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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Les Girls (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Les Girls (1957) Quiz
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About the movie:
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls"...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Les Girls (1957)?
a.
The last musical and movie
Gene Kelly
made for MGM under his contract. It wasnt until the documentary
Thats Entertainment, Part II
that he would appear in another MGM musical.
b.
In the early 1960s
Sergio Leone
s brother-in-law
Fulvio Morsella
read an Italian translation of
Harry Grey
s book The Hoods to him. The book claimed to be "an autobiographical account" of the life of a Jewish gangster in New Yorks Lower East Side, and written by Grey whilst he was incarcerated in Sing Sing prison. Leone was very taken with the book, and it served as his major inspiration in making a gangster film that would capture the spirit of America.
c.
According to the introduction by
Robert Osborne
on a TCM broadcast,
Lucille Ball
was going to play the
Frank Morgan
role of the fellow con-artist to
Fred Astaire
.
d.
This was
Jack Nicholson
s film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Les Girls (1957)?
a.
Mark Hamill
held his breath for so long during the trash compactor scene that he broke a blood vessel in his face. Subsequent shots are from one side only.
b.
Stanley Kubrick
approached
Kirk Douglas
with the script. Douglas instantly fell in love with it, telling Kubrick "Stanley, I dont think this picture will ever make a nickel, but we have to make it." Douglass words proved to be quite prophetic - the film was not a success at the box office.
c.
The film was shot in 39 days.
d.
This was last movie
Cole Porter
worked on.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Les Girls (1957)?
a.
On the DVD,
Taina Elg
says the original cast was supposed to include
Cyd Charisse
as the American girl,
Leslie Caron
as the French girl and
Kay Kendall
as the English girl. Cyd Charisse decided to do
Silk Stockings
instead, so
Mitzi Gaynor
took her part. At one point, Kay Kendall didnt want to do the film and Taina Elg was tested for her part. Ms. Kendall took the part after all, but then Leslie Caron withdrew. Tania Elg was tested for THAT part and received her first major film role.
b.
When Steadicam inventor/operator
Garrett Brown
was hired to work on the picture, he was assured that there was no way the shoot would run over six months, as he had to be back in the US in six months time to shoot
Rocky II
. Six months into the shoot, less than half the film had been shot, and for several months, Brown worked one week in London on "The Shining," one week in Philadelphia on "Rocky," commuting by Concorde every Sunday.
c.
A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
d.
The films producers were unhappy with the original score, so they hired
Craig Safan
at the last minute to compose a new score for the movie. He was given only one week to get it done.
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