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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) Quiz
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About the movie:
Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what it is like to be different...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)?
a.
The cast & crew are made up of local volunteers excluding 3 young men from out of state who came to help for about a third of production, and a young theater actor from Houghton (Eric Stevenson).
b.
An October 1957 Los Angeles Times ad shows that Universal Pictures widely distributed this film on a double bill with
Interlude
, the latter under its alternate title "Forbidden Interlude".
c.
One of three screenplays mentioned by
Blake Snyder
in his book Save the Cat as an example of a good logline. It is the only one of the scripts mentioned that became a completed film. He also says that all three spec scripts sold in the 6-7 figure range.
d.
The two-minute opening sequence looks like one continuous Steadicam shot when, in fact, the sequence consisted of three separate shots seamlessly combined through the magic of dissolves, matting, and morphing: Shot one began in a helicopter out over the Atlantic and ended over the street in Miamis South Beach area where the club was located Shot two began on a crane (simulating a chopper) where the Steadicam operator was gradually lowered to ground level before stepping off the crane; he then traversed the street and proceeded through the clubs front door Shot three was executed on a studio soundstage where the Steadicam operator began just outside the "club" exterior, and then proceeded inside for the shots conclusion. According to cinematographer
Emmanuel Lubezki
, the most difficult aspect of the process was matching the speed of the crane with that of the helicopter.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)?
a.
A special premiere was held at Paulsboro High School where a number of scenes in the movie was filmed. Smith liked the town so much and the town liked him, a street leading out of the school was named
Kevin Smith
Way.
b.
Chaplin regarded the film as "the cleverest and most brilliant film of my career".
c.
A filmgoer who saw the movie in 1974 during its original release fainted and broke his jaw on the seat in front of him. He then sued Warner Brothers and the filmmakers, claiming that the use of subliminal imagery in the film had caused him to pass out. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
d.
This film starring
James Cagney
as
Lon Chaney
shows Chaney making a scene in
The Miracle Man
. That film was based on a novel by
Frank L. Packard
and its stage adaptation by
George M. Cohan
, who acted in it himself (not in the same part as Chaney, though). And in
Yankee Doodle Dandy
, Cagney had played Cohan.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)?
a.
On a trip to Hawaii,
James Cagney
met
Roger Smith
stationed there in the Naval Reserve, impressed with his clean-cut good looks and appeal, he encouraged Smith to pursue an acting career. Following the advice and after success in several films, Smith reconnected with Cagney who hired him to play his son, "Lon Jr." in
Man of a Thousand Faces
. Cagney later cast him as his co-star in the musical comedy-drama
Never Steal Anything Small
.
b.
20th Century Fox insisted the film be shot in Cinemascope, a decision that
George Stevens
was not happy with.
c.
The freighter the Constructicons hide out on is named "Bayos." This is a joke on
Michael Bay
s action sequences, which are filled with as much chaos and mayhem as possible, that they have been christened "Bayos" and "Bayhem".
d.
Barry Levinson
: The last staff to the right of the camera in the studio room from Darrens point of view when he presented "Criminals at Large" at the beginning of the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)?
a.
Shot in sequential order, roughly following the actual road trip that the characters take.
b.
Last full length feature film of
Philip Van Zandt
.
c.
Maggie and Capt. Rowland both briefly mention the term "VDTs" to describe a possible cause to what happened to Bane and why he has self-inflicted cuts (not knowing that Bane is possessed by Agent Smith) however VDTs are never defined or explained throughout the entire movie. Several sources claim that VDTs stand for "Virtual Delirium Tremens", which is the virtual form of "Delirium Tremens", a form of delirium caused by the absence and/or withdrawal of certain substances.
d.
The role of "Mary Denby" was first assigned to
Edna Goodrich
, and a good portion of the film was in the can when her drinking problem became so severe that
Cecil B. DeMille
fired her and shut down production long enough to find a new star,
Cleo Ridgely
. DeMille was then forced to continue directing
The Cheat
during the day while directing the re-shoots of this movie at night.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)?
a.
Director
Bryan Foy
had no previous experience directing features. He had been a gag writer and supervised a multitude of Vitaphone musical shorts shot in New York.
b.
The dish soap that Anton (Devon Sawa) squirts into his mouth after attempting to smoke Nutmeg and Oregano is real dish soap. Sawa came up with the gag on the spot.
c.
As with most biographical films, the script is a combination of fact and screenwriters fancy. To give but two examples, Creighton Chaney was not born in a hospital, but at his parents then-home in Oklahoma City, as was common at the time. Further, Cleva Creighton Chaney was well aware, before her marriage to Lon Chaney, that his parents were hearing-impaired, and had already met them on several occasions.
d.
Producer
Elmo Williams
goal was to make this film as historically accurate as possible. To this end, after putting together an initial script, he sought out the services of the man regarded as the foremost authority on the attack on Pearl Harbor, Professor
Gordon W. Prange
. One of Dr. Pranges books, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" had been a huge bestseller in Japan had provided source material, and the title, for this film. Elmo Williams asked Dr. Prange to check the script scene by scene for accuracy. Dr. Prange made numerous corrections and suggestions.
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