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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Show Boat (1936) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Show Boat (1936) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936).
About the movie:
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
This version of "Show Boat" was voted one of the top 25 Greatest Film Musicals by the American Film Institute, on 3 September 2006.
b.
Third
Jesse Eisenberg
movie in a row where his character makes a reference to Facebook.
c.
The Alka-Seltzer sequence which follows
Amanda Detmer
s character getting hit by the bus had to be extended as test audiences were still recovering from the shock.
d.
The 44 Magnum used in the film is now owned by Prop Master and weapons specialist Bill Davis who bought it off the production company years before the film became popular. The revolver is still in use as part of his catalog.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
13th James Bond movie in the Eon Productions series and the sixth to star
Roger Moore
as James Bond. With this movie, Moore equaled the number of James Bond movies that original James Bond
Sean Connery
had made in the official series.
b.
Recipe for making a White Russian: 2 parts vodka, 1 part coffee liqueur (such as Kahlúa) and 1 part cream. Served with ice in a low ball glass.
c.
This movie represents a rare instance where a novelist (
Steve Shagan
) is also the producer of its filmed adaptation.
d.
Although this film version of "Show Boat" was quite faithful to the show, and although it features many of the songs from the stage version, poster advertising for the film prominently mentioned the three additional songs written by Kern and Hammerstein especially for the film, even to the point of downplaying the fact that nine songs from the stage score were sung in the film, several of those were reprised twice or more, and three other songs from the stage version were used as background music.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
In early 1997, Warner Bros. approached cult filmmaker/comic book writer
Kevin Smith
to script the film. Smith turned down the offer, believing there were other suitable candidates to make a Green Lantern movie.
b.
Charlton Heston
was originally offered the role of Ferraday but turned it down, saying there was no characterization in the script.
Gregory Peck
was then offered the part and early adverts in Variety magazine carried mention of Pecks casting, together with
Laurence Harvey
as Jones.
c.
The film was to have been
Steve McQueen
s follow-up to
The Hunter
, but he fell ill shortly after filming
The Hunter
, so the project was scrapped.
d.
The scenes of the townspeople running toward the dock to greet the arrival of the show boat incorporate footage from the 1929 part-talkie film version. The moment in which this footage is used is very noticeable: for a few seconds, the image looks "speeded up", the way silent films used to look when shown on sound film projectors.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
United Artists pressured director
Robert Aldrich
into shooting a more optimistic ending in the final days of shooting. Aldrich reluctantly agreed and was dismayed when the film was released with this alternate ending. He later concluded that "if you shoot two endings, they will always use the other one, never yours".
b.
This movie is fairly unique in the
Charles Bronson
canon in that the main villain is a woman.
c.
Professional card players were used in the background of the opening scene when Charlie Waters is accused of cheating at the table.
d.
The "Lux Radio Theatre" version of this film was broadcast on June 24, 1940, and starred
Irene Dunne
,
Allan Jones
and
Charles Winninger
from the films cast. The radio version avoided all mention of racial issues by having "Ol Man River" sung as a background choral number at the beginning, instead of as a number for Paul Robeson and male chorus. It also changed Julie from a mulatto illegally married to a white man to an illegal alien whose husband chose to be deported with her.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
At one point Queen Marie (
Judy Parfitt
) tells Henry (
Dougray Scott
) to choose a wife wisely, because "divorce is only something they do in England." This is obviously a reference to the infamous Henry VIII of England, who caused an immense scandal when he divorced Catherine of Aragon for Anne Boleyn in the early 16th century.
b.
Irene Dunne
was thirty-seven years old (soon to turn thirty-eight) when she played the youthful Magnolia, although many biographies once listed her as being thirty-two at the time.
Allan Jones
, her love interest, was eight years younger.
c.
Director
John Cassavetes
(for whom this was his first major studio production) and Producer
Stanley Kramer
had many creative / economic differences and during the editing phase, Cassavetes was fired.
d.
The second film in which
Anne Bancroft
and
Steven Hill
play a married, or once married couple, the first being the
The Slender Thread
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
It is reported that
Stanley Kubrick
and
Arthur C. Clarke
watched an enormous number of science fiction films in preparation for creating this movie and Kubrick himself acknowledged the influence of producer
George Pal
s films. Pals
Conquest of Space
provided several plot points throughout the movie.
b.
Kevin Costner
was considered for the role of Richard Kimble.
c.
The original cut was nearly 4 hours long; over 200 hours of footage was shot.
d.
The design of the show boat is true to what a real show boat of that era might have looked like. This is partly because
Jerome Kern
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
wished it that way in their original stage instructions for the play, partly because of
Edna Ferber
s concern for historical accuracy, and partly because of director
James Whale
s sense of period design.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
Invited to the 2007 Film Independent Screenwriters Lab.
b.
The original production of "Show" Boat opened in the Ziegfeld Theater on December 27, 1927 and ran for 575 (or 572) performances, depending on which source one reads.
c.
In the dungeon, a sign on a door the characters pass through that Sir Osric removes (apparently due to it being a trap) has letters in stencil form that say "Long Live Gygax," a reference to the author and originator (Gary Gygax) of the original Dungeons and Dragons game.
d.
Claire Danes
was only three years older than the character she played. It was her first ever experience of performing Shakespeare.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
The USS Caine was played by the Navy destroyer-minesweeper USS Thompson.
b.
Charley Grapewin
and
Clara Blandick
, who appear in this film, also appeared together in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), as Uncle Henry and Auntie Em.
c.
Judes life progression is similar to John Lennons. As John Lennon did, Jude first lived in Liverpool then soon after that moved to New York City to work as an artist like Lennon. Jude then encounters trouble with the law and is deported (Lennon was arrested as well, but an attempt to deport him failed).
d.
As of 2010, the film has still not been officially released on a U.S. DVD, although the 1951 Technicolor remake has long been available in that format.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
Richard Donner
had once considered directing the film, but was involved with legal problems involving the Salkind brothers stemming from
Superman II
.
b.
While the actual 28,000 foot "K2" is in the Karakoram Range in Pakistan, Mt. Cook in New Zealand served as the backdrop for all scenes involving the infamous peak.
c.
Sandra Bullock
turned down the role of Vivian.
d.
The first choice to play Ellie May Chipley in this film was
Eva Puck
, who had played that part in Show Boats original Broadway run opposite her husband
Sammy White
as Frank Schultz. However, by the time this film was made, Puck was divorced from White, casting White was given precedence over casting Puck, and
Queenie Smith
replaced Puck as Ellie May Chipley.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Show Boat (1936)?
a.
According to his certificates, among the 9 special commendations Sergeant Angel received were awards for Operations Shakedown, Crackdown, Showdown, and Takedown.
b.
The cost of production for the movie was more than Universal Studios could afford. Head of the studio,
Carl Laemmle Jr.
, had to borrow money to finish the picture and to keep the studio afloat. When he reneged on an agreement to repay the loan, Universal Studios was taken over by a New York City lending institution. Laemmle Jr. lost his position at the studio his father had started and never again worked in Hollywood.
c.
The original ending was changed at the suggestion of
Steven Spielberg
.
d.
The official still photographer for this movie was Susie Tracy, daughter of
Katharine Hepburn
s longtime lover
Spencer Tracy
.
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