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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knock on Any Door (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knock on Any Door (1949) Quiz
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About the movie:
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knock on Any Door (1949)?
a.
Producer
Mark Hellinger
had owned the rights to the novel and was planning to film it when he opened his own production company in late 1947.
Humphrey Bogart
was to be a partner in Mark Hellinger Productions. However, Hellinger died in December 1947. It is probable that Bogart purchased the rights from Hellingers estate some time in 1948, and this film was the first production of Bogarts independent company, Santana.
b.
Based on the skit "Good Burger" from the Nickelodeon series,
All That
.
c.
Actors
Jack Black
and
Kyle Gass
perform together as the musical group
Tenacious D
in real life.
d.
Liza Minnelli
used her mothers (
Judy Garland
s) old dressing room, her mothers old hairdresser (
Sydney Guilaroff
) and worked on mothers old MGM sound stages during the filming of this. Additionally, during interviews she did her mothers famous "oh-uh, ah, ohs" with hand gestures.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knock on Any Door (1949)?
a.
This was the first film made by
Humphrey Bogart
s independent production company, Santana. He chose
Nicholas Ray
to direct because he had greatly admired his directorial debut
They Live by Night
.
b.
Over 7000 girls auditioned for the role of Lavender Brown, and read from a scene with Madam Pomfrey, Hermione and Ron. Ironically,
Emma Watson
recommended
Jessie Cave
for the role, although Cave hadnt attended any auditions.
c.
Michael Westphal
, one of the bench players for the Tropics, is the son of NBA player and coach
Paul Westphal
.
d.
This was the first Shakespearean role that
Glenn Close
had ever attempted on either stage or screen.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knock on Any Door (1949)?
a.
The book by
Willard Motley
was a best seller. It was serialized in the
William Randolph Hearst
newspapers and abridged versions appeared in Look Magazine and Omnibook (a Readers Digest-type of magazine of the day).
b.
Stage manager Maurice Cass vows that the opera will go on "even if Frankenstein walks in!" Audiences were well aware that this in-joke referred to star
Boris Karloff
, who was in the theater at the time.
c.
Al Jolson
insisted on singing the opening number Vive la France live on set, as he claimed it would be impossible to do the song justice if was filmed miming to playback, in order to deliver it with the excitement and verve that only he could bring to it. Even though this presented considerable technical problems, Warner Brothers agreed (thats the real studio orchestra actually on set playing the house band of the Wonder Bar) and this is one of the very last musical numbers to be performed live on camera.
d.
When
Samuel Goldwyn
began looking for someone to play Lou Gehrig in "Pride of the Yankees," he quizzed baseball writers. The Sporting News polled the fans, and their pick was Cleavland Indians pitcher Johnny Humphries because of the strong facial resemblance. Goodwyn considered the candidates and chose actor
Gary Cooper
for the role. In a later movie
Lifeboat
, Cooper mentions Johnny Humphries in a scene.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knock on Any Door (1949)?
a.
RKOs second biggest hit of 1943, netting $1.603 million, it was only outperformed at the box office by the vastly lower-budgeted
Hitlers Children
.
b.
Don Coscarelli
reportedly admitted during filming that he had run out of ideas after finishing the script for this sequel and had no clue which direction would the story take in case there was a fourth Phantasm movie. He jokingly added that if a Phantasm IV was ever filmed, it would actually be "just to make money out of it".
c.
When
Humphrey Bogart
was told that director
Nicholas Ray
wanted to film the entire sentencing statement for the defense sequence in a single take, Bogart was concerned because he had never delivered such a long speech without cuts and feared he couldnt do it. Ray calmed Bogart down, suggested several rehearsals, and much to Bogarts surprise, Ray rolled during the rehearsals filming most of what has become the famous and well played sentencing sequence.
d.
In the original play the Captain and Baroness separate due to ideological differences: the Baroness refuses to stand up against the Nazis, and the Captain refuses to compromise with the Nazis.
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