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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).

About the movie: In the year before the 1904 St Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		The six minutes formerly missing from the film have been restored on some prints and can be seen in the version shown on cable channel AMC. They include the song "Go To Sleep," a beautifully photographed sequence in the underground caves.
b.		The Devils dogs in the beach scene are named Dudley and Peter, a reference to the writers and stars of the original Bedazzled, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.
c.		Judy Garland missed 13 days of work causing the production taking 70 days to complete from the original budgeted 58 days.
d.		Melora Walters plays a character named Jessie St. Vincent. That character name is based on two real porn figures, actress Jesie St. James and producer Julia St. Vincent.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		A clip from the film appears in Sunset Blvd., where Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson), a silent movie star who is planning a comeback, watches one of her former films. Erich von Stroheim plays Max Von Mayerling, Desmonds butler, who serves as projectionist for the film clip. It is later revealed that Max was the silent movie director who discovered Norma Desmond. Director Billy Wilder recalled that it was von Stroheims idea to use the clip from _Queen Kelly_ (1932) in Sunset Blvd., as a way of "art imitating life."
b.		The first ever movie to be based on a trading card/sticker series.
c.		After Tootie crashes Lons going-away party, Esther asks her if she would like to recite "Did You Ever See a Rabbit Climb a Tree" for the company. This is a nonsense poem from "Father Goose: His Book" (1899) by L. Frank Baum, author of Judy Garlands most famous film, The Wizard of Oz.
d.		Feature debut of Helmut Dantine.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		Studio execs originally wanted Faye Dunaway for the role of the mother.
b.		Charlton Heston (Taylor) and Linda Harrison (Nova) are the only actors to appear in both this film and the remake, Planet of the Apes.
c.		Judy Garland scoffed at the idea of portraying yet another teenager (she was 21 when filming began) and wanted nothing to do with the film. Her mother even went to MGM chief Louis B. Mayer on her behalf. However, Vincente Minnelli convinced her to play the part of Esther Smith, and Judy later fell in love with the story. In her later years she considered it one of her favorite roles.
d.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		Bud Cort was originally suggested for the role of Arthur. Apparently, Cort was actually cast in the part but withdrew prior to principal photography.
b.		The Halloween sequence on the street outside of the Smith home was primarily filmed from low angles, so that the movie audience would experience the Halloween night as though they were seeing it through the eyes of a child. When Tootie (Margaret OBrien) embarks on her adventure to the Braukoff home, the houses appear to be large and looming.
c.		Tony Curtis met Austrian actress Christine Kaufmann on the set of this film and later married her.
d.		The entrance to "The Leaky Cauldron" and, behind it, Diagon Alley is shown to be on Great Newport Street, just off Charing Cross Road, between the bookshop and number 12.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		Story was originally purchased for Jean Harlow
b.		Edward Norton: In the audience at the basketball game.
c.		Stanley Kubrick, known for his compulsiveness and numerous retakes, got the difficult shot of blood pouring from the elevators in only three takes. This would be remarkable if it werent for the fact that the shot took nine days to set up; every time the doors opened and the blood poured out, Kubrick would say, "It doesnt look like blood." In the end, the shot took approximately a year to get right.
d.		Margaret OBriens mother wanted more money for her to play "Tootie" in the film. The studio then cast the young daughter of a lighting man working on the film, going so far as to even fit her with costumes. They then changed their minds and decided to go ahead and cast Margaret OBrien. OBrien was playing a scene when that lighting man intentionally dropped a heavy spotlight to the sound stage, narrowly missing the young actress. He was taken away and actually admitted to a mental institution for a time for his deed.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		Directorial debut of Samuel Fuller.
b.		In "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", Judy Garland refused to sing the grim original line, "Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last" to little Margaret OBrien. The line was dropped from the final version of the song.
c.		When Andy Garcia filmed his fight scene, he insisted on beating the stuntman with a real pistol instead of a prop pistol. This resulted in the stuntman suffering a cut that required stitches.
d.		The name given to Caesars mother is "Bright Eyes" due to the coloration in her eyes caused by the ALZ-112 virus. "Bright Eyes" is the name given to Taylor (Charlton Heston) by Dr. Zira (Kim Hunter) in the original Planet of the Apes.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		The street on which the Smith home stood was built specifically for "Meet Me in St. Louis." Located on MGMs vast Backlot #3 that was at Jefferson and Overland Boulevards in Culver City,it was known at the studio as "St. Louis Street" and all of the houses that were on it were used in various film and television shows throughout the next 27 years, until Lot 3 was demolished to make way for an apartment and condominium project. Even in 1970, the last year of Lot 3s existence, the Smith home still looked like it did in 1944, minus the set dressings, of course.
b.		The movie was filmed in the summer of 1954 but its release was delayed because the producers felt the age difference between Cary Grant and Grace Kelly was too great for their romance to be believable. Ironically, when released in 1955 the film immediately became one of the biggest hits of the decade.
c.		Vitaphone production reels #3321-3332
d.		After the sitcom Frasier became a TV sensation, an actor (then simply known as David Pierce) was asked to amend his name so as not to be confused with bit player David Pierce, co-driver of the tanker truck hijacked by T-800. Pierce inserted his middle name "Hyde" and subsequently became David Hyde Pierce. Even though DHP assured Regis Philbin (in an interview) that he was NOT in The Terminator, its uncanny that both actors share the same birth date (3 April 1959).

