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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Parnell (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Parnell (1937) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937).
About the movie:
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to free his country from English rule...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937)?
a.
The director lived on a working ranch in a farm workers quarters for six months while making this film.
b.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
c.
Shabana Azmi
and
Tabu
were considered for the role of Dr. Kavita Rao.
d.
The play referred to in the film, "Blues for Mister Charlie", is by James Baldwin and was loosely based on the murder of Emmett Till. Director Dennis Leroy Moore had directed a revival of this play before making his first feature film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937)?
a.
Film debut of Oscar Beregi Jr.
b.
To pitch the movie to backers (and, later, to explain his aesthetic ideas about it to various cast and crew members), director
Curtis Hanson
put together a group of 18 period images illustrating different aspects of what he hoped to convey with the movie. These included the "Welcome to Los Angeles" postcard thats in the first shot of the movie. Photos of tract housing, orange groves, and the glamour shot of
Veronica Lake
are framed on Lynn Brackens wall. Hanson also chose studio photos of two lesser-known 1950s actors (
Aldo Ray
and
Guy Madison
) to show to
Guy Pearce
and
Russell Crowe
what he envisioned as models for the characters Ed Exley and Bud White. Exleys model was Madison, while Whites was Ray. This film takes its name from "Confidential", a notorious 1950s-era movie star tabloid, which is fictionally portrayed herein as "Hush-Hush".
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 8, 1939 with
Paul Muni
reprising his film role.
d.
The original play opened in New York on 11 November 1935.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937)?
a.
The film lost $637,000 at the box office and is considered by many to be the worst flop in
Clark Gable
s and
Myrna Loy
s distinguished careers.
b.
On 28 March 2008, composer Yati Durant premiered a new score for clarinet, piano, string quartet and electronics at the Cologne Philharmonic in Cologne, Germany. The composition was commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonic and the U.S. Consulate General.
c.
Just under 5% of the film was actually shot in Egypt.
d.
Ranked #1 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937)?
a.
The promotional posters for "Reservoir Dogs" say "Five strangers team up for the perfect crime...". The criminals in the movie - Mr. Pink, Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue - are in fact six strangers.
b.
A print still survives at the George Eastman House but has yet to be released on DVD
c.
To get
Clark Gable
and
Myrna Loy
in the mood for the sad ending of the movie, the director put on sad music over and over again. Gable complained to then-girlfriend
Carole Lombard
and the next day instead of the regular music a jazzy version of "Ill Be Glad When Youre Dead, You Rascal You" started playing.
d.
Seventy-five carpenters were used to build the Ghost.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937)?
a.
After the movie flopped at the box-office,
Clark Gable
told MGM not to bother casting him in any more "period" pieces, preferring to play only in contemporary movies. This was part of the reason Gable was reluctant to accept the role of Rhett Butler in
Gone with the Wind
.
b.
It has been suggested that co-screenwriter
Dudley Nichols
based the madcap romance on
Katharine Hepburn
s affair with director
John Ford
at the time. However, other sources state that Hepburn and Ford were never romantically involved, explaining that although they had been on Fords yacht together, his wife had been there with them.
c.
It took two days for set design to piece together the hamster habitat in Sams house.
d.
A straight to DVD release.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parnell (1937)?
a.
The vicars speech near the end was reportedly re-written by
William Wyler
and
Henry Wilcoxon
the night before it was shot. It was translated into various languages and air-dropped in leaflets over German-occupied territory, was broadcast over the Voice of America, and reprinted in Time and Look magazines at Pres.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
s request. This speech has come to be known as The Wilcoxon Speech, in tribute to actor
Henry Wilcoxon
s stirring delivery of it.
b.
The role of the monsters mate was originally offered to
Brigitte Helm
but she had recently married and refused to leave Germany.
Louise Brooks
was another actress considered by
James Whale
for the role.
c.
Julie Andrews
was determined to nail the lullaby "Stay Awake". She took nearly 50 takes (most reports suggest 47) in the Disney recording studio to create the perfect "soft" voice quality for the song.
Dick Van Dyke
, on the other hand, took only one take to record his verses as Mr. Dawes, Sr. on "Fidelity, Fiduciary Bank".
d.
Joan Crawford
was originally assigned the role of Katie OShea but left before shooting began because of differences with director
John M. Stahl
. She switched roles with
Myrna Loy
, who had been assigned to
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
.
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