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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Riding High (1950) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Riding High (1950) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Riding High (1950).
About the movie:
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riding High (1950)?
a.
A 1938 feature film usually ran to 8,000 feet of film.
Frank Capra
shot 329,000 feet for this one.
b.
Oliver Hardy
could have played himself in this movie, as he was a regular at the Santa Anita Racetrack. For a short time, he owned a stable of horses.
c.
Outside of the bar written on the wall is "24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not" a quote attributed to Paul Newman.
d.
"The Garage" was an Official Selection to over 85 Film Festivals and was honored with more than 40 Awards and Nominations.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riding High (1950)?
a.
A deteriorating silent copy of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
John F. Seitz
shot the Tanforan racetrack sequence, uncredited.
c.
The fusion project depicted in the movie is based on work at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which
Oliver Stone
toured during production. The graphics used to show the process are very similar to and derived from animations viewable at the National Ignition Facility website.
d.
Color sequence exists only in black and white.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riding High (1950)?
a.
Kate Jackson
was the original choice for Joanna Kramer. She had to decline due to her commitment to
Charlies Angels
.
b.
Little Jack was initially supposed to be played by a male actor, but it was turned into a female role so Renée OConnor could play it instead of the other female characters, which were a lot smaller.
c.
One of three movies that
Oliver Hardy
acted in without his partner
Stan Laurel
during the 25 year period that they made comedies together. The other two are
Zenobia
and
The Fighting Kentuckian
.
d.
In the novel, the music that Will introduces Marcus to - and so in turn bonds with Ellie over - is not rap, but the band
Nirvana
. The book is actually set during the 1993-1994 period, and the story climaxes with the kids learning of and being affected by Nirvana lead singer
Kurt Cobain
s 4/5/94 suicide (which within the context of the story has additional significance for Marcus). The title of the story is itself a pun on the Nirvana song "About A Girl".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riding High (1950)?
a.
In order to research his role in the film, Danny Glover actually went incognito as a homeless person to get the feel for the struggles and hardship that homeless people endure.
b.
Through the use of archive footage from the 1934 film
Broadway Bill
,
Forrester Harvey
manages to appear as the trainer of "Gallant Lady" in this 1950 film despite having died in 1945. In addition,
Harry C. Bradley
died in 1947,
Alfred P. James
died in 1946,
Louis Natheaux
died in 1942 and
Harry Semels
died in 1946, and all had footage from the earlier film edited skillfully into this film.
c.
Lyle Talbot
is listed in a modern source for the role of "Geoffrey Waring," but he did not appear.
d.
The films setting of Braddock, Pennsylvania is indeed a real city outside of Pittsburgh. Local neighborhoods served as filming locations for the film and many locals appear as extras. The cops used for the shootout scene were actual Braddock policemen.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riding High (1950)?
a.
This movie originally had a US $10 million dollar budget with a twelve week shooting schedule. This blew-out to a US $22 million dollar budget and a twenty week shooting schedule.
b.
According to the Australian DVD sleeve notes, this film is based on director
John Boorman
s "own childhood experiences" during World War II.
c.
The main actors were found via internet auditions. They all had short hair and were clean shaven when initially cast.
d.
Previously filmed as
Broadway Bill
, also directed by
Frank Capra
, and starring
Warner Baxter
and
Myrna Loy
. The climactic horse race is footage from the earlier version. Raymond Walburn (Pettigrew) and Clarence Muse (Whitey) repeat their roles as well. In addition, other actors repeated roles with slightly different character names:
Ward Bond
,
Margaret Hamilton
,
Irving Bacon
,
Frankie Darro
,
Charles Lane
,
Pat Moriarty
,
Paul Harvey
and
Douglass Dumbrille
.
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