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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mildred Pierce (1945) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mildred Pierce (1945) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945).
About the movie:
After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but can't win the approval of her spoiled daughter.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
Shooting the early scenes, director
Michael Curtiz
accused
Joan Crawford
of needlessly glamorizing her working mother role. She insisted she was buying her characters clothes off the rack, but didnt mention that her own dressmaker was fitting the waists and padding out the shoulders.
b.
Gloria DeHaven
plays the part of her own mother, Mrs. Carter DeHaven.
c.
"Dr. Sawbones" dialogue was totally improvised, its an actual performance that actor Tim Emery conducts during live shows.
d.
Stranz and Fairchild plot to injure Chazz "below the knee and above the ankle", references the attack on
Nancy Kerrigan
prior to the 1994 Olympics.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
In the scene in which Jeffrey is sitting at a table in the madhouse and the camera moves towards him you can see an old s/w photograph hanging on the wall. This is a photo of Kyle Brody, the 8th kid kidnapped by Rustin Parr and the only one who wasnt killed by him. Kyle Brody was the main witness in the Rustin Parr trial and he described how the children were killed. He spent most of his life in a madhouse. So the madhouse in which Jeffrey lives could be exactly the one in which Kyle Brody spent his life. As the photo shows Kyle Brody as a grown-up, it was shot in the madhouse, too.
b.
According to Life Magazine, special effects wizard
James Basevi
was given a budget of $400,000 to create his effects. He spent $150,000 to build a native village with a lagoon 200 yards long, and then spent $250,000 destroying it.
c.
The movie was edited in editor Daniel R. Padgetts living room.
d.
Shirley Temple
was originally considered for the part of Veda Pierce.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
Craig Ferguson was in a motorbike accident shortly after filming began. He broke several ribs and his collarbone. All scenes throughout the movie where you see him using his left hand while his right hand hangs nearly useless were done shortly after the accident when he couldnt move the right side of his body without considerable pain.
b.
Ann Sheridan
was considered for the lead.
c.
An interview with
La Toya Jackson
was hastily cut from the theatrical release due after the unexpected death of
Michael Jackson
at age 50. The segment, seen among the DVDs deleted scenes, contains a joke which refers to Michael as someone Bruno wants to meet with, rendering the line anachronistic with Michaels death.
d.
The role of Kujan was initially written with
Chazz Palminteri
in mind. However, when he proved unavailable, the role was offered to
Christopher Walken
, Robert de Niro and
Al Pacino
, the latter being rather interested in playing the part. Pacino later decided against it as he had just played a cop in
Heat
. When Chazz Palminteri finally became available, it was only for a week.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
In the US, McDonalds were forced to cancel a Happy Meals promotion with the film, after parents protested about its violent and sexual nature being inappropriate for young children. But The Coca-Cola Company continued its promotional run.
b.
The drysuits used by the gang were custom made for the production in two weeks by husband-and-wife team Gareth and Tina Roberts of Gryphon Watersports in Staffordshire, England. Only one of the ten suits ordered had to be fully functioning and waterproof, but the tight deadline still meant that the couple had to work round the clock to get the suits ready in time for the shoot in Amsterdam.
c.
The first sequel to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
d.
Montys Beach House, used in the key opening scene and several others, was actually owned by the films director,
Michael Curtiz
. It was built in 1929 and stood at 26652 Latigo Shore Dr. in Malibu. It collapsed into the ocean after a week of heavy storms in January 1983.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
Actresses considered for the role eventually played by
Melanie Griffith
include
Lena Olin
,
Lolita Davidovich
, and
Uma Thurman
, (who tested for the part and actually came close to getting it.)
b.
Special effects supervisor
John Richardson
was injured driving his BMW and his girlfriend was killed in the accident during production.
c.
After completing this film, producer-director
Mervyn LeRoy
moved from Warner Bros. to MGM. He would return to Warners to take over directing
Mister Roberts
from
John Ford
. The last credited association between Warners and Mr. LeRoy would be for his producing and directing
Mary, Mary
.
d.