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		Average Shot Length (ASL) = 20 seconds
b.		The dog biscuits David Bowe eats for "Uncle Nutzys Clubhouse" were actually cookies purchased from a bakery in Tulsa, Oklahoma where most of the movie was filmed. After filming was finished, the crew ate the rest of the cookies.
c.		"The Trolley Song" was ranked #26 and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" was ranked #72 by the American Film Institute in 2004 on the 100 Greatest Songs in American Films list.
d.		During the filming of the cemetery sequence, shot on two separate days, an unexpected accident caused a fast change of script. The car driven by Barbara and Johnny into the cemetery was actually owned by the mother of Russell Streiner. Unfortunately, sometime between the two filming sequences, someone ran into the car and put a dent in it that would easily be visible on camera. George A. Romero rewrote the scene so the car would come to a stop by crashing into a tree.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		This film was a box-office smash, grossing more money than any prior MGM release in 20 years - with the exception of David O. Selznicks Gone with the Wind.
b.		Andrew Lesnie was the films original cinematographer. He left less than a month into shooting, due to "stylistic differences" with director John Woo.
c.		Howard Morrison provided the Geiger counter. It was also used in Night Train to Mundo Fine.
d.		Pre-production work on this film included over 1,200 storyboard sketches.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)?
a.		The Gershwin family was dissatisfied with the film, largely because it was not staged as a true opera with all the recitative performed musically, and also because the two leads had their singing voices dubbed. The films original director, Rouben Mamoulian, wanted to film on location, but producer Samuel Goldwyn refused and insisted on using sound stages. When a mysterious fire broke out and destroyed the sets, Mamoulian again requested that the film be made on location. Enraged, Goldwyn felt that Mamoulian was taking advantage of a misfortune, promptly fired him, and hired Otto Preminger, who made the film on sound stages in Hollywood. The film is currently (Nov. 2002) withheld from release because of actions by both the Gershwin and Goldwyn estates, as neither Samuel Goldwyn nor the Gershwin family were satisfied with the film.
b.		The original Broadway production of "That Championship Season" by Jason Miller opened at the Booth Theater in New York on September 14, 1972, ran for 700 performances and won the 1973 Tony Award for the Best Play. Paul Sorvino was nominated for the 1973 Tony Award for Best Actor in Play and recreated his stage role in the movie version.
c.		The Broadway stage version of "Meet Me In St. Louis" opened at the George Gershwin Theater on November 2, 1989, ran for 252 performances and for nominated for the 1990 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book and Score.
d.		Jerry Goldsmiths famous theme for the movie almost didnt happen. One of the first scenes Goldsmith scored was the scene when Kirk and Scotty do a flyover of the refit Enterprise. Robert Wise liked the music that Goldsmith composed, but in the end, he rejected it, saying it didnt fit the movie because it lacked a theme/motif. Goldsmith went back to the drawing board and composed the famous theme that has become a staple of the Star Trek universe.

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