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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hitler's Children (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hitler's Children (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hitler's Children (1943)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943).

About the movie: This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		Following the excellent box office returns both director Edward Dmytryk and writer Emmet Lavery were given $5,000 bonuses for their work.
b.		Bob Balaban had not spoken French since high school. When Spielberg, over the phone, asked if he did spoke French, he answered in bad French that he did not speak much, half hoping that someone in the room, overhearing the call, could at least know enough French to hear that he was no good at it. No one did.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 4, 1944 with Roland Young reprising his film role.
d.		During the day, the Marx Brothers worked on this movie. At night, they were starring in "Animal Crackers" on the stage.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		Composer Lalo Schifrin had to sit by Sam Peckinpahs sick bed in order to spot the film and decide which scenes did or did not need music.
b.		Matt Damon was originally considered for the part of Michael Jennings, but turned it down because it was too similar to The Bourne Identity.
c.		When Jamie Lee Curtis character says, "go down the street to the Beckers..." this was supposed to refer to the line from Halloween (1978), "go down the street to the McKenzies house..." The name was changed to Becker, which was the last name of Drew Barrymores character in _Scream (1996)_.
d.		Even though this film does not take its title from the book that it is based on, this movie still shows a close-up of the "Education for Death" source novel and its dust-jacked (as was quite customary of Hollywood movies of the day) clearly showing the book title "Education For Death", at the beginning of this film.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		After the New Zealand premiere, director Peter Jackson joined the actors who played the nine members of the Fellowship by getting a commemorative tattoo of his own. While their tattoos were the Elvish symbol for "9", Jackson received an Elvish "10".
b.		According to Edward Dmytryk in his biography Its a Hell of a Life But Not a Bad Living, "A title with the word Hitler in it was considered box-office poison, and the exhibitors asked Associate Producer Doc Golden See: Robert Golden and RKO to change ours. Doc was stubborn - and he was right. The film cost a little over $100,000, and, running only in England and the Western Hemisphere...grossed, by some accounts, $7,500,00."
c.		Film debut of Charles Starrett.
d.		This movies opening prologue states: "LIBYA - 1943. After almost three years of bitter desert warfare, Rommels brilliant use of his Panzer divisions has driven the British into a position of desperation. The fate of the Mediterranean hangs in the balance."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		Largely shot on Universals old "Hacienda" set, used on many of the studios "B" westerns.
b.		Edward Dmytryk in his biography Its a Hell of a Life But Not a Bad Living, states: "A friend of mine, Irving Reis, had prepared and actually started shooting a film called Hitlers Children, an exploitation B. Irving was rather headstrong and somewhat touchy - a bad combination in Hollywood. After a few days, he got into a fight with producer Doc Golden Robert Golden. Getting his back up, he quit the film, expecting, so he told me later, to win a quick apology and a free hand. Instead, the studio said, As you wish, and asked me to take over the direction. He gave me his blessing, asking only that his name be completely removed from the films credits. The studio was willing and I went to work. I finished on schedule, cut and dubbed it, and turned it over to the distribution department. None of us at the studio was sure of what we had."
c.		A Feb. 11, 1958 Los Angeles Times ad shows that this film was widely distributed on a double bill at many drive-in theaters with Disneys Old Yeller.
d.		The exterior shots of Ethan Hawke and Jude Laws apartment is actually the CLA (Classrooms, Laboratories, and Administration) Building of Cal Poly Pomona by architect Antoine Predock.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		This movie was studio RKOs second-biggest box-office movie of the 1943 - 1944 financial year, just behind the Cary Grant starrer Mr. Lucky. Overall, some reports state that it is the biggest grossing movie of all time for the RKO Studios, grossing more than even Top Hat and King Kong.
b.		Coleman Francis: [light aircraft] The same small airstrip found in all his films.
c.		Studio records state the film was shot in 21 days.
d.		The scene where Danny DeVito wakes Matt Damon from his sleep on the bench was filmed hurriedly to the surprise of Damon, who had actually fallen asleep after a scene.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		While the film was largely overlooked by moviegoers, critical reaction was generally favorable and both Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper included it on the year end top 10 lists.
b.		Filmed over the course of four weekends on a budget of $200.
c.		This movie is considered a Second World War wartime propaganda film of the United States.
d.		During filming of the Well of Souls sequence, one of the pythons died after being bitten by one of the cobras.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		The "Redemption Theatre" seen towards the beginning of the film is the Lyric Theatre at 12952 Western Avenue in Blue Island, Illinois.
b.		The films release was deliberately held back until September 1945 in the hopes that it would find a more sympathetic audience in a post-war atmosphere.
c.		This film represents one of a small handful of American films which featured the word Hitler or Hitlers, and both referencing Adolf Hitler, in their titles and were ones made around the time of the Second World War. These World War II movies include Hitlers Children; Hitlers Madman aka Hitlers Hangman; Hitler--Dead or Alive; The Hitler Gang aka Hitler & co.; the documentary short, Hitler Lives; The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler; Hitlers Women aka Women in Bondage; the comic short, The Devil with Hitler and Hitler - Beast of Berlin.
d.		In Janies dream about marrying the rich Dick Hamilton, the front page of the newspaper announcing the nuptials also declares: "ADOLF HITLER ASSASSINATED ... World War End Expected as Hitler Slain ... Nazi Dictator Struck Down in Moscow".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		The film was started by Irving Reis, who quit after clashing with the producer. He was replaced by Edward Dmytryk.
b.		When the US Secret Service wouldnt allow the filmmakers to land their UH-1 Huey they were using on the South Lawn, they used stock footage of the Presidents helicopter, Marine One, landing instead.
c.		Al Boasberg, the man most responsible for shaping the early comic persona of Jack Benny, was initially given top billing among the films writers. In what was to become one of the first major disputes over film writing credit, Boasberg (primarily a gag man) sought sole credit for the comedic scenes, leaving credit for the screenplay itself to Robert Pirosh and George Seaton. MGM bitterly fought this and punished Boasberg by listing him under the others. A furious Boasberg had his name removed from the film completely.
d.		A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		For their work on this movie, scriptwriter Emmet Lavery and director Edward Dmytryk both received healthy cash bonuses as a reward for this films success.
b.		Camp David is strictly off-limits to the public and the media. The production designer used someones personal snapshots from the Nixon Era and a lot of imagination when designing the set.
c.		Viggo Mortensen chipped a tooth while filming a fight sequence. He wanted Peter Jackson to superglue it back on so he could finish his scene, but the director took him to the dentist on his lunch break, had it patched up, and returned to the set that afternoon.
d.		The role of Alice was originally intended for Natasha Richardson, but she was in France at the time that the scene was to be filmed. If Allison Janney hadnt been available, the next actress on their wish list was Joan Allen. They also considered the possibility of re-tailoring the part for Jennifer Coolidge.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hitler's Children (1943)?
a.		Film was shot only in about two weeks. Was originally said to be a "B" picture. First of six in The Thin Man series.
b.		M-G-M did not have high financial expectations for the film, and chose instead to allocate its resources to Rose Marie and Brigadoon - films that never matched this films commercial and critical success.
c.		Jennifer Jason Leighs real life father (Vic Morrow) died in a helicopter accident about three weeks before the US release.
d.		Made for $205,000, the film grossed $3.355 million (topping original studio grosses for King Kong, Top Hat and Little Women).

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