Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : McHale's Navy (1964) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : McHale's Navy (1964) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: McHale's Navy (1964).

About the movie: The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: McHale's Navy (1964)?
a.		In one scene, the imaginary roommates niece runs through a field of birds. None of the birds move, proving she doesnt exist.
b.		Carl Ballantines movie debut.
c.		According to Frankenheimer the dancers in the go-go club were local Kansas girls, not city girls, because they looked authentic.
d.		According to Sylvester Stallone, the Red Beret soldiers are actual Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, both Brazilian MMA fighters who volunteered to play the role.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: McHale's Navy (1964)?
a.		Despite the persistent rumor that Walter Connolly was tested for the role of the High Llama was vehemently denied by Capra. Only two actors were considered for the role before Jaffe. English actor A. E. Anson was actually tested but died two days after the it was made. Henry B. Walthall was scheduled to be tested but died before one could be made. The third test was of Jaffe, and he got the part. Capra has been quoted as saying that Connolly was considered for the Thomas Mitchell role, but was committed to another project. Capra added that Connolly and Charles Laughton, who was also rumored for the part, were both too fat to play a two-hundred-year-old ascetic.
b.		Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of the book this film was adapted from, was a Prisoner of War in World War 2. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge while a battalion scout with the 106 Infantry Division on December 22, 1944, and used these experiences in his novel when Billy Pilgrim is captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp.
c.		Mafia crime boss Joe Colombo and his organization The Italian-American Civil Rights League started a campaign to stop the film from being made. According to Robert Evans in his autobiography, Colombo called his home and threatened him and his family. Paramount received many letters during pre-production from Italian-Americans - including politicians - decrying the film as anti-Italian. They threatened to protest and disrupt filming. Producer Albert S. Ruddy met with Colombo who demanded that the terms "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" not be used in the film. Ruddy gave them the right to review the script and make changes. He also agreed to hire League members (read: mobsters) as extras and advisers. The angry letters ceased after this agreement was made. Paramount owner Charlie Bluhdorn read about the agreement in The New York Times and was so outraged that he fired Ruddy and shut down production. But Evans convinced Bluhdorn that the agreement was beneficial for the film and Ruddy was rehired.
d.		"McHales Navys" PT 73 was a British-designed 70-foot Vosper MTB (Motor Torpedo Boat) built under license in the U.S. for export to Russia. World War II ended before the boat could be sent to the Soviet Union. The boat was used for shots of PT 73 underway at sea, while a full-scale mock-up was used for studio scenes. The real PT 73 in WWII was a 78-foot Higgins PT boat, assigned to the U.S. Navys MTB Squadron 13, and was placed in service on August 12, 1942. PT 73 was destroyed to prevent capture after running aground while delivering supplies to guerrillas near Lubang Island in the Philippines, on January 15, 1945.

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