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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939).
About the movie:
At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air freight company is forced to risk his pilots' lives in order to win an important contract.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
Richard Barthelmess
had deep scars that resulted from an infection due to plastic surgery. The only way to cover them up was with heavy make-up, but
Howard Hawks
convinced him to leave them the way they were because "those scars tell the story and are important to your character." Hawks also removed planks to make Barthelmess appear taller, to reflect his characters inferiority among his fellow pilots.
b.
The chapter titles were: - 1. The Unwelcome Throne - 2. The Two Ordeals - 3. The Temple of the Lion - 4. The Royal Slave - 5. A Colonel in Chains - 6. Three Bags of Silver - 7. The Garden of Brides - 8. The Cruel Crown - 9. The Spellbound Multitude - 10. The Warrior Maid - 11. The Forged Parchment - 12. The Kings Will - 13. The Court of Death
c.
Shooting started the day after
Transformers
won the MTV Movie Award for Best Movie.
d.
For the famous spanking scene,
Kathryn Grayson
and costume designer
Helen Rose
played a joke on
Howard Keel
- Rose put a wooden board under Graysons costume.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
Some of the buttons in the Glass elevator: Incompetent Fools T-Bone Steak Jell-O Secretarial Poodles Cocoa Cats Mechanical Clouds Stars in their Pies Nice Plums Up And Out Fragile Egos Black Box of Frogs Weird Lollipops Mighty Jam Monitor Creative Dog Flip Elastic Forest Leaky Canes Dessert Island People Poo Pie Cream Spewed Vegetables Naffy Taffy Lickety Split Peas Honeycombs and Brushes Old Sneezes and Smells Dept. Spewed Dumplings Television Room Whizzdoodles Chocolate Lip Rookies Blackberry Sausages Yankee- Doodles Orange Egg Flip Root Beer Goggles Pastry Room Heart Shaped Lungs Projection Room
b.
This movie was filmed in Columbia, Tennessee, which is the Mule Capital of the World.
c.
Ramonas cat "Gideon" from the comic book series is not in the film, but an image of the same cat is seen on the mug Scott is drinking out of in the beginning of the movie.
d.
When
Rita Hayworth
couldnt play her drunk scene well enough, Hawks told
Cary Grant
to throw a bucket of water on her head, dry her hair, and to only say his lines.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
When Commissioner Wainwright Barth arrives at the museum, he is told that Inspector Cardona is in charge of the investigation of the guards death. In the pulps, Inspector Joe Cardona (the forerunner of Batmans Commissioner Gordon) was The Shadows main ally on the New York police force.
b.
Howard Hawks
remembers: "When the movie was released a certain critic said Its the only picture Hawks ever made that didnt have any truth in it. I wrote him a letter and said, Every blooming thing in that movie was true. I knew the men that were in it and everything about it. But it was just where truth was stranger than fiction."
c.
The special effects artists used about 50 gallons of blood.
d.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book "The Official Razzia® Movie Guide".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
For the role of Judy MacPherson,
Howard Hawks
screen-tested
Dorothy Comingore
,
Rochelle Hudson
and
Rita Hayworth
. He selected Hayworth because she had a face "that the camera likes."
b.
Robert Goulet
s movie debut.
c.
This was the last Chesterfield production and release.
d.
Dom DeLuise
has claimed that the role of the director of the film-within-a-film The French Mistake was originally meant to be played by actor
Peter Sellers
. But after he endured an exhaustive four-hour audition, Brooks instead cast DeLuise.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
This films opening prologue states: "This film is based on a true story . . . NORTHERN ITALY 1918. Here, during the final year of World War One, Italy was defending itself alone against a massive Austrian invasion. America was one of Italys allies but the US Army was already fully committed in France. So President Wilson sent in teams of Red Cross doctors and nurses to boost Italian morale and help care for the wounded. Young men across America responded to the Presidents call for further volunteers to drive red Cross ambulances and work in the front line canteens."
b.
Howard Hawks
had known a real-life flier who once parachuted from a burning plane. His copilot died in the ensuing crash and his fellow pilots shunned him for the rest of his life.
c.
