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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Life with Father (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Life with Father (1947) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947).
About the movie:
A financier from New York rules his numerous family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousity of a bookkeeper.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
The real
Rubin Hurricane Carter
is only 58" and 155 pounds, being about 4 inches shorter and nearly 40 pounds lighter than
Denzel Washington
(even when the actor slimmed down to play Hurricane). In actuality, Washington (and the actors who play his opponents in the ring) classify as heavyweights.
b.
Mary Pickford
was to have made her big screen comeback in the role of Vinnie but eventually the role went to
Irene Dunne
because of her box-office appeal.
c.
Gene Hackman
turned down
Get Shorty
at first because he doesnt usually do comedies.
Barry Sonnenfeld
said thats exactly the attitude he wanted from him on set. Play it straight and let the audience decide if its funny.
d.
Brian Yuzna
s son Conan plays one of the little boys that prank Shauna and Billy at the beach.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
Normally 20th Century-Fox released about 20 films per year, but the long-running success of
Star Wars
resulted in the studio issuing only seven new films in the entire year of 1978.
b.
The red kimono of the title appears as a brilliant red.
c.
Straight to video in the UK.
d.
The plays writers,
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse
, and
Clarence Day
s widow were on the set and were given veto power on all aspects of the film. According to author
David Chierichetti
, Mrs. Day approved
Irene Dunne
s characterization and even lent some jewelry that belonged to the real Vinnie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
Also present in the 2015 antique shop, front and center, is the video game Burgertime for NES. Burgertime which was an arcade game ported to several home video game platforms also including Mattel Intellivision and Atari 2600.
b.
The wheat scene with towards the end of the film is a direct visual parody of
Ingmar Bergman
s classic
Persona
. The juxtaposition of faces is an homage to Bergmans trademark shots.
c.
Other than the color scenes in
Leathernecking
,
Irene Dunne
s only film in color.
d.
Omid Djalili
s film debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
As of 2009, the strippers scene - absent since 1958 - has been restored, along with her song "Banana".
b.
Michel Legrand
was originally hired to compose the musical score for the film. He composed his score in Paris in May 1973 and recorded a little over twenty minutes of it in Hollywood the following month, whereupon director
Richard C. Sarafian
and studio executives
James Aubrey
and
Daniel Melnick
informed Legrand that his score was not what they felt the film needed and that he was being dismissed.
c.
The original play, "Life With Father" is the longest-running Broadway non-musical play ever. It played on Broadway for nearly eight years (3224 performances), from 1939 to 1947 and held the record for 25 years until "Fiddler on the Roof" surpassed it. The film version was released in 1947, the year that the Broadway run ended. The original Broadway production is the fifteenth longest running show ever.
d.
Debut of
Lurene Tuttle
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
Was the main feature at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood with
The Girl from 10th Avenue
starring
Bette Davis
and was billed accordingly on the theater marquee. A photo of the theater marquee taken at the time is in the collection of the L.A. Public Library. It shows a matinée crowd exiting to the street.
b.
Scenes of Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle briefing the B-25 crews on the USS Hornet show a hornets nest on a branch in the background on the overhead behind Doolittles left. The presence of the hornets nest, while possibly a tribute, is an accurate detail. The book upon which the movie is based mentions a dried up hornets nest hanging nearby as Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle was speaking. The actual Hornet was sunk in 1942 soon after the raid.
c.
Zach Hudson
, the stunt double for
Tobey Maguire
, fractured his leg after a stunt went wrong and he slammed in to a brick wall.
d.
The premiere was on 14 August 1947 in Skowhegan, Maine, where the play had its initial performance eight years before. The stage play ran 3,224 performances, holding the record for the longest non-musical run on Broadway. The play was based on
Clarence Day
s book.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
Tom Bastounes
also doubles as one of the films producers.
b.
Mary Pickford
made several tests for the role of Vinnie, but the studio worried about her box office popularity after a 13-year absence from the screen. In the end, director
Michael Curtiz
vetoed her, as he preferred
Irene Dunne
.
c.
Gerard Parkes
, who plays the Irish bartender Doc, also played the character Doc in the childrens series
Fraggle Rock
(1983-1987). Coincidence, or perhaps an homage.
d.
The dive restaurant where Carolyn goes slumming is the same one that appears in the opening scenes of
Marihuana
. The house that Mae and her husband share also appears in
Slaves in Bondage
and the vanity set in Maes bedroom also shows up in
Tell Your Children
, where its also owned by a character named Mae.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life with Father (1947)?
a.
Comic Book Artists
Mike Mignola
and
Timothy Bradstreet
worked as conceptual artists.
b.
Chris Cornell
: man listening to car stereo when Cliff demos it for Janet.
c.
Loosely translated,
Dwayne Johnson
s line "Haku Machente" means "Its hot as hell."
d.
Before filming began, the cast was taken to
Perc Westmore
s salon on a Sunday morning to have their hair dyed red. When it was time to rinse the dye, the beauticians discovered that the water had been turned off for the entire block because the street was being repaired. Because dyes were so strong then, leaving them on could have caused the cast to lose their hair. Luckily, someone suggested diluting the dye with cold cream.
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