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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Holiday (1938) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Holiday (1938) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938).
About the movie:
A young man falls in love with a girl from a rich family. His unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life is met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long suffering brother.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
The films mouse was played by a rat. The choice was made carefully because while a mouse would have been preferable, rats are much easier to train.
b.
Eighteen months before
Clark Gable
in
Gone with the Wind
,
Katharine Hepburn
says "damned" in a Production Code-approved Hollywood movie. The occurrence isnt gratuitous: Shes recounting her experience in amateur theatrics and, in camp style, performs a fragment of Lady MacBeths "Out damned spot" sleepwalking line from Shakespeare.
c.
Shot in 4:3 aspect ratio, but printed at 1.66:1.
d.
The character of Val Mayerik (
Brett Leonard
, who was also the director) is a reference to the comic artist by the same name. Val Mayerik drew the early issues of the Man-Thing comic book as well as the even earlier appearances of the Man-Thing in the Fear comic book in the early 1970s.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
The third of four movies pairing
Cary Grant
and
Katharine Hepburn
.
b.
The character of Eisenheim is closely based on the magician and supposed clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen, who was famous in Vienna in the early part of the 20th century and was murdered by Nazi soldiers in 1933.
c.
The movie was released ten years after
Sex and the City
first aired and four years after the series ended.
d.
Southern Ontario was experiencing one of the warmest winters in recent history, forcing the filmmakers to truck in blocks ice from Quebec to make snow.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
The first time the original theatrical version of the film was made available on home video was a Criterion Edition Laserdisc, released in 1991. Before that, the only version available was "The Special Edition".
b.
Phyllis Hyman
was the original choice for the role of Shug Avery.
c.
A character says he "wouldnt know
J. Edgar Hoover
if he walked in here wearing a dress" - a subtle reference to the claims that Hoover was a cross-dresser in his personal life.
d.
The play originally opened in New York City On 26 November 1928 and ran 229 performances.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Chita Rivera
originated the role of Anita when West Side Story premiered at New Yorks Winter Garden Theatre (September 26, 1957).
Rita Moreno
later played Anita in the film adaptation of the show.
c.
Among other accomplishments, the film was a milestone in scoring. It introduced the idea of a theme song to be marketed separately from the movie, and to be a motif for the instrumental score throughout the movie.
Tex Ritter
--
John Ritter
s father--sang the song "Do Not Foresake Me", whose lyrics are from the point of view of the hero appealing to his new wife, Amy, to stay with him.
d.
Edward Everett Horton
repeats the role of Nick Potter, which he also played in the previous version of the film,
Holiday
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
Katharine Hepburn
understudied the role of Linda Seton (played by
Hope Williams
) in the original Broadway play. She also performed a scene from Holiday for her first screen test, which led to her first film role.
b.
Kelly McGillis
was interested to play the role of Annie but turned it down. Instead, McGillis starred in
The Accused
.
c.
The third of the seven
Bob Hope
,
Bing Crosby
and
Dorothy Lamour
"Road" films.
d.
Ginger Rogers was offered a leading role in this movie, but turned it down.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
John Hoyts first film.
b.
Director
George A. Romero
has said several times that
David Emge
s zombie walk is his favorite out of all the Dead movies. He has even gone on to go on to say that the performance is worthy of
Lon Chaney
.
c.
Was originally called "Superhero!", because of the other
David Zucker
movies
Airplane!
and
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
. It was changed to "Superhero Movie" because of the success in the box office of
Date Movie
and
Epic Movie
.
d.
Linda Seaton was loosely based on Gertrude Sanford Legendre, a former debutante who left high society to become a big-game hunter and later spied for the OSS during WWII.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
Probably due to pacing reasons, when The Revolution is performing Darling Nicky, the third verse is omitted from the final film. It can still be heard on the movies soundtrack Album.
b.
OBannions car is a 1972 Plymouth Duster 340 and Pickfords car is a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge.
c.
A number of characters from the series were recast for the film series, these include
O.J. Simpson
(replacing
Peter Lupus
as Norberg, which has the spelling changed to Nordberg), and
George Kennedy
(replacing
Alan North
as Ed Hocken).
Leslie Nielsen
(as Frank Drebin) and
Ed Williams
(as Ted Olsen) where the only main characters to stay the same.
d.
The screenwriter of this version of "Holiday",
Donald Ogden Stewart
, played the role of Nick Potter in the original Broadway production of the play.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday (1938)?
a.
First instance of a Pixar feature-length film using live-action.
b.
The swank apartment for Elvis was a slightly redressed set previously used as
Lauren Bacall
s in
Designing Woman
.
c.
Upset at the negative publicity that star Katherine Hepburn was receiving in advance of the film, studio boss
Harry Cohn
proposed to take out an add in Variety asking "What is wrong with Katherine Hepburn?" Hepburn cautioned Cohn against the idea stating "Look out! They may tell you!"
d.
Most dogfight sequences come from 1942 newsreels, with considerable cropping due to the need to adapt the image to the Panavision framing.
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