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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Holiday Inn (1942) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Holiday Inn (1942) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942).
About the movie:
At an inn which is only open on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
Jan Vlasák
(The Dutch Businessman) didnt speak a word of English, he learned his lines phonetically.
b.
The script originally called for a Labor Day dance number, "This Is a Great Country."
c.
Bela Lugosi
earned $4,000 for his participation in publicity photos for this film (he does not actually appear in it).
d.
A large group of on-lookers converged on a bridge in Melbourne to watch scenes being filmed in a nearby location. Over four days of filming at that location, the crowds grew so large they disrupted traffic, and public transport operators reported an unusual jump in passenger traffic to the area.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK: (
Paul Verhoeven
): A nude scene takes place in a co-ed shower room and locker room, as in
Starship Troopers
.
b.
Second theatrical feature directed by
Tom Holland
.
Fright Night
two years earlier had been his first.
c.
The space shuttle engineer was played by
Richard Branson
, the owner of The Virgin Group. The monitors inside the jet display the words "Virgin Galactic", the name of Bransons commercial spaceflight company that will utilize the SpaceshipOne crafts, which are launched from the underbelly of an airplane, much like the space shuttle in the film.
d.
For the "drunk" dance,
Fred Astaire
had two drinks of bourbon before the first take and one before each succeeding take. The seventh (last) take was used in the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
The wig that
Eric Stoltz
wears in the film was made of Stoltzs real hair.
b.
The part of the chauffeur was specifically written for
Tony Todd
, who only worked one day on this movie.
c.
The second in a trilogy of autobiographical films directed by Henry Jaglom. The first was Always (1985) and the last was New Years Day (1989).
d.
The firecracker dance sequence required 3 days of rehearsal and took two days to film.
Fred Astaire
s shoes for the dance were auctioned off for $116,000 worth of war bonds.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
Marjorie Reynolds
singing was dubbed by
Martha Mears
.
b.
Russell, referred to into the rack track scene, is
Russell Baze
, the most successful jockey in the history of Thoroughbred horse racing, and a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame.
c.
Lindsay Lohan
was originally offered the role of Jennifer Ramsey, but turned it down.
Emmy Rossum
was eventually cast for the part.
d.
Some of the extras in the film (scenes in the General Assembly, the Security Council and in the security camera footage) are actual U.N. staff members, who were allowed to participate after signing the usual waivers. Filming at the United Nations took place over weekends from April - August 2004.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
Some controversy surrounded the history of the song "White Christmas" when it was reported in a 1960 news item that
Irving Berlin
wrote the song in 1938, which would have made it ineligible for an Academy Award nomination. But a biography and modern sources agree it was written for this film, and the sheet music has a 1942 copyright date.
b.
Second appearance by Rick Savage as P.I. Bill Harlow, inspired by Raymond Chandlers Phillip Marlow.
c.
The Times Square Restaurant in Pawtucket, RI was renamed the Riverside Diner to fit the script of this film. As of 2010, it is still called the Riverside Diner, although the elaborate neon marquee that stood on the building several years after filming has been replaced by a simpler sign.
d.
The town of Beaver, Oregon does exist. It is located 20 miles South of Tillamook, OR, and 20 miles East of the Pacific Ocean. However, no filming of this movie ever took place even remotely close to it.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
Frances McDormand
once noted in a 1996 interview that
M. Emmet Walsh
was the oldest person on the set.
b.
Eileen Sedgwick
replaced
Molly Malone
, who had starred in the first five chapters, when Malone had to have an emergency appendectomy.
c.
The film was inspired by a dream in which
Woody Allen
discovers that his soul looks just like a chickpea.
d.
The first public performance of the song "White Christmas" was by
Bing Crosby
on his NBC radio show "The Kraft Music Hall" on Christmas Day, 1941, during the middle of filming _Holiday Inn (1942)_, which was released seven months later. The song went on to become one of the biggest selling songs in the history of music. This was the first of three films to feature Crosby singing "White Christmas".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
On Phoenixs mirror after the concert in which she becomes a star is a magazine ad with the headline "Im a Harpers Freak". Phoenix was played by Jessica Harper (I).
b.
The proceeds from the New York City premiere went to the Navy Relief Society.
c.
The movie featured two thousand extras and background artists playing illegal immigrants.
d.
The scenes of the airship crashing were filmed in black and white with hand-held cameras so they could allow incorporation of the actual newsreel footage of the Hindenburg crash.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
It took only six weeks for
WALL·E
to gross over $200 million in the USA.
b.
Irving Berlin
got the idea for the film after writing the song "Easter Parade" for his 1933 show "As Thousands Cheer", and planned to write a play about American holidays, but it never materialized. He later pitched the idea to
Mark Sandrich
who got the ball rolling for this film.
c.
According to an October 1943 news item in Hollywood Reporter,
Alfred Hitchcock
was initially slated to direct this picture.
d.
Verree Teasdale
, who played the mother of Jean Muirs character, was only eight years older than Jean.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
According to
Carla Rueckert
, he word "hidan" refers to a "high place" or "holy place". Maukbeiangjow is the name of the holy place in the film, though
Hugh Smith
remembers Maukbeiangjow being the name of a demon.
b.
The animated Thanksgiving sequence is a topical reference to President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
s failed attempt to change the date of the holiday.
c.
WILHELM SCREAM : Heard during the Doomsday Device segment.
d.
John Wayne
fell ill with influenza during the production and was hospitalized for a fortnight. It was uncertain at one point whether the film would actually be completed.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Holiday Inn (1942)?
a.
French Stewart
s film debut.
b.
During filming of the famous rainbarrel sequence, Jean Harlow reportedly stood up - topless - and called out something along the lines of "one for the boys in the lab!" Director
Victor Fleming
quickly removed the film from the camera to prevent any footage from reaching the black market.
c.
When
Irving Berlin
won an Oscar for his song "White Christmas" from this movie, he became the first artist to present himself with an Academy Award.
d.
It took 20 takes for the hammer to fall on the forklift gearshift correctly in the home improvement store scene.
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