Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Merton of the Movies (1924) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Merton of the Movies (1924) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Merton of the Movies (1924).

About the movie: A typically American comedy-drama of a movie-struck youth in a small town who goes to Hollywood to make his fame and fortune---and in no way is it an expose of picture making, rather a tragic, funny and amorous tale of a young man and his ambition and a pretty girl who helps him realize it.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Merton of the Movies (1924)?
a.		The original Broadway production of "Merton of the Movies" by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly opened at the Cort Theatre on November 13, 1922 and ran for 392 performances.
b.		The film was financed by director Harold Becker, screenwriter Joseph Wambaugh, and many of Wambaughs friends, which allowed them to have total creative control.
c.		Other patrons of Bullocks Wilshire ("where all the stars shopped") were Mae West, William Randolph Hearst (who shopped after the store closed), Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and John Wayne.
d.		The film ends comically (and cheaply) with the old saw of a sound effect for a car crash, as "The End" title card shakes & wobbles from the impact, implying a violent ending that is not shown.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Merton of the Movies (1924)?
a.		The interior scenes inside of the hunting lodge were all filmed on a soundstage at Pinewood Studios in England on a life-sized set. The opening scenes at Kennys house and the exterior scenes on the island were all filmed on location in Spain. Additional "highway" scenes were probably filmed in Northern Michigan by a 2nd unit crew.
b.		The racecar that skids away from the oil slick in the beginning. Its sound effect is that of a dolphin squeak.
c.		Apparently, writer-producer-director Robert Pirosh left this film before it was completed after on-the-set problems with star actor, Steve McQueen. Pirosh is only credited as a writer (story and screenplay) and has no director or producer credit. After his departure, Pirosh contacted Selmur Productions about a television series about the American front-line infantry. This series would become Combat!.
d.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.

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