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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Favorite Brunette (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Favorite Brunette (1947) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947).
About the movie:
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
Sharon Stone
s character is modeled upon
Cybill Shepherd
, a former lover of
Peter Bogdanovich
.
b.
The scene of the Rohirrim charging the Pelennor had to be filmed 52 times before the crew were satisfied with the take. During this process, about 60 of the 280 horses participating had to drop out for various reasons.
c.
Audie Murphy
received most of his military decorations before he had turned the ages of nineteen and twenty.
d.
The film contains a number of in-jokes.
Bob Hope
s character is just saying that he wants to be a private detective like
Alan Ladd
- when Ladd appears, playing a private detective.
Dorothy Lamour
s character looks longingly after Bing Crosby for a moment (in their "Road" movies with Bob Hope, Crosby nearly always got the girl) before Hope wins back her attention. There is also a comic reference to legendary music conductor
Arturo Toscanini
, then considered the greatest conductor in the world, and who at that time was conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. (Bob Hope had a radio program on NBC and was soon to make his TV debut on NBC as well.)
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
From 1954-56,
Arthur Freed
had to battle the Hays Code in order to bring
Colette
s tale of a courtesan-in-training to the cinema. He eventually convinced the film industrys Code Office to view the story as condemning rather than glorifying a system of mistresses.
b.
The character Addison Hanley is named after the former Letters to Cleo singer
Kay Hanley
.
c.
Writer/director
Billy Morrissette
got the idea for setting Macbeth at a restaurant while in high school. He was working at a Dairy Queen in South Windsor, Connecticut, and was "reading a lot of Shakespeare at the time".
d.
Bob Hope
wanted
Bing Crosby
s cameo as Harry so much that he paid him $5,000 to appear. The sum was later donated to a charity.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
Pooh Bearss (Vincent DOnofrio (I)) fire place at his compound is actually made of Styrofoam.
b.
On a Capitol Records 78,
Bob Hope
and
Dorothy Lamour
waxed two
Jay Livingston
-
Ray Evans
tunes: the romantic "Beside You," a Lamour solo in the film, and a comic-banter ditty named after the movie, although this number was not performed in the picture.
c.
The song young Gertrude Lang learns on the clarinet is "Stranger on the Shore" by
Acker Bilk
.
d.
Average Shot Length = ~7.4 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.5 seconds.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
Bing Crosby
,
Bob Hope
s long-term co-star and rival in the Road movies, plays an executioner who is livid when he doesnt get to execute Hopes character. Hope fires back saying, "Hell do any kind of role" (at the time, Crosby was a top star - but here he was doing a one-scene cameo.)
b.
Sydney Greenstreet
appeared in a special trailer to promote the film.
c.
Chris Columbus
was offered the directors chair but opted to make
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
instead.
d.
The film is loosely based on the Swedish industrialist Ivar Kreuger, who killed himself 9 months before this movie was released.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
Finnish censorship visa # 028682.
b.
In the second half of the movie where Joshs father brings him back to the park to play with Vinnie, real-life Josh Waitzkin and Vinnie (both much older than actors playing them) are visible in the background.
c.
Gray Grantham (
Denzel Washington
) and Smith Keen (
John Lithgow
) secretly meet at the home of George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon, VA. Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, NY.
d.
Pinocchios solo on the dance floor during the Ball scene closely resembles
Michael Jackson
s famous "Bad" routine.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
Harvey Fierstein
), barely 16 years old, appears (uncredited) as one of the gay demonstrators.
b.
Mel Brooks
: As the voice of departing assassin after choosing the "lady" door over the "tiger" door only to discover theyre both tiger doors.
c.
Donald OConnor
s fifth of six "Francis" movies.
d.
Also exists in computer-colored version.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
After this movie, the Internal Revenue Service charged
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
for back taxes, forcing them to sell their homes and a lot of their assets, including the rights to their films. The two mutually agreed to officially end their partnership in July of 1957.
b.
After extensive re-editing and re-shooting by the producers, writer/director
Ti West
requested to have his name removed from the film and replaced with the popular pseudonym Alan Smithee. Since he was not a member of the DGA his request was denied by the producers and he remains credited as the films director. West has since disowned the final product claiming that it is more a product of the producers and executives than that of his own. It is unknown if there will ever be a "directors cut" released featuring Wests original vision.
c.
The peninsula mansion shown still exists on Carmel-by-the-Seas famous 17 Mile Drive.
d.
When on location, the crew built a large town set in which many of the buildings had practical rooms. These rooms soon became living quarters, holding areas and storage space. The editing lab was set up in the post office set.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Brunette (1947)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 13, 1947 with
Bob Hope
and
Dorothy Lamour
reprising their film roles.
b.
The scene where Joe goes shopping (supposedly in New York City) was actually filmed on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. You can see the familiar Gucci sign.
c.
Unable to find white suits large enough to fit
Chuck McCann
, costumers had him wear old suits previously worn by studio character actor
Sydney Greenstreet
.
d.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
signed on to make the film before he made
Last Action Hero
. The reason for the delay was that
James Cameron
was busy writing
Strange Days
for his ex-wife,
Kathryn Bigelow
.
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