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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

About the movie: A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		This was the first film that both Viva and Joe Dallesandro made for Andy Warhol, although Bike Boy starring Viva has been released ten months before this film. Shooting was about to start on Flesh by the time it was released.
b.		Before production started, approval was refused by the MPPDA (now the MPAA) under the Production Code (Hays Code), labeling the scenario, still called "A Comedy Of Murders", in their words "unacceptable". They continued, "In his indictment of the system and the social structure, the filmmaker offered a rationale of Verdouxs crimes, in terms of their moral work." Worst of all the board also considered Verdouxs attitude toward god "blasphemous". In a letter of response, scene by scene, Charles Chaplin upheld his screenplay again the charge of subversion, but only giving in on details. For example, when one of Verdouxs wives invites him to "come to bed" the line had to be replaced with "get to bed". Chaplin had no trouble getting around such proscriptions, as he did with Verdouxs morning-after "humming" with briskly engaging music. The production board complied and gave this film a seal of approval.
c.		The character of the German Colonel was first intended to be the real life Panzer officer Joachim Peiper, the youngest man in the Nazi Army to be make the rank of full colonel (SS-Standartenführer, the direct SS equivalent to an Oberst or full colonel in the German army). However, since Peiper, a protégé of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler , the head of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and the second most powerful man in Germany after Adolf Hitler, was promoted to the ran at the age of 29. However, as he was still living at the time the film was produced and was still a committed Nazi, his character was quickly changed to a fictitious Regular German Army officer, so as not to give Peiper any connection to the film or risk a libel suit. It was Peipers unit of the Waffen-SS, Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Division, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (German for "Adolf Hitlers Bodyguard Regiment") that was responsible for the Malmedy massacre of American prisoners depicted in the film. After the War, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted by the American Occupation Force as the trial had been fraught with illegalities, and he served only 11 years in prison, despite having perpetrated war-crimes on both the Eastern and Western fronts. Peiper was assassinated at his home in France, likely by French communists, in 1976.
d.		John Carradine sings the title track.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		Stanley Kubrick decided that having the hedge animals come alive (as they do in the book) was unworkable due to restrictions in special effects, so he opted for a hedge maze instead.
b.		Jennys last name, Curran, is never said in the film. The only places you can find it are on the back of an envelope that Forrest mailed to Jenny while he was in Vietnam, and on the letters that are returned to him in the hospital.
c.		The film was a colossal box-office flop on its 1947 release, despite being ardently championed by writer-critic James Agee, who considered Charles Chaplins acting performance the greatest male performance he had ever seen in films.
d.		The freeway exit sign (the one listing Whipple Ave, Woodside Rd, Marsh Rd) passed during the freeway chase is the same sign that you would pass on the real-world highway 101 if you had just left the headquarters of Oracle Corporation and were heading southbound on 101.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		Finnish censorship certificate # 96767 delivered on 2-7-1990.
b.		Betty Comden and Adolph Green made the characters played by Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant a married couple because they felt that the audiences would not accept a male/female writing team who werent married to each other, even though the characters were based on Comden and Green, who were themselves not married to each other.
c.		The Killer Eddie, is played by police officer, Lawrence Wiencek.
d.		Chaplin regarded the film as "the cleverest and most brilliant film of my career".

