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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pillow Talk (1959) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pillow Talk (1959) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959).
About the movie:
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
Filmed concurrently with Scorpion (1989) and Eve (1989), using much of the same cast, crew and locations.
b.
June Haver
declined to play the role of Marge Fettles. In response, Twentieth Century-Fox placed Miss Haver on suspension.
c.
Filmed in 1972, not released until 1976.
d.
This movie would be the first of three to showcase the trio of
Doris Day
,
Rock Hudson
and
Tony Randall
all together. It was followed by
Lover Come Back
and
Send Me No Flowers
, with all three actors portraying different roles in each.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
Nick Nicotera
plays the role of a BETA fraternity member in the Greek Board, however, it is completely coincidental that he is best known for his role in
American Pie Presents Beta House
. The shirts for the fraternities in the film were printed months before
Nick Nicotera
was cast for the role.
b.
Rock Hudson
turned down the film three times, believing the script to be "too risqué".
c.
Barbara Carrera
(Fatima Blush) did her love scenes with
Sean Connery
herself, declining the offer to use a body double.
d.
As they were shooting scenes in Las Vegas set in the 1970s, the husband of an elderly woman extra was given a period-correct leisure suit to wear by the wardrobe department. However, instead of providing the woman with period clothes, they told her, much to her chagrin, that her out-of-date attire was just fine.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
Finnish censorship certificate # 78758 delivered on 5-8-1970.
b.
Irvin Kershner
: as the director of the Aegis commercial.
c.
Rock Hudson
insisted he would not make the film unless
Nick Adams
was given a part.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on August 27, 1945 with
Brian Donlevy
and
Akim Tamiroff
reprising their film roles.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
The "Hunnish" language in the film is completely improvised.
b.
The location for the Duke of Cornwalls castle is now a housing estate.
c.
Ross Hunter
wrote that after he made this film, no theatre managers wanted to book it. Popular movie themes at the time were war films, westerns, or spectacles. Hunter was told by the big movie chains that sophisticated comedies like "Pillow Talk" went out with
William Powell
. They also believed
Doris Day
and
Rock Hudson
were things of the past and had been overtaken by newer stars. Hunter persuaded
Sol Schwartz
, who owned the Palace Theatre in New York, to book the film for a two-week run, and it was a smash hit. The public had been starved for romantic comedy, and theatre owners who had previously turned down
Ross Hunter
now had to deal with him on HIS terms.
d.
When Big Bird is being welcomed home at the end of the movie; you get a quick glimpse of a character in a window that was definitively Elmo. The movie was made before he was even considered a character on the show.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
Liz (
Ally Sheedy
) is seen reading a book written by "Dr. Kurt Voss, Ph.D."
Kurt Voss
co-wrote and directed the film.
b.
The only Die Hard Film where no reference is made to Christmas.
c.
This is the last film in the third movie series (the "Millennium Series"), which started in 1999 (with
Gojira ni-sen mireniamu
). Toho also widely reported that this would be the last Godzilla film for at least a decade (because of the weak box office performances of the previous two films).
d.
Julia Meade
(Marie) did a commercial every Sunday night live on
Ed Sullivan
s show,
Toast of the Town
, in New York City. So every Saturday she flew back to New York City.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
It was filmed at Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys, California
b.
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
.
c.
Towards the end of the movie
Rock Hudson
picks up
Doris Day
and carries her through the lobby and down the street. After many takes, Hudsons arms were hurting, so they created a sort of sling which held Day in a crate-like device and hooked over Hudsons shoulders to evenly distribute her weight.
d.
The film made $21,722,000 with a budget of $1,000,000.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
The "so called seven dirty words" the radio executives tell Howard he cant use are based on a list invented by comedian
George Carlin
.
b.
While spying on Ashley in the library, the three books that Pipe pretends to read are: Of Mice and Men (Cliff Notes), For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Heavier Than Heaven (a Kurt Cobain biography). All three books feature main characters that are shot and killed at the end.
c.
Film debut of
Judy Canova
.
d.
In the diner scene near the end, the restaurant patrons were supposed to deck
Tony Randall
, who would fake a reaction to the blow and slide down "unconscious" in the booth seat. However, during filming the actor overestimated his hook and accidentally knocked out Randall for real. The shot wound up being so good that the accidental knockout is the one shown in the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
Michael Gordon
had hoped to make a sequel to this film in 1980. It was to star
Kristy McNichol
as Jan and Brad Allens daughter and
Gregory Harrison
as her boyfriend. Unfortunately, Gordon was unable to lure
Doris Day
out of retirement to make the film.
b.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
Richard Matheson
combined two stories by
Jules Verne
for this screenplay: "Clipper of the Clouds" (1886) and its sequel "Master of the World" (1904).
d.
The group of stars that appear in the movie is the Orion constellation, and the Xibalba Nebula is known in astronomy jargon as Messier 42, M42, NGC 1976 or Orion Nebula, located at 1270 light-years approximately from the Earth.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pillow Talk (1959)?
a.
It is commonly assumed that
Craig Rice
, mystery writer from the 1940s and roommate of
Gypsy Rose Lee
, ghost-wrote "The G-String Murders" for her. However, this has been disputed both on stylistic grounds and on the evidence of manuscripts.
b.
Spanish TV screened "Pillow Talk" on 20th July 1969 while everybody was waiting for the Apollo landing on the Moon. Suddenly, the film stopped and Spanish people could see the landing directly. The film was not reshown on TV until 1999, when Spanish viewers could, at last, see the ending!
c.
The filmmakers filmed three different endings to the film, each with a different character as the killer.
d.
First Saw movie to include nudity.
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