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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

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About the movie: In London, sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner Worth from burning his wax museum...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)?
a.		The name / word Smokey is C.B. slang for sheriff.
b.		Although the title had been changed to "Mystery of the Wax Museum", the leaders on the original release prints still gave the title as "Wax Museum".
c.		Filming at one of the locations required that they cut at least once an hour due to the noise of frequent ice cream trucks. But the Pac-Man bars with gum ball eyes were awesome.
d.		Towards the end of principal photography an incident occurred which has become known as the T-shirt war. The majority of the crew didnt enjoy working on the film, and didnt like working for Ridley Scott, who they considered to be cold and distant. In an article in the British press, Scott commented that he preferred working with English crews because when he asked for something they would say, "Yes govnor" and go get it, but things werent that simple with American crews. Makeup supervisor Marvin G. Westmore saw the article and was disgusted. In retaliation, he had t-shirts printed with "Yes govnor my ass!" on the front, and either Will Rogers never met Ridley Scott" or "You soar with eagles when you fly with turkeys" on the back. In retaliation, Scott and several of his closer collaborators had t-shirts made with "Xenophobia sucks" on them.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)?
a.		The wax figures look like real people because they ARE real people. The original plan was to use actual wax figures, but they melted under the heat of the lights used at the time to film two-strip Technicolor.
b.		The movie was shot in North Carolina; many of the sets were from the TV show Dawsons Creek - particularly the school, hospital and Landons home.
c.		The first draft of the script was completed in February 1968.
d.		This movie is often not included in various video and DVD guides, not surprising considering its widespread unavailability on home video since the film was first released theatrically in 1975.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)?
a.		Producer Arnold Kopelson approached Andrew Davis to direct this film and was his personal choice.
b.		Tom Hanks was considered for the role of Peter Pan.
c.		Paramount Pictures owned the rights to this property in the late 1960s. Originally Gower Champion was set to direct with Howard W. Koch producing. During the summer of 1972 Paramount paid for a trip to Italy by Champion and songwriters Schmidt & Jones to scout locations. By January 1973 the film had been called off.
d.		This film was produced before the Production Code. When it was re-made only 20 years later, as House of Wax, all references to drug use were removed and a character was changed from a junkie to an alcoholic.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)?
a.		For John Dillingers famous escape from Crown Point Jail, the film makers decided to film at the real jail which had been closed and turned into a set of small shops and became a historical site. They dressed the jail and store fronts on the square to its original condition as it wouldve appeared in 1934. They also filmed the Little Bohemia shoot out at the real lodge. Johnny Depp was actually staying in the same room the real Dillinger stayed in.
b.		To emphasize the similarities between the wax figures and the characters, some names are alike. For example, the suicidal Joan Gale inspires the statue of Joan of Arc. Charlotte, who should have been killed to recreate de figure of Marie Antoinette, was also the real name of the young lady who killed Marat, from the Assassination of Marat depicted in the museum.
c.		Due to a mistake in production and emulsion ordering, there were flashing glitches randomly throughout parts of the film. They were "hidden" by simply including sound effects, so the glitches became part of the computer worlds natural world!
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 30, 1953 with Sammy Ogg reprising his film role.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)?
a.		Marva Kulp Sr. and Jr., the camp counselors, are named in tribute to Nancy Kulp, who played the younger of the camp counselors in the original The Parent Trap.
b.		The movie was believed to be lost until the late sixties.
c.		The character of Dilios (David Wenham seems to be, in part, based on the actual, historical figure of Aristodemus - according to historian Herodotus, he was the sole Spartan survivor of the battle of Thermopylae, having been dismissed from the force by Leonidas on account of an eye infection (not a wounded eye). Rather than returning to lead any Spartan force, however, Aristodemus was considered a coward until he redeemed himself by fighting, partially blind, and dying in the battle of Plataea a year later (the battlefield on which Dilios is seen delivering his rousing speech that is the narrative of the movie), where the Persian invasion was finally crushed.
d.		The name of Lee Marvins motorcycle gang is "The Beetles." Although it has never formally been acknowledged as an inspiration for the name of the 1960s rock band, the scene from the movie where Marvin introduces The Beetles is used at the beginning of The Beatles Anthology.

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