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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

About the movie: When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		The Dutch girl spoke true Dutch, but with a heavy American accent.
b.		The voice on the radio at the very beginning is Morning show host Rod Ryan. He was at one time based in New Orleans on his own show on The End. At the time the film was released on DVD, he had moved to Houston were he still broadcasts in the morning.
c.		This movie was released about six years after The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered.
d.		The balloon in the balloon sequence was shipped from Goodyear in Akron, Ohio. It was handled by Navy balloonist Lieutennant J.J. Leonard, and was equipped with an automatic camera to avoid the weight of a cameraman.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		Brian Cox who plays the father of Dennis Quaid in this film is actually less than eight years older than Quaid.
b.		Herbert Ellis, who appears uncredited as The Booking Sergeant, was one of several actors who played Officer Frank Smith during the first year of the Dragnet TV series before Ben Alexander got the role full time.
c.		Unbeknownst to most parade watchers, Edmund Gwenn played Santa Claus in the actual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade held November 28, 1946. He fulfilled the duties of most parade Santas, including addressing the crowd from the marquee of Macys after the parade was over. He was introduced to the crowd by actor Philip Tonge (he played Mr. Shellhammer in the movie) and he later unveiled the mechanical Christmas display windows to the accompaniment of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys "Nutcracker Suite." This gesture symbolized the opening of the Christmas shopping season at the store.
d.		Connie Francis released an LP called Follow The Boys, but of the 12 tracks on the album, only 5 or 6 were actually used in the film. Some of the tracks were instrumental.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		Charles Bronson was about fifty-three years of age when he appeared in this movie.
b.		The role of Kris was originally offered to Cecil Kellaway, who turned it down. The role went to Edmund Gwenn, Kellaways cousin. Cecil Kellaway did play Santa in the Bewitched script A Vision of Sugar Plums, which featured child star Bill Mumy.
c.		The name "Tiamat" comes from Babylonian mythology. She is a dragon/goddess of the sea, who was slain by the god Marduk who then formed the land from her carcass.
d.		Both the lions "Boy" and "Girl" were freed upon completion of filming. Under protest by the film studio who wanted to sell the lions to zoos to get some money back from filming.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		In the untranslated dialogue with the Dutch girl, Santa Claus asks the child what she wants for Christmas the girl says she wants nothing, telling Santa she got her gift by being adopted by her new mother.
b.		Hans Zimmer, the composer on the film along with John Powell (who provided additional music) composed over four hours of music on this film, presumably for the original directors cut of the film. However, when director Terrence Malick re-cut the film down to its current running time of 170 minutes, he chose only a few select pieces of music from Zimmers and Powells musical contributions, along with original source music and thats what ended up in the theatrical edition of the film.
c.		Danny Huston compared his character of William Stryker to a racehorse breeder, who rears his mutant experiments like children but abandons them when something goes wrong.
d.		To keep in character while off-camera, Kiefer Sutherland often picked on Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry OConnell.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		One of the first films to be shot behind the Iron Curtain. Czechoslovakia was seen by Russia as becoming too liberal in its values. In attempting to justify the forthcoming invasion by the USSR, Soviet agents spread the rumor that the American soldiers were real. Actually most of them were played by Czech students. Pictures of stored movie props were published as "proofs" of weapons shipments from the United States to arm local "reactionaries". It was even reported that American tanks were rolling through the streets and occupying the towns.
b.		Harrys lightning bolt scar was applied by make-up teams approximately 5,800 times by the end of the series. Daniel Radcliffe had the scar applied 2,000 times while the rest were applied to stunt doubles and stand-ins.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 22, 1947 with Maureen OHara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne and Natalie Wood reprising their film roles.
d.		Marions white 1957 Ford sedan is the same car (owned by Universal) that the Cleaver family drove on Leave It to Beaver.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		Jennifer Joness final film.
