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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lady in the Dark (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lady in the Dark (1944) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lady in the Dark (1944).
About the movie:
Ginger Rogers, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuos daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady in the Dark (1944)?
a.
The original Broadway production "Lady in the Dark" with book by
Moss Hart
, music by
Kurt Weill
and lyrics by
Ira Gershwin
opened at the Alvin Theater on January 3, 1941. It suspended performances for the summer on June 15 and resumed its run on September 2 and closed on May 30, 1942 after a total of 467 performances. The production played a return engagement at the Broadway Theater from February 27 to May 15, 1943 for an additional 83 performances.
Gertrude Lawrence
,
Victor Mature
and (in his breakout role)
Danny Kaye
were in the original cast.
b.
This is
Ciara
s first theatrical film.
c.
Ormer Locklear
and
Milton Skeets Elliott
were killed on the last day of filming, when a nighttime stunt flight went horribly wrong. The fatal crash was included in the released film, but no copy of it seems to exist.
d.
Katharine Hepburn
turned down the role of Eliza Birdwell.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady in the Dark (1944)?
a.
Huey (
Dennis Hopper
) says, "You cant just go to your local video store and rent
Easy Rider
to be a rebel." Hopper directed and starred in "Easy Rider".
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Januray 29, 1945 with
Ginger Rogers
and
Ray Milland
reprising their film roles.
c.
Chapter Titles: 1. Death Marks the Trail 2. Menacing Herd 3. Plungle of Peril 4. Flaming Fury 5. Avalanche of Doom 6. Blood and Gold 7. Death Rides the Storm 8. Descending Doom 9. Death Holds the Reins 10. Devouring Flames 11. Fatal Blast 12. Thundering Doom 13. The Bridge of Disaster 14. A Fight to the Death 15. The Harvest of Hate
d.
Don Coscarelli
s mother, novelist
Kate Coscarelli
, held several titles on the production and even used two aliases, "S. Tyler" and "Shirley Mae", for production design and make up/costume design respectively. She also wrote a novel adaptation based on the film. It was published in 2002 and only 500 copies were produced.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady in the Dark (1944)?
a.
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.
b.
When Emily, the character played by
Gale Sondergaard
, meets the new occupants of the house, one of the women asks her "Didnt I see you in Rebecca?". Sondergaards character is made to look like
Judith Anderson
s character in the
Alfred Hitchcock
thriller
Rebecca
, and Sondergaard herself bears a striking physical resemblance to Anderson.
c.
In the original Broadway production,
Danny Kaye
sang his famous patter song, "Tchaikovsky (And Other Russians)," in which he dashed off the names of 50 Russian composers in 39 seconds. By the time the movie version was made, Kaye was under contract with Samuel Goldwyn, and could not appear in the film. His role as the photographer, Russell Paxton, was given to
Mischa Auer
, and the "Tchaikovsky" number was dropped.
d.
The role of Joshuas young sibling was played by the real-life newborn sibling of
Jacob Kogan
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady in the Dark (1944)?
a.
Frank Sinatra
plays Detective Joe Leland from the novel (The Detective) by
Roderick Thorp
. Thorp wrote a sequel (Nothing Lasts Forever) where Leland is trapped in a Claxxon Oil Corporation skyscraper after its taken by German terrorists and must rescue his daughter and grandchildren. Twenty years later the novel was filmed with some changes: the daughter became his wife, Claxxon became the Nakatomi Corporation and Joe Lelands name was changed to John McClane. The film was released under the title
Die Hard
.
b.
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.
c.
Shot in 1959, not released until 1963.
d.
The deformed Orc leader Gothmog is only mentioned once in the original novel of "The Lord of the Rings" - identified only as by name and as the Lieutenant of Morgul. His race is not given; it was the filmmakers choice to make him an Orc. The name Gothmog is shared with the leader of the Balrogs in Morgoths army in "The Silmarillion",
J.R.R. Tolkien
s history of Middle-Earth centuries before the events in "The Lord of the Rings".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady in the Dark (1944)?
a.
The building that
Gene Wilder
jumps from is the same location used as
Kim Novak
s residence in
Alfred Hitchcock
s
Vertigo
.
b.
Paramount paid $285,000 for the film rights to the stage hit, a record at the time. $115,000 to producer Sam Harris, $85,000 to librettist
Moss Hart
and $42,500 each to composer
Kurt Weill
and lyricist
Ira Gershwin
.
c.
Daltons first name is James.
d.
This film was the final box-office bonanza in
Betty Grable
s 26-year movie career. According to a 1995 biography of Miss Grable, "The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs," written by Tom McGee, business would be fairly strong for Bettys next picture,
Three for the Show
, but her last feature,
How to Be Very, Very Popular
, was tagged, in Bettys own words, "a turkey."
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