Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Imitation of Life (1934) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Imitation of Life (1934) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Imitation of Life (1934).

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1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Imitation of Life (1934)?
a.		The actor who played Gen. Gibbon (who speaks to Sam Elliotts character outdoors at dusk following the first day of battle) is Emile O. Schmidt, then professor and head of the theatre department at nearby Gettysburg College.
b.		In the middle of the movie, during the turmoil that surrounds the dictatorship at San Marcos, outside, an old baby-carriage can be seen rolling off a stairs. This is a direct reference to the most dramatic scene in Sergei M. Eisensteins classic Bronenosets Potyomkin.
c.		Although cast as the daughter of Louise Beavers (Delilah), Fredi Washington (Peola, age 19) was in reality less than two years younger than her onscreen mother. She was, however, considerably slimmer than the matronly Beavers, which enabled the pair to "pass" as mother and daughter.
d.		In a scene depicting the giant spiders attacking a little league baseball game, the spiders are obviously Volkswagen Beetles with puppet legs attached. Tread marks can be seen in several shots.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Imitation of Life (1934)?
a.		Burt Lancaster performs all of his own stunts in this movie. Albert Rémy also gets into the act by performing the stunt of uncoupling the engine from the art train on a real moving train.
b.		According to the audio commentary on 42nd Street Forever Volume 4, Gene Hackman turned down directing the film.
c.		Fredi Washington (Peola, Aged 19) was a light-skinned African-American. After playing this role, she was criticized by some in the black community who labored under the misconception that the actress herself practiced self-hatred and would rather pass herself off as white. Ms. Washington was, in fact, an avid civil rights activist.
d.		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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and was not televised until several years afterward.

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