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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Splendor in the Grass (1961) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Splendor in the Grass (1961) - 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: Splendor in the Grass (1961).
About the movie:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Splendor in the Grass (1961)?
a.
Even though they were supposed to be playing teenagers,
Natalie Wood
and
Warren Beatty
were approximately 23 and 24 respectively at the time of filming. As a result,
Elia Kazan
decided that the other actors who were to play teenagers in the film should be in their early to mid-twenties as a way to make it easier for the audience to accept Wood and Beatty as teenagers rather than as adults playing teens.
b.
THe movie went into production the night of 8 December 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 20th-Century/Fox head Darryl Zanuck wanted his studio to be the first to deal with the Japanese sneak attack on film. Within a matter of weeks, the film was in theaters where it became a box office smash, much to the dismay of critics.
c.
The movie is based on a short student film directed by
Kevin Reynolds
when he was in USC film school. The student film is basically just the skydiving sequence, based on a true story.
Steven Spielberg
, having seen the student film, recruited Reynolds to direct a full-length movie based on it.
d.
Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg
personally recommended
Sam Mendes
to direct this film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Splendor in the Grass (1961)?
a.
Although
Elia Kazan
had planned to film the movie in Kansas, a severe drought forced him to relocate all shooting to New York state. The waterfall in the film is located in High Falls, New York, in the Catskills.
b.
The piano selection playing on the radio during one of the final scenes is Chopins Revolutionary Etude, Opus 10, No. 12.
c.
The play, "The Ghost Breaker," by
Paul Dickey
and
Charles W. Goddard
, was filmed twice as a silent film, in 1914 (directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
), and in 1922. Both silent versions are considered lost. The play was filmed a final time as
Scared Stiff
, starring
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
.
Bob Hope
made a cameo appearance in the film.
d.
When the Fratelli brothers argue
Anne Ramsey
really slaps
Robert Davi
. She was told to hit him as hard as she could.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Splendor in the Grass (1961)?
a.
The nightclub owner played by
Phyllis Diller
is Texas Guinan, a real-life New York nightclub owner of the 1920s. "Hello, suckers!" was her standard nightly greeting to her nightclub patrons.
b.
From 1954-56,
Arthur Freed
had to battle the Hays Code in order to bring
Colette
s tale of a courtesan-in-training to the cinema. He eventually convinced the film industrys Code Office to view the story as condemning rather than glorifying a system of mistresses.
c.
While filming in Vancouver,
Harrison Ford
took possession of his newest plane, a Citation jet. It was flown up to Vancouver for him. Harrison treated the producers, director, writer and production designer to a flight in his new plane on a scout up to Kamloops.
d.
Second of seven films that
Kirk Douglas
and
Burt Lancaster
made together.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Splendor in the Grass (1961)?
a.
Pat Hingle
, who plays
Warren Beatty
s father, was in fact only 13 years older than Beatty.
b.
François Truffaut
s English was not strong. In order to get through some of his scenes, he stuck pieces of paper with his lines on them on various objects where he could read from them but the camera would not pick them up. In one case, as he arguing stands face to face with an Army officer (who has his back to the camera), he is in fact reading his lines off a card pinned to the mans chest. (He had shown the same trick being used with an actress who was having trouble with her lines in his own
La nuit américaine
(Day for Night), in which he played the director of the movie-within-the-movie.)
c.
When the boys return from the mountain, after signing the book, they are bare-chested with their faces painted. This is very reminiscent of Lord of the Flies, the 1990 theatrical version of which also starred
Balthazar Getty
.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 23, 1945 with
Charles Boyer
reprising his film role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Splendor in the Grass (1961)?
a.
Ricky Jay
, who played a magician in the film, coached
Hugh Jackman
and
Christian Bale
in their sleight-of-hand techniques.
b.
It is revealed that Buds real name is actually Arthur.
c.
For the African scenes,
Reginald Denny
invented the first radio-controlled model airplane and, with
Osmond Borradaile
, put a camera on board in 1946.
d.
Gwyneth Paltrow
was pregnant with
Apple Martin
while filming.
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