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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hellcats of the Navy (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hellcats of the Navy (1957) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957).
About the movie:
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
Reel 1 of this five-reel film survives in the Library of Congress, the rest of the film is presumed to be lost.
b.
This movie has a great introduction by Fleet Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz
who directly addresses the audience in this movies prologue. Not often seen speaking in public, Navy buffs will enjoy seeing the Admiral introduce this film. He talks for about two minutes, explaining how he approved the orders for this real life event in World War II. As Commander of the American Fleet in the Pacific region, Nimitz authorized the plan to break the supply chain between the Asian mainland and Japan. The Hellcat submarines were critical to the US Navy achieving this strategy. Nimitz said of this mission: "This is the story of one of the most daring operations in the history of Navy warfare!" According to the Hollywood Reporter of December 1956, the
Chester W. Nimitz
footage for this movie was filmed in Berkeley, California in late December 1956 and early January 1957. In an uncredited part,
Selmer Jackson
portrays Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in the rest of this movie outside of the introduction.
c.
Premiered at the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
d.
Shipped to some theaters under the name "Burnt Toast".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
Not only was the traditional Twentieth Century Fox fanfare music not utilized at the films opening,
Alfred Newman
s ubiquitous "Street Scene Theme" is whistled over the unique opening credits, appropriately written in chalk on a sidewalk.
b.
The Hollywood Reporter was announced the following to be in the cast for this movie:
Frank Bella
;
Frank Chase
;
Richard Cutting
;
James Dobson
; and
Oliver McGowan
. These actors either do not appear to have ended up being in this movie or if so, are uncredited.
c.
Shot in 1927, not released until 1928.
d.
It has been reported that personality clashes between
Tommy Lee Jones
and
Jim Carrey
during filming annoyed director
Joel Schumacher
to the extent that he stated he would never again work with either of them. However, he later worked with Carrey on
The Number 23
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
Professor Slughorn says that he taught the entire Black family, except for Sirius. As Hogwarts only has one teacher for each subject, it may seem a bit odd that he would not have taught Sirius. The book explains this differently, however. In addition to teaching Potions, Slughorn was also head of Slytherin House, where all of the Blacks were sorted, except for Sirius. So while Slughorn taught Sirius, he never had him in Slytherin.
b.
The characters full names, shown on their mug shots, are Gunther Keller, Orlando Mendes, and Margaret Kallisti.
c.
The source that this movie was based on was a book by
Charles A. Lockwood
and
Hans Christian Adamson
entitled Hellcats of the Sea, the title of which also became this movies working title.
d.
In the movie, the building where Chuck and Stu work at is named the Seltaeb building. Backwards, "seltaeb" is "beatles". Seltaeb was also the name of the corporation which in 1964, oversaw product licensing arrangements for
The Beatles
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
As declared by the Hollywood Reporter of 4-6 August 2000, the screen-writing credit of Raymond T. Marcus for this film is actually an alias for blacklisted scriptwriter
Bernard Gordon
. Gordon once said that he thought that it was ironic that he could not put his name to the script due to a blacklist that the actual movies star
Ronald Reagan
denied ever existed (to Joseph Alsop in 1980).
b.
The shrimp boat used in the film now resides in the moat surrounding the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Downtown Disney, at the Disneyworld Resort in Florida. Also, one of the ping-pong paddles used in the film is signed by
Tom Hanks
and hung up on one of the walls inside the restaurant.
c.
Grant and Sattler unearth a velociraptor skeleton in Montana early in the film, and later encounter live velociraptors that are about the size of a full grown human. In reality, velociraptors were only about half the size of the animals seen in the film, and their remains have mainly been found in Asia, never in Montana. The species identified as velociraptor in the film is actually more consistent with Deinonychus. When
Michael Crichton
was doing his research, scientific thinking was that Velociraptor and Deinonychus were variations on the same species.
d.
The "Tonart Studios" where the story takes place were actually locations within the California Tiffany Studios in Hollywood where the production was filmed in November 1932.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
This is the only film in the trilogy to receive a G rating. The other two films are rated PG.
b.
