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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Fair Lady (1964) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Fair Lady (1964) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Fair Lady (1964) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964).

About the movie: A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		The number that scrolls across the news screen, 800-656-1482, when David Dunn (Bruce Willis) son is watching t.v. is owned by ABC/Disney. This number can also be seen in the movie Sky High. The number takes you to an ABC operator which then explains the number to the caller.
b.		Woody Allen pays a clever homage to Federico Fellinis La strada. The characters of Emmet (Penn) and Hattie (Morton) correspond to Zampano (Quinn) and Gelsomina (Masina) including the final scene with Emmets/Zampanos breakdown and repentance.
c.		Although her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, Audrey Hepburns singing does actually appear in the form of the first verse of "Just You Wait, Henry Higgins". However, when the song heads into the soprano range (76 seconds in), Nixon takes over vocals. Hepburn sings the last 30 seconds of the song as well as the brief reprise. She also sings the sing-talking parts for "The Rain in Spain". Overall, as Hepburn reportedly said, about 90% of her singing was dubbed. That was far more than what she expected, as she was initially promised that most of her vocals would be used. According to Nixon, Hepburn was upset that she could not play the role vocally, and always blamed herself for that.
d.		The film within the film, Love Lies Dying, is actually Renny Harlins The Long Kiss Goodnight. The explosion shown in the film is the climax of that movie. The music repeatedly used in that film is the cue "The Strangers are tuning" by Trevor Jones, from Alex Proyas Dark City. Both are New Line productions.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		The film was shot in small increments over a three year period. By the time it was completed, two actors had to be replaced because they were no longer available to finish the film. The previous actors work had to be re-shot, though one of them appears very briefly in a wide shot.
b.		Wilson Benge is listed in studio records as "Butler", but he did not appear in the released movie.
c.		Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin almost starred together again 19 years later in John Boormans Deliverance. They were cast together in the film until Lee Marvin told director Boorman that he thought he and Brando were too old for their roles. Boorman agreed and cast Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds instead.
d.		During the parts of "Wouldnt It be Loverly" featuring Audrey Hepburns own singing voice, her lip-syncing does not match her own singing as well as it does Marni Nixons singing, even though Hepburn filmed the scene with her own track. This shouldnt be surprising considering that Marni Nixon "looped" her vocals to the song after the number was already filmed - and was given multiple attempts to match Audrey Hepburns lip movements precisely (as was the case when she dubbed Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961) ). Marni Nixon discusses this in her autobiography, where she actually praises Audrey Hepburn for lip-synching very well to her own track, despite what the first paragraph of this piece of trivia says.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		"My Fair Lady" is the only Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe stage musical to have been filmed totally complete, with no omission of any songs from the stage version (or dialogue, for that matter). There are even some added lyrics to the song "You Did It", in which Higgins goes more into detail about the speech "expert" Zoltan Karpathys evaluation of Eliza at the ball, that were not in the stage version. My Fair Lady, West Side Story, and South Pacific may be the most complete film adaptations of Broadway musicals ever made.
b.		The car driven by Ridley Kraid is a 2006 Infiniti G35. The grill ornament was partially covered in black duct tape to disguise the cars manufacturer. The front Minnesota license plate was also removed, since the locale of the film is not explicitly mentioned.
c.		MGM took a four page advertisement in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Star to launch its publicity campaign for 2001: A Space Odyssey during 25th February 1968.
d.		Kenneth Lonergan plays minister Ron in two major scenes counseling Terry at Sammys house, and then counseling Sammy in his office. Since Lonergan had a lot of dialogue in those two scenes, he turned over the directing to Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo, respectively.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		The characters take refuge in an isolated farmhouse early in the film. Next to one of the doors, visible in shots of the exterior of the house, is the name of the owner - "M Celeste", in nail-on letters in a script font. This seems to be homage to the sailing ship "Marie Celeste", which was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and under sail heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar in 1872. Her crew was not on board and the only lifeboat gone, but the ship had no damage and was sea worthy. Like the ship, the house was (relatively) undamaged by its ordeal and could have been immediately occupied. According to Tom Savinis commentary on the DVD, the name is deliberate reference to the state of the house.
b.		Jackson Rathbone originally auditioned for the part of Prince Zuko.
c.		Dirctor Ted Tetzlaff started the film but fell ill and was replaced by Ralph Murphy.
d.		When asked why he turned down the role of Henry Higgins, Cary Grant remarked that his original manner of speaking was much closer to Eliza Dolittle.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		Keanu Reeves was injured during a friendly game of hockey with his friends during spare time. His lip was split, requiring six stitches. In his next scheduled scene, a love scene with Debra Messing, he was quoted as saying to her: "please dont hurt me."
