenting it as an actual ballet, they would have Hans imagine how it would look. This allowed them to do things on the screen which would be impossible on the stage.
b.
4-Track Magnetic Stereo was prominently advertised in the initial release.
c.
When director
Quentin Tarantino
was in talk with Sony pictures he wanted
Samuel L. Jackson
as Felix Leiter and
Uma Thurman
as Bond Girl Vesper Lynd.
d.
Director,
Chris Columbus
s daughter,
Eleanor Columbus
appears in this movie as the little girl in the toy store.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
There is an oil painting in Bisons private quarters of a frowning clown holding a cluster of balloons and wearing Bisons signature cap. This is a reference to the famous "Pogo the Clown" oil paintings done by the infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
b.
An incomplete copy survives at The Library of Congress.
c.
Heavily edited (by twenty-five minutes) for online showings. The complete film runs a full two hours.
d.
A sequel is already being planned with
Bruce Willis
,
Wesley Snipes
,
Mike Tyson
,
Mr. T
and
Jean-Claude Van Damme
rumored to be starring in it.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
Moira Shearer
was to have played Doro, the prima ballerina, but had to withdraw when she discovered she was pregnant
b.
Conductor
Richard Hageman
, who played Carlo Santi in the film, actually knew
Enrico Caruso
and led several performances with him at the Metropolitan Opera, including the 1918 War Relief Benefit re-created in the film.
c.
The $50,000 fee paid to composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
was the highest fee paid to a composer for a single feature film score up to that time.
d.
Michael McKean
and Christine Lahti worked together before. They were in rehearsals for a partly-improvised comedy film titled "Kiss the Bride." The project never came to the silver screen. It would have been directed by
Bob Balaban
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
had originally wanted
Moira Shearer
to star in this film.
b.
This is one of many roles in which
Winona Ryder
s character writes in a diary.
c.
The Duchess character in this movie played by
Misty Rowe
is said to have looked like
Marilyn Monroe
and made about as much sense as
Gracie Allen
.
d.
The location of the lake house, on Maple Lake, is located in the same Forest Preserve and is approximately 1 kilometer away from the site of the worlds first nuclear reactor, CP-1, which was constructed during World War IIs Manhattan Project in the Forest Preserve.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
This movie was made and released about six years before the similarly themed
In the Line of Fire
.
b.
The 1966 US TV premiere of this film, telecast by ABC-TV, was hosted by yet another legendary Dane,
Victor Borge
. This was done because the film runs a full two hours and ABC did not wish to cut it to make room for commercials, so they stretched out the broadcast with hosting sequences. The telecast was sponsored by Eastern Air Lines, who offered, as a promotional tie-in, an album of Anderson stories, as told by Borge, on American Decca records, and sold through the mails. Coincidentally, the best-selling studio cast album of the songs from theDanny Kaye film, which featured Kaye along with
Jane Wyman
in a rare singing appearance, was also an American Decca release.
c.
When the film ends, the war has ended. In reality, as the closing statement mentions, the women did not leave the P.O.W camp for another two weeks, as Alllied soldiers did not arrive at the the Belalau internment camp (the most remote of them all) until a fortnight after the end of the war. At this time, they were taken to Singapore and Sumatra where they received medical treatment and after that they returned to their various homes.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)?
a.
Existing prints bear 1955 re-release title credits, with lettering in the middle of the screen so that they would not be cropped in wide screen projection.
b.
Dalton Trumbo
,
Dorothy Parker
, and
Clifford Odets
all did uncredited work on the script.
c.
Steve-O (Stephen Glover) was originally set to cameo in a fight with Val Kilmers character in the film, but the director elected to changed the scene the night before and Glovers cameo involved him simply wearing a cowboy hat and smiling.
d.
Danny Kaye
s re-creation of eight songs from the
Frank Loesser
score, released on a Decca album with accompaniment by
Gordon Jenkins
and His Orchestra and Chorus, zoomed to the number-one spot on the "Billboard" album chart in January 1953. The LP reigned in first place for an impressive 17 weeks. Rerecording the delightful patter duet, "No Two People," Mr. Kaye was joined on record by
Jane Wyman
, who substituted for Dannys film partner,
Zizi Jeanmaire
.
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