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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Souls for Sale (1923) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Souls for Sale (1923) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Souls for Sale (1923).
About the movie:
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Souls for Sale (1923)?
a.
Mike Myers
wife suggested he dance in the movie during the credits, since he dances around his own house in the buff. This has become a continuing trademark of the series - in
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
he really does dance naked.
b.
Very few contractions - arent for are not or wouldnt for would not, for example - are used in the dialogue in this movie (the songs are a different story). While it makes the language seem stilted and excessively formal at times, this is true to the writings of
Damon Runyon
. He also eschewed the use of contractions, and this characteristic gave his works a very recognizable style.
c.
A still photo taken on the set shows director
Ernst Lubitsch
visiting the cast and crew of this movie. The still appears in Daniel Blums "Pictorial History of the Silent Screen" c.1953. page 231. As far as is known Lubitsch does not make a cameo or guest appearance in the film itself though he visited the set during filming.
d.
Giacomo Puccini adapted Belascos play as an opera, La fanciulla del West, which opened in New York in 1910. Its still in the repertoire of major opera companies throughout the world.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Souls for Sale (1923)?
a.
Besides inspirations from
William Shakespeare
s
Hamlet
, the story also has elements of the Osirian family myths of Ancient Egyptian mythology. In the Osirian myths, the king (Mufasa/Osiris) is killed by his jealous brother (Scar/Seth) and the rightful heir (Simba/Horus) is sent into exile as a boy. The murdered king visits and mentors his son in ghostly visits and when the heir comes of age, he returns to exact revenge on his fathers murderer.
b.
Baby Arthur grabbing a hold of Igraynes hair was a coincidence.
c.
Nancy mentions taking a drug so she wont dream. This drug (Hypnocil) ends up being a major plot point in later Freddy movies.
d.
One of the celebrity actors credited on screen and appearing in a group is "K.C.B.," but one may only speculate who that may be.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Souls for Sale (1923)?
a.
Domino Harvey
: the model and bounty hunter, basis for the movie
Domino
, makes a cameo as Papa Midnights Bar. She is seated at a table as an angel, with a demon nibbling her ear.
b.
Prince Vlads scream after he drives his sword into the cross is not the voice of
Gary Oldman
.
Lux Interior
, lead singer of punk band
The Cramps
, recorded the scream and it was dubbed in.
c.
A large number of the credited (in AFI and elsewhere) "celebrities" do not appear in the surviving version shown on Turner Classic Movies. They include:
Hugo Ballin
,
Mabel Ballin
,
Robert Edeson
,
Claude Gillingwater
,
Dagmar Godowsky
,
Elaine Hammerstein
,
Alice Lake
,
Bessie Love
,
Patsy Ruth Miller
,
Anna Q. Nilsson
,
Milton Sills
,
Anita Stewart
,
Blanche Sweet
,
Florence Vidor
,
King Vidor
,
Johnnie Walker
, and
George Walsh
.
d.
January 2001 Silver Pictures approached
Todd Alcott
to write a Wonder Woman script. He was replaced in August 2003 with
Laeta Kalogridis
. Later in March 2005
Joss Whedon
was hired to not only write but also direct the film, but in February 2007 he left due to creative differences.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Souls for Sale (1923)?
a.
Actor
Kevin Zegers
did the scene with the wolves starting to swarm around him (just before the actual attack) without a stunt double. When one of the wolves got too close for comfort, the trainers had to pull the wolves away and filming had to stop. In the film you can see a few frames of the black wolf walking right up into Kevin Zegers face as Kevin tries to look away for help from the crew.
b.
This film offers behind-the-scenes footage of two legendary silent era director/performers at work:
Charles Chaplin
directing his comedy-drama
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
and
Erich von Stroheim
directing
Greed
.
c.
Dennis Haysbert
who plays Max, previously played for the Cleveland Indians as Pedro Cerrano in
Major League
.
d.
Jonass "mind-reading" trick, wherein he receives intimate details about his marks via a small radio, loosely follows the exploits of televangelist Peter Popoff, who performed a very similar trick with his wife at the microphone. Popoffs career took a nosedive when he was publicly "outed" on the Johnny Carson show by professional magician and skeptic James Randi, who had managed to smuggle a radio scanner into one of Popoffs revival meetings.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Souls for Sale (1923)?
a.
Cherie Currie
was originally cast as Brenda.
b.
Most colonels were only in their thirties during the Vietnam War.
John Wayne
was 60 when this film was made and
Bruce Cabot
was 63.
c.
Many Hollywood "behind the scenes" actions are shown, including
Marshall Neilan
directing
The Eternal Three
; and
Fred Niblo
directing
The Famous Mrs. Fair
. Both of these movies appear lost, so this may be the only extant footage of them.
d.
The skirts for the Christmas talent show are made of plastic; the costume designer says they were made of that fabric to "represent the Plastics".
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