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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941).
About the movie:
Not a typical Hitchcock movie, this is a comedy about a couple who learn that their marriage was not valid.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
The boys attend "Charles M. Jones Junior High School". The school is named after animator
Chuck Jones
.
b.
All of the scenes of Helen Benson and Klaatu in the taxi also feature footage from the second unit of Washington, DC as we see background vehicles in the rear and side windows of the taxi.
c.
Director
John McNaughton
originally intended to shoot the entire film with a hand-held camera, so as to give it the look and feel of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. He had hired
Jean de Segonzac
to work as the director of photography as de Segonzac was regarded as one of the worlds foremost hand-held cameramen. However, a week before filming began, de Segonzac had to drop out of the project, and McNaughton was left without a director of photography. He subsequently hired
Charlie Lieberman
, who had shot a number of half hour substance abuse programs, and together, McNaughton and Lieberman decided to abandon the hand-held idea and go in the opposite direction; never using a hand-held camera at all, and ensuring very exact, very rigid framing throughout the film.
d.
Carole Lombard
was a devoted Democrat, while
Robert Montgomery
was a Republican. During breaks in filming, Lombard made a point of running into the studio parking lot and putting FDR re-election bumper stickers on Montgomerys car.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
The death of
Paris Hilton
s character was originally longer and featured more gore but it was cut for the theatrical release.
b.
According to letters and interviews Sir
John Gielgud
found director
Jerry Zucker
extremely annoying.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
s only screwball comedy. He was talked into directing it by
Carole Lombard
.
d.
In addition to working together on this film,
Milla Jovovich
and
Timothy Olyphant
have both worked on films that were adaptations of video games. Jovovich was in
Resident Evil
and its sequels; Olyphant was in
Hitman
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
Tony Curtis
was very keen to make the film as he saw it as an opportunity to break out of the mindless, pretty boy roles he was usually assigned. Director
Stanley Kramer
initially had some misgivings but ultimately relented.
b.
In terms of his appearance, the Man In Blacks wardrobe of a long, black coat and black cowboy boots, is a nod to country music singer
Johnny Cash
, who often wore long, black coats and black cowboy boots, thus earning him his famous nickname "The Man In Black".
c.
The writer of this movie,
Richard Sale
was also a producer and film director in his own right but he didnt direct this movie,
Peter R. Hunt
did.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 30, 1949 with
Robert Montgomery
reprising his film role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
Kinka Usher
: as Moe. Coincidentally, Moe is the name of one of
Hank Azaria
s (Blue Rajah) many different characters in
The Simpsons
.
b.
Alfred Hitchcock
: [bathroom] a conversation is made difficult by a noisy flushing toilet.
c.
Joan Tewkesbury
: the films writer. She is on the phone as Kennys mother, and as Toms lover.
d.
The end of the film shows Jack Sparrow in the same position as at the beginning of
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
: aboard a small ship in the ocean sailing towards a destination, in search of a fabled artifact...
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
At the time of filming,
Jack Palance
was not comfortable with horses. The one good mount he achieved during the numerous takes was used in the film.
b.
At the start of filming,
Gregory Peck
disliked General
Douglas MacArthur
. After filming he changed his mind, understanding the challenges MacArthur had faced. He also stated he believed President
Harry S. Truman
was wrong to relieve MacArthur of his command in Korea in April 1951.
c.
First film in a planned Adam Sera trilogy.
d.
Carole Lombard
, in order to twit
Alfred Hitchcock
and generate publicity about his comment that "actors are cattle", set up a miniature cattle pen on the set. The pen held three heifers, each emblazoned with the name of one of the three stars.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
The unearthly screeching sounds used for the worms are actually the electronically processed sounds of screaming pigs in slaughterhouses.
b.
Carole Lombard
directed
Alfred Hitchcock
s cameo, making him do repeated retakes.
c.
The name of the principal at Dashs school is John Walker (as seen on the plaques on his office wall), a reference to producer
John Walker
.
d.
The train trestle used in the film is part of the Vernonia-Banks Linear Park Trail. The trestle was burnt down in the 1980s. It was a major trestle used for the railroad to Vernonias once-running saw mill that was well known as the worlds largest at one time. The place that the group is seen meeting a couple times throughout the movie with graffiti on the walls is the site where the saw mill was, which is now known as the "Mill Pond" in Vernonia, Oregon.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
In 1942, MGM distributed this film on a double bill with
The Bugle Sounds
starring
Wallace Beery
.
b.
Cary Grant
was the first choice for the role of David.
c.
A recently-discovered trailer for this film is being restored. The film itself is still missing, but some footage at least survives
d.
There is an after credits sequence.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
: policeman in police car during opening credits.
b.
Shaquille ONeal
badly wanted to be in the film and actively campaigned for a role.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 9, 1941 with
Carole Lombard
reprising her film role.
d.
Claudette Colbert
fought with director
Anatole Litvak
throughout most of the filming. Her main problem was with Litvaks cinematographer,
Charles Lang
. Colbert, famous for demanding that when she was photographed from the side it be only the right side, didnt feel that Lang was photographing her according to her wishes, and demanded that he be fired. Litvak refused, setting off almost constant battling between the two that lasted the entire length of shooting.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
This was the first
Alfred Hitchcock
film to be shown on American network television.
b.
"Pard" played by "Zero the Dog" was
Humphrey Bogart
s dog in real life.
c.
Newscaster Pierce Hope, in exasperation, closes his final newscast with a reference to poet William Blakes "The Tyger" ("What the hammer/what the chain/in what furnace was thy brain").
d.
Lee Remick
,
Diane Varsi
and
Hope Lange
were all considered for the lead role of Janet.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)?
a.
Darren Lynn Bousman
s fiancée and assistant appear in the song "Bloodbath".
b.
This film introduced the standard, "You Moved Right In" in a big production number "sung" and danced by
Marjorie Reynolds
(singing dubbed by
Martha Mears
).
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
: about halfway through the movie passing David Smith in front of his building.
d.
In one scene, two cops who are heard speaking in Czech are saying, quite clearly, something along the lines of "Hows it going?" - "Oh, its cold as s**t." - "Yeah, f**king weather." The dialogue is not subtitled.
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