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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Favorite Wife (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Favorite Wife (1940) 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 Wife (1940).
About the movie:
Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
Before
John Philbin
could land the role of Turtle he had to convince the producers he could pull it off. So he flew to Hawaii for a few months prior to principal photography to get in shape, learn to surf, and perfect the local accent so his pidgin would sound convincing. He got so into surfing that to this day he still surfs and helps operate a surfing school.
b.
Just as it was when filming
Batman Begins
, director
Christopher Nolan
oversaw every shot himself as there was no second unit.
c.
This was the third Sherlock Holmes feature produced at Universal. It was the second to be directed by
Roy William Neill
, and the first film in which he took over as the series producer.
d.
Leo McCarey
was supposed to direct the film, but shortly before the filming began he was injured in an automobile accident, and had to hand over the direction to
Garson Kanin
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
The hotel in the mountains is clearly meant to be the AhWahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Its kitchen has won prizes and they serve an elaborate Christmas dinner, but its expensive and you need to book about a year in advance.
b.
Writer
Andy Breckman
came up with the idea of the bus full of Lucy impersonators after reading an article in a tabloid about an
I Love Lucy
convention.
c.
During a voiceover session,
Cody Cameron
suggested that
Cameron Diaz
marry him "... so you can become Cameron Cameron".
d.
The gangs motorcycles are Triumphs with one BSA and 1 AJS.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
Second of three movies that paired
Cary Grant
and
Irene Dunne
.
b.
Steven Spielberg
and
George Lucas
originally wanted the film to have no dialog, like the Rite of Spring sequence in
Fantasia
. But, to make the film appealing to children, they abandoned this idea, and got actors and actresses to do the voices.
c.
It took
John Travolta
four hours to put on the 30-pound fat suit and 5 gel-filled silicone face prosthetics to become Edna Turnblad.
d.
Two nitrate prints of this film survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and neither one is listed for Preservation.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
s poem, "Enoch Arden," about a fisherman presumed lost at sea who returns to find his wife remarried, was the basis of five prior films:
Enoch Arden
,
Die Toten kehren wieder - Enoch Arden
, and
D.W. Griffith
s
Enoch Arden: Part I
,
Enoch Arden: Part II
, and
Enoch Arden
. Those films adhered to Tennysons poem. But in My Favorite Wife,
Somethings Got to Give
, and
Move Over, Darling
, only the basic idea of a spouse who returns is kept, with the spouse presumed lost now being the wife. However, in all of these films, the surname of the couple in question remains "Arden."
b.
Shot in 11 days.
c.
Persis Khambatta
became very emotional about having her head shaved for her role. She kept her shorn hair in a box for a time and asked
Gene Roddenberry
to take out insurance in case her hair didnt grow back. It did.
d.
Joe Chappelle
wrote the ending for the theatrical version of the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 12, 1945 with
Gail Patrick
reprising her film role.
b.
Steve Soll wore thick shoes to appear taller.
c.
Principal photography was completed one day ahead of schedule, on March 15, 2007. It was also director
Renny Harlin
s 48th birthday.
d.
Shot entirely on Steadicam with the exception for the opening scene.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 9, 1940 with
Gail Patrick
reprising her film role.
b.
Robert Taylor
s chest reportedly had to be shaved for his part because the studio feared its hairiness might be too "sexy" for a biblical film. However, both of Taylors "beefcake" scenes in the movie still show chest hair.
c.
According to
Christopher Nolan
, Bruce Waynes reasons for needing a new Batsuit (to be faster and more agile) were, in fact, the real reasons why Nolan wanted the Batsuit to be redesigned for this film.
d.
Feature film debuts of
Kirsten Dunst
and
Adrien Brody
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
The "shabby genteel" Bronx apartment in Frank D. Gilroys largely autobiographical "The Subject Was Roses" was recreated and filmed in a warehouse on New Yorks West 26th Street. Exterior scenes of the Bronx were filmed in that boroughs University Heights section, where Pulitzer-winning playwright
Frank D. Gilroy
spent the first eighteen years of his life before serving in World War II. The neighborhood had changed a great deal in twenty-plus years and was now "down at the heels" but a number of older residents remembered the Gilroy family from back in the day. For authenticity, crew members rolled back prices in the window of a vegetable store to 1946, posted signs to buy War Bonds, and lined the street with period automobiles. Said one older resident: "They even cleaned up the streets. Humph, it takes a movie company to get this neighborhood cleaned up."
b.
Film debut of
Dorothy Revier
.
c.
Cary Grant
and
Randolph Scott
, who play rivals in this film, lived together for twelve years from 1932 to 1944.
d.
This was the first
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
film that did not contain musical numbers. As a result, it was shortest film that they had made to date.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
The play ran on Broadway for 581 performances, from 23 March 1949 through 12 August 1950. It starred
Ralph Bellamy
as Det. McLeod.
Meg Mundy
played his wife.
Maureen Stapleton
played Miss Hatch.
b.
Cary Grant
wears a leopard print smoking jacket throughout much of the last third of the film. He was just coming off the huge flop
Bringing Up Baby
in which the titular character is a leopard.
c.
The silver-blue motorcycle ridden by Button (
Brad Pitt
) is a 650cc Triumph T110, recognizable as a 1956 model because of its alloy head and 4-bar tank badge.
d.
Christian Bale
was picked for the role of Jim out of more than 4,000 who auditioned.
Steven Spielberg
had seen Bale in the miniseries
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
and
Amy Irving
, who starred in it, personally recommended Bale to Spielberg, her husband at the time. Spielberg had not thought much of Bale in "Anastasia", but cast him in the role of Jim after he auditioned.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
Several characters do their "signature moves" from the video game in fight scenes: - Ryu appears to use a "hadouken" on Vega in their second fight (he holds his hands in the familiar position and a bright flash is seen on screen). Then finally defeats Vega with a Tatsumaki Senpyuu Kyaku or known as his Hurricane or Helicopter Kick - Vega does his rolling stab move twice in the same fight. - Ken uses a spinning uppercut (shoryuken in the game) against Sagat. - E. Honda appears to do his "hundred hand slap" against Zangief. - Guile does two "flash kicks" when fighting Bison (he performs a kick while in a back flip. - Although the move does not resemble the one from the game, Cammy says "Thrust kick!" while fighting a trooper in the assault. - While Bison is flying, he uses a move that resembles his "psycho crusher" on Guile several times (flying towards the enemy with an outstretched fist).
b.
Shot back to back with
Oblivion
.
c.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 7, 1950 with
Cary Grant
and
Irene Dunne
reprising their film roles.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 12, 1941 with
Rosalind Russell
reprising her film role.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Favorite Wife (1940)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 23, 1941 with
Irene Dunne
reprising her film role.
b.
The big fight filmed in Lowell at The Tsongas Arena had over 200 "dummies" (props - not people) in the audience to help fill up the stands.
c.
Some sequences were shot on the same set that Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl was shot on.
d.
During the "bottle" sequence in Dr. Pretorius apartment, the Doctor, while showing Dr. Frankenstein the miniature "devil" character, makes a wry comment that he sees a "certain resemblance" between him and his tiny creation. In fact, the miniature devil in the bottle was played by
Peter Shaw
, who was actually actor
Ernest Thesiger
s stand-in/film double in the picture.
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