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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pride and Prejudice (1940) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pride and Prejudice (1940) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pride and Prejudice (1940)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940).

About the movie: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		In keeping with the style of screwball comedies, the ad campaign for the film warned, "Bachelors beware! Five gorgeous beauties are on a madcap manhunt!"
b.		The interior sets all have ceilings, an unusual practice at the time for studio filming. This was to create a claustrophobic effect in complete counterpoint to the wide open expanse of Monument Valley.
c.		Jessica Biel was originally cast as Jane Burnham but had to drop out due to conflicts with 7th Heaven producer Aaron Spelling. The part then went to Thora Birch.
d.		Ray Quicks cat was named "Timer".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		The original conception of the film ending was that after the segments had been completed, that each character would intersect with one another. This idea was scrapped, but it briefly appears as Dan Aykroyds character does appear at the very end of the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" segment and comforts John Lithgows character from the segment by playing "The Midnight Special" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, which was also used in the prologue of the film.
b.		Completed in 1929, but not released until 1930.
c.		Initially scheduled to start pre-production in 1936, under the supervision of Irving Thalberg with his wife, Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Bennett, but pre-production was put to a halt after Thalbergs death.
d.		This is the first feature film in which Lucille Ball received top billing.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		According to Edward Maeder, Adrian, the costume designer, asked director Robert Z. Leonard to place the film in a later time period than that of the novel so that the costumes might be more opulent than those of Jane Austens time.
b.		Jessica Biel was rumored and Diora Baird auditioned for the role of Sif.
c.		Apparently, to prepare himself for the cross-dressing scene, Jason Isaacs wandered the drag clubs, picking up on behavior of people there. He wanted to bring Keanu Reeves along, but it would be hard to go undercover with the star of the newly-released The Matrix, so he went alone.
d.		Dayna Price was considered for the role of "Jan".

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		Steve Buscemi dies in three of the five Coen Brothers films in which he appears (with the notable exceptions of The Hudsucker Proxy and Barton Fink,). Additionally, with each successive role his remains are smaller: in this film, his ashes blow all over The Dude when Walter scatters them at the ocean. (See also Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy and Fargo.)
b.		MGM considered Robert Donat and Robert Taylor to play Mr. Darcy, and Norma Shearer supposedly wanted MGM to borrow Errol Flynn from Warner Bros. for the role.
c.		RoboCops spike, which emerges from his knuckles, and gun holster were actually two standalone separate pieces that were never integrated into the costume. The spiked hand was controlled by someone who just held up a fake arm towards the camera while he was off camera, and the gun holster was operated off screen since it was a stand alone piece.
d.		San Francisco Hells Angels chapter president Frank Sadilek bought the striped shirt that Lee Marvin wore in the movie, and wore it when meeting police officials.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		One of the reasons Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct was because the producers wanted someone who understood Star Trek. Indeed, amongst the cast, he was the shows most prolific director. Reportedly, Ridley Scott and John McTiernan both turned down the chance to direct.
b.		The studios first choice for Darcy was Clark Gable.
c.		Shelley Winters trained with an Olympic swim coach so that her character, who is a former award-winning swimmer, would come across more realistically in the underwater scenes.
d.		Although George Cukor was not usually a very physical director, Katharine Hepburn incorporated some of his mannerisms into her performance.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		This movie was released the year of Batmans 50th birthday.
b.		"Dance of Victory" by Ray Henderson,Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown was written for this movie, but not heard in the Fox Library print. Also, an elaborate background score was composed by the Fox music staff, but only Hugo Friedhofers contribution remains on the release print.
c.		Stanley Kubrick worked on the project for 12 years before his death, but along the way decided to let Steven Spielberg direct, saying it was "closer to his sensibilities". The two collaborated for years, resulting in Kubrick giving Spielberg a complete treatment and lots of conceptual art for the film prior to his death.
d.		Vivien Leigh was passed over for the role of Elizabeth Bennett in favor of Greer Garson.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the part of "Mary Warren".
b.		Hunter G. Williams missed a scheduled tryout for the Los Angeles Galaxy, while filming "Divine Unrest" in San Francico, Ca.
c.		One of several titles in the Sherlock Holmes series whose original copyrights were apparently not renewed and have thereby fallen into public domain; as a result, seriously inferior copies are presently being offered by a number of VHS and DVD dealers who do not have access to original studio masters.
d.		The play by Helen Jerome, also called "Pride and Prejudice," opened in New York on 5 November 1935 at the Plymouth Theater, New York City, and closed in May 1936 after 219 performances. The opening night cast included Adrianne Allen as Elizabeth Bennet, Colin Keith-Johnston as Mr. Darcy, Lucile Watson as Mrs. Bennet, Alma Kruger as Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Helen Chandler as Jane Bennet and Joan Tompkins as Lydia Bennet. There were 2 Broadway revivals: "All the Comforts of Home" with Celeste Holm in May 1942 which closed after 8 performances, and "First Impressions" in 1959, which lasted 92 performances and starred Polly Bergen, Hermione Gingold and Farley Granger.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		The two main characters are named after the actors who play them (Blanchard Ryans full name is Susan Blanchard Ryan).
b.		The largest Ponzi scheme in American history.
c.		John Rhys-Davies, who plays Gimli the dwarf, is the tallest of the actors who play members of the Fellowship. He is 6 1".
d.		Phil Silvers was asked to screen test for a role as a vicar despite having a strong New York accent. It turned out to be a cruel prank by studio executives who passed the screen test around Hollywood. In his autobiography, Silvers says "These three minutes were perhaps the funniest Ive ever done."

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pride and Prejudice (1940)?
a.		Halliwell Hobbes and Jane Drummond are listed in the Hollywood Reporter production charts for this movie, but they did not appear in the released print.
b.		Cast contains the entire band Jump Little Children, in their only onscreen credits.
c.		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.
d.		The dog in the movie, called Terry, was also the same one in The Wizard of Oz, where it gained its fame, as Toto, three years earlier.

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