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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : House of Wax (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : House of Wax (1953) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953).
About the movie:
A sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his partner proposes setting fire to the unpopular museum in order to collect the insurance money...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
In the weeks prior to the films release, a series of short animated adventures featuring the voice of
John Forsythe
as Charlie were produced and distributed over the Internet. These adventures expand upon events shown at the start of the film.
b.
During a conversation between
Danny Glover
and
Tom Atkins
(Michael Hunsaker), before Atkins gets shot, he reveals that he worked for an operation called Air America which involved the CIA and dealt with shipping heroin out of Laos.
Mel Gibson
starred in a movie titled
Air America
that may have been based on this conversation. However, it is equally possible that Hunsacker (as well as
Air America
was referring to the historically factual Air America, an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1976. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
c.
Teenage girl fans of
The Graduate
would scream when they saw
Dustin Hoffman
filming in the streets of New York, even though he was in his filthy costume as Rizzo.
d.
Warner Bros. first 3-D movie, filmed by director
André De Toth
- who was blind in one eye and hence could not see the effect.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
The scene where
Paul Picerni
is rescued from the guillotine by
Frank Lovejoy
seconds before the blade came down was filmed in one take, using a real guillotine blade. Picerni and director
André De Toth
got into a heated argument when Picerni, on advice from the films stuntmen, refused to do the scene as too dangerous (a prop man was to hold up the blade off camera and tell the actors when he dropped it so they could yank Picerni away). De Toth threw him off the picture, but several days later, on orders from studio head
Jack L. Warner
, De Toth recalled him, and had the prop department modify the guillotine to make it less dangerous. After examining the guillotine, Picerni said he would do one take and no more, which is exactly what happened.
b.
Bette Davis
admitted later on that
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
s casting her in this movie saved her career from oblivion after a series of unsuccessful movies. She said in a 1983 interview, "He resurrected me from the dead."
c.
The Plimsouls are the band playing in the club that Randy takes Julie to.
d.
While filming, a fierce sandstorm destroyed several of the Tatooine sets in the desert outside Tozeur, Tunisia, and filming resumed two days later. The same thing would happen to
George Lucas
22 years later while filming
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
Director
Peter Farrelly
was and is a huge fan of the band, Orpheus, whose 1968 hit single "Cant Find The Time" is covered by Hootie & The Blowfish for the movies soundtrack. According to an interview which appeared in the Milford Daily News, while in college, Farrelly even dated an Orpheus members ex-wife who was the inspiration for
Amy Smart
s character in the film,
Outside Providence
.
b.
Kevin Smith
: [jaws] After the fiasco involving Caitlin and the dead guy in the bathroom, Randal is pulling a chip through a jar of salsa saying "were gonna need a bigger boat..." alluding to
Jaws
, one of Smiths favorite movies.
c.
Even though then 12-year-old
Jodie Foster
played a very adult role in the movie, she would have been ineligible to attend the premiere unaccompanied by a parent or adult guardian due to the "R" rating.
d.
The name of
Vincent Price
s character was changed to Henry Jarrod from Ivan Igor to avoid alienating Russian viewers.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 7, 1948 with
James Stewart
and
Richard Conte
reprising their film roles.
b.
This was reportedly Warner Brothers biggest success since
Life with Father
.
c.
The actors playing Michael Moon (
Kaiser Johnson
) and Rosamund Hunt (
Ashley Ahlquist
) ended up really getting married a year after they filmed the movie
d.
When passing through solid objects, ghosts appear to absorb some of the material they are going through.
Jerry Zucker
had some difficulty explaining what he wanted this effect to look like. Finally, he illustrated it by dipping a napkin into coffee.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
The movie is based on the legend of Sawney Beane and his family (a wife, eight sons and six daughters), a feral clan who inhabited and roamed the highlands of Scotlands East Lothian County, near Edinburgh, in the early 1400s. They captured, tormented and ate several transients. They were eventually captured on the order of Scotlands King James, were judged to be insane, and executed without trial.
b.
The film was re-released in 1933, at which time the title credits were re-done, Arliss given billing as "Mr.
George Arliss
," and an NRA (National Recovery Act) emblem added; this is the version which presently survives. Unfortunately, the remainder of the film is cropped off the left side, in order to accommodate the sound-on-film system track, which had, by then, replaced the now obsolete Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, and required a slightly narrower picture image as a result.
c.
The alcoholic sculptor was a heroin addict in the original version of the film,
Mystery of the Wax Museum
, but that had to be changed for the remake because the Production Code forbade any mention of drug addiction. (Ironically, a character played by
Vincent Price
had got away with confessing to drug addiction in
Dragonwyck
, made seven years before "House of Wax.")
d.
The movie was a notorious failure on release, making around $25 million (just half its budget) at the US box office. Many reviews criticized the film for being too violent or for being too similar to the original film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
In 1965 this film was recycled under the title "Master of Terror" as part of the "Master of Horror/Master of Terror" double feature. "Master of Horror" was the Argentine film _Obras Maestras del terror (1960)_, which had nearly half of its footage edited out with the remaining footage dubbed into English.
b.
Rubén Blades
was giving a live TV interview to
Good Morning America
from the set of this movie. During the interview, director
Stephen Hopkins
walked on camera and ordered Blades back to work very loudly. The incident was so embarrassing, Blades and Hopkins did another interview days later to apologize.
c.
The trailer was scored by
Max Steiner
.
d.
The Deeping Wall blowing up and the boulder smashing into a tower in Osgiliath werent created digitally, but by destroying the miniatures
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
Robert Cornthwaite
s film debut.
b.
According to the "Guinness Book of World Records", while this film is far from being the first 3-D film, nor the first in sound or color, it was the first 3-D film released with a stereophonic soundtrack (alas, though, the original stereo tracks are considered lost).
c.
At a pre-production press conference at Yale, producer
Frank Marshall
said that Indys fictional Marshall College is indeed named after him. He quipped, "If my last name was Yale, it would be Yale College."
d.
Steven Spielberg
was originally interested in directing.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
Jean Negulesco
directed retakes when
Otto Preminger
wasnt available.
b.
A color dye usually used in concentrated gels for soft drinks was added to the water to turn it to a dark color.
c.
Nedrick Young
, who plays the alcoholic assistant Leon, was uncredited because he had been blacklisted during the McCarthy "Red scare" era in Hollywood.
d.
Eric Christian Olsen
was repeatedly denied the role of Lloyd because the producers thought he was "too good-looking". It was only after seeing some home-video footage of Eric in full make-up improvising a scene with already-cast
Derek Richardson
that they gave him the role.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (1953)?
a.
For filming the TX arriving scene
Kristanna Loken
spent one night naked. During the filming a glass piece stuck under her leg due to walking barefoot on the street.
b.
Jeffrey Kurland
: the costume designer appears as one of the tailors fitting Saul Blooms suit.
c.
The first 3-D color movie ever to be produced by a major American studio. Shooting took place January 19-February 21 1953, for release April 9.
d.
Title song is sung by
The Four Aces
. The song is featured very prominently, and the group is fully credited.
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