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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Music for Millions (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Music for Millions (1944) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Music for Millions (1944).
About the movie:
Six year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Music for Millions (1944)?
a.
The late
Michael Jackson
owned one of the E.T. puppets.
b.
During the Second World War when this film was made on the MGM lot in 1944, other than harpists there were very few women in major world symphony orchestras. In order to justify the cast of women instrumentalists who are June Alysons roommates in the story, the on-screen orchestra has an unusual proportion of females, among them the dumb blonde Marie Windsor ("My Friend Irma") on classical clarinet! Even today when there are numerous women in all major orchestras, it is still unusual to see as many women in the brass section as those who are pictured in this film.
c.
A scene in which
Dennis Hopper
hits
Isabella Rossellini
was edited so that his hand connects with her face off-screen, to satisfy MPAA concerns about violence towards women. Director
David Lynch
opined that that change only made the scene more disturbing.
d.
The pistols used by the Comedian are D&L Sports "Professional Model" .45 longslides, and are actual firearms, not prop pieces.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Music for Millions (1944)?
a.
The working title of this film was "Sweating Bullets" and an early plot idea was about a calf named Bullets who saved his herd from a band of ghost cattle rustlers called the Willies.
b.
Was on the shelf for a year before Disney decided to release it. The film flopped when it was released.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 27, 1946 with
Margaret OBrien
,
José Iturbi
, Jimmy Durante reprising their film roles.
d.
In the opening minutes of the movie, Colonel Winters (
James Gandolfini
) remarks "My God, they should be naming a base after him!", referring to the arriving prisoner General Eugene Irwin (
Robert Redford
). Actually, the US Army already has a Fort Irwin, located in the Mojave Desert in California, although it is named for Major General George LeRoy Irwin.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Music for Millions (1944)?
a.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 10, 1949 with
June Allyson
reprising her film role.
b.
Burt Lancaster
was ill with hepatitis and suffered a mild heart attack during filming.
c.
John Malkovich
, who plays Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, previously appeared in
The Object of Beauty
, in which his character complains of too many film adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
d.
A camera system called the Spydercam was developed to express more of Spider-Mans world and point of view. It was able to drop 50 stories (over 600 ft) and with shot lengths of just over 2400 feet or 3200 feet (for shooting in New York City, or Los Angeles), and could shoot at six frames/second to convey a sense of speed. The Spydercam was only used in this film for the final sequence, but was brought into more use for the sequels.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Music for Millions (1944)?
a.
Rudolph Valentino
signed onto the film for $350 a week, less than
Wallace Beery
earned for his small role as a German officer. Metro provided Valentino only with his Argentine gaucho costume and his French soldiers uniform. For the Parisian sequence, Valentino purchased more than twenty-five custom-fitted suits from a New York tailor, which he spent the next year paying for.
b.
At the time of filming of the "Duty, Honor, Country" speech,
Marj Dusay
was only the third woman in history to occupy the West Point Cadet Mess "Poop Deck" while the Corps of Cadets was assembled. The first two were
Queen Elizabeth II
and the real Mrs. MacArthur.
c.
The twenty-first of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
d.
The director of the orchestra, Jose Iturbi, best known today as an MGM personality, was actually the conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1936 to 1944.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Music for Millions (1944)?
a.
The snake cult of Thulsa Doom is modeled after the Flagellants-a cult that arose in Germany at the time of the Plague of the Black Death in the mid 14th. Century. They are wearing similar white robes and some are whipping themselves.
b.
The member of the band at the Army base who breaks up Jimmy Durantes performance of "Umbriago" by singing in front of the microphone is Eddie Jackson (ne Edward Jacobs), Durantes long time partner in the night-club team of Clayton, Jackson and Durante. The trio performed for years on vaudeville and at New Yorks Club Durant (sic) but it was the bottom-billed Jimmy who became the star. Lou Clayton, who gave up show business to manage his partners career, made Jimmy a millionaire.
c.
Shot in 30 days.
d.
Although originally released in five parts, its overall length makes this arguably the first narrative feature film, according to the Museum of Modern Art.
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