The initial draft for the movie was sold to
James Cameron
s wife,
Gale Anne Hurd
for the price of $1 only.
c.
This movie was the first and only time that former American President and actor
Ronald Reagan
and wife
Nancy Davis
(aka Nancy Reagan) star-teamed and made a movie together. The couple however did appear frequently together in television episodes of
General Electric Theater
. Technically speaking though, in this movie, Reagan actually received top billing and Nancy second-billing. As the couple have become more famous through time, the perception of their billing has been equalized due to their presidential married status.
d.
Costume designer
Eiko Ishioka
(who won an Oscar for the movie) had never seen a Dracula movie prior to being hired for this film. She was initially hired as the art director, but when
Francis Ford Coppola
saw some of her costume sketches, he immediately asked her to work as the costume designer.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
Film reportedly went through a major bout of editing; some say this was due to the tensions between Hawn and director Demme; some industry insiders reported many of Lahtis scenes were re-shot or cut entirely due to Hawns belief that she was stealing scenes, though Lahti and Hawn apparently got on well during filming.
b.
In early drafts of the
Budd Schulberg
script, the Terry Malloy character was not an ex-pug dockworker but a cynical investigative reporter, as well as an older, divorced man.
c.
This movies written prologue and dedication seen during the opening credits states: "We wish to express our appreciation to the Department of Defense and the United States Navy for the full cooperation extended to us in the production of this film. To the officers and the men who served aboard the Hellcat submarines during World War II this picture is dedicated."
d.
Five dams were built to bring the San Pedro River in Arizona, where the crossings were shot, to flood stage.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
This movies closing epilogue by Fleet Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz
states: "It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of great peril."
b.
The fans (hired as extras by Whos Nuts production co.) in the stands at Texas Stadium only filled up about two sections on the lower level only during filming in October 2005. The production trailer, the stands appear filled thanks to computer graphics.
c.
Tilda Swinton
and
John Malkovich
who stars as a married couple in this, have both previously starred as a villain in a recent fantasy film. She in
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
and he in
Eragon
.
d.
The computer-controlled "rapid prototyper" portrayed in the film is real technology, able to mechanically sculpt parts and objects in three dimensions using computerized drawings and scanned information. The machine in the film uses Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM). Using one thin layer of bond paper and resin at a time, it carves away the unwanted material as each layer is added, until all the cross-sections have been built up into a solid replica of the original. The carving action of each layer creates a great deal of shavings and dust during the process, which you can see when Billy lifts the lid up to remove the finished model.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
After Wolfes death, William Faulkner said that he was his generations best writer; Faulkner listed himself as second. Wolfes influence extends to the writings of famous Beat writer
Jack Kerouac
and author
Philip Roth
, among others. He remains one of the most important writers in modern American literature.
b.
Olga Kurylenko
s second movie based on a video game. First was
Hitman
.
c.
The Los Angeles Times in June 1956 reported that
Edmund H. North
worked on this movies screenplay but as he is not billed as being a writer in the credits for this picture it is not known the extent to which his work may have been included in the final shooting script.
d.
The black and white film that Naylor watches is the end of
Sands of Iwo Jima
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
The first American Nobel Prize winner in sciences was Michelson (without a) his first name was Albert.
b.
David Swift
: The fireman shown shooing the small boy off a ladder after the a boiler accident at the Harrington House Orphanage.
c.
Dudley Nichols
wrote the script in six days.
d.
The co-author for the screenplay was credited to Raymond T. Marcus, who was in fact blacklisted writer
Bernard Gordon
. Ironically, the movie starred
Ronald Reagan
who was more-or-less a proponent of the blacklist.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
The original title for "The Shrieking" was "Something in the Woods", which later became the tagline for the film.
b.
The movie was made in three weeks.
c.
After completing the screenplays first draft,
Wes Anderson
,
Roman Coppola
and
Jason Schwartzman
all visited India together to see if the fictional world theyd created meshed with the real thing. Although the changes made subsequently were relatively minor, much of the dialog was excised from the later passages of the film as
Wes Anderson
wanted Indias only natural beauty to speak for itself.
d.
Columbia Pictures released this film on a double bill with
The Tall T
.
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