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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Land of the Pharaohs (1955).
About the movie:
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to insure the impregnability of tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Pharaohs (1955)?
a.
When released on video, it was the first cassette to be encoded with the letterbox format.
b.
James Hayter
is dubbed
c.
According to
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
, the reason
Jack L. Warner
loaned
Bette Davis
to RKO for this movie was to settle a $300,000 gambling debt Warner had with
Samuel Goldwyn
. It has been said that all of the studio moguls (
Jack L. Warner
,
Samuel Goldwyn
,
Harry Cohn
,
Louis B. Mayer
,
Darryl F. Zanuck
and
Carl Laemmle
) would gather and play cards after work, after having "stabbed each other in the back" during the day.
d.
Judy Garland
recorded "The Trolley Song" in a single take.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Pharaohs (1955)?
a.
The opening scene, in which Clopin sings "The Bells of Notre Dame," was originally all spoken dialogue. After two revisions, it was decided that it was too dry and boring, and so was turned into a musical number.
b.
The car chase was filmed in and around downtown Long Beach, California. Major portions were shot on Shoreline Drive and the Queensway Bridge, where the final showdown in
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
takes place.
c.
According to the liner notes of the soundtrack CD, the lyrics of most of the choruses heard throughout the film, often thought to be Asian, Semetic or Egyptian in origin, are actually "gibberish" that composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
concocted to evoke the period and "sound" like ancient Egyptian and are actually meaningless.
d.
Anti-atomic bomb dialogue was removed before release.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Pharaohs (1955)?
a.
WILHELM SCREAM: Emanating from within a crocodile.
b.
Sam at first believes Bumblebee is a Japanese robot. Transformers originally originated in Japan. Agent Simmons also talks about samurai, furthering the Japanese connection.
c.
Joan Crawford
specifically asked for
Margaret Sullavan
to play the role of Judy, despite
Louis B. Mayer
s warning that the accomplished stage actress could steal the picture from her. Joan replied "Id rather be a supporting player in a good picture than the star of a bad one."
d.
At the beginning of the film, a Fangoria Magazine featuring Heather Langenkamp on the cover can be seen in the Burne Brothers prison cell just before she appears on the television.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Pharaohs (1955)?
a.
The movie was
Howard Hawks
s first commercial failure. It caused Hawks to take a break from directing and travel through Europe for a number of years. He made his next movie,
Rio Bravo
, four years later - the longest break between two movies in his career.
b.
The entire "You Know How I Know Youre Gay" scene was improvised by
Paul Rudd
and
Seth Rogen
.
c.
A newspaper read by Mrs. Owens toward the end of the film identifies the town as Salinson, Kansas. The fictional locale is a portmanteau of the actual Kansas towns of Salina and Hutchinson.
d.
By the time Paul introduced Elaine to Mr. Jingles, the mouse would have to be at least 64 years old - over nine times the age of the oldest ever known real mouse.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Pharaohs (1955)?
a.
Margaret Mitchell
wrote her novel between 1926 and 1929. In her early drafts, the main character was named "Pansy OHara" and the OHara plantation we know as Tara was called "Fountenoy Hall."
b.
Though the events in the film are based on reality, they have definitely been tarted up as the opening disclaimer says. In real life, the Marquis de Sades second wife, Marie-Constance Quesnet, was living with him at Charenton, along with their daughter. He was sleeping with Madeleine Leclerc (
Kate Winslet
s character) who was only 13. And contrary to
Geoffrey Rush
s physical appearance, the real Marquis was, by this point in his life, extremely obese. He never had his tongue cut out, and died in bed.
c.
Although the ancient Egyptians did indeed have a close relationship with the Nile Crocodile (which is believed to have included sacrifices and mummification), the reptiles in the film are actually American Alligators.
d.
At one point,
Training Day
director
Antoine Fuqua
was attached to direct.
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