Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pennies from Heaven (1936) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pennies from Heaven (1936) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1936).

About the movie: Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1936)?
a.		Melinda Dillon - who earned an Oscar nomination for her performance - was not cast until the weekend before she was due to begin filming.
b.		Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Richard Carle (Mr. Briggs), Eddie Borden (Mr. Bilkins), Maston Williams (Prisoner) and Nick Copeland (Middle-aged Man). Reviews list Tom Ricketts in the role of Mr. Briggs. but he was not seen in movie either.
c.		A prom queen election poster contains the name of Michelle Manning, who co-produced the film.
d.		Natalie Portman researched her role by watching the Sam Green and Bill Siegel documentary The Weather Underground, and reading "Fate and Treason," Antonia Frasers book about Guy Fawkes, as well as the autobiography of Menachem Begin, founder of the Irgun Party in Israel.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1936)?
a.		Gene Hackman later plays a former NSA agent who is a surveillance expert in Enemy of the State, and the images of his character in his younger days are taken directly from this film.
b.		Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn told Orson Welles he would never again hire one man to produce, direct, and act because he could never fire him.
c.		Frenchys singing voice is Josephine Bakers. She is singing one of Josephines classics "La Petite Tonkinoise"
d.		Louis Armstrong was hired for this movie at Bing Crosbys insistence. Crosby also insisted that Armstrong receive prominent billing, the first time a black actor shared top billing with white actors in a major release film.

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