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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Old Acquaintance (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Old Acquaintance (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Old Acquaintance (1943)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943).

About the movie: Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		Vincent Sherman wanted Eleanor Parker for the role of Deidre, but the studio stuck with original director Edmund Gouldings choice of Dolores Moran for the part.
b.		The scene in the train station where a young boy smiles at Cyclops and he smiles back was unplanned. The boy was a huge X-Men fan, and Cyclops was his favorite. The scene originally called for Cyclops to look at the train schedule, but according to Bryan Singer the boy could not stop smiling at James Marsden. Finally, during one shot, Marsden just looked back at him and smiled, much to the boys delight. Bryan Singer liked the idea so much, he kept it in the film, and told the actress playing the boys mother to react the way she did.
c.		The second part of Anthony Spadaccinis three-part "Film Truth Collection", a cinéma vérité story about the consequences of ones careless actions. This is preceded by Unstable and followed by Hatred.
d.		The finale took eight weeks to shoot.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		Inside joke: The star of Broadway play written by Bette Davis character is a difficult actress named "Julia Broadbank" - a pretty obvious allusion to Tallulah Bankhead, with whom Davis had a famously acrimonious relationship after Davis landed film versions of Dark Victory and The Little Foxes, both of which had been stage triumphs for Bankhead.
b.		James Cameron was convinced that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film when he saw Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
c.		To anyone whos ever trained (or even fed) birds, its obvious the doves flying into Frankie Paiges hands are eating from her palms.
d.		The signpost on the Applehurst set places the fictional village in the same place as the real village of Finchingfield, Essex, UK.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 29, 1944 with Miriam Hopkins reprising her film role.
b.		The opening scene with the soldiers is an actual "change of duty" at the "Grave of an Unnamed Soldier" in Warsaw, Poland - a symbolic tribute to all those killed in the Second World War.
c.		Mark Feuerstein had been in talks to play Cal Cooper, but Christian Kane ended up playing him.
d.		John Lithgow was afraid that he might seriously hurt Nancy Allen during the filming of the climax.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		The actual street where the Post Office was set is called The Crescent, and had 1960s phone booths and parking meters fitted for the shoot. Local residents offered to move their parked cars to allow more room for the production vans.
b.		Not screened for critics.
c.		Played at the Radio City Music Hall in New York in a slot that was originally intended for Brigadoon.
d.		In one scene, an enraged Millie refers to Kit as "Jezebel!" This was the title of Bette Davis blockbuster hit five years before this movie (Jezebel).

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		This is the film with the often shown, camp classic scene of Bette Davis calmly grabbing Miriam Hopkins by the shoulders, vigorously shaking her, throwing her down into a chair, and then calmly saying with a clipped, sarcastic edge: "Sorry". Bette Davis later admitted she immensely enjoyed playing that scene.
b.		Only about two or three process (visual effects) shots appear in the entire film, early on when David Niven and Cantinflas are in the balloon and we see them looking out over the Pyrenees. These shots were accomplished by animation cameraman William Williams, who also worked on the process shots for Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo.
c.		Dick Cavett (playing himself) is heard listening to the Tonight Show in his hotel room.
d.		Malaysia did not ban the film as is commonly believed. The Malaysian government allowed Christians to the film. Tickets were allowed to be sold only by Christian churches.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		This film was the second collaboration of legendary arch-enemies Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, (Their previous collaboration had been The Old Maid.) The fact that in 1939, Bette Davis had an affair with Miriam Hopkins then-husband, director Anatole Litvak, only added to their mutual hatred. To their credit, the two actresses had a sense of humor about the situation and allowed publicity photographs to be taken of them facing each other wearing boxing gloves, with director Vincent Sherman between them.
b.		Karais first movie appearance. Karai is the adopted daughter of Shredder in the 2003 animated TV series, and was sent from Japan to take over the foot when Shredder died in the Comic Book.
c.		Based upon a narrative poem published in 1928 by Joseph Moncure March, who gave up his job as the first managing editor of "The New Yorker" to devote himself to writing. On the strength of it, he went to Hollywood as a screenwriter, remaining there for a dozen years. In 1948 he volunteered to work on this film, but was turned down. He was incensed that his black boxer Pansy Jones was changed into the white Stoker Thompson.
d.		This movie was part of a wave in the late 80s/early 90s to introduce wide screen letterbox movies to the general public. The first printing of the VHS are all in letterbox. (re-prints from 1994 claim to be in wide screen but are pan & scan). (Ghostbusters II was another big title movie released in letterbox only in the first printing, many video stores got complaints about these titles because customers thought that there was half of the picture missing, many video store owners called RCA/Columbia to find out if there was a printing problem to only be told that they were meant to be this way.)

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		C. Thomas Howell had to wear colored contacts when his skin was toned to look black. His eyes are normally a goldish color and really stood out once his skin was darkened.
b.		In the scene where Roy Fuchs (Jack Warden) walks up to Rudy (Kurt Russell) and Jeff (Gerrit Graham) as theyre finishing shoveling dirt over the spot where they buried Luke, Graham didnt have any lines and kept pestering Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale for lines. Finally, he just decides to repeat whatever Russell said to Warden. Apparently Warden was unaware of what Graham was doing, thus his line "Whatre you? A fuckin parrot?". It was Wardens genuine annoyance at Graham, which worked so well in the scene that it was included in the final cut.
c.		By the time filming had finished, MGMs London laboratories had processed over 1,250,000 feet of 65mm Eastman Color film, at the cost of $1 a foot.
d.		Bette Davis personally requested the casting of Norma Shearer in the role of Mildred Drake. Shearer refused the role and the part went to Miriam Hopkins.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		It has been alleged that Trevor Howard did not want to act in the film largely because of his loathing of Marlon Brando. He only accepted the role only when he learned he would be acting with Harry Andrews, his friend of many years
b.		Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase were considered for the role of Fred Flintstone but they were all deemed too skinny, and a fat suit was deemed too inappropriate.
c.		Many cast members in studio records & casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Leona Maricle (Julia Broadbank), George Lessey (Dean), Joseph Crehan (Editor), Ann Codee (Madamoiselle), Creighton Hale (Stage manager), Pierre Watkin (Mr. Winter) and Frank Darien (Stage doorman). Other cast members such as Charles Sullivan, Jack Mower, Sam Harris, Herbert Rawlinson and all of the college girls were credited by barely seen.
d.		The bloody footprints seen on the canvas at the end was from the Property Assistant/Intern Mark Kern, whose large feet (size 14) were painted with fake blood repeatedly so he could stomp around leaving the marks.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Old Acquaintance (1943)?
a.		When Colossus/Guardian detonates a nuclear bomb near the end of the film, the blast footage seen on the monitors and TVs is that of "Ivy Mike", the first US test of a nuclear fusion device. It took place in November 1952 at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
b.		In Finland this film is called "Maa vuorten takana", meaning "The Land Behind the Mountains" in English.
c.		Produced without any involvement from E.B. Whites estate
d.		The Broadway play opened on December 23, 1940 at the Morosco Theatre and closed 17 May 1941 after 170 performances. The opening night cast included Jane Cowl as Kit, Peggy Wood as Millie and Kent Smith as Rudd Kendall. Warner Bros. purchased the rights to the play for $75,000.

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