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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rebecca (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rebecca (1940) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940).
About the movie:
When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
Both
Tony Dow
and
Jerry Mathers
were approached about reprising their respective roles as Wally and Beaver (from
Leave It to Beaver
) for the courtroom sketch. Mathers declined.
b.
This movie is mentioned in the song "Wonder (If Shell Get It)" by the band Superchick.
c.
All of the fighter aircraft used (F-16 fighters; plus, F-21/C-2 Kfir fighters depicting enemy MiGs) are actually Israeli Air Force aircraft, repainted with the USAF symbol and a fictitious enemy symbol.
d.
Despite scouring most of America, and New England in particular,
David O. Selznick
was unable to find a suitable location to represent Manderley, so he had to resort to a miniature instead, albeit a highly convincing one.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
Many scenes and lines were improvised, such as where Ricky Rodgriguez plays chess with himself and when Twist Jackson walks out of the graveyard zipping his pants up.
b.
Completed in 1913 and copyrighted 26 November 1913, but not released until 1914.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
wanted to make this film several years before but was unable to afford the rights to the novel.
d.
The coin trick that Larry performs for Attila the Hun is the French Drop.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
The book Arnolds holding while betting on the football game is "Childhoods End" by
Arthur C. Clarke
.
b.
The first film
Alfred Hitchcock
made in Hollywood and the only one that won a Best Picture Oscar.
c.
George Clooney
and
Brendan Fraser
were considered for the part of Reed Richards.
d.
Sound designer
Gary Rydstrom
added some lion roars to the sounds of the tanker truck that the T-1000 drives down the freeway to add some extra menace.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
This was
Alfred Hitchcock
s second film based on a
Daphne Du Maurier
novel (the first was
Jamaica Inn
)
b.
The title roughly translates to "The Healer".
c.
William Castle
: [gimmick] Used a gimmick called "Emergo" in theaters. When the skeleton rises from the acid vat in the film, a lighted plastic skeleton on a wire appeared from a black box next to the screen to swoop over the heads of the audience. The skeleton would then be pulled back into the box as the skeleton in the film is "reeled in". Many theaters soon stopped using this "effect" because when the local boys heard about it, they would bring slingshots to the theater; when the skeleton started its journey, they would pull out their slingshots and fire at it with stones, BBs, ball bearings and whatever else they could find.
d.
In March 1981, Paramount placed a full-page page ad in the New York Times announcing the reissue of
Glen or Glenda
, seriously (or so it appeared) heralding it as a lost trail-blazing masterpiece in the tradition of
Citizen Kane
,
Freaks
,
The Godfather
and
Napoléon
. A big New York premiere was scheduled for the reissue but the date of the event - April 1 -left film buffs suspecting the whole thing was just an April Fools Day joke engineered by studio pranksters. In any event, the studio abruptly canceled the event on the eve of the event, with Paramount pointing to the March 30 assassination attempt on then-president
Ronald Reagan
just two days earlier. (The curio was quietly put into limited re-release the following month, then soon afterward began showing up on TV "bad movie" film festivals.)
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
The hangar in which the real-life
Howard Hughes
partially built his famous "Spruce Goose" airplane was also used for the construction of many of the full-scale models used in
Titanic
, in which
Leonardo DiCaprio
also starred.
b.
The factory shown in the shots from across the river WAS located in Georgetown, Connecticut (part of Wilton/Redding/Ridgefield CT), and was vacant for years after operating as a brass and wire plant for over 100 years and a local landmark. The skeleton of the plant is still standing and is in the process of being developed as a large commercial and residential development.
c.
Mrs. Danvers is hardly ever seen walking; she seems to glide.
Alfred Hitchcock
wanted her to be seen solely from
Joan Fontaine
s characters anxious point of view, and this effect tied in with her fear about Mrs. Danvers appearing anytime unexpectedly.
d.
