Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Island in the Sky (1953) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Island in the Sky (1953) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Island in the Sky (1953).

About the movie: A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Island in the Sky (1953)?
a.		Producer John Strong did an uncredited rewrite on the script.
b.		The second official trailer of this movie was released on November 27th, 2008.
c.		The little yellow radio shown in the movie was a actual radio. Its design is based on a WWII German emergency transmitter. It is a BC-778/SCR-578/AN-CRT3 emergency transmitter (it could not receive) affectionately called Gibson Girl, a name taken from the narrow-waisted female drawings of 1890s fashion artist Charles Gibson. Its shape allowed the operator to hold it between the legs while cranking it the necessary 80 RPM to produce enough electricity to operate. It could be set to automatically send an SOS signal or switched to send Morse Code signals. Early models transmitted only on 500kHz, later models also could transmit on 8280kHz (later modified to 8364kHz). It was notorious for being tough to crank.
d.		Dustin Hoffman was originally supposed to play Charlie, but he wanted to play Raymond. Raymond was also supposed to be mentally retarded, but Hoffman changed it to an autistic savant.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Island in the Sky (1953)?
a.		Edward Bunkers last film.
b.		The only film in which Carole Lombard was credited under her real name of Jane Peters.
c.		Screenwriter David Paterson built the set where most of the film takes place. Myras apartment. The set was built in the basement of a Church in Long Island.
d.		The general plot is based on a true story that the author, Ernest Gann related in his 1961 autobiographical book about his flying career, "Fate is the Hunter". He and other pilots searched successfully for a lost fellow pilot in the wilds of northern Canada during World War II.

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