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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) Quiz
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About the movie:
Angie Evans, fast-rising nightclub singer, interrupts her career to marry struggling songwriter Ken Conway...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)?
a.
When
Lee Tracy
asked to be released from the movie because he felt his role was too small in comparison with
Jean Harlow
s,
Norman Krasna
was hired to beef up his part.
b.
The towns stores are all named after people who worked on the film. Co-directors
Roger Allers
and
Jill Culton
have a shoe store and an attic named after them respectively.
c.
Was voted the 9th Greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly, and is ranked on this list high enough to be the greatest comedy of all time.
d.
Based on the life of entertainer
Dixie Lee
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)?
a.
Walter Wanger
consulted with the National Committee for Education of Alcoholism and used their suggestions about continued vigilance in the film. Similarly, director
Stuart Heisler
consulted with authorities on alcoholism.
b.
Happy Madison (2000) regulars
Allen Covert
,
Jonathan Loughran
and
Nick Swardson
make cameos. Covert is a waiter, Loughran is a drag queen in jail, and Swarsdon is a photographer.
c.
The hangman in this film is played by
Robert Ridgely
, who played the hangman in
Blazing Saddles
, also directed by
Mel Brooks
. Ridgely was also the voice of
Thundarr the Barbarian
.
d.
The design of Gort is similar to his original portrayal in
The Day the Earth Stood Still
, but Gort is now a biological form rather than mechanical, as
Scott Derrickson
considered some extraterrestrial races would develop advanced biological forces instead of technology.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)?
a.
Before all the neighbors go over for a friendly chat,
Carrie Fisher
says "Before someone falls off a roof or sets themselves on fire." Both happen after this scene, Rumsfield falls off his roof and Ray sets himself on fire.
b.
Leonardo DiCaprio
created Arnies trademark flicking his finger against his nose, describing it as a sort of "brain wipe... like Arnie is massaging the inside of his brain."
c.
The PCA tried to dissuade
Walter Wanger
from making the film, because the subject was recently explored in the movie
The Lost Weekend
and excessive drinking violated the production code. Wanger convinced them that it is permitted for furthering the plot and characterization, and he was given PCA approval.
d.
Walt Disney
originally wanted to re-release the film each year with new music segments, but this proved over-ambitious. Among the pieces that were at least storyboarded for insertion were
Jean Sibelius
s "Swan of Tuonela,"
Richard Wagner
s "Ride of the Valkyries,"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
s "Flight of the Bumblebee," and
Carl Maria von Weber
s "Invitation to the Waltz" (a new concept that would have starred Peter Pegasus from the "Pastoral" segment). Some of these ideas, however, were incorporated into
Fantasia/2000
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)?
a.
In order to express a sick enjoyment in the scene where
Dustin Hoffman
beats the man on the floor to death, he requested that there would be coconuts there for him to smash. In one shot you can actually see a bit of coconut flying off, which
Sam Peckinpah
passed off as brain matter.
b.
Reportedly suggested by the life and career of
Bing Crosby
and songstress wife
Dixie Lee
; when his popularity as an entertainer eclipsed that of Lee, she drifted into extreme alcoholism, just as
Susan Hayward
s character does in film.
c.
For her audition
Cecile Bagdadi
was required to give a realistic scream of terror. Her screams were so convincing that not only did she land the role of Courtney but her screams were dubbed for other actresses.
d.
Around 1956, singer
Eddie Fisher
and his agent
Lew Wasserman
were discussing roles for Fishers acting debut. A project being discussed at the time was "What Makes Sammy Run?" by
Budd Schulberg
and
Stuart Schulberg
. Fisher wanted to play aggressive producer Sammy Glick, "the ultimate Jewish hustler. I knew a lot of real Sammy Glicks and I felt confident that was a character I could play."
Lew Wasserman
decided that the character was too much of a classic negative Jewish stereotype and that it would be bad for Fisher to play it. So Fisher went in the complete opposite direction (in retrospect, perhaps too far) with then-wife
Debbie Reynolds
in this squeaky clean comedy that Fisher hated, made to capitalize on the birth of their daughter, future
Star Wars
"Princess Leia"
Carrie Fisher
. The Schulberg project was eventually produced in 2 parts as "Sunday Showcase (1959)" {What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 (#1.2)} and "Sunday Showcase (1959)" {What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2 (#1.3)} with
Larry Blyden
in the role.
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