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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Penny Serenade (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Penny Serenade (1941) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941).
About the movie:
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941)?
a.
Toro Morenos manager, Luis Agrandi, is said to be from Argentina, but his accent in speaking Spanish to his fighter is obviously Mexican, not Argentine.
b.
Irene Dunne
often said that this was her favorite film because it reminded her of her own adopted daughter.
c.
The "atmosphereum detector" that Dr. Armstrong uses is actually an analog multimeter made by The Precision Apparatus Company (Glendale, Long Island, NY).
d.
The wood-handled knife Danny (
Nick Frost
) uses to stab Nicholas (
Simon Pegg
) is a French-made Opinel.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941)?
a.
Third of three movies that paired
Cary Grant
and
Irene Dunne
.
b.
2 nods For Independent Spirit Awards 2011.
c.
When it came time to assemble the full directors cut, the original session masters for the
Jerry Goldsmith
score could not be located. However,
Mike Ross-Trevor
of Hit Factory Studios in London had kept a two-track digital copy, mixed down from eight-track session masters, which he knew "would be worth preserving." Most of these tapes contained complete takes, which had to be re-edited from scratch to match the cues in the recut print.
d.
Philip K. Dick
s daughters gave director
Richard Linklater
their fathers personal copy of the novel "A Scanner Darkly" when he completed this movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941)?
a.
Susan Slept Here
was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency primarily for its suggestive title. In a male dominated society
George Washington Slept Here
sounded no similar moral alarms. The ban hurt the movies receipts but did greater harm to the Legion who were taken less seriously after
The Moon Is Blue
ban a year earlier in shocked response to the word virgin used outside the church!
b.
The movie has the most number of visual special effect shots - around 2400. It surpasses the record set by
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
, which has 2200 shots as well as the previous Lord of the Rings movies (FOTR has 560, TTT has 800, ROTK has 1488)
c.
Alan Rickman
s feature film debut.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 27, 1942 with
Beulah Bondi
reprising her film role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941)?
a.
Cinematographer
Franz Planer
started the film but became seriously ill and had to withdraw. He was replaced by
Joseph Walker
.
b.
The piece of music heard when the troop escapes from the Japanese force is "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (aka "Motherless Child"), a traditional Negro spiritual music piece but a choral rendition by composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
.
c.
The production crew shot a scene of Troy McGinty throwing a mud and sawdust covered Max Keeble into a garbage dumpster (which
Alex D. Linz
described as "so nasty") but decided not to put it into the film nor into the deleted scenes on the DVD.
d.
A lengthy musical number, "New Deal Rhythm," of which only a short segment now remains, was removed from the feature during the editing process and released separately as a short subject.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941)?
a.
One of the original cars from the 80s was used as a close-up car. Its a converted 68 Charger to look like a 69 and the original engine was replaced by a brand new Hemi engine. The car was used for a few close-up scenes and then sent back to Warner Bros.
b.
As originally filmed, Carlottas dog was named Mussolini. However, due to the changing world political climate of the 1930s, the dogs name was post-dubbed as "Tarzan", even though
Marie Dressler
s lips are clearly saying "Mussolini".
c.
The film that convinced
John Carpenter
to stay in directing. He had been thinking about quitting filmmaking because in his own words, "it had stopped being fun."
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 8, 1944 with
Irene Dunne
reprising her film role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penny Serenade (1941)?
a.
The skeletons that emerge from the swimming pool while Diane searches for help are actual skeletons.
JoBeth Williams
didnt know this until after the scene was shot.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 16, 1941 with
Cary Grant
and
Irene Dunne
reprising their film roles.
c.
The lineup for Ed Sullivans May 8th show includes
John Glenn
, the Marine Band,
Kim Novak
,
Richard Nixon
,
Jerry Lewis
, the Moscow Ballet, and Conrad Birdie. The Ed Sullivan Show aired on Sunday nights, and May 8th would not fall on Sunday until 1966.
d.
Gordon Phillott
was favored for the role of Jacob Freud.
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