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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) Quiz
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About the movie:
Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Orestaia. In New England, after the American Civil War...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)?
a.
Although billed 9th in the credits, actress Sara Allgood appears only in one scene and does not have one single line of dialogue.
b.
Dawn Schroder
, the older sister of this films leading co-star
Rick Schroder
, appears in this film with him as Dalton. This is the only ever theatrically released film where the brother and sister both appear.
c.
One sound disc for this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, but the rest of the discs and the films whereabouts or survival are unknown.
d.
Roland Emmerich
and
Dean Devlin
were sued for stealing the storyline from a student of Egyptology named Omar Zuhdi who submitted the story to them about ten years before the movie was made (they "rejected" the story at the time). Zuhdi even had a well-respected Egyptologist from Johns Hopkins University vouch for him, since he put his own theories into the story. The only differences between the story and the movie are slight name variations. The issue was finally settled out of court.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)?
a.
The movie is one of three RKO-distributed films that were edited heavily after their initial unsuccessful first runs; the others were
All That Money Can Buy
(aka "The Devil and Daniel Webster") and
Joan of Arc
. All three have been restored to their full length (or, in the case of "Mourning Becomes Electra", approximately their full length) on DVD.
b.
For
Bernard Hill
, this is the third film in as many decades he has appeared in that also won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. The others were
Gandhi
and
Titanic
.
c.
Near the end of the film, there is a massive cavalry charge by the rebels. According to
James Belushi
(who plays Doctor Rock in this film) director
Oliver Stone
forfeited his $25,000 paycheck to pay for the scene with the horses.
d.
Connor MacLeods "Trophy Room" from the first film was reconstructed in detail here, though the hardwood floor is different. The original set had a radial central floor which supported the weight of MacLeods old blacksmiths anvil in the middle.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)?
a.
Filmed in and around Bowling Green, Kentucky. Many of the actors were students at Western Kentucky University at the time.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 14, 1947 with
Bob Hope
reprising his film role.
c.
The wife of producer
Mark Hellinger
, Gladys Glad, a former showgirl for Broadway producer
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
, was responsible for getting this film made. Hellinger had brought home a large stack of scripts that he was to read for filming consideration. Hellinger had leafed through the script and read the summary, but felt that "nobody would pay money to see a bunch of truck drivers". His wife read this script, liked it, and pressured Hellinger to read it. Reluctantly, he did, the film eventually got made and became the sleeper hit of the year for Warners. It was made for an estimated $400,000 and grossed more than $4,000,000. (Source: Book "The Mark Hellinger Story" by
Jim Bishop
, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952)
d.
The original Broadway production of "Mourning Becomes Electra" by
Eugene ONeill
opened at the Guild Theater on October 26, 1931, ran for 150 performances and was revived in 1932 and 1972.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)?
a.
Debut of Jeff Corey.
b.
Rosalind Russell
received an Academy Award nomination for her role in this film. Apparently, she was so sure she was going to win that, when the winner was about to be announced, she had risen from her seat to accept it... only to discover that the winner was
Loretta Young
for her performance in
The Farmers Daughter
.
c.
Early scenes in the movie where the spaceship crash-lands in the lake were filmed at Lake Powell, which is formed by a dam on the Colorado River on the Utah-Arizona border.
d.
2008 Winner Best of Festival - Indie Fest USA
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