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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Scarface (1932) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Scarface (1932) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Scarface (1932)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932).

About the movie: An ambitious and near insanely violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		Roger Corman decided on a major change for this film. Instead of a fire, the usual finale for a Corman film of the period, he had the castle flooded instead. Cormans crew had come to look forward to "fire day".
b.		Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Animation" in June 2008.
c.		Even though the film had a number of great songs, a soundtrack for this film was never released.
d.		Film debut of George Raft, who didnt have to go far for inspiration on how to play a gangster in this film. He grew up in a New York City slum alongside gangsters Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Joe Adonis and Lucky Luciano. In an ironic twist, after the release of "Scarface", many of Rafts gangster pals would come to him for advice on how to dress, walk, talk, etc.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		According to the audio commentary on the DVD, Frollos horses name is Snowball.
b.		Many of the extras in the hippie scene were actors from the Maryland Renaissance Festival, since the casting director Ellen Lewis realized that would be a good source of performers with long hair.
c.		Ranked #6 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Gangster". The remake Scarface, starring Al Pacino, is ranked #10 in June 2008.
d.		The actresses who auditioned for the role of Elise were all asked if they had ever been in love before. Jane Seymour was the only actress who answered no.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		Based on the Japanese toy "Machine Robo".
b.		At one point James Cameron considered tackling this project.
c.		At one point, a list of prior offenses is read, including possession/use of brass knuckles and "saps". Saps, or sap gloves, are gloves with lead or steel granules sewn into the knuckles and backs of the hands.
d.		Ridley Scott reportedly said that originally he wanted a much darker ending. He planned on having the alien bite off Ripleys head in the escape shuttle, sit in her chair, and then start speaking with her voice in a message to Earth. Apparently, 20th Century Fox wasnt too pleased with such a dark ending.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		Rick Reilly: Sports writer holding a camera behind Jerry after Rod gets up after being "hurt".
b.		The film has a second ending, which was only released to international audiences. In that version, Louise and Bill materialize in a Garden of Eden in the far future, and fall into each others arms.
c.		The films release was delayed almost a year due to producer Howard Hughes protracted battles with regional censor boards. When Turner Classic Movies screened the film on August 9, 2011, host Ben Mankiewicz stated that to satisfy the stricter boards, director Howard Hawks assembled a second, less violent cut.
d.		Film debut of Kevin Bacon.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		This is one of the first films to feature the Thompson submachine gun, known to history as the "tommy gun." The characters never call it anything other than "machine gun," except when Poppy calls it a "bean shooter" and Tommy refers to the gun as a "typewriter" when he first sees one. Another name for a "tommy gun" was "Chicago typewriter."
b.		This story was originally done on the CBS radio show Suspense as "To Find Help" on 18 January 1945 with Frank Sinatra as Howard and Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Gillis (Mrs. Gordon in the film). This was Sinatras "dramatic debut" on radio. It was done again on Suspense with Gene Kelly and Ethel Barrymore on 6 January 1949.
c.		The film is being supported by the Government of Chihuahua, Mexico. The film is committed to improve the negative reputation of the State.
d.		ADV Films announced that they would like to give the Japanese and the English vocal casts a cameo.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		The "serious" play in which Tony is so interested is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maughams "Sadie Thompson".
b.		In previews for the movie, and at the end of the DVD, the Pixar intro features WALL-E fixing the broken light bulb in the bouncing Lamp. He replaces the older style round incandescent bulb with a newer energy-friendly spiral tube fluorescent light bulb.
c.		Francis Fisher plays Jonathan Taylor Thomass characters mother in this film. In 1991 she was cast as his characters mother in the show "Home Improvement", but was replaced due to poor early audience reaction to her.
d.		Despite the failure of the film at the box office, the soundtrack was an enormous success. The song "Magic" went to #1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		About one hour into the film, upon entering the Paradise Club, Tony, i.e. Paul Muni is greeted by a blonde who looks suspiciously like Jean Harlow. Harlow biographer David Stenn claims that this is indeed Jean Harlow herself, in an uncredited cameo appearance, but Harlow biographer Mark Vieira authoritatively states that it cannot be Harlow, because she was away from Hollywood at the time the scene was filmed, and so the actress in question must be a Harlow lookalike, deliberately positioned to look like her.
b.		This film was released by Universal as a double feature with The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, making the program one of the last double bills released by the studio.
c.		Lesley Ann Warren and Sally Ann Howes turned down the role of Elizabeth. Kim Novak was also approached, and Diana Rigg was set to star as Elizabeth but was forced to withdraw due to illness.
d.		The title is based on a real set of awards given to people who inadvertently "help" natural selection by acts of sheer stupidity that result in their removal from the gene pool, either by their death or any other act that makes them incapable of reproducing.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		Al Capone was rumored to have liked the film so much that he had his own copy of it.
b.		John Irving himself provided the name Simon Birch for the producers to use in place of Owen Meany.
c.		According to the DVD liner notes, the U.S. Air Force was going to consult on this film until they realized that a major part of the plot hinged on Doug and his friends hacking into the base computers, stealing equipment, etc. They didnt like the idea of the ease with which they had control of the base.
d.		Tim (Jim Parsons), the knight armor-donning nerd, speaks the fictional language Klingon, from the Star Trek series. Parsons would later play the intellectual, yet socially-confused and Star Trek-obsessed nerd Sheldon in the sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory".

