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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knights of the Round Table (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knights of the Round Table (1953) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953).
About the movie:
King Arthur establishes the greatest reign England has ever seen, and along for the ride are his indispensable Knights of the Round Table...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
b.
Many people were shocked by the change in
Clark Gable
s voice, leading some to question whether he may have had lung cancer at the time of his death.
c.
Stanley Baker
was cast at very short notice after the actor first cast had to be replaced.
d.
The script for the scene of George first stowing away in the crate ended where he gets back out of it. The remainder of the scene was ad-libbed by
William H. Macy
and
Christopher Walken
. Walken does indeed have arthritis in his hands.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
Marisa Tomei
and
William H. Macy
have previously played together in
Wild Hogs
. In both movies, Tomei played a character named Maggie while Macy played one named Frank.
b.
Britains first CinemaScope production, and also its first widescreen feature.
c.
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
was originally set to portray David Seville; however, due to his age (58 at the time of filming), the younger
Jason Lee
was chosen.
d.
Almost none of the scenes were filmed as scripted and, in fact, almost all of the scenes had at least one or two ad-libs.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
First MGM to be shot in CinemaScope.
b.
Originally intended to be photographed in 3-D and to be titled "Man-Killer."
c.
When producer
Samuel Goldwyn
visited the huge set constructed for the film (a very detailed depiction of a New York City slum) he shouted, "Why do directors always want these slums to be so dirty? Clean it up!" He was eventually persuaded by director
William Wyler
that very few people lived in clean slums and that it would hurt the pictures credibility if a slum were depicted as a nice place to live.
d.
The scene in Penn Station was shot without a permit.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
The strange, menacing-looking engine in the railroad crossing scene very strongly resembles Pennsylvania T-1 4-4-4-4, an experimental engine built in 1942 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and used exclusively by the Pennsylvania Railroad. All of the real T-1s were sold for scrap by the early 1950s.
b.
The first film in CinemaScope which was not produced by 20th Century-Fox.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 25, 1953 with
Jean Peters
and
Jeffrey Hunter
reprising their film roles.
d.
The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 19 November 1919 and had 223 performances. Writer
George Scarborough
filed a lawsuit against M-G-M over alterations in his play, but the outcome of the suit has not been determined.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
Carroll Baker was married to director Jack Garfein at the time they made this film (they divorced in 1969).
b.
Sturges helped invent the gadget sofa demonstrated in the department store scene.
c.
The 2-strip Technicolor musical sequence in the last reel is not lost, but is completely missing from the bootleg dupe presently being circulated by underground DVD dealers.
d.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 8 seconds (quite fast for an early CinemaScope film)
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
In the much-forgotten sci-fi action thriller,
Virtuosity
,
Denzel Washington
starred as a heroic policeman while a then-unknown
Russell Crowe
was cast as the villain.
b.
Miklos Rosza lifted liberally from his own work for this film when he later composed the score for
Ben-Hur
.
c.
Michael Crawford
(Hero) did most of his stunts himself.
d.
The Swedish Bookstore scene has no cuts and lasts for 88 seconds. Amusingly, like the scene, 88 makes sense forwards AND backwards.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knights of the Round Table (1953)?
a.
Anne Crawford, who plays Morgan Le Fay, was only 7 years and 3 months older than Stanley Baker, who plays her son Modred.
b.
Asia Argento
(Slack) is the daughter of noted Italian horror filmmaker
Dario Argento
, who was the co-producer and co-composer of one of the previous entries in George Romeros zombie series,
Dawn of the Dead
.
c.
Last film directed by
Billy Wilder
.
d.
Filmmakers were unable to get permission to shoot scenes in India. The Indian government requested that a copy of the script to be read and also demanded that the word "Maharajah" to be removed fearing that the content does not reflect their culture. As a result, production was moved to Sri Lanka where some locations were also used for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
.
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