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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lassie Come Home (1943) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lassie Come Home (1943) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lassie Come Home (1943).
About the movie:
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lassie Come Home (1943)?
a.
Not screened for critics.
b.
Percy Waram
was the only member of the original Broadway cast of "The Late George Apley" to repeat his role onscreen.
c.
Though Lassie is supposed to be a female dog, this and all subsequent Lassie films have used male dogs to play her, supposedly because males are easier to train.
d.
According director
Daniel Attias
,
Gary Busey
ad libbed a great deal, for instance when Uncle Red is in the gun shop. Attias checked it with
Stephen King
, who said OK for it to be included.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lassie Come Home (1943)?
a.
The play opened in London, England, UK on 18 May 1937.
b.
Pal who portrayed Lassie earned a salary of $250 per week while the young
Elizabeth Taylor
was paid a mere $100 per week.
c.
Mention is made of Chandragupta Maurya as a significant Indian soldier. He founded the Maurya empire, unifying much of India and becoming its first emperor.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 25, 1943 with
Laird Cregar
reprising his film role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lassie Come Home (1943)?
a.
Keira Knightley
auditioned for the role of Evey Hammond.
b.
Sam Wanamaker
replaced
Peter R. Hunt
.
c.
After a nationwide hunt for a suitable dog for this movie failed, MGM called in dog trainer
Rudd Weatherwax
, who had many purebred collies, but Pal, his one-year old male collie (who had no papers), easily won the role. Pal retired at age 5, after which all subsequent Lassie films used direct descendants of Pal.
d.
Gelatin and a little water were added to the needle pit to make the syringes more movable and slippery.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lassie Come Home (1943)?
a.
Sonnys friend, Mr. Herlihy, is named after the films co-writer
Tim Herlihy
who also plays the singing kangaroo.
b.
The scene where Connie rides the train home after her first sexual encounter with Paul, and silently remembers the encounter, was filmed in one continuous take. The camera simply stayed on Diane Lane as she went through a series of expressions, and then the scene was cut and edited together.
c.
The Predalien was nicknamed "Chet" on set and in the script. This was to avoid early spoilers about the nature of the creature (i.e. it being a hybrid between the Alien and Predator). The name "Chet" was a reference to the obnoxious brother from the movie
Weird Science
(who was played by
Bill Paxton
).
d.
Elizabeth Taylor
replaced
Maria Flynn
for the role of Priscilla. Some sources say Flynn was afraid of the dog on the set. Others say that she grew taller than
Roddy McDowall
or that the strong Technicolor lighting caused her eyes to water. In any case, production was halted. The producer was walking the 600 block of North Foothill Road in Beverly Hills doing his nightly patrol as an air raid warden when he met Francis Taylor, who patrolled the 700 block. Knowing he and Sara wanted to get their daughter into the movies, he asked him to bring Elizabeth to the studio. There she was introduced to Lassie and the production resumed.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lassie Come Home (1943)?
a.
The film required 131 sets, including a 12-acre African compound built on the studio backlot - the largest set which had ever been constructed.
b.
Bill Plympton used a lot of the urban myths that were prevalent in his teen years, mixed with some real experiences in high school. For example, the lead character, Spud, rides to school on a Vespa motor scooter, just like Bill did. Like Spud, Bill was also not the most popular kid in class, since being an artist ranked very low in the school pecking order, of course, with athletes and cheerleaders sitting on top.
c.
The number of purebred collies registered in the United States in the late 1940s increased from 3,000 to 18,400, probably because of the Lassie series of films.
d.
"The Bells" sign seen on the letterbox at the beginning of Chapter One was given to
Uma Thurman
s stunt double
Zoe Bell
by
Quentin Tarantino
. Bell presented it to her parents, The Bells.
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