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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Million Dollar Legs (1932) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Million Dollar Legs (1932) Quiz
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About the movie:
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the Olympics based in Los Angeles as a means of raising money...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
First movie performance of
Don Wilson
(announcer for
Jack Benny
).
b.
The scenes towards the end with the multiple mirror may homage the cover to the Shadow novel Room of Doom.
c.
Writer and director
Eric Bruno Borgman
plays the deserter however in the titles The Deserter is listed as, "himself".
d.
Harold Lloyd
got the idea for this film when he saw
Bill Strother
climbing the Brockman Building in Los Angeles as a stunt one day. Lloyd - who had a difficult time watching anyone else perform a dangerous stunt because he had no control over that situation - hid behind a corner, peeking to check on Strothers progress every few moments. After Strother reached the roof, Lloyd went up and introduced himself.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
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.
b.
In Mexico, this was the first movie to be rated B15 (for 15 or over), the certificate that now comes in between the B (for 12 or over) and C (for 18 or over) ratings.
c.
Luxs name itself is a game reference. Strategic Simulations Inc. produced a series of computer games based on AD&D, one of which is called Pool of Radiance In the game, you have to search out passwords for unlocking certain locations. Lux is one of a trio of passwords you need for an island keep filled with skeletons. They are Lux, Samosud, and Shestni.
d.
Malcolm McDowell
and
Max Beesley
enjoyed playing practical jokes on the set.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
The four engine bomber flown by Gable and Tracy near the end of the film is one of thirteen Y1B-17 (model 299B) Flying Fortresses. The Model 299 prototype had crashed on October 30, 1935. Almost all of the Y1B-17s assigned to the 2nd Bomb Group appear flying in formation at the end of the film.
b.
Writer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
was inspired to write this film by the wild events of the 1928 Olympic games held in Amsterdam, particularly by an Albanian pole-vaulter who took to the field wearing a pair of goatskin shorts.
c.
Kevin Kline (I) played the piano himself in the scenes where his character plays.
d.
Dinah Shore
, who was a singer as well as an actress, was initially considered for the role of
Anna Leonowens
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
The interior set at Paramount Studios representing the first floor of Norma Desmonds mansion in
Sunset Blvd.
starring
Gloria Swanson
was also used in this film, giving fans of that classic a rare opportunity to see it in full color.
b.
(1) The Trail to Yesterday (2) The Flaming Trap (3) Thundering Hoofs (4) The Balance of Fate (5) The Chasm of Danger (6) Roaring Wheels (7) The Phantom Roper (8) The Tunnel of Terror (9) The Fatal Second (10) The End of the Trail
c.
Costar
Susan Fleming
- who plays Angela - later married comic
Harpo Marx
and retired from acting. The Marxs marriage was a famously happy and successful one, and lasted until Harpos death in 1964.
d.
The role of Lisolette Mueller (as played by
Jennifer Jones
) was originally offered to
Olivia de Havilland
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
This movie lends its plot (as it it not really a remake)form one of the most iconic movies in the Iranian cinematic history:
Soltan ghalbha
, staring
Mohamad Ali Fardin
(better known as Fardin), one of the most famous and beloved Iranian actors ever. (That film is banned in Iran right now, as it is the case with almost all movies made before the Islamic revolution in Iran.)
b.
Although the film was written by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
and
Henry Myers
, it is often mistakenly attributed to Mankiewicz older brother,
Herman J. Mankiewicz
, later the co-author of
Citizen Kane
; Herman, then an executive at Paramount Studios, had hired Joseph as a writer there, and had contributed to the writing of the movies opening title card.
c.
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.
d.
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
s character Ronald Wilke references the character Omar from the TV show
The Wire
. He played the character State Sen. R. Clayton Clay Davis on the TV series. According to Whitlock, the Wire references were in the script before he was cast, and they decided to keep them in place as an in-joke for fans of both Whitlock and his former show.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
The release of this film in July of 1932 was timed to coincide with the Los Angeles Olympics, which began three weeks later.
b.
In the closing credits, there is a picture of a dog with a gun held to its head. This is from the cover of a January 1973 issue of National Lampoons magazine.
c.
Filmed in 1929, but not released until 1930.
d.
The noise the neuralyzer makes when it flashes is the sound of a strobe flash reloading. Sound editor
Skip Lievsay
filtered/modified the sound through a Synclavier synthesizer to make it more high-tech.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
Hank Mann
is in studio records/casting call lists for the role of Customs Inspector in this movie, but he did not appear or was not identifiable.
b.
Someone at the house party jumps on a trampoline, wearing a
Ronald Reagan
mask. This is taken from a photo of
Hunter S. Thompson
doing the same.
c.
Rowan Atkinson
s first movie. His character was a humorous supporting character called Nigel Small-Fawcett. He would later parody James Bond himself as
Johnny English
.
d.
Shot almost entirely in sequence.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Million Dollar Legs (1932)?
a.
John Hughes
wrote the first-draft of the screenplay in 3 days. His average writing time for a screenplay in those days was about 3-5 days with 20-some rewrites.
b.
In issue 73 of Your Sinclair magazine in January 1992, the Spectrum stealth game adaptation of this movie was voted the 23rd best game of all time.
c.
In the movie, Klopstokias ancient national anthem - which doubles as Tweenys mating song to Angela - is actually the title song to Paramounts Maurice Chavalier film of that same year,
One Hour with You
, with special gibberish lyrics written for the occasion by co-author
Henry Myers
as a satire on movie romances. Strains of the same melody are also heard in another Paramount release of the same year,
Duck Soup
during Harpos Paul Revere scene.
d.
Benicio Del Toro
was originally set to play Darth Maul. Del Toro left the film after
George Lucas
took most of Mauls lines out of the film.
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