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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Roberta (1935) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Roberta (1935) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Roberta (1935)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935).

About the movie: Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		The original lyrics to "Lets Begin" include the lines "We have necked / Till were wrecked", but the censors demanded that this be changed.
b.		If you take Benjamin Gates claim that the treasure they discover is worth $10,000,000,000 and factor in that Riley Poole claims they both got 0.5% of that, that still leaves them both with $50,000,000 each.
c.		Universal was so anxious to get a new Abbott and Costello film into theatres that they sped up the production by bringing in a second director, Erle C. Kenton (who directed at least two production numbers, uncredited) and created the climatic chase sequence using footage from Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. The rushed production schedule made this the most expensive Abbott and Costello film up to that time.
d.		Originally Sonny Boy was written to be a disfigured monster, but director Robert Martin Carroll felt the story would be more tragic if the character were an attractive young man.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		The ferry at the end of the movie is called the "Joshua Slocum", named for the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone.
b.		John Carpenter: as one of the gang members shot trying to climb in through a window
c.		Barry Browns last role in a theatrical feature.
d.		Bugle call: see also The Gay Divorcee, Follow the Fleet.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		Ginger Rogers accent is a homage to the Polish-born actress Lyda Roberti, who played the role on Broadway.
b.		Kid Omegas portrayal in this film (an anti-human mutant, the leader of a gang of mutants) is also based on the mutant Quill (a mutant who shoots barbs from his body).
c.		The original design for the Alien by H.R. Giger had eyes, which were eliminated to make the creature look even more menacing.
d.		Highest body count of any Rambo film (236).

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		Because of the productions lack of film stock much of the footage was shot without the option of re-takes.
b.		The word "dude" is used around 161 times in the movie. 160 spoken and once in text in the credits for "Gutterballs" the second dream sequence.
c.		This is one of only two Astaire/Rogers films (along with The Gay Divorcee), which is based on a Broadway musical. The Broadway stage version of "The Gay Divorcee" (titled "Gay Divorce") starred Fred Astaire in the same role he played on film, however, while the stage version of "Roberta" starred neither Astaire nor Ginger Rogers.
d.		All angels are identically dressed except for the color of their clothes.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		There are many shots of Julian walking by an abandoned farm. These were filmed the first weekend. Four weeks later, when the crew returned to shoot the final fight and chase scene, all of the buildings but one had burned down. Thus, all of the fight scenes are in front of the one surviving barn.
b.		Maureen OSullivan was spotted by director Frank Borzage in Dublin during production. He initially asked her to appear in the film as an extra, but then offered her a primary role. This became be her first role in a film and jump started her career.
c.		RKO sold the rights to "Roberta" to MGM, who remade the film as Lovely to Look at. MGM kept the film "Roberta" out of distribution for many years, as it did not want any competition between the two films.
d.		Vivien Leigh was originally cast. Her mental illness begun affecting things during filming, and so she was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor. Many long shots and shots from behind are still of Leigh.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		Near the end of the film, when Vic is speaking with Blood outside the entrance to The Down Under, Vic refers to him as "Tiger" which was the dogs actual name.
b.		American Internation Pictures rushed out a number of films similar to this in hopes of capitalizing on the success of I Was A Teenage Werewolf. Among them - I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, How to Make a Monster, and Blood of Dracula.
c.		RKO producer Pandro S. Berman insisted that the studio pay whatever it took to buy the rights to "Roberta", a huge success on Broadway. The gamble paid off, netting the studio $770,000 and helped RKO post its first annual profit since 1930.
d.		Theatrically released in the USA with Sinkin in the Bathtub as the preceding cartoon.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		Body count: 16.
b.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.		Lewis Milestone won an Oscar, then called the First Award, for Direction (Comedy Picture), the first and only year that category appeared in the Academy Awards. Milestone beat the only other nominee in the category, Ted Wilde for Harold Lloyds Speedy. Charles Chaplin had originally been announced as a Best Comedy Director nominee for The Circus, but subsequently was removed from the category (his nomination for Best Actor also was rescinded) and given a special Honorary Award. Milestone won a second Oscar for directing All Quiet on the Western Front, which featured Louis Wolheim in a World War I setting, and was nominated one more time, for The Front Page.
d.		Lucille Ball, an unknown RKO contract player at the time, appears uncredited as a model in a fashion show. She wears a large feather cape, and her hair is bleached platinum blonde.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		During "I Wont Dance," Ginger Rogers sings to Fred Astaire: "But when you dance youre charming and youre gentle/ Especially when you do the Continental," referring to the dance in their previous film, The Gay Divorcee. The two then strike a pose from that number while the band plays a riff.
b.		The house in which Julien and his family live is, in reality, the home of Joyce Korine, the directors grandmother, who also plays Juliens grandmother in the film.
c.		The old police car they go back to get is a 1973 Ford LTD from the same year as the original movie.
d.		Clips from this movie featured in the video remix of U2: Numb by the Emergency Broadcast Network. This mix is the one usually used by U2 when the song is performed live.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		An edited version of the main title theme became the basis for all MGMs Tarzan movies (30s and 40s) main title theme music.
b.		It took four separate locations to create one Catholic school. Locations included a Lutheran school in Burbank, a Methodist church in Burbank, an Episcopal school in San Marino, and a Lutheran church in Burbank.
c.		The swirling, flickering lights coming from the closet during the rescue scene were achieved using a very simple effect by having an aquarium full of water in front of a spotlight. Then a fan blew on the surface of the water to make it swirl.
d.		The songs "I Wont Dance" and "Lovely to Look At" were not in the original stage production of "Roberta". "I Wont Dance", from the flop Jerome Kern musical "Three Sisters", was inserted into the 1935 film version of "Roberta" to give Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers an extra dance number, and "Lovely to Look At" was especially written for the film to give Irene Dunne a new song to sing. Both songs became so popular, however, that most later revivals of "Roberta", including the remake Lovely to Look at, have included them in the score.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Roberta (1935)?
a.		Fat Moes 1968 bar was based on an actual location where Sergio Leone met Harry Grey; this bar, which was Greys recommendation, was situated near New Yorks New Calvary Cemetery, just off Greenpoint Avenue, and was, as Leone described, "dark and sordid with people sitting at little tables in the shadows having secret conversations in whispers." Leone claimed the bartender even looked like Fat Moe himself.
b.		The original Broadway production included Sydney Greenstreet, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, George Murphy and Fay Templeton. In the film, Fred Astaires role is a combination of Hopes and Murphys roles, and Greenstreets role is played by Ferdinand Munier.
c.		Jerry Minor: The bass player at the Spanish restaurant where Ron plays the flute is Will Ferrells Saturday Night Live costar.
d.		Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth wrote and performed a special song for Dame Darcy and Lisa Hammer for this film.

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