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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Single-Handed (1953) Quiz
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About the movie:
A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Single-Handed (1953)?
a.
Before shooting the film,
Patricia Arquette
did not know how to ride a horse. She had to learn for her role as Kissing Kate Barlow.
b.
Various items from the video games appear, in at least name, throughout the film. These include Bob-ombs (A deceptively tiny wind-up bomb in the film), Thwomps (Thwomp Stompers are oversize footwear), Koopahari Desert (Most of the world is this desert), Yoshi (A small lizard child), The Koopa family (Who are humanized lizards) Goombas (who are just devolved citizens in the film) and Bullet Bills (a bullet with a face, seen when Mario inserts one into a Thomper Stomper to hit Koopa with)
c.
The film was produced by comedian
Lou Costello
, using his fathers name,
Sebastian Cristillo
.
d.
Although the movie is set in World War Two, the basic situation on which the story is loosely based is that of the World War One naval battles of Coronel in the South Pacific and the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, both of which took place in 1914. As in the film, a British cruiser force was defeated in the first battle by a superior German force and then Royal Navy reinforcements sent from England allowed the British to triumph in the second encounter.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Single-Handed (1953)?
a.
The faking of sea outside a phony yacht window was a clever ruse inspiring a
Hogans Heroes
scene in which a kidnapped general is tricked into thinking he is aboard a plane flying at night to England.
b.
Though not mentioned in the film Noodles prison sentence is 12 years. This can be worked out when Deborah (upon meeting Noodles at the bar shortly after he is released) says she counted down from 4566 days till she could see Noodles again.
c.
During the parade several of the people seen dancing (including the construction worker and the window washer) originally had nothing to do with the film. They were simply dancing to the music being played and
John Hughes
found it so humorous that he told the camera operators to record it.
d.
The plot of the film is taken from C. S. Foresters 1929 book "Brown on Resolution".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Single-Handed (1953)?
a.
The location of the city of the film, while never spoken, is hinted as being New York City through statements of the characters. Furthermore, as Sandy is using Bens impromptu musical cues to locate him, the song "On Broadway" is played, a familiar street of the Big Apple.
b.
Jean Harlow
s death two-thirds of the way through production was only the first disaster to hit this film. The second, according to a biography of
Lionel Barrymore
(part of
Hollis Alpert
s book The Barrymores) came when Lionel tripped over a lighting cable and re-broke his hip just before filming wrapped. Barrymore was confined to a wheelchair for the next decade (in addition to the hip injuries, he suffered from arthritis of the knees) before he lost considerable weight and was able to walk with much difficulty for a few more pictures.
c.
Jack H. Harris
was able to begin production by using the advance he received for distribution of
The Blob
.
d.
The film has two endings, shown one after the other. In the first, Brown dies; in the other, he survives. In neither is the identity of his father explicitly stated, although many have assumed its Saville.
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