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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Quiz
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About the movie:
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)?
a.
After this movie,
Ed Bianchi
did not direct another theatrical feature until
Off and Running
, a gap of about a decade.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 26, 1942 with
Claude Rains
,
Evelyn Keyes
and
James Gleason
reprising their film roles.
c.
The last name of televangelist Jimmy Lee Farnsworth is the same as that of the widely-acknowledged inventor of television, Philo T. Farnsworth.
d.
The filmmakers considered making this film about Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, whose powers were magical rather than cosmic. They decided to go with Hal Jordan as he was the most popular Lantern and the one on whom (most of) the GL universe was constructed around.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)?
a.
According to Hollywood lore, while filming the orgy sequence which precedes Moses descent from Mount Horeb with the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments engraved,
Cecil B. DeMille
was perched on top of a ladder delivering his customarily long-winded directions through a megaphone to the hundreds of extras involved in the scene. After droning on to the extras for several minutes, DeMille was distracted by one young woman who was persistently talking to the woman standing next to her. DeMille stopped his speech and addressed everyones attention to the young woman. "Here," DeMille said, "We have a young woman whose conversation with her friend is apparently more important than listening to her instructions from her director while we are all engaged in making motion picture history. Perhaps the young woman would care to enlighten us all, and tell us what the devil is so important that it cannot wait until after we make this shot." After a moment, of silence and temporary fright, she spoke up and boldly confessed, "I was just saying to my friend, I wonder when that bald-headed old fart is gonna call Lunch!" DeMille stared at her for a moment, paused, then lifted his megaphone, and then shouted, "Lunch!"
b.
In the "Casey at the Bat" segment, a sign on the stadium wall announces that the Mudville 9 are playing Burbank in the fateful game, a reference to the location of the
Walt Disney
studio.
c.
James Gleason
was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the role of Max Corkle. This is the first time in Academy Awards history for a person to be nominated for a supporting Oscar for a role for which a different person would later also be nominated for a supporting Oscar:
Jack Warden
was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Max Corkle in
Heaven Can Wait
.
d.
The "bump key" technique used by Crowe does actually work as portrayed, on cylinder locks.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)?
a.
Claude Rains
plays an agent of Heaven who finds a new body for the soul of
Robert Montgomery
. In
Angel on My Shoulder
Rains plays the Devil, who finds a new body for the soul of
Paul Muni
.
Harry Segall
, who wrote the story for the latter film, also wrote the play "Heaven Can Wait", upon which
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
is based.
b.
Brad Bumgardner
(Murr) had undergone extensive gastrointestinal surgery just before principal photography began. By the time the movie was out of post production and opened for the premiere, Brad had lost over 250 pounds and was barely recognizable as the character, Murr.
c.
Any time someone in the department store asks for a shoe, they request an 8 1/2.
d.
When he talks to Adam Kesher, the Cowboy says: "You will see me one more time, if you do good. You will see me two more times, if you do bad."
Justin Theroux
said in an interview that since he didnt have the entire script, but received the pages day by day, he asked
David Lynch
if the Cowboy would appear again in the film. According to him, Lynchs answer was: "I dont know. We will find out together." The Cowboy does, in fact, turn up two more times, but appearing to Diane.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)?
a.
This film was originally intended to be released in the summer of 1986, but the release was pushed up to January to avoid competition and confusion with
Top Gun
.
b.
Gene Kelly
screened
The Red Shoes
for the MGM executives to persuade them to back a dance film.
c.
The first trailer of this movie was released sometimes in 2006, about 3 years before the official release of the film.
d.
Columbia chief
Harry Cohn
had serious misgivings about this adaptation of
Harry Segall
s minor stage play. He preferred to reserve his more lavish budgets for surefire successes (i.e., anything featuring the studios biggest star,
Rita Hayworth
). However,
Sidney Buchman
was eventually able to talk Cohn into forking out for costly celestial sets and Farnsworths elaborate mansion and also into hiring
Robert Montgomery
on loan-out from MGM. Buchman was also able to convince Cohn that he had a better appreciation of what the public would pay to see than the Wall Street bankers who Cohn answered to.
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