The Film had its world premier at 2007 Rotterdam Film Festival
d.
The drinking song that Hagrid and Slughorn are singing is titled "Odo the Hero". It was written by Harry Potter author,
J.K. Rowling
, but only the last four verses are known.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
This film was supposed to be among the 12 American titles selected for the first ever Cannes Film Festival, set for September 1, 1939. Sadly, the war would delay the inauguration of the festival by seven years.
b.
Ruth Etting
was originally proposed to sing in this film. Her spot was taken by "Baby"
Rose Marie
.
c.
The wilderness location was really 300 feet from a house instead of 300 miles in the wilderness.
d.
The crew encountered no major setbacks, although on five days they worked from nine a.m. until after midnight - one night shooting until 4:50 am (no doubt shooting the night exteriors).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
It was during the making of this film that
Shirley MacLaine
found herself welcomed into what would later be called the "Rat Pack" fraternity that included
Frank Sinatra
and
Dean Martin
, her co-stars in this film. Shirley MacLaine says the group known as the "Rat Pack" was actually called "The Clan" by the members while "Rat Pack" was a term given in the 1950s to
Humphrey Bogart
and his pals.
b.
The clock tower scene is the first major use of computer animation (the clocks gears) in a feature-length animated film. The same scene was also the first time traditionally animated characters were put inside a computer-generated background.
c.
Writer/director Terry Lofton said the movie was inspired by some construction worker friends of his who he saw having a nail gun battle at a construction site. The scene was literally re-created for the movie.
d.
Near the end of the film, Bonnie (
Jean Arthur
) says to Geoff (
Cary Grant
), "Im hard to get, Geoff, all you have to do is ask me." This line would, of course, be more famously re-utilized by director
Howard Hawks
and screenwriter
Jules Furthman
in their later film,
To Have and Have Not
, spoken this time by Slim (
Lauren Bacall
) to Steve (
Humphrey Bogart
).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
Robert Altman
received a green light from 20th Century Fox without a finished screenplay - and with Altmans express desire that he make the film without one.
b.
William Hurt
and his son are big fans of the Hulk.
c.
William Goldman
s first original screenplay since
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
.
d.
In this film,
Richard Barthelmess
plays a pilot who is shunned because he jumped out of a plane and left his mechanic to die. In
The Last Flight
, he played a pilot who goes down with his plane to NOT leave his friend behind.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "On the Rocks" - a reference to
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
.
b.
This is the movie that spawned the oft-misquoted
Cary Grant
line: "Judy, Judy, Judy" (his co-stars characters name). The misquote is attributed to impressionist
Larry Storch
who, when in the middle of one of his nightclub acts, saw
Judy Garland
walk in as he was impersonating Grant. Apparently this is how he addressed her.
c.
The scene in which Ira (Seth Rogen) is waiting for George to pick him up for the MySpace gig, he is talking to Leo and Mark on the balcony. During the shot of Ira speaking you can see a Green Hornet poster on the dresser in the back.
Seth Rogen
starred in the remake of
The Green Hornet
.
d.
Dukes tribute to Dr. Gonzo - "There he goes. One of Gods own prototypes. Some kind of high-powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die" - is taken from the foreword of "Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo," the semi-autobiographical novel written by Oscar Zeta Acosta. Zeta Acosta was the famous "Chicano lawyer" and friend of
Hunter S. Thompson
whose notorious party binges served as the model for Dr. Gonzo. Thompson changed Zeta Acostas ethnic identity to "Samoan" to deflect suspicion from Zeta Acosta, who was in some trouble with militant Chicanos in L.A. at the time the book was written.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)?
a.
Was originally titled "Pilot Number 4."
b.
The Lonesome Roads Hotel was all one ranch house except one stairway which was used for what was referenced to as "the back part of the hotel".
c.
Leo G. Carroll
s first movie role.
d.
When
Wade Williams
acquired the rights to
Edward D. Wood Jr.
s
Plan 9 from Outer Space
in 1982, Woods widow, Kathy, told him of this never-released film that was being held by a post-production house because the lab fees hadnt been paid. Williams paid the fees and acquired this film as well.
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