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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Samson and Delilah (1949) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Samson and Delilah (1949) - Part (2) Quiz
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About the movie:
Though his people, the Israelites, are enslaved by the Philistines, Samson, strongest man of the tribe of Dan...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
Heavily edited (by twenty-five minutes) for online showings. The complete film runs a full two hours.
b.
The film was produced by comedian
Lou Costello
, using his fathers name,
Sebastian Cristillo
.
c.
Many of the actors seen in this movie had to learn how to play soccer whilst many of the soccer players seen in this movie had to learn how to act.
d.
According to the biography The Presidents and the Preacher,
Cecil B. DeMille
originally offered the role of Samson to the young
Billy Graham
, then experiencing his first national fame as an evangelist. Graham turned the offer down flat, telling DeMille that he had no ambitions beyond his calling to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The director told Graham that hed been certain that the young evangelist would refuse the offer, but that in actually doing so Graham had restored DeMilles faith.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
Paul Lynde
s film debut.
b.
There was no road for Production Vehicles to travel on in order to reach the waterfall location seen in the opening of the film. The crew had to hike the equipment a mile through the forest to the waterfall.
c.
It took two tries to bring down the Temple of Dagon in the films climactic sequence. During the first time, some of the dynamite charges in the miniature temple failed to go off on schedule. The temple (about one-third full size) had to be rebuilt, and the second attempt was more successful. Footage from both tries can be seen in the completed film: when the statue of Dagon starts to fall, there is a cut to the Saran saying "Delilah," then a cut back to a long shot of the statue hitting the ground, but at a slightly different angle from that of the previous shot.
d.
The only film that Robert Mitchum appeared in which was a remake of a silent film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
George Lucas
first dreamed up the idea of an adventurous archaeologist about the same time he came up with the idea for the Flash Gordon-type space story which became
Star Wars
.
b.
Despite his physique,
Victor Mature
was a man of many fears and phobias. During the jaw-bone battle, the wind machine kicked up some particularly violent gusts, and the actor fled the sound stage for her dressing room, hiding in terror. According to
Cecil B. DeMille
biographer Charles Higham, the director publicly humiliated him using his megaphone to ensure that cast and crew all heard him. "I have met a few men in my time. Some have been afraid of heights, some have been afraid of water, some have been afraid of fire, some have been afraid of closed places. Some have even been afraid of open spaces - or themselves. But in all my thirty-five years of picture-making, Mr. Mature, I have not met a man who was 100 per cent yellow."
c.
Sam Mendes
designed the two girls look to change over the course of the film, with
Thora Birch
gradually using less makeup and
Mena Suvari
gradually using more, to emphasize his view of their shifting perceptions of themselves.
d.
As the German soldier stabs Mellish to death, he says: "Gib auf, du hast keine Chance! Lass es uns beenden! Es ist einfacher für dich, viel einfacher. Du wirst sehen, es ist gleich vorbei." This translates: "Give up, you dont stand a chance! Lets end this here! It will be easier for you, much easier. Youll see it will be over quickly." The words are spoken in accent-free German.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
During the temple-destruction sequence,
Henry Wilcoxon
was struck by a falling column and approached
Cecil B. DeMille
with blood streaming down his face. According to biographer Charles Higham, DeMille remarked, " Good God, Harry, you look terrible; youre going to hold up production." Wilcoxen sardonically replied, "Well, I wouldnt be the first actor to be destroyed by a column."
b.
Director/Actor had his right shoulder dislocated and popped back into place during an action scene. The shoot is used in the movie towards the end of the film.
c.
The first use of computer digitized images as part of a feature film (not merely monitor graphics) was the Gunslingers point of view in Westworld. After the process was finally developed enough to produce satisfactory results, it took a mere eight hours to produce each ten seconds of Gunslingers pixellated POV.
d.
The first in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
The opening tracking shot (8 minutes) includes people talking about famous long tracking shots in other movies. The scene was rehearsed for a day, shot for half a day. Fifteen takes were done, five were printed, and the third one was used in the film. The entire sequence was unscripted, and all the dialogue is improvised.
b.
Frank Sinatra
s scenes were written by
DeWitt Bodeen
.
c.
"Different Kinds" was shot over four months in a total of seventeen shooting days, accumulating over 23 hours of footage. The final runtime of the film is expected to be just under 2 hours.
d.
A false story has circulated that
George Reeves
auditioned for the role of Samson in
Samson and Delilah
but lost the role to
Victor Mature
. Reeves was never under consideration for the role of Samson. However, he was given a role as the wounded messenger at the recommendation of Mature, who was very loyal to his friends from his student days at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Many of the smaller roles in
Samson and Delilah
, were also played by Matures friends from Pasadena.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
The screenplay was adapted by author
David D. Osborn
from his own novel of the same name. The movie credits refer to a work called "The All-Americans" but in actuality the book was simply called "Open Season" (Dial Press, New York, 1974).
b.
Inspiration for the long-running prime time TV soap opera
Knots Landing
.
c.
"Samson and Delilah" was far and away the top-grossing film of 1949 at $11,000,000. The second highest film, "Battleground," grossed only $4,554,000 by comparison.
d.
The scenes where the main character takes his daughter flying in the mountains look like they were taken from footage shot for Iron Eagle.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Samson and Delilah (1949)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Monday, November 19th, 1951 with
Hedy Lamarr
and
Victor Mature
reprising their film roles.
b.
This was the sixth feature-length talkie to be produced in color, after
On with the Show!
and
Gold Diggers of Broadway
. Three other all-color talkies were in production at the same time, all of them musicals. It was the first such project that was not a musical, and the first not to be produced by Warner Bros.
c.
The opening line of this film, "All (of) this has happened before, and it will all happen again," is quoted frequently in the song "Seek 200" by
Information Society
, though it is not a direct sample. (Information Society adds the preposition "of.")
d.
Cicely Tyson commented in a TCM interview that director Martin Ritts cinematographer (principal cameraman), while shooting the famous "homecoming sequence" with Tyson and co-star Paul Winfield, was so moved by their performances that he was certain he missed framing the action properly in the shots and respectfully asked them to do the difficult scene again. They obliged, but a later examination of daily rushes revealed that they got shot and acting perfect the first time, and take 1 was a print.
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