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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mister 880 (1950) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mister 880 (1950) Quiz
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About the movie:
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mister 880 (1950)?
a.
This film is known in the movie industry as "The Lost Investment," because the backers dropped nearly half of their ante.
b.
Steve McQueen
was once considered for playing Dave the Dude.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 15, 1951 with
Edmund Gwenn
reprising his film role.
d.
The original comic book ended its run shortly after the films disappointing release.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mister 880 (1950)?
a.
Lesley-Anne Down
was cast as Olga by mistake.
Blake Edwards
meant to audition
Nicola Pagett
, who played Elizabeth Bellamy on
Upstairs, Downstairs
, but instead auditioned Ms. Down, who played Georgia Worsley on later episodes of that same series.
Julie Andrews
commented that she didnt look like the actress in the series, but Edwards wrote it off to lighting and make-up.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 19, 1951 with
Edmund Gwenn
,
Dorothy McGuire
and
Burt Lancaster
reprising their film roles.
c.
The only scene actually filmed in New York was the opening dolly shot, which follows a character past the Statue of Liberty.
d.
Some of the Fort Lauderdale beach crowd sequences were lifted from the movie
Where the Boys Are
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mister 880 (1950)?
a.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #58 Greatest American Movie of All Time.
b.
Robert Hardy
who plays the Headmaster later went on to portray Winston Churchill in five separate films; "Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years" (1981), "The Woman He Loved" (1988), "War and Remembrance" (1988), "Bomber Harris" (1989) and "Agatha Christie Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006) (TV)".
c.
During the scene when the swarm of bees are stinging Michael we hear his cousin scream the word "bees!" 31 times in a row.
d.
This film was based on the true story of Emerich Juettner, an elderly junk dealer in New York who, like the character in the movie, only used counterfeit dollar bills to make ends meet. He was arrested in 1948 and sentenced to nine months in jail and a $1 fine.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mister 880 (1950)?
a.
Walter Huston
was originally to have played Skipper Miller, but he died just as production began.
b.
Has the biggest Memorial Day box-office opening ever, until the record was beaten by
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
.
c.
Ricky Jay is a sleight-of-hand artist and an acknowledged authority on the art of the con. In an NPR interview, Jay related that when David Mamet needed a short-change scam to be explained in "House of Games", he asked Jay for details of an authentic short-change hustle. However, Jay did not want to betray the confidence of the hustlers he knew who still used various short-change cons for their "livelihood". The envelope switch you see in the final film is an original switch invented by Ricky Jay specially for the film. Later, it was reported that an amateur thief had been caught attempting to use the switch as he had learned it from the film.
d.
In the original script, the "F"-word was used 41 times, the "S" word was used 13 times and the "C" word was used 3 times. The uses of these words were later cut down in the final script so as to receive a lower rating of PG-13 (the movies target audience) as opposed to a rating of R.
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