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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mamba (1930) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mamba (1930) Quiz
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About the movie:
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
This was the sixth feature-length talkie to be produced in color, after
On with the Show!
and
Gold Diggers of Broadway
. Three other all-color talkies were in production at the same time, all of them musicals. It was the first such project that was not a musical, and the first not to be produced by Warner Bros.
b.
The scenes in this film featuring
Doris Day
and her young on-screen son had a special emotional resonance for Day, since in real life she had often had to leave her own pre-school-aged son Terry behind with his grandmother while touring as a big band singer in the 1940s.
c.
According to
Robert Redford
, this was the first film ever "sold" at a Sundance Film Festival.
d.
The broken bone jutting from
Burt Reynolds
leg is a broken lamb bone.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
This is the second time in a movie that
Forest Whitaker
asks another man to help him urinate. This also occurred in
The Crying Game
.
b.
For the massacre scene in the garage, the actors playing the slain gangsters were shown photos and directed as how to fall so their positions were identical to the real photos of the massacre. Two actors bumped together on the way down. After studying photographs they realized they had fallen and collided in the exact way the slain gangsters had fallen and had landed in the correct positions.
c.
When it opened at the Gaiety Theatre in N.Y., Mamba advertised itself as the first All Technicolor drama.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
: in silhouette 45 minutes into the film behind the door at the registrar of births and deaths.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
The project was set to roll early 2008 in China but the authorities blocked the shoot just weeks before production was set to begin. Chinas exit meant walking away from sets that had been built at a cost of $3 million. Weinstein Co. shifted the shoot to London and Thailand, where sets have been built re-creating Shanghais old colonial architecture.
b.
The climactic football game takes up 47 minutes of running time.
c.
According to the authors of Forgotten Horrors, only "about 12 minutes of silent footage" remains.
d.
Byron Quisenberry
s wife, C.L. Huff, wore a few hats on the show, including caterer, nurse, and makeup artist.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
Marlon Brando
wanted to play the role of Hans Rolfe, the German lawyer who defends the German judges. Brando, in a rare attempt to garner the part, actually approached
Stanley Kramer
about it. Although, Kramer and
Abby Mann
were very intrigued with the idea of having an actor of Brandos talent and stature in the role, both were so impressed with
Maximilian Schell
s portrayal of the same part in the original Playhouse 90 TV broadcast of "Judgment at Nurmemberg", that they had decided to stick with the relatively unknown Schell, who later won the Oscar for Best Actor for that role.
b.
James Cameron
: [feet] the Terminator often steps on objects, crushing them. In the future, there is a close-up of tank treads rolling over human skulls.
c.
Shortly after filming had ended,
Richard Burton
was hospitalized at an American clinic to be treated for his alcoholism.
d.
The studio kept running out of money. They even kept two sets of costumes available in different places so that filming could continue if the creditors decided to seize one set.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
Voted #5 on Empire magazines 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (September 2008).
b.
F. Denton Voyles is the FBI Director in most of
John Grisham
s books, when the FBI plays a part.
c.
This film was made in 1980 as "Easter Sunday," but sat on the shelf for three years and finally received a brief theatrical release as "The Being."
d.
Negatives from the defunct Tiffany Pictures collection, were most likely used for the burning of Atlanta in
Gone with the Wind
, as nitrate ignites easily and there was a lot of it lying around. According to historian Jonas Nordin, the original negative for this film was probably among them, which would account for its loss.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
The movies title was the phrase
Edward R. Murrow
used at the end of his TV broadcasts.
b.
Many of the scenes employed two to three Canon EOS 7Ds running simultaneously at different angles, greatly speeding up the production process.
c.
Mambas successful opening broke all records at the Gaiety for the first two weeks of its run.
d.
Randals rant against the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was taken almost verbatim from
Kevin Smith
s diatribe against the movies in the London section of his
An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder
. Many of Randals lines are taken directly from what Smith said in the Q&A (including the line "and just before the credits roll, Sam bricks in Frodos mouth").
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
Most of the music was taken from
James Horner
s score for
Battle Beyond the Stars
.
b.
This production was a huge gamble. Tiffany was a poverty row company and sank all their assets into this film, which turned out to be very successful.
c.
Brad Leland
: "Executive #3"
d.
Despite the fact that this was filmed with Hawk anamorphic lenses, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mamba (1930)?
a.
Only four of the nine original Vitaphone disks are known to survive. However, a complete film print surfaced in rural Australia in 2009.
b.
Johnny Depp
accompanied his friend
Jackie Earle Haley
to auditions for the film. Instead of Haley being chosen for a role, it was Depp who was spotted by director
Wes Craven
, who asked him if he would like to read for a part. Depp got a part in the film, Haley didnt, but Haley would go on to play Freddy in the remake 26 years later (
A Nightmare on Elm Street
).
c.
Russ Powell
(Railroad Conductor) and
Lew Kelly
(Postman) are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
d.
Laura Citron, spokeswoman for Macquarium and Fathom Studios, stated that
Melissa Suzanne McBride
served as a voice double for the late Ms. Bancroft in limited sequences to ensure completion of the film.
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