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		The producers of the film were sued in 1948 by Parisian bank employee Henri Verdoux.
b.		The film was one of the many projects that was produced by Plan B Productions, the film production company that actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston formed during their marriage. It was the last production produced before they filed for divorce.
c.		The wife of King Alfred the Great is played by Michelle Southam, the real wife of actor Darin Southam (King Alfred).
d.		Rachael Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, and Tara Reid actually played the songs in the film.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		The tune that Verdoux plays on the piano as Lydia sits by after she withdrew the 70,000 francs is the opening and closing theme to Chaplins film A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate, which he used in 1976 when he re-scored the picture.
b.		Film debut of Ann Jillian.
c.		Jack Benny: Has a wordless cameo as a percussionist during Henry Orients concert. He gives Henry the trademark Benny "look".
d.		The portrait shown throughout the movie as "Aunt Sophie", was a painting of actress Helena Benda.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		Verdouxs quote "One murder makes a villain; millions a hero" is taken from the abolitionist Bishop Beilby Porteus (1731-1808).
b.		The autism segment after the opening credits is a reference to Sacha Baron Cohens cousin Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen who is famous for his theories on autism.
c.		Unsure if he could play a man with a heart condition, Charles Laughton (Sir Wilfrid) staged a heart attack in the pool one day at home. His wife, Elsa Lanchester (Miss Plimsoll), and a houseguest panicked and pulled him from the water, at which point he explained his trick. Elsas reaction has not been recorded.
d.		Spencer Tracy, playing a priest, makes a note to himself in one scene, "That Rooney kid skipped Mass again..." Two years later, he again plays a priest in Boys Town and is charged with reforming a boy played by Mickey Rooney.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		More than half of the lines in the scene featuring the boys visit with Jims Dad were improvised on the set. This helped to create a more natural dynamic to the proceedings.
b.		The film was originally meant to be directed by Orson Welles and starring Charles Chaplin, but Chaplin backed out at the last moment, saying that he had never had anyone direct him before and didnt want to start. Instead, he bought the screenplay off Welles and re-wrote parts of it, crediting Welles with only the "idea". Welles said that, despite most of the script being his, he didnt mind as it was one of his lesser works.
c.		Originally budgeted just shy of $2 million, the film ended up costing over $5 million. Despite the worries of studio head Jack L. Warner, it went on to become Warner Bros. biggest hit up to that time.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Februray 19, 1945 with John Hodiak, Anne Baxter, Charles Winninger reprising their film roles.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		One early concept for this movie was "Jason Goes To L.A" in which two rival gangs would be fighting; when Jason would show up and start murdering them. This would force the rival gangs to band together to defeat Jason.
b.		The animators modelled Devastators stooped stature and lumbering movements after a gorilla.
c.		While filming the snakes scenes inside the Well of the Souls, First Assistant Director David Tomblin at one point had a python bite his hand and latch on without letting go. Tomblin then calmly asked someone to grab the python (still attached to Tomblins hand) by the tail and whip it, so that the snap would send a wave up the snakes body and force it to let go. A stage hand did just that and the python released its bite from Tomblins hand. Tomblin then got medical attention on his hand and the python itself was not injured.
d.		Based on real-life French murderer Desire Landru, who was guillotined in 1922.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 7, 1950 with Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Millard Mitchell and John Kellogg reprising their film roles.
b.		The character Addison Hanley is named after the former Letters to Cleo singer Kay Hanley.
c.		Charles Chaplin hired famed press agent Russell Birdwell to publicize this film. Just prior to the premiere, Birdwell wrote columnist Hedda Hopper a note saying: "I contend that Charlie Chaplins Monsieur Verdoux is the greatest and most controversial picture that has ever come from the Hollywood mills. If I lose I will publicly eat the negative of the film in front of the Chaplin studios. Sincerely, Bird." After shed seen the film, Hopper wired back: "DEAR BIRD: START EATING. HOPPER."
d.		Miklós Rózsa wrote the musical score in eight weeks.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)?
a.		To put River to sleep, Dr. Simon Tam says, "Eta Kooram Nah Smech!," Russian for "This is very ridiculous" (literally "This is for hens to laugh!").
b.		The lens James Stewart uses on his camera to spy on his neighbors, is reportedly a 400mm prime telephoto, the magnification of which, would render it near impossible to use effectively without a tripod.
c.		Chaplin bought the idea for the film off Orson Welles for $5,000. Welles had been contemplating making a dramatized documentary of the real story of French serial killer, Henri Landru.
d.		Originally set for a US theatrical release in late 2007 and then 2008, it languished in a vault secondary to the production company going bankrupt after post-production was already completed.

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