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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mame (1974) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mame (1974) - Part (3) Quiz
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About the movie:
The musical revolves around the antics of Mame Dennis, a fun-loving, wealthy eccentric with a flare for life and a razor sharp wit...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mame (1974)?
a.
Jerry Herman
disliked this film so much (and was also unhappy with the film of his prior musical
Hello, Dolly!
that no film of his musicals can be made again without his direct involvement and approval. After the successful CBS-TV remake of
Gypsy
, plans were announced for a made-for-TV remake. At alternate times
Barbra Streisand
,
Bette Midler
,
Cher
, and even
Whoopi Goldberg
were discussed as potential stars. As of 2009, it has yet to materialize.
b.
Elmer Bernstein
reused portions of his musical score the following year in
Robot Monster
.
c.
Leslie Easterbrook had less then 24 hour notice before coming to Arizona for her role in "The Weed".
d.
Apparently, at the time of this films theatrical release,
Spencer Tracy
said of
Frank Sinatra
that "Nobody at Metro (MGM) ever had the financial power Sinatra had today."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mame (1974)?
a.
In the original musical, Patrick marries the second of the two women he falls in love with. For the movie, these characters were combined into one.
b.
The decision to make the film under the Dogme 95 conventions was made less than one month before shooting.
c.
The nickname of
Charles Bronson
s character Jay Killian was "Killy".
d.
Barry Diamond
was very busy in this movie. In addition to playing a stage hand, he also played the blind person at the funeral that fell into the grave yelling "Wait, Im not dead!", the stoner in Captain Clouds band who shouted "Ive got the bong!", and the guy with his face painted black and white who was screaming "Nada, Nada, Nada, Nada, Nada, Nada..." and introduced Neils little sister Susie to his "children" in the balcony.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mame (1974)?
a.
In later interviews,
Lucille Ball
would say that making this movie "was about as much fun as watching your house burn down." Reportedly she found the costumes uncomfortable, and the hats and wigs induced headaches.
b.
Banned in the Republic of Ireland.
c.
Ann Sears
had to dye her hair blonde for the film.
d.
Alton Brown, host of Food Networks "Good Eats", was the steadicam operator for School Daze, as well as the director of photography for REMs "The One I Love" video.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mame (1974)?
a.
This film was originally intended to be released in late 1973 so that it would be close to the Oscar nomination season. However, when Warner Bros. executives screened the final results they admitted that its Oscar prospects were highly unlikely, and pushed the release back to the spring of 1974.
b.
In order to do research for the film,
Virginia Kellogg
pulled some strings to incarcerate herself in a womans prison. What she wrote once she was out was not so much a screenplay, but a kind of almanac of everything she witnessed while in prison. Warner Bros. then got their screenwriters to make a screenplay out of it.
c.
Production began without a finished script; scenes were often written the day of filming. During one driving sequence,
Tom Cruise
actually had to read his lines off cue cards attached to his windshield, which resulted in a minor car accident. For subsequent driving sequences, Cruise was fitted with a special earpiece to have lines fed to him.
d.
Wednesday bitterly quips that "Chippewa" in Camp Chippewa means "orphan". This is pure sarcasm; Chippewa is actually a form of the name Ojibwa (a Native American nation), the original meaning of which is unknown.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mame (1974)?
a.
In the parade sequence with the orphans, in the top right corner, the marquee of the Genovian National Theatre indicates a production of "Wrong Turn at Lungfish" is being staged. This play was co-written by
Garry Marshall
and
Lowell Ganz
. This was also the play in which Kathleen Marshall made her Off-Broadway debut in NYC.
b.
Jerry Herman
worked with
Lucille Ball
to improve her singing, but she could barely sustain even for one sentence without becoming winded. Even simple phrases like "Open a new window" had to be pieced together from multiple takes. Audio engineers tried to use whatever methods of processing existed at the time to make her vocals sound passable.
c.
After repeated takes of drinking Dr. Pepper and eating popcorn,
Ann Sothern
claimed she never wanted to see either product again.
d.
Dooley Wilson
plays and sings the country hit "You Are My Sunshine" (by
Jimmie Davis
and
Charles Mitchell
) on the accordion.
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