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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: How Green Was My Valley (1941).
About the movie:
Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Seen through the eyes of the family's youngest...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: How Green Was My Valley (1941)?
a.
Mia Farrow
actually ate raw liver for a scene in the movie.
b.
The role of Speed was intended to be for an exceptionally athletic boy, but when
Will Harris
auditioned, the casting director found him so like-able that the role was changed to accommodate his larger stature.
c.
During production,
George Chesebro
("Hands Up") entered the United States Army and was replaced by
George Larkin
in the role for the remainder of the production.
d.
The title of the novel appears in two sentences. It is first used in Chapter XXX, after the narrator has just had his first sexual experience. He sits up to "look down in the valley." He then reflects: "How green was my Valley that day, too, green and bright in the sun." Needless to say, this sexual experience was cut out of the film. The phrase is used again in the novels last sentence: "How green was my Valley then, and the Valley of them that have gone."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: How Green Was My Valley (1941)?
a.
Burt Reynolds
was not originally actually sought by the production for the part of politician Dave Dilbeck. Reynolds wanted the part badly and so contacted Castle Rock studio head
Rob Reiner
personally and went to Miami, Florida to audition. He took a pay cut considerably lower than to what he had received during the heyday of his career.
b.
The abortive visit to Adm.
William F. Halsey
was filmed on the USS Kearsarge (CV 33) which, at the time, had been decommissioned for extensive modernization work.
c.
Vincent Price
was originally set to play Lord Harry Almsbury in the
Peggy Cummins
version but was replaced by
Richard Greene
when the film was recast with
Linda Darnell
.
d.
The author continued the story about Huw Morgans life in 3 sequels. Up into the Singing Mountain (1960) in which Huw emigrates to Argentina; Down Where the Moon is Small (1966), Huws life in Welsh-speaking parts of Argentina; and Green, Green My Valley Now (1975), in which Huw returns to Wales. None of these have been made into films, and How Green Was My Valley is still the most consistently popular novel of the series.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: How Green Was My Valley (1941)?
a.
"How Green Was My Valley" famously beat
Orson Welles
Citizen Kane to an Oscar.
b.
Lee Majors
plays Officer Austin. He played Colonel Steve Austin in the TV series
The Six Million Dollar Man
. As he tosses the Trojan to Brad, the "bionic" sound effect from that shows is heard.
c.
To study for his role as a Christian missionary,
Aidan Quinn
went undercover with the Wycliffe Bible Translator group in Belem, Brazil, passing himself off as a born again Christian from the American Midwest.
d.
The audio used during the movie theater scene is from the feature film
Dreamers
, which was also photographed by Neal L. Fredericks.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: How Green Was My Valley (1941)?
a.
The author of the novel,
Richard Llewellyn
had claimed to have based the book on his own knowledge of the Gilfach Goch area, but this was proven false, as Llewellyn was English-born and spent little time in Wales. As it turned out, he had actually gathered his facts from conversations with local mining families.
b.
Two Dodge Chargers were purchased for a total of $2, given that after the making of the film they would be sold back to the original owner for $1.25 a piece.
c.
The film was originally intended to be filmed in the Australian Outback but was changed to Mexico.
d.
Andrew Davis
only had one chance to crash the train in the train scene and had to get it right, so he consulted an array of engineers, stunt doubles, the insurance company, to try to ascertain exactly what would happen. The train was expected to crash into his bus at a speed of 35 miles per hour, but the director was in error. The train came at a speed of 42 miles per hour. Nevertheless, the scene still went exactly as planned.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: How Green Was My Valley (1941)?
a.
Before the film was completed, producers
Samuel M. Sherman
and
Brett Piper
sold the television rights to the films re-edited rough cut. It was played on the USA Networks "Up All Night" series. The producers then used their sale money to complete the film.
b.
Many actors and singers turned down roles in the film, including
Olivia Newton-John
(Strawberry Fields),
Donna Summer
(Lucy),
Elton John
,
Barry Manilow
,
Bob Hope
(Mr. Kite),
Doris Day
(Mrs. Fields) and
Rock Hudson
(Mr. Fields).
c.
As well as this film, the book has twice been adapted by the BBC as a serial for television, in 1960 and 1975. The 1975 production - scripted by Elaine Morgan - starred Stanley Baker, Siân Phillips, and Nerys Hughes. It was also adapted as a Broadway musical, called A Time for Singing, which opened at the Broadway Theatre, New York, on May 21, 1966. The music was by John Morris; book and lyrics were by Gerald Freedman and John Morris. The production was directed by Mr. Freedman, and it starred Ivor Emmanuel, Tessie OShea, Shani Wallis, and Laurence Naismith.
d.
Is the Hotel Earle hell? When Chet first appears he comes out of a door on the floor after it takes him a long while to reach the top, like if he was ascending from the underworld. The word "six" is said three times in the elevator.
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