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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Room Service (1938) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Room Service (1938) Quiz
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About the movie:
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
Tim Thomerson
was originally slated to play Harry Fontana.
b.
There were six wedding cakes made for the wedding scene shoot. One cake was used for a test shot with a stunt woman falling on it to see how it would look. Unbeknownst to director
Betty Thomas
, there were two wooden spikes inside of the cake for structural support. Fortunately when the stunt woman fell on the cake, she was not wounded.
c.
Because
The Marx Brothers
are credited onscreen in the opening credits but are not in the comprehensive end credits, (where they are individually credited), the IMDb cast list uses the opening credits first, and completes them with those in the end credits not already mentioned.
d.
Shot simultaneously on 35 mm film and high-definition video.
Tommy Wiseau
was confused about the differences between the formats, so he used both cameras on the same mount. He also purchased the cameras, instead of renting them as film productions usually do.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
The "computer-generated" image on the control-room screen (including the map of the world, the planes and the explosions) was entirely drawn and animated by hand.
b.
The character of Bullseye was created by comic book writer
Marv Wolfman
and artist John Romita, Sr. for Daredevil #131 (March 1976 issues). He was drawn, in that first appearance, by Bob Brown, inked by Klaus Janson.
c.
Lucille Ball
, who has a supporting role in this film, would later buy the studio that made this film, RKO Studios. She and
Desi Arnaz
purchased it during the height of their success on
I Love Lucy
and renamed it Desilu Studios.
d.
The film is dedicated to the loving memory of
Stephen Bruton
, died before of the opening of the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 31, 1951 with
Debra Paget
,
Louis Jordan
and
Jeff Chandler
reprising their film roles.
b.
Mark McKinney
s character, Don Roritor (the head of the the drug company), is based on
Lorne Michaels
, producer of
The Kids in the Hall
.
c.
There is a background prop in the Regula 1 Space Station; a machine that has a pair of red fluorescent tubes firing back and forth at each other. This machine reappears in the movie Airplane 2, in which
William Shatner
makes a cameo saying that his staff must work out what it does, since to think that its purpose is just to sit there blinking is absurd and infuriating. The light prop makes its way again on various occasions in "Star Trek: TNG" (1987) , such as "DataLore".
d.
The original play was adapted into a Marx Brothers screenplay by
Morrie Ryskind
, who co-wrote the stage and screen versions of
The Cocoanuts
and
Animal Crackers
and also co-wrote
A Night at the Opera
. Much of the original plays strong language had to be toned down for the screen, into milder expletives such as "Jumping Butterballs!"
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
In the original cast,
Tara Reid
who also starred in Jamie Blankss first film,
Urban Legend
, was to play Dorothy Wheeler.
b.
Color sequence(s) have not survived.
c.
The only film
The Marx Brothers
made with R-K-O. During salary negotiations with R-K-O, erstwhile member
Zeppo Marx
represented
The Marx Brothers
, threatening to rejoin the group if their demands werent met!
d.
The footage from the final chapter showing the destruction of New York City was taken from
Deluge
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
Body Count: 206.
b.
Brian Johnson
of
AC/DC
has an appearance in this film as a Geordie fan. Before AC/DC, he sang in the band "Geordie".
c.
The movies line "How am I funny?" was voted as the #87 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
d.
The Broadway play "Room Service" opened at the Cort Theater on May 19, 1937 and ran for 500 performances (without
The Marx Brothers
).
Cliff Dunstan
,
Donald MacBride
,
Philip Wood
and
Alexander Asro
originated their movie roles in the play. Also in the opening night cast was
Eddie Albert
as Leo Davis,
Betty Field
as Hilda,
Teddy Hart
as Faker,
Sam Levene
as Gordon Miller and
Philip Loeb
(also in the movie) in a role cut from the screenplay. The play was revived in 1953 with
Jack Lemmon
as Leo Davis.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
Eddie Dunn
and
Constantine Romanoff
are in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, but they did not appear or were not identifiable.
b.
Val Kilmer
gained over 50 pounds and stopped working out for the plump role of Philip.
c.
The kiss scene did not originally contain a kiss. The original scene had the two boys appear as if they were about to kiss, then pull away from each other. However, early showings indicated that the audience felt too frustrated by this, so the two leads proposed altering the scene. Exactly one year to the day after filming the original scene, the kiss was filmed and added in.
d.
In May 2001, the son of "The Birds" novelist
Daphne Du Maurier
reported that he and his wife were being terrorized by seagulls nesting outside their cottage in Cornwall, England.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
One of only two
James Cameron
films not to be scored by
James Horner
or
Brad Fiedel
. (
Alan Silvestri
did the score for this film.)
b.
When
Steven Soderbergh
was still supposed to direct, he cast
Brad Pitt
and
Demetri Martin
in the lead roles and had already shot interview scenes with baseball players
Lenny Dykstra
,
Mookie Wilson
and
Darryl Strawberry
to be included in the film.
c.
Although she seems much older and mature,
Ann Miller
is only 15 years old in this film. She had lied about her age and obtained a fake birth certificate when she was about 14 years old stating that she was 18. Ms. Miller was so tall, poised and beautiful that she pulled it off.
d.
Jack Clayton, the Scotland Yard inspector played by
Bernard Lee
, is named after the films cameraman,
Jack Clayton
, who later became a well-known director.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Room Service (1938)?
a.
This is the first (and last) time
The Marx Brothers
worked with material not specially created for them.
b.
The film featured over twice as many stuntmen as it did actors. Held the world record for the biggest ratio of stuntmen/actors.
c.
A boom on the Pirates ship carries the friendly label "Watch Your Head." This is visible during the "I am a Pirate King" number.
d.
Lance Henriksen
was first to be cast to maintain some kind of continuity with the previous films.
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