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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Staircase (1969) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Staircase (1969) Quiz
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About the movie:
Charles Dyer and Harry Leeds are a couple that have been living together for nearly 20 years. Both earn...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Staircase (1969)?
a.
Universal paid $1.9 million for the rights to the
Richard Price
novel.
b.
The copy of Playboy magazine the boy is reading is the June 1962 issue.
c.
Hiccup is left-handed (as demonstrated when he is writing in his journal/sketchbook).
d.
On-screen credits photographically juggle names of
Richard Burton
and
Rex Harrison
so quickly it is nearly (and deliberately) impossible to figure out who is top-billed star without benefit of home video freeze frame.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Staircase (1969)?
a.
Charles Dyer (who wrote play on which movie is based) named one of lead characters after himself and rearranged letters of his name to provide other leads character name - Harry C. Leeds.
b.
First film of
Don Fellows
.
c.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
d.
When "Max" first enters the Wilhern house to take a picture of Penelope he browses the bookshelves of the meeting room and takes down a novel which he identifies as a "first edition." The book that Max grabs, and which Penelope subsequently refers to as her favorite, is not a real book. The author is referred to as George Rockham, and the title of The Dreamer is visible on the book itself, but both the author and novel are original creations for the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Staircase (1969)?
a.
Everytime we see Donnie (
William H. Macy
) in his car, the same song is playing on the radio ("Dreams" by UK artist
Gabrielle
).
b.
Elizabeth Taylor
was shooting
The Only Game in Town
at the same time as this film was in production. While that film is set in Las Vegas, Taylor demanded that director
George Stevens
shoot in France so she could be close to her husband,
Richard Burton
, who was filming
Staircase
with director
Stanley Donen
. This caused the budget of
The Only Game in Town
to grow higher than most large-scale, high-profile films that Fox was producing at the time. Ironically, the production of
Staircase
was moved to France to save money.
c.
Lynne Littman
was originally in line to direct.
d.
A full face mask resembling a wrinkled bulldog was originally constructed for the character of Barf, but
Mel Brooks
quipped that if they were going to hide
John Candy
behind a mask, he might as well hire someone else for half the price. A nose and upper lip piece was tried next, which Candy approved but again Brooks did not. They finally settled on animatronic ears connected to a hairpiece, a small nose application and a patch over one eye just like the dog from the Our Gang shorts.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Staircase (1969)?
a.
The pistol
Eddie Murphy
uses in the movie is a Browning P35 (known in the USA as the Browning Hi-Power, manufactured by Fabrique Nationale in Herstal, Belgium) 9mm pistol, the same pistol the SAS (British SpecOps) use. It takes a 13 round, double stacked magazine - known as the Grande Puissance (or High Yield) in French. The P35 was one of John Moses Brownings final pistol designs - which date back to 1923 when he was designing a pistol to meet the French militarys requirements based on one of his successful handgun designs - the M1911 which was adopted by the U.S. armed forces between 1911 - 1985. Sadly, Browning died in November 1926 when the pistol was in its final development stages - the P35s design was finalized by FN engineer Dieudonne Saive, who later incorporated the M1911s field-stripping procedure.
b.
Rather than auditioning people for roles, Jay Giannone hand picked the cast based on the background of each character.
c.
The original Broadway production of "Staircase" by
Charles Dyer
opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York on March 2, 1968 and ran for 61 performances.
d.
The tabloids speculated at the time that
Jeff Bridges
and
Jessica Lange
had an on-set affair. It was later revealed to be false, both stars were happily married, and have been friends since making this film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Staircase (1969)?
a.
Rex Harrison
reportedly hated the film.
b.
According to
Stephen Rebello
, author of "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho",
Alfred Hitchcock
was displeased with the performance of
John Gavin
who played Sam Loomis in the film and referred to the actor as the stiff.
c.
Writer
Howard Klausner
had actually finished the screenplay and was shopping it around Hollywood long before it was announced that astronaut John Glenn would be returning to space.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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