The Yankees opponents at the beginning of the film are the Chicago White Sox.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
Over 20 actors were tested for the role of Mrs. de Winter, which eventually went to newcomer
Joan Fontaine
. One of them was
Vivien Leigh
, who
Laurence Olivier
was pressing for, as they were a couple at the time.
b.
The origins of this movie (and source novels) title originate with
William Shakespeare
. The phrase " The Evil That Men Do" is derived from Shakespeares stanza from Act 3, scene ii of Julius Caesar. It reads: "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones."
c.
Debut of
Morgan Woodward
.
d.
Michael Cimino
was reportedly such a perfectionist that by the fifth day of filming they were already four days behind schedule.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
The tapestries in Marys room comprise a cycle known as "The Hunt for the Unicorn". In this cycle, the Unicorn is lured from the wild and into a new life by a young virgin, foreshadowing Marys role in the story.
b.
Just as in the original novel, Mrs. de Winter has no first name.
c.
This movie was loosely remade in 1995 as the Damon Wayans movie, "Major Payne."
d.
William OMalley
has told students that the movie is approximately 80% true. He claims the big discrepancies between the movie and reality were: it was a boy who was possessed, not a girl; the possession did not occur in Georgetown, DC, but outside the city in Maryland; and the color of the "pea-soup vomit" was not green. He claims most everything else in the movie did actually occur.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
As there was only a small budget for this movie, cast and crew members made use of their own things to meet the storys needs. Randall Kleiser used his house and pool for the scenes set in Brandons home.
Eric Roberts
provided his own white horse to ride in flashback scenes.
Lee Grant
used a favorite coin ring for Amalias gift from Nick.
Sally Kellerman
brought her own dog, and so on.
b.
In the liner notes for the re-released "Footloose" soundtrack (1999), theres a brief introduction by
Kenny Loggins
which mentions that the script for the film was loosely based on actual events which transpired in the young life of his long time friend,
Footloose
screen writer,
Dean Pitchford
.
c.
The first draft of the screenplay included suggested actors for various roles: Champ Kind:
John C. Reilly
Brick Tamland:
Chris Parnell
Brian Fantana:
Ben Stiller
Ed Harken:
Ed Harris
Garth Holiday:
Dan Aykroyd
Frank Vitchard:
Alec Baldwin
The script also specified another member of the news team, Marshall Connors, with
William H. Macy
suggested for the part.
d.
Margaret Sullavan
tested for the role of Mrs. de Winter.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
Bill Bailey
auditioned for the role of Gloin. In
Spaced
he plays a character named Bilbo, named after this films title character.
b.
This movie was created by director
Courtney Solomon
, this being his first film. He acquired the exclusive rights to make the film from TSR (Tactical Studies Rules), when he was only 19 years of age in 1990. Over the next 10 years, he put together the meager funding used to make this movie.
c.
Sally Whites becoming a celebrity gossip reporter after her radio career fizzles out is based on real-life actress-turned-gossip
Hedda Hopper
.
d.
The original script named the heroine "Daphne" after the writer
Daphne Du Maurier
.
David O. Selznick
objected and the name was not used.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rebecca (1940)?
a.
Director
David Anspaugh
and script writer
Angelo Pizzo
were unhappy with studio executives, who cut their budget from $65 million to $27 million. Thus, the films running time had to be reduced from almost 2 hours 10 minutes to 1 hour 41 minutes. Some notable exclusions were Frank "Pee Wee" Wallace as a German POW and an emotional scene of "America as a melting pot" in which the players go to Ellis Island and look up records of their ancestors. Pizzo said that only 45-50% of what he intended to be in the movie actually made it into the final cut.
b.
Dennis Jakob
doubled for
Boris Karloff
during the climactic castle flood.
c.
This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Films ever made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
Ronald Colman
turned down the part of Max de Winter.
Vivien Leigh
and
Loretta Young
tested for the role of Mrs. de Winter.
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