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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It Happens Every Spring (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It Happens Every Spring (1949) Quiz
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About the movie:
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It Happens Every Spring (1949)?
a.
The premise of
Ernest Haycox
s story comes from
Guy de Maupassant
s famous story Boule de Suif, which takes place in Normandy during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
b.
When manager Dolan asks Vernon what his name is he briefly scans the outfield fence and sees a sign for Kelly Tires and tells Dolan that his name is Kelly. While this brief scene was in the film when it was released for TV in the 1960s it has now been cut from the film.
c.
The car driven by
Bob Newhart
is a Jensen Interceptor.
d.
The segment The Telephone was the first Italian thriller to be shot in color.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It Happens Every Spring (1949)?
a.
This movie is similar in storyline to two earlier European films made around 1962. Firstly, it is similar to the Hungarian black-and-white film Two half-times in Hell (aka
Két félidö a pokolban
). Winner of the Critics Award at the 1962 Boston Cinema Festival, this movie told of a soccer match between Allied POWs and German soldiers and held on
Adolf Hitler
s birthday.
Victory
is also similar in storyline to the earlier Russian film,
Tretiy taym
.
b.
Loosely based on the case of American serial killer Joseph Kallinger who murdered three people and tortured four families. He committed these crimes with his 13-year-old son Michael between 1974-1975 in New Jersey. Kallinger pleaded insanity, claiming God had told him to kill.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Monday, October 3rd, 1949 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
d.
Mr. Foxs wardrobe was based on
Wes Anderson
s own brown corduroy suits.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It Happens Every Spring (1949)?
a.
The second of sixteen movies for the suave detective nicknamed "The Falcon" starring
George Saunders
.
b.
At the time this movie was filmed, major league baseball had been integrated for two seasons. However, there are no African American ballplayers in the cast or even in the stock footage.
c.
One of the scientific experts consulted for the making of the movie was Dr. David Stevenson of Caltech. After talking to the producers, he thought of a scientifically possible way to send an unmanned probe to the core. His idea was published in the prestigious science journal Nature on 15 May 2003.
d.
The low-budget flick was shot in an abandoned hotel in Virginia - in the winter. "Since we didnt have the money to heat the hotel, (producer
Beverly Karp
) brought me a bit of cognac from time to time," recalls a co-producer. The crew kept warm by wearing ski clothes; the actors just had to act warm, aided by the lights and long underwear.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It Happens Every Spring (1949)?
a.
The 6 January 1991 draft of the screenplay credits revisions to
David S. Goyer
. He is not credited in the final film.
b.
All the baseball teams are identified by their city but never by their nicknames. Even the home team uniforms, which should have the team nicknames, list the city instead. The reason is because the commissioner of baseball, Happy Chandler, would not sanctioned the movie because of the cheating element in the movie. So 20th Century could not use the the name of the teams or even use cameo baseball player walk ons like the studio wanted to do.
c.
Kens line, "Take him to the libary pronounced as lie-berry", after capturing Buzz was an intentional mispronunciation as an improvisation by
Michael Keaton
. The director liked it so much he kept it in the film.
d.
Most of the adults in authority positions in the movie are scarred in some way: Rasczak (
Michael Ironside
) misses an arm; the biology teacher has scars in her face, and the recruiting sergeant misses both his legs.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It Happens Every Spring (1949)?
a.
As a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, "Gene" Hambleton commanded the 57first Missile Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from 1965 to 1971. He is better known as by his tactical radio call-sign, "Bat 21", he used in Vietnam when he was shot down in 1972 while jamming enemy radar, and parachuted behind enemy lines. When on the ground Col Hambleton found himself in the midst of an invasion force of over 30,000 North Vietnamese troops. While evading capture for eleven days he used his survival radio to call in air strikes against the invasion force. Rescue crews gave him coded instructions for where to go to be rescued based on golf course that he had played at different air force bases. Hambletons harrowing ordeal was recounted in the book Bat 21 (1980), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1988. He died from cancer on September 19 2004 at age 85.
b.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Friday, April 14th, 1950 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
c.
Catherine Sutherland
originally auditioned for the part of Dulcea, but was turned down because the producers felt that she was too young for the part. However, she would later be cast on the TV series third season as Katherine and would take over the role of the Pink Ranger when actress Amy Jo Johnson left the show.
d.
Jane Powell
s stage name came from the name of the character she played in this, her film debut.
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