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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Saturday's Children (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Saturday's Children (1940) Quiz
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About the movie:
Pretty Bobby Halevy loves Rims Rosson, a dreamer and inventor without much going for him. Rims has a scheme of going to Manila to turn hemp into silk and become rich...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saturday's Children (1940)?
a.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 28, 1947 with
John Garfield
reprising his film role.
b.
As with all Coen brothers movies, there are many allusions in the film. In A Serious Man many of the allusions are Biblical. Larry is a Job-like figure, a good man to whom many bad things happen with no explanation. When he is on his roof, he sees over his neighbors fence and looks at his neighbors beautiful wife naked in her yard, just as King David saw Bathsheba. His son Dannys looking at the oncoming tornado recalls God speaking to Job from out of the whirlwind, saying He will not explain why these bad things have happened to him.
c.
The third in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
d.
Renée Zellweger
s film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saturday's Children (1940)?
a.
When the film opened in Baltimore, Maryland, the theater was picketed by religious groups, the Catholic Legion of Decency gave it a "C" (Condemned) rating and the Maryland Board of Censors threatened to have it banned in the state. All of that publicity resulted in the picture doing $32,000 worth of business in the first week at a time when theater admission prices were 25 cents.
b.
James Stewart
was to play "Rims Rosson" but was replaced by
John Garfield
.
Jane Bryan
was to play "Boby Halevy", but she retired to get married and was replaced by
Olivia de Havilland
, who was suspended when she refused the part.
Una Merkel
had the role of "Florrie Sands" but was replaced by Lee Patrick when she became ill.
c.
One of the producers has a cameo as the guy getting his book signed by
Ron Perlman
.
d.
James Cagney
was eleven years older than his screen mother
Rosemary DeCamp
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saturday's Children (1940)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 2, 1947 with
John Garfield
reprising his film role.
b.
A print of this film and soundtrack for it survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
c.
The rapper
Common
was offered the role of Heavy Dutys cousin Roadblock, but when he turned it down the character was changed to Heavy Duty, who will be played by
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
.
d.
Due to death threats against
Linda Blair
from religious zealots who believed the film "glorified Satan", Warner Bros. had bodyguards protecting her for six months after the films release.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saturday's Children (1940)?
a.
Doc tells Marty, "Just say no" to Griff Tannen, when they first arrive in 2015. That phrase was the popular Reagan Administration slogan for peer pressure among youth in the 80s. Not only was Ronald Reagan spoofed in this film, but Foxs Alex P. Keaton from
Family Ties
was a supporter of the president.
b.
David Lynch
has said he considers this film the only real failure of his career. To this day, he refuses to talk about the production in great detail, and has refused numerous offers to work on a special edition DVD. Lynch claims revisiting the film would be too painful an experience to endure.
c.
The Herald Examiner location in downtown Los Angeles, where the police station and biker bar scenes were shot, caught fire on the last day of shooting. The cast and crew had to be evacuated.
d.
Glen Cavender
is in studio records as the elevator operator, but the role was played by
Jack Wise
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saturday's Children (1940)?
a.
Debbie Allen
commented in interviews that the role of Lydia was originally bigger in the movie, written as a star dance student always competing for roles with
Irene Cara
s Coco. So the role would not outshine Cara and the other young cast members, the role was then drastically cut down and made into the audition judge that you see in just the first ten minutes of the film. The character of Lydia, of course, was carried over to and made the star of the TV version of
Fame
.
b.
Director
Robert S. Fiveson
brought a copyright infringement suit against the makers of
The Island
. The lawsuit cited almost 100 points of similarity between "Clonus" and "The Island", and the court ruled that Fiveson made a prima facie case for infringement. Before the case could go to trial, Dreamworks settled with the plaintiffs for an undisclosed amount.
c.
The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 26 January 1927 and had 310 performances. In the cast were
Humphrey Bogart
,
Beulah Bondi
,
Ruth Gordon
and
Roger Pryor
.
d.
A New York Times review of the film quotes
Joan Jett
as saying that when she listened to the first tape of
Kristen Stewart
singing one of her songs, she thought it was a mistake and that it was actually her.
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