b.		Martys guitars used throughout the movie: - Erlewine Chiquita ("big amp" sequence) - Ibanez black Strat copy (scenes of Martys band performing in the 80s) - Gibson 1963 ES-345TD (Marty performing at the dance)
c.		The scenes at Macys were shot on location at the main New York store on 34th Street itself. Shooting was complicated by the fact that the crews power needs exceeded the stores electricity capacity and required additional power sources arranged in the stores basement.
d.		Surprisingly, given her ascending popularity with moviegoers at the time, Betty Grable was billed second to John Payne in this movie. However, poster art for the picture emphasized Betty in full figure. Later that year, Miss Grable would receive top billing over Mr. Payne in their next musical, Springtime in the Rockies.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		The first musical to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
b.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 20, 1948 with John Payne, Maureen OHara and Edmund Gwenn again reprising their film roles.
c.		When writer/director Michael Davis found his original concept was being continually passed over by the movie studios, he put together a 17 minute reel of animated footage, consisting of 17,000 line drawings with the title card: "This is John Woos wet dream".
d.		One of the buildings in San Francisco near Starfleet Academy resembles the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Chicago.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		Matt LeBlanc filmed his role while Friends was still shooting, and had to fly back and forth between sets several times per week in order to do both projects at the same time.
b.		The Cliffhanger motel is actually a restaurant located on Highway 18 near Crestline, CA, in the San Bernardino Mountains.
c.		Throughout the movie Billy Flynn calls John C. Reillys character (Amos) "Andy" - a reference to the radio show "Amos n Andy", which later became a TV series The Amos n Andy Show.
d.		According to Hedda Hoppers "Looking at Hollywood" newspaper column of May 3, 1947 "when the picture opens at the Roxy, Macys will close for half a day so its 12,000 employees can see the first showing."

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		The butterfly jean jacket that Julia wears throughout the movie actually belongs to Drew Barrymore. The director liked her jacket and told her to wear it as part of her costume.
b.		Andrzej Bartkowiaks first film as a cinematographer since Thirteen Days. Before shooting that film, he directed his first film, Romeo Must Die, and subsequently decided to become a director full-time, directing four more films. He was convinced to return to cinematography by director Joel Schumacher, with whom hed worked on Falling Down.
c.		Both the actual Macys and Gimbels department stores were approached by the producers for permission to have them depicted in the film. Both stores wanted to see the finished film first before they gave approval. If either store had refused, the film would have had to been extensively edited and reshot to eliminate the references. Fortunately at the test viewing, both businesses were pleased with the film and gave their permission.
d.		Danny Glover was offered a chance to reprise his role in a flashback. He had to decline because of shooting conflicts with the movie Blindness.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.		The name Franklin Richards briefly appears on a computer monitor among government files relating to mutants. In the Marvel universe Franklin is the son of Reed Richards and Susan Storm of the Fantastic Four, he also happens to be a mutant.
b.		Cinematographer Charles G. Clarke was taken off the picture and sent to Mexico to finish principal photography on the troubled production of Captain from Castile. Lloyd Ahern replaced him.
c.		In an interview with the Australian magazine Cinema Papers in the early 1990s, the director, George Miller, revealed that the shoot had been extremely difficult as he was initially unfamiliar with Hollywood-style communication. In a meeting to discuss ways to reduce the budget Miller volunteered to give up his trailer because he was always needed on the set and had no time to use it. This was interpreted by the studio as him being a pushover, so they began to interfere with his production requests. If he asked for 50 extras, the studio would provide a dozen. If he asked for two cameras they would provide one. Miller decided to fight fire with fire and refused to shoot each scene until his production demands were met. The studio responded by looking for a new director but were prevented by Jack Nicholson, who supported Miller and vowed to walk off the production if he was replaced.
d.		The film has a different title from its source novel, "The Club Dumas", because the novel centers around a secret society obsessed with serialized novels, such as those written by Alexandre Dumas père.