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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945).
About the movie:
George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
Filmed between July 19 and October 12 of 1943, the movies release was delayed until the Manhattan premiere at the Hollywood Theatre on June 27, 1945. Nearly three months later, the picture opened nationally on September 22, 1945.
b.
An infomercial from
Pitchmen
star
Anthony Sullivan
is heard playing on the television.
c.
Walter Huston
was originally to have played Skipper Miller, but he died just as production began.
d.
The use of the quote, "The butler did it," was at that time a recognized joke. It played off the spoiling of the ending of a play or movie by a big mouth in the audience. It did not refer to the plot of the film being shown in that theater.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
and
Vernon Wells
have remained close friends ever since the making of the movie.
b.
John Garfield
expressed interest in playing
George Gershwin
.
c.
The film was unreleased in the UK until 1980 and then passed with extensive BBFC cuts of over 15 minutes, reducing the running time to less than an hour.
d.
Val Kilmer
and
Johnny Depp
both turned down the part of Brian.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
Tippi Hedren
once said of this movie: "This was probably one of the most dangerous films that Hollywood has ever seen. Its amazing no one was killed."
b.
During Dr. Manhattans recitation about Martian non-biologic type of life, the pan over the Martian surface begins with a close up of something looking like the Cydonia Face on Mars. The Martian "Smiley Crater" is shown in the last scene. Both are real Martian surface features.
c.
Al Jolson
s appearance singing "Swanee" is his final credited performance in a film, but not his last appearance on screen. In
The Jolson Story
he appears as himself, unbilled, in one scene, again singing "Swanee".
d.
On the walls of his Siberian flat, Gregory Hines has photos of
Martin Luther King
and
Malcolm X
, as well as album covers for "A Love Supreme" by
John Coltrane
and "Whats Going On?" by
Marvin Gaye
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
The Catfish Row set seen in the "Porgy and Bess" sequence is an exact duplicate of the original 1935 set for the first Broadway production of the opera.
b.
Reportedly,
Dashiell Hammett
based Nick and Noras banter upon his rocky on-again, off-again relationship with playwright
Lillian Hellman
.
c.
Parts of the house were built by cannibalizing several stock-unit sections including a tower from the house in
Harvey
. The house was the most expensive set of the picture but came to a mere US$15,000.
d.
Macaulay Culkin
was given time to let his hair grow out in order to play Timmy Gleason. But as soon as filming was done, Culkin wasted no time in getting his hair cut back to the way it was.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
The original title was Rabbits, but MGM felt the title didnt suit a horror film.
b.
Warner Independents and Yari Groups brought in a Chinese production company to help finance the film. The Chinese partner was granted approvals over the script and the finished film. It was concerned about the films depiction of the uprising during the Chinese Revolution as well as the choleras victims and asks for these contents to be reduced, something
Edward Norton
and
John Curran
disagreed upon. In the end, about 38 seconds of footage were removed.
c.
The characters played respectively by
Alexis Smith
,
Joan Leslie
, and
Albert Bassermann
are fictional. There was no love triangle between Gershwin and the two women, and Gershwins music teacher did not die the night that "Rhapsody in Blue" premiered. The scene in which Gershwin is fired by the music publisher for playing his own music is also fictional. However, most of the other characters in the film did exist, including Max Dreyfus, and Anne Brown, who played Bess in the original "Porgy and Bess" is still alive ca. early 2009.
d.
A DVD bonus feature reveals that the movie was originally going to be a musical.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
Director
Irving Rapper
wanted
Tyrone Power
to play George Gershwin, but he was serving in the U.S. military during World War II and was therefore unavailable.
b.
While Taliesin maintains (at 64:10) that pomegranates always have 611 seeds each, Jewish tradition teaches that the pomegranate is a symbol for righteousness because it is said to have 613 seeds which corresponds with the 613 mitzvot or commandments of the Torah. A web site (aquaphoenix.com) records that counting the seeds in 206 pomegranates from 6 countries resulted in a minimum of 165 seeds and a maximum of 1370 seeds, but achieves an average of 613.
c.
Allusions to
William S. Burroughs
novel "Naked Lunch": "Paging Dr Benway" in the hospital and mentioning Bill Lee.
d.
This film was shot in only 18 days.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
The secret language the Angels use is Finnish, though very poorly pronounced. They said in Finnish: Alex: "Onko sinun ja Knoxin välillä menossa jotain?" Dylan: "Ei tietenkään." Natalie: "On vain niin, että suhteet asiakkaiden kanssa ovat tosi huonoja ideoita." Dylan: "Olen samaa mieltä." Translated roughly in English: Alex: "Is there something going on between you and Knox?" Dylan: "Of course not." Natalie: "Its just that relationships with customers are very bad ideas." Dylan: "I agree."
Drew Barrymore
s pronunciation was the best.
b.
Michelle Rodriguez
was originally set to play the lead when the film was announced in 2003.
c.
Mr. Growbos infamous line "Ehh, salty," was improvised by
Bruce Cronander
.
d.
Oscar Levant
had three functions in this film: he provided
George Gershwin
s piano playing as
Robert Alda
s double, he portrayed himself on screen and he was heard playing piano on the soundtrack as himself, Oscar Levant, in the commemorative performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" which ends the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rhapsody in Blue (1945)?
a.
Film debut of
Robert Alda
.
b.
The movie was a production of two theatre owners in Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Fridley and Dick Davis. After the success of
Animal House
, there were some theatrical showings of this under the title "Here Come the Delts" with a new ad campaign. Weekly Variety reviewed "The Hazing" in their January 18, 1978 issue. It opened in December 1977 in the Omaha-Kansas City-Des Moines area.
c.
A song written specifically for
Doris Day
, "The Man Who Invented Love" (music and lyrics by
Richard Adler
), wound up on the cutting-room floor. Currently, the recording can be listened to on the soundtrack CD from Collectables, and the footage can be watched on the DVD from Warner Home Video.
d.
Juliette Lewis
film debut.
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