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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mission to Moscow (1943) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mission to Moscow (1943) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mission to Moscow (1943).
About the movie:
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mission to Moscow (1943)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
: [long take] While torturing the cop, we follow Mr. Blonde continuously from the warehouse to his car outside, back into the warehouse again.
b.
According to the book The Films of World War II by Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein and John Griggs, this film "was extremely controversial in the United States, where it was attacked on the one hand as a whitewash of the Soviet regime and defended on the other as a fitting tribute to a gallant ally" whilst "In Russia some of Hollywoods conceptions of Russian life presented in Mission to Moscow evoked laughter."
c.
Originally, Friar Tuck was to be a pig, but was changed to a badger to avoid insulting religious sensibilities.
d.
Kathleen Byron
was considered for the role of Lygia.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mission to Moscow (1943)?
a.
Tex Ritter
auditioned for the role of Sam the Lion as his son John was considered for the role of Sonny.
b.
The dishwasher scene was based on an actual event involving
Sidney Lumet
and
Bob Fosse
.
c.
According to the article "Hollywoods friends and foes" by
Colin Shindler
in the film history tome The Movie, this film was "According to Jack Warner Warner Bros. chief Jack L. Warner (I) . . . made by Warner Brothers on the direct order of President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
, an allegation which proved useless when Warner was under attack by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947." Moreover, "On its release, in 1943, Mission to Moscow aroused instant controversy, attracting violent criticism from the political Right (particularly from the Hearst press) and political Left (especially those who took exception to the films pro-Stalinist attitudes)."
d.
In one take of the Bucklebury Ferry scene,
Elijah Wood
overshot his jump and ended up in the river instead of on the Ferry.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mission to Moscow (1943)?
a.
Shot in 1950, not released until 1952.
b.
This film was often mentioned during the 1947 House of Representatives Un-American Committee (HUAC) investigation of communist infiltration in the motion picture industry and was chiefly responsible for the blacklisting of screenwriter
Howard Koch
.
Jack L. Warner
defended the picture as being "made when our country was fighting for its existence, with Russia as one of our allies. ... The picture was made only to help a desperate war effort and not for posterity."
c.
This was
The Marx Brothers
first film with MGM. In preparation MGM sent them on a nationwide tour, performing potential bits live before current MGM films were shown. This opportunity for advance audience feedback is one reason this film became known as one of their best.
d.
Frank Langella
s character, Perry White, was played on
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
by
Lane Smith
. This is actually the second part the actors have shared. Previously, they both played former President
Richard Nixon
.
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