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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stage Door Canteen (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stage Door Canteen (1943)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943).

About the movie: "Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		Apparently, this movie has the first ever recorded use of the phrase "lock and load", said by John Wayne. "Lock and load" is a military command meaning to apply a weapons safety catch, and then load it with ammunition. The expression was used once in this film for this meaning and once as a metaphor to get drunk, as in get loaded.
b.		Allen Jenkins who is the MC near the end of the film was the voice for cartoon character Officer Dibble on the cartoon series Top Cat about 20 years later.
c.		The song the Rome taxi driver tries to sing is the traditional song, "The Streets of Laredo", also known as "The Cowboys Lament".
d.		Wall Streets real name is Derren Bettencourt, as can be seen in the D.A.T.A.P.O.L. printout.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		The arcade game that Jean-Claude Van Damme and Donald Gibb are playing is called Karate Champ.
b.		Douglass Montgomery appears not in the feature film itself, but only in publicity photos alongside Karloff and Lugosi in the big radio sketch.
c.		Taylor Hackford says on his commentary that he made the decision to end the film in the middle of Rays life because his later life consisted of no conflict, only success.
d.		Most of the cameo appearances in this movie were filmed at the RKO Radio Pictures studio at Culver City in California but a few such as Benny Goodmans were filmed in New York City, the home of the real Stage Door Canteen which was located on 44th Street.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		Peter Keleghans first acting role.
b.		The real Stage Door Canteen on 44th Street was unable to be used for the filming as it was still an operating nightclub during World War II. As such, for this movie, it was re-created in the RKO Radio Pictures studio at Culver City in California which wasnt actually in New York.
c.		Jackie Gleason said the cafe scene with himself and Burt Reynolds was not in the original story, it was Gleasons idea.
d.		It was the highest-grossing film of all five Best Picture Oscar nominees (2008).

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		The films storyline of a G.I.s romance with a Canteen girl named Irene was inspired by the song, "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen", written by Irving Berlin, and recorded in 1942 by singer Kenny Baker (who appears in this film). The opening lyrics of the song are, "I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen / I left it there with a girl named Irene."
b.		Meir Zarchi prefers the title "Day of the Woman".
c.		Actress Emma Bell was the very first person to audition for Frozen. After sitting through weeks of other auditions, Adam Green hired her for the role as she had set the bar too high for anyone else to compete with.
d.		The original Broadway production included Sydney Greenstreet, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, George Murphy and Fay Templeton. In the film, Fred Astaires role is a combination of Hopes and Murphys roles, and Greenstreets role is played by Ferdinand Munier.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		Josh Hutcherson considers himself to have a horrible singing voice. Regardless, due to the heavy accents of most of the New Zealand extras, the singing was added as ADR (Additional Dialog Recording) in post-production and is listed as "performed by Zooey Deschanel and the Terabithia choir" in the end credits.
b.		The scenes in the city were not filmed on location. They were filmed on a vast and expensive set, built especially for the movie.
c.		Filmed on the same sets used for the Welsh mining village in How Green Was My Valley.
d.		According to the book The Films of World War II by Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein & John Griggs, this movie " . . . was a superstar-studded tribute to the American Theater Wing, which had founded and operated the Stage Door Canteen for the purpose of entertaining servicemen in New York City. The canteen received a percentage of the films profits so Stage Door Canteen was in reality a big benefit . . . a lot of money was raised for the actual Stage Door Canteen." Moreover, in a review, Bosley Crowther at the time wrote in The New York Times that "90 per cent of the profits from this film are to go to the support and advancement of the American Theatre Wing."

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		Almost all of the Greek youths in the gymnasium were actually wrestling with one another for most of the scenes. Only when the camera was nearby were they performing choreographed moves. However the match between Alexander and Hephaistion was choreographed from start to finish.
b.		The long-horned cow was scary for Gene Kelly. (I) For his scene with the animal, he ordered that it be blindfolded and chained to the floor. Plastic eyes were attached to the blindfold.
c.		Producer Sol Lesser paid the Stage Door Canteen $50,000 for the use of its name; they and Allied Charities received the net profits from the film. Because it was too difficult to film at the actual Stage Door Canteen on 44th Street in New York City, it was duplicated at both filming locations (Fox News NY Studios and RKO-Pathé Studios, Culver City).
d.		Director William Friedkin eventually asked technical advisor Thomas Bermingham to exorcise the set. He refused, saying an exorcism might increase anxiety. Rev. Bermingham wound up visiting the set and gave a blessing and talk to reassure the cast and crew.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		A modern source lists Billy Gilbert in the cast, but he was not seen in the movie.
b.		The photo of the church within the newspaper clipping with the caption St. Anthonys Catholic Church is actually Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on Garrison Ave.
c.		Gregory Pecks 9 minute summation speech was nailed in one take.
d.		Contains a spoiler to the Clark Gable movie Manhattan Melodrama.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		Played Radio City Music Hall for 6 weeks, breaking the previous attendance records set in 1937 by Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It grossed over $600,000 in that one location alone.
b.		Although the story in the movie occurs in 1960, the story in the novella is penned as occuring in 1943.
c.		Film debut of Sunset Carson (billed as "Michael Harrison").
d.		Gérard Depardieu very much wanted a role in the movie and was prepared to learn English with the appropriate Brooklynese accent.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		The cracked surface of the moon is reminiscent of a dried lake bed. Bonestell knew this was scientifically inaccurate, but used it to give a sense of perspective to the lunar panorama.
b.		The naked business man Paris tied to the bed at the beginning of the movie is one of Malcolms identities; he is also the agent Caroline Suzanne is speaking to on the phone. He was penned as the first identity in the movie to "die", but the scenes were shaved from the movie.
c.		First film of Ruth Roman.
d.		Almost all of the Greek youths in the gymnasium were actually wrestling with one another for most of the scenes. Only when the camera was nearby were they performing choreographed moves. However the match between Alexander and Hephaistion was choreographed from start to finish.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Door Canteen (1943)?
a.		The "electric jacket" worn by Robin Williams was created by the Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini.
b.		Alvy makes a joke about the political magazines Dissent and Commentary merging to form "Dysentery." Dissent is a famous liberal magazine and Commentary is a famous conservative magazine.
c.		Julia Roberts beat Uma Thurman to the lead role, for a $10 million paycheck.
d.		The Screen Actors Guild prohibited free appearances by actors before this film was made, to prevent actors generosity from being exploited.

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