b.		According to actress Nancy Olson, who was married to lyricist Alan Jay Lerner at the time he was writing the musical, Lerner and Frederick Loewe had the most trouble writing the final song for Henry Higgins. The two writers had based the whole concept of the musical around the notion that Higgins was far too intellectual a character to emotionally sing outright, but should speak his songs on pitch, more as an expression of ideas. However, both composer and lyricist knew that Higgins would need a love song towards the end of the story when Eliza has abandoned him. This presented an obvious problem: how to write an emotional song for an emotionless character. Lerner suffered bouts of insomnia trying to write the lyrics. One night, Olson claims, she brought him a cup of tea to soothe his nerves. As she entered his study, Lerner thanked her and said "I guess Ive grown accustomed to you...Ive grown accustomed to your face." According to Olson, his eyes suddenly lit up, and she sat down and watched him write the entire song in one sitting, based on the idea that although Higgins couldnt "love" Eliza in the traditional sense, he would surely notice the value she represented as part of his life.
c.		The footage from the final chapter showing the destruction of New York City was taken from Deluge.
d.		The Red Mill opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre (New York) on September 24, 1906 and ran for 274 performances. Another production opened at the Zeigfeld Theater on October 16, 1945 and ran for 531 performances.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		This was one of the most successful knock-offs of Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho. William Castle and Columbia had this in theaters a year after the release of "Psycho". Part of the reason for the delay was that, at the time "Psycho" went into release, Castle was still working on 13 Ghosts.
b.		Victor Garbers first movie.
c.		Underwater shots were filmed with miniatures at the large inland Salton Sea in Southern California.
d.		The title of the film appears nowhere in the dialogue nor any of the song lyrics.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		Amusement park trams were rented to carry ballroom scene extras across the studio lot, in order to prevent their makeup and costumes from getting dirty or damaged.
b.		The movies line "Elementary, my dear Watson." was voted as the #65 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
c.		According to Sidney Lumet the "Mad as Hell" speech was filmed in one and a half takes. Midway through the second take, Peter Finch abruptly stopped in exhaustion. Lumet was unaware of Finchs failing heart at the time, but in any case did not ask for a third take. Whats in the completed film is the second take for the first half of the speech, and the second half from the first take.
d.		Monogram Pictures chiefs Trem Carr and W. Ray Johnston had just reformed the studio after having had an unhappy merger for two years with Herbert J. Yates Republic Pictures. This film was conceived as a low-budget feature meant to capitalize on Dick Merrills and Jack Lambies historic "Coronation Flight", which made them world-famous.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		Audrey Hepburn announced the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy to the devastated cast and crew immediately after filming the number "Wouldnt It Be Loverly?" on the Covent Garden set on 22 November 1963.
b.		During the scene where Wendy brings Jack breakfast in bed, it can be seen in the reflection of the mirror that Jacks T-shirt says "Stovington" on it. While not mentioned in the film, this is the name of the school that Jack used to teach at in the Stephen King novel.
c.		The scrolling ticker sign in the toy factory reads "378 Years without an accident".
d.		Originally planned as direct to DVD.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		Formally titled "Swine", filmmakers decided "The Sadist" better captures the essence of Tom Savinis character.
b.		According to one of Rex Harrisons biographers, Alexander Walker, the song "Ive Grown Accustomed to Her Face" held special memories for the actor, as during the original Broadway run he used to sing the song to his third wife Kay Kendall, who would stand in the wings watching his performance. Harrison later admitted that when he sang the song in the film he was thinking all the time about Kendall, who had died a few years before from leukemia.
c.		The original authors draft was changed so much that he sued to have his writing credit removed.
d.		James Caan: seen in the USO fight scene.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Fair Lady (1964)?
a.		Originally, Antwan Harris was set to play one of the leads, but the day before filming began, he was called up to the Cleveland Browns Football Camp and had to be replaced.
b.		Musical theater writers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had attempted to adapt George Bernard Shaws "Pygmalion" as a musical long before Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, but had abandoned the project as unadaptable. Rodgers and Hammerstein felt that Shaws style of writing intellectual dialog and the emotionless character of Henry Higgins did not lend themselves to a musical. Lerner and Lowe overcame these problems by leaving Shaws dialogue largely intact, and working under the notion that Higgins must be played by a great actor, not a great singer. Thus, they wrote the role especially for Rex Harrison, and adopted the idea that Higgins should not sing outright, but talk on pitch, less an expression of emotions than ideas.
c.		Gene Blakelys final film.
d.		At 33 minutes, Francis Ford Coppolas segment is the shortest. Woody Allens clocks in at 40 minutes, while Martin Scorseses runs to 45 minutes.

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