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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Modern Times (1936) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Modern Times (1936) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936).
About the movie:
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
Co-star
Paulette Goddard
actually made significant story contributions.
b.
Dr. Kathy Waylund (played by
Jane Lynch
) was considered as a love interest for Richard Kimble during production. However, their relation remained platonic, as it would have looked bad for Dr. Kimble to take a new lover while avenging the death of his wife. In addition, it was thought the love scenes would have added considerable length to the film and may have ruined the pacing and tension of the story at that juncture.
c.
The parts that the mechanic puts on the Cadillac are from a 1950 International Harvester pickup truck.
d.
Joe Pesci
was Mike Newell (I)s first choice for Nicky.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
Based on the true story of "China Polly".
b.
The film originally ended with
Charles Chaplin
s character suffering a nervous breakdown and being visited in hospital by the gamin, who has now become a nun. This ending was filmed, though apparently only still photographs from the scene exist today (they are included in the 2003 DVD release of the film). Chaplin dropped this ending and shot a different, more hopeful ending instead.
c.
Kinka Usher
: as Moe. Coincidentally, Moe is the name of one of
Hank Azaria
s (Blue Rajah) many different characters in
The Simpsons
.
d.
Denzel Washington
took a role in the film because his son asked him to do so.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
In the stories that Billy Black tells at the bonfire, the third wife was originally going to be played by
Kristen Stewart
. She did perform the scene but the director
David Slade
and author
Stephenie Meyer
thought it had an unintentional comical effect.
b.
Debut of
John Fiedler
.
c.
Paulette Goddard
s characters name is Ellen Peterson.
d.
The name Bourne came from Ansel Bourne, a preacher in Rhode Island, the first documented case of "dissociative fugue", a condition not unlike dissociative amnesia or dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). One day in 1887 he forgot who he was, started a new life in Pennsylvania under the name Brown, and opened a convenience store. About three months later, he woke up and not only remembered his life as Bourne, but forgot all of his life as Brown... and needless to say was quite confused as to why he was in Pennsylvania.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
Director
Joey Stewart
recorded the DVD commentary while drinking a bottle of Pinot Noir (red wine).
b.
For the scene where
Dennis Hopper
walks onto the court drunk in the middle of the game, Hopper wanted a ten-second notice before calling action. At the ten-second notice, he spun around in circles until action was called, allowing him to stagger onto the court in an awkward fashion in order to appear drunk.
c.
Writer
Randall Wallace
initially planned to start the story with William Wallace as an adult and added the prologue of his childhood only as an afterthought. As the sequence was first written, Murran gave William a rose (rather than a thistle) at his fathers burial; however, someone who read the script helpfully pointed out that the rose, being a traditional symbol of England, would be (to say the least) somewhat inappropriate as a prominent feature in the story.
d.
The Little Tramps last words: "Smile! Cmon!" (it is easy to read
Charles Chaplin
s lips at the very end of the film).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
The filmmaker Mary is talking about is obviously
Woody Allen
, who makes a film a year and is married to his former girlfriends adopted daughter.
b.
A full dialogue script was written for the film, as
Charles Chaplin
had intended to make a complete talkie. According to a documentary on the DVD release, Chaplin went so far as to film a scene with full dialogue before deciding instead to make a partial talkie.
c.
There are several movie posters seen when Sandy and the kids go to the theater. The movies being advertised are:
Airplane!
Dragonslayer
Uncommon Valor
Footloose
Top Secret!
.
d.
Ray Bradbury
s "Green Shadows, White Whale" is a semi-fictional account of his writing of the screenplay.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
"Ive Gotta Have You" (music by
Harry Warren
, lyrics by
Mack Gordon
), sung by
June Havoc
, was deleted from the movie. Miss Havocs prerecording was released 1976 on the Out Take Records LP (which later would be reissued by DRG), "Cut! Out Takes From Hollywoods Greatest Musicals, Volume One."
b.
