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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Song of Russia (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Song of Russia (1944) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Song of Russia (1944).
About the movie:
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Song of Russia (1944)?
a.
Filmed in 1947, not released until 1948.
b.
Keenan Wynn
and
Harry Hayden
were announced as cast members, but they did not appear in the film.
Elliott Sullivan
tested for the role of "General Philip Golikov" but he was not in the film.
c.
Hoagy Carmichael
played most of his scenes with a matchstick in his teeth. Seeing this on the set at the start of shooting,
Humphrey Bogart
gave kudos to Carmichael, telling him that the matchstick was a nice touch and would make him stand out in the film. Carmichael was surprised afterward to see a scene being filmed with Bogart and
Walter Brennan
, both of them chewing matchsticks throughout the shot. They finally revealed that they were having a bit of fun at Hoagys expense.
d.
The original Broadway production of "Anna Christie" by
Eugene ONeill
opened on November 2, 1921 at the Vanderbilt Theatre, ran for 177 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1922.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Song of Russia (1944)?
a.
This film was the subject of inquiry by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in October 1947. Testimony as to the distortions of Soviet life presented in the film was provided by
Ayn Rand
, screenwriter and author of "The Fountainhead" and Atlas Shrugged". Rand was born in Russia, but left in 1926.
b.
Charlotte Henry
was borrowed from Paramount for this production.
c.
Originally the filmmakers were considering making a crime caper movie in the vein of
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
or
Snatch.
called "Imperfect Crime," many characters from which made it into "Beantown." Ed Zeppelin, Sheep-Shaggin Sean, Fancy Dan Medici and others were originally from that script, as were several of the gags including that of a character continually fixing himself up with duct tape and other objects as he is more and more injured.
d.
Paramount yanked all their advertising out of Variety when one of the magazines film critics,
Joseph McBride
, called the film "fascistic, blatantly anti-Irish... a right-wing cartoon". Varietys editor
Peter Bart
privately sided with Paramounts boycott, calling McBride "unprofessional". Bart was subsequently embarrassed when his letter criticizing one of his reviewers and supporting studio censorship was leaked to the press. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics then publicly lambasted Bart for his "dismaying treatment" of one of his members of staff, saying "the question is not whether any responsible critic is right or wrong, but whether any responsible critic must be muted so as not to offend an advertiser or bruise a handful of tender egos".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Song of Russia (1944)?
a.
John Huston
has a cameo as an American tourist. This scene was directed by
Humphrey Bogart
, who took malicious pleasure on his director by making him perform the scene over and over again.
b.
Shot over a period of ten shooting days.
c.
A snow battle sequence was filmed in the Sierra Mountains of California in March 1943 with experts Eric Lundquist and Nils Larsen portraying Polish skiers, but the sequence was not used in the film.
d.
Being that the boom microphone is an actual character in the movie, a professional boom pole had to be rented for the shooting days during which the microphone would appear on screen. All other days of production, it was simply fastened to a broomstick to save money.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Song of Russia (1944)?
a.
Jane Cowl
s last film.
b.
Close to a million feet of film was shot in total.
c.
This movie was made before the words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance, and the children recite the original version without that addition.
d.
Director
Gregory Ratoff
collapsed on the set on 29 June 1943;
Laslo Benedek
took over as director for the remainder of the principal photography and for the October 1943 retakes. It is not known who directed the retakes needed in September 1943.
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