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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Maytime (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Maytime (1937) Quiz
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About the movie:
An elderly Miss Morrison recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia Morney-then the toast of Napoleon III's Paris...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maytime (1937)?
a.
The pillar of fire, which kept the Egyptians from getting closer to the Israelites just before they crossed the Red Sea, was not achieved through the use of actual flames, but was instead, an animated "cartoon fire". Of all the special effects in the film, it is the one that looks the least realistic to modern audiences, and probably seemed just as unrealistic in 1956.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 4, 1944 with
Jeanette MacDonald
and
Nelson Eddy
reprising their film roles.
c.
The soundtrack CD won the 2010 Grammy Award for best comedy album.
d.
John Landis
sought the permission of musician
Cat Stevens
to use the performers hit song "Moon Shadow" on the soundtrack. Stevens refused, reportedly because of a belief in the occult that included acknowledgment of the actual existence of werewolves.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maytime (1937)?
a.
Shipped to some theaters under the name "Burnt Toast".
b.
The original operetta opened on Broadway in New York on 16 August 1917. It was so popular a second production was added to run simultaneously.
c.
The term "Consolidated Motors" is said sixty-one times during this film.
d.
To attain the films visual style, director
Francis Ford Coppola
and cinematographer
Mihai Malaimare Jr.
watched
La notte
,
Baby Doll
and
On the Waterfront
; films Coppola had admired during his student years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maytime (1937)?
a.
The boy who Bruce Wayne gives the fruit to in the narrows is wearing an old Sheffield United shirt. This is the only time football is referenced in the movie.
b.
The police captains name is Flemming, a reference to the writer of the James Bond novels
Ian Fleming
.
c.
As Uncle Billy is leaving Georges house drunk, it sounds as if he stumbles over some trash cans on the sidewalk. In fact, a crew member dropped some equipment right after Uncle Billy left the screen. Both actors continued with the scene ("Im all right, Im all right!") and director
Frank Capra
decided to use it in the final cut. He gave the clumsy stagehand a $10 bonus for "improving the sound."
d.
Among her films this was
Jeanette MacDonald
s favorite.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maytime (1937)?
a.
Will Smith
left the production for a couple of days to attend
Tom Cruise
s wedding to
Katie Holmes
in Rome, Italy.
b.
When filming began in 1936 (in color), the original opera finale was also recorded, staged and shot. This was to have been Act II of
Giacomo Puccini
s "Tosca", one of the few operatic works with major roles for baritone (Scarpia) and soprano as equals (Tosca). It also allowed
Jeanette MacDonald
to sing the famous aria "Vissi Darte". By the time shooting recommenced in black and white, this idea was scrapped and replaced with an elaborate fake Russian opera "Czaritza" created by
Herbert Stothart
to music by
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
, presumably to allow for a big Duet (in "Tosca", she murders Scarpia by stabbing him through the heart!). The rewritten story of "Maytime" presumably demanded it. Sadly, the Technicolor "Tosca" sequence does not appear to have survived, which is a pity as it would have been fascinating to see MacDonald and
Nelson Eddy
in a major operatic sequence and in color.
c.
Anika Noni Rose
had to wear 6-inch heels while filming the title musical number to appear in frame with
Beyoncé Knowles
and
Jennifer Hudson
. Rose is 52", Knowles is 57", and Hudson is 59".
d.
The film refers to the singing prisoner of war women as a vocal orchestra rather than as a choir.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maytime (1937)?
a.
The plot of the stage "Maytime" is completely different from the one used in the film, and only one song from the stage production ("Will You Remember?") was retained for the film.
b.
Robert Rodat
s script was bought by producer
Mark Gordon
who liked the story but only accepted the final screenplay after 11 drafts.
c.
Uwe Boll
sees this movie as the most important of all his movies.
d.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1991.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maytime (1937)?
a.
In the arcade scene, the intro to Tank Gunner is actually the intro to Absolute Entertainments Super Battletank. One year later, Absolute Entertainment one released the video game adaptation for Toys.
b.
Released in 1985, the centenary of
Karen Blixen
s birth.
c.
One of MGM mogul
Irving Thalberg
s personal projects, this originally began filming in Technicolor, with
Paul Lukas
as Nikolai Nazaroff and
Frank Morgan
as August Archipenko. When Thalberg died, production was halted. When it was able to resume, black and white was selected as a more economical format. Lukas and Morgan were no longer available, so
John Barrymore
and
Herman Bing
took over their roles.
d.
Originally the film was to be shot in Marblehead, Massachusetts. However, cost prevented the shoot from actually taking place there and the production settled on Vancouver, British Columbia.
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