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		At the freeway chase, a signboard has the exit to a place called Paterson Pass (which is a road between Livermore and Tracy California, east of the Alameda freeway production site - the exit is off of Interstate 5). This was a reference to the production designer, Owen Paterson.
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. Many television stations refused to show this in the 1950s and 1960s because of the brevity of the loincloth worn by Buster Crabbe.
c.		Screenwriter Ben Hecht was a former Chicago journalist familiar with the citys Prohibition-era gangsters, including Al Capone. During the filming Hecht returned to his Los Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about Capone. Hecht assured them it wasnt, saying that the character Tony Camonte was based on gangsters like "Big" Jim Colosimo and Charles Dion OBannion. "Then why is the movie called Scarface?" one of the hoods demanded. "Everyone will think its about Capone!" "Thats the reason," said Hecht. "If you call the movie Scarface, people will think its about Capone and come to see it. Its part of the racket we call show business." The Capone hoods, who appreciated the value of a scam, left the hotel placated.
d.		The character played by Joe Dimmick, "Dirty Ezio", was originally written as "Dirty Harry" (Dimmick being a Clint Eastwood look-alike). But on that shooting day, Ezio Greggio, the Italian director, was visiting on the set and Mel Brooks decided to change the killers name as a joke-homage to his colleague.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1932)?
a.		In the book this film is based on ("Scarface" by Armitage Trail), Antonio Tony Camonte is born Antonio Tony Guarino with his brother Ben Guarino. After several crimes the police are looking for him so he goes off to war, gets his scar, and when he returns he finds out he had been reported dead and no one recognizes him because of his scar. He becomes Antonio Tony Camonte and starts a new life. This is where the film begins. That means if were staying true to the book, Insp. Ben Guarino is his brother.
b.		On Breakfast TV in the UK, Mel Gibson said he was the offered the lead but he had just done a period film (Hamlet) and passed.
c.		One version of Roger Kumbles screenplay had an ending where Annette, instead of publishing the journal and crushing Kathryn, keeps it to herself and announces her cruel intentions to play games on Kathryn under the threat of revealing the contents.
d.		In a departure from the novel, there is an afterlife scene in which we see Heathcliff and Cathy walking hand in hand, visiting their favorite place, Penistone Crag. Wyler hated the scene and didnt want to do it but Samuel Goldwyn vetoed him on that score. Goldwyn subsequently claimed, "I made "Wuthering Heights", Wyler only directed it."

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