Joan Crawford
had been under contract with Warner Brothers for two years before starring in this movie. To get the role, she had to submit to a screen test after years of flops at MGM - her previous studio - and turning down several scripts at Warner Brothers.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
Mirroring her own life,
Joan Crawford
had also supported herself as a waitress and saleswoman before she achieved success as an actress.
b.
The original ending of the film consisted of the Griswold family, after seeing that Walley World is closed, going to the Hollywood house of Roy Wally (Eddie Bracken), the owner of Walley World, and holding him and his family hostage and making them sing and dance Walley World theme songs before the police arrive to arrest all of them. This did not go over well with test-audiences and the in-park scenes with
John Candy
was a last minute alternate filmed over two weeks, four months after production ended. The original ending was deleted and is believed to be lost. Eddie Bracken never-less appeared as Roy Walley in both endings.
c.
The shot of the Enterprise approaching Spacedock is later re-used in various episodes of
Star Trek: The Next Generation
with the Enterprise-D overlapping the original Enterprise (Another cost-saving method often used with Star Trek).
d.
Filmed at Shepperton Studios.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
The old wrestling photos of the Ram in his heyday are actually doctored photos of former wrestler
Lawrence Pfohl
(a.k.a. Lex Luger).
b.
Julie Hagerty
: Alexandra
c.
The negatives for the matted wide-screen version of the movie were either destroyed or lost, and for a time only the VHS full-screen version of the movie remained. The North Carolina School of the Filmmaking in Winston-Salem North Carolina carries a print of the movie assembled from different reels of other prints of the movie found in their archives. The pieced-together print is in good condition. It should be noted that this wide-screen version of the movie was achieved by "matting down" the original full-screen animation, essentially chopping off the top and bottom.
d.
Producer
Jerry Wald
was keen to exploit the potential of
James M. Cain
s novel. He envisaged the idea of a climactic murder, then restructuring the story using flashbacks. He also infused the project with a higher moral tone that is in the original novel. With these changes, he was able to extract a cautious go-ahead from the Breen Office, which then prompted studio head
Jack L. Warner
to approve the purchase rights to the novel in early 1944.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
William Faulkner
contributed to the script, but his additions were not used. He wrote a scene that had
Butterfly McQueen
consoling
Joan Crawford
while singing a gospel song.
b.
In the novel The Ice Storm,
Rick Moody
writes "And sometimes Paul himself was Ben Grimm, and sometimes he was Peter Parker, a.k.a. the Spider-Man" Coincidentally,
Tobey Maguire
plays both Paul and Peter Parker in the film versions.
c.
Lynn Lipton
, the actress originally cast as Marjorie Houseman (Babys mother) was replaced early in the filming with
Kelly Bishop
, who had originally been cast as Vivian Pressman (the "Bungalow Bunny"). Left without an actress to play Vivian, the producers cast
Miranda Garrison
, the films assistant choreographer, in that role.
d.
The beer that
Will Ferrell
drinks during the Mitch-a-Palooza scene is ODouls (non-alcoholic).
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
Eight different screenplays from a succession of writers were written before
Ranald MacDougall
s version was accepted.
b.
Stars
Paul Newman
,
William Holden
,
Veronica Hamel
,
Ernest Borgnine
and
Red Buttons
were all under contract with
Irwin Allen
, and appear in this film to void their contracts.
c.
Features footage of a real USC-Stanford game filmed in 1928.
d.
There is a poster for the band Bleeding Through in Kims dorm room
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mildred Pierce (1945)?
a.
Michael Curtiz
was initially less than keen at working with "has-been" star
Joan Crawford
as she had a reputation for being difficult. Curtiz was soon won over by Crawfords dedication and hard work.
b.
Briefly features Return of the Tres, performed by Delinquent Habits - a song prominently featured in Double Take (2001), a movie
Orlando Jones
starred in prior to this film.
c.
"Take You Back", the song which opens the film, was first performed by
Frank Stallone
on a street corner in the original Rocky.
d.
Dirctor
Ted Tetzlaff
started the film but fell ill and was replaced by
Ralph Murphy
.
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