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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Quo Vadis (1951) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Quo Vadis (1951) - Part (3) Quiz
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About the movie:
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
Costume designer
Walter Plunkett
worked uncredited on this early talking film. At the time, Hollywood was going through an extremely difficult transition from silent films to talkies. An incident that occurred during the production of this film was later immortalized in
Singin in the Rain
. While Plunkett was designing the costumes for that film, screenwriters
Adolph Green
and
Betty Comden
drew on some of Plunketts recollections as the source for gags about the perils of early sound filming. An example of this is the scene in
Singin in the Rain
in which Lina Lamont (
Jean Hagen
) taps Don Lockwood (
Gene Kelly
) on the shoulder with her fan but causes a thunderous noise on the soundtrack by disturbing a microphone hidden in Lockwoods clothing. This was based on a similar incident during the production of "Rio Rita".
b.
The musical version of the movie entitled "The Goodbye Girl" opened at the Marquis Theater on March 4, 1993, ran for 188 performances, was nominated for the 1993 Tony Award for the Best Musical and starred
Bernadette Peters
and
Martin Short
. Both actors received Tony Award nominations for their performances.
c.
10 handcarved chariots were made specially for the film.
d.
This is the only film acting appearance of Oona ONeil Chaplin, daughter of playwright Eugene ONeil and wife of film star
Charles Chaplin
. It was made ten years before her death of pancreatic cancer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
Cookie mentions a tabloid story about Harris Glenn Milstead being released from jail and
Divine
says that she hadnt heard that name in years. Harris Glenn Milstead was Divines own real name.
b.
The several thousand dollar camera actually broke two days before filming; they were preparing to push back the filming of the movie until the arrival of the replacement camera came the day of the first scheduled day of filming.
c.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
d.
Cinecitta simply didnt have enough power to cope with the filming so generators were shipped over from English studios. They even requisitioned a generator from a decommissioned Italian warship.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
A presentation copy of the script was recently found on a garbage pile in Madison, Wisconsin. It was brought on to the show "Antiques Roadshow" where it was appraised for about $4000.
b.
The narrator is an uncredited
Walter Pidgeon
.
c.
The production of the film encountered major problems with Mexican police while shooting on location in Tijuana. According to director
Gregory Nava
: "One day, men with machine guns took over the set. I had guns pointed at my head. We were forced to shut down production, bribe our way out of the country, fight to get our costumes back, and start shooting again in California." Nava also recalled that Mexican police kidnapped the films accountant and held him for ransom, and that his own parents had to pose as tourists to smuggle rolls of exposed film across the U.S. border. Back in California, Nava and his crew had to re-create a movie set of the Mexican shanty town where Rosa and Enrique stay before crossing the border.
d.
Film school thesis project.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
This was the last on screen performance by
Jack Nance
. He died one month before the film was released.
b.
Elizabeth Taylor
: an extra
c.
Kimberly Beck
stated in the Crystal Lake Memories book that she doesnt like the horror genre. In addition she also said that this movie wasnt even a B-movie, it was a C-movie.
d.
The scene where the company sign was pulled down in front of the factory could only be filmed once. They only had one sign, which could not be replaced if it was damaged.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
The film made its debut on network television after having been shown for years on local television stations, as most films were prior to 1961.
b.
Within the film industry, no one understood the vision of the film at first since the director wanted the waves to be the only "bad guy". Then the tsunami hit on 26 December 2004, and every company came knocking.
c.
George Campeau
(Clerk) and
Creighton Hale
(Ship passenger) were in studio records/casting call lists for those roles, but do not appear in the movie.
Louis Natheaux
(Theophile Daurelle) is barely seen with his back to the camera as he stumbles in a dark room; his face is never shown.
d.
Though an infamous flop initially, it has since achieved "cult" status, and like other failed musicals of its time (
The Apple
and
Cant Stop the Music
), is quite popular with gay audiences.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
Based on the Broadway play "Some One in the House" by
Larry Evans
,
Walter Percival
and
George S. Kaufman
which opened on September 9, 1918 at the Knickerbocker Theatre and ran for 32 performances. The cast included stage legend
Lynn Fontanne
.
b.
One immediate problem they encountered with the lions was that when they were released from their cages, they found the arena so hot, theyd immediately retreat back into their cages. Director
Mervyn LeRoy
overcame this problem by having several costumes filled with meat.
c.
"Al Simmons" was the name of a roommate of
Todd McFarlane
.
d.
Dino De Laurentiis
originally announced that this would be the first in a series of feature films based on the books of the bible.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
Unused score by
William Ross
.
b.
In the absence of Welles, RKO cut 50 minutes from the original film, which was destroyed, ostensibly to free up vault space at the studio. However, there was also conjecture that this was done to prevent Welles from attempting to make any changes to what was left of his film. The RKO-mandated re-editing had been left in the hands of two men:
Robert Wise
, and studio rep
Jack Moss
. A phone was put into Mosss office that fed directly to Welless hotel room in Rio. According to future director
Cy Endfield
, who was working with Moss at the time, often when the phone rang, suspecting it was Welles with his latest batch of comments and suggestions for the re-edit, Moss would simply not answer the call. Similarly, when Moss received lengthy telegrams from Welles with more suggestions and thoughts, he would throw them away.
c.
Claude Rains
and
Fredric March
were considered for the part of Petronius.
d.
The first major film to have nearly all its credits narrated rather than appear on screen.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quo Vadis (1951)?
a.
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
had to learn archery before filming began.
b.
The hat that Jason McGinnis wears was bought by the filmmakers at a 7-Eleven near their home.
c.
Peter Ustinov
would later say that director
Mervyn LeRoy
gave him the perfect insight as to how to play Nero. LeRoy told him, "I see Nero as a guy who plays with himself nights."
d.
Herbert Anderson
s final movie.
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