Charles Chaplin
allows the Tramp to speak on camera for the first time during the restaurant scene, but insisted that what the Tramp says be universal. Therefore, the song the Tramp sings is in gibberish, but it is possible to follow the story he tells by watching his hand gestures.
c.
Filming the rape scene was so difficult for the actress originally cast in the role. She quit and the part was recast to
Adrienne Corri
, who was said to have been furious with
Stanley Kubrick
for the scores of takes he required for this infamous scene, feeling it should have been done swiftly.
Malcolm McDowell
, however, has stated that Corri was very "game" about the brief but difficult role throughout filming.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 10, 1947 with
Dana Andrews
and
Jane Wyatt
reprising their film roles.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
Although it uses computer-colored (but hand-drawn) digital cels instead of hand-painted ones, this was the first Disney animated feature to use watercolor-painted backgrounds since
Dumbo
. A conscious effort was made to give the film a warmer, more old-fashioned look than most other modern Disney films: this film does not use the "Deep Canvas" technique used in
Tarzan
,
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
, or
Treasure Planet
; it only contains about five shots which use either a "multiplane camera" or "3D camera" effect; and the use of tone mattes (shading/shadows on the characters) was kept to a minimum.
b.
The guitars that Bill and Ted play are a Gibson SG Standard and a Gibson 59 Flying V. Ted plays two different color schemes on the V, while Bills SG was the same throughout the movie
c.
Official Selection: Festivus Film Festival (2009). WINNER: Best Experimental Film.
d.
Discounting later parodies and novelty films, this was the last major American film to make use of silent film conventions such as title cards for dialogue. The very last dialogue title card of this film (and thus, it can be said, the entire silent era) belongs to The Tramp, who says "Buck up - never say die! Well get along."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
The scene at the racquetball court, where
John Candy
serves and the ball hits him in the head, was done in one take.
b.
The singers in the restaurant are also heard, and some scenes include sound effects.
c.
According to
Bill Phillips
in the DVD Documentary,
Robert Prosky
, who plays garage owner Will Darnell, asked Phillips to give him more dialog to make his character more interesting. Prosky recalled moments in the book featuring Darnell and asked that the scene where Darnell offers Arnie a job to be expanded to include the lines in the book where Darnell says "You can pick up around the place. Do a few lubes. And put the toilet paper on the spools...". So Phillips did add them to the script.
d.
The word "fuck" is used 102 times.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
Because he hailed from Newcastle,
Alan Price
had a steady supply of Newcastle Brown Ale on set at all times, courtesy of director
Lindsay Anderson
. A bottle of the beer can be clearly seen on his piano during all the music segments.
b.
This was one of the films which, because of its political sentiments, convinced the House Un-American Activities Committee that
Charles Chaplin
was a Communist, a charge he adamantly denied.
c.
In the swimming pool scene there is a sign in the background which reads "Happy Birthday Coach Oppewall". This is a reference to production designer
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall
.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 6, 1949 with
Marlene Dietrich
and
John Lund
reprising their film roles.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Modern Times (1936)?
a.
In the movie, Ethan (
Zach Galifianakis
) talks up his
Two and a Half Men
fan site. The site existed at the time at itsrainingtwoandahalfmen.com.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Paul Dreyfus (
Charles Hallahan
) falls into the white lava (mud flow) when the bridge tips over.
c.
Supposedly was to be
Charles Chaplin
s first full sound film, but instead, sound is used in a unique way: we hear spoken voices only when they come from mechanical devices, a symbol of the films theme of technology and dehumanization. Specifically, voices are heard from: The videophones used by the factory president The phonographic Mechanical Salesman The radio in the prison wardens office
d.
Throughout the film, the band Green Day is referenced many times. Green Days then producer Rob Cavallo is the films executive producer. This isnt by coincidence. Cavallo has never produced movies, only albums for Reprise Records.
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