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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) Quiz
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About the movie:
Producer Walter Wanger, who had just been released from a prison term after shooting a man he believed was having an affair with his wife...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)?
a.
This was such a financial and critical success for Allied Artists (formerly Monogram) that they were able to book the film into theatres well into the late 1950s.
b.
Filmed in 3D, released in 2D.
c.
Kurosawas original screenplay was inspired by an actual incident in the Northeast, when a locomotive left sitting unattended apparently throttled themselves up and ran away down the main line.
d.
Steve Martin
s feature film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)?
a.
David O. Selznick
cut several scenes from this film. Some of these cut scenes survived and they are available at George Eastman House in New York.
b.
This was such a hit that
Walter Wanger
teamed with Don Siegel (I) two years later for the now classic
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
.
c.
Prints that have been made under the title "The Devil and Daniel Webster" also say "Originally released as All That Money Can Buy ", indicating that this was the films original title.
d.
Based on the play, Angel Island (1937). Comedy-mystery. Written by Bernie Angus. Directed and produced by
George Abbott
. National Theatre: 20 Oct 1937- Nov 1937 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast included:
Joyce Arling
, Carroll Ashburn, Nigel Blake, Clayton Collyer,
Morgan Conway
, Alma Dickson,
Betty Field
, Clyde Fillmore,
Arlene Francis
, Thomas Graham, David Hoffman, Louise Larabee, Doro Merande, Lea Penman, Maidel Turner,
Edith Van Cleve
, Eric Wollencott.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)?
a.
Leo Gordon
had once served time for armed robbery at Folsom Prison. The guards remembered him as a troublemaker, and always made him enter and exit the prison separate from the cast and crew, and always strip-searched him.
b.
One of the two lead characters in this movie, the American captain John Murrell played by
Robert Mitchum
was an English captain in the
D.A. Rayner
novel The Enemy Below that this film is based on.
c.
James Baskett
s last movie.
d.
The line that Roy uses to court Sally ("So much depends on a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the white chickens") is actually a poem by William Carlos Williams. Its unclear whether Sallys character knew that or whether Roy stole it for himself (setting up a bit of foreshadowing).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)?
a.
Producer
Walter Wanger
served a four month prison term for shooting
Jennings Lang
whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife,
Joan Bennett
. The experiences he had in prison so unnerved him that upon his release he resolved to make a film about what prison was "really" like, not the typical Hollywood prison film made by people who had never been anywhere near a prison or who had never had any experience with the justice system. He shot the film at Californias Folsom Prison and used both guards and inmates as extras and technical advisors. Wangers cast and crew also differed from the Hollywood "norm"; among them were actor
Neville Brand
, a Marine veteran of WW II who had killed dozens of Japanese soldiers in battle and was the third most decorated American soldier of the war; actor
Leo Gordon
, another combat veteran who had once served a stretch in Folsom Prison for armed robbery; and then-production assistant
Sam Peckinpah
, whose father, Denver Peckinpah, was a widely known and respected law-and-order judge in northern California (and whose name alone was enough to get the warden to allow the film to be shot in Folsom).
b.
A member of the band
Orgy
instructed
Jamie Lee Curtis
on how to play the guitar. In the concert sequence, that is actually Curtis during the solo.
c.
Jon Lovitz
claimed that the cast hated making the movie so much they took to calling it "Trapped in Bullshit".
d.
In an interview, director
Bill Rebane
said that shooting the film began before the script was even done. However, Rebane added that the script was revised numerous times during the shoot.
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