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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stella Dallas (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stella Dallas (1937) Quiz
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About the movie:
Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
Drew Barrymore auditioned for a role in the film.
b.
Gladys George
(who plays du Barry) and the real Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry, share the same death day. George died from a cerebral hemorrhage on Dec. 8, 1954, while the comtesse was a victim of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and was guillotined on Dec. 8, 1793 - less than two months after Marie Antionettes own execution.
c.
First filmed production in ten years for writer
Richard Sale
. The last had been
The White Buffalo
which also starred
Charles Bronson
.
d.
Samuel Goldwyn
would have preferred
Ruth Chatterton
for the title role, but she turned it down, having just played a less-than-perfect wife in
Dodsworth
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
On the day
Mother Teresa
died, filming was scheduled in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis, Indiana. When the news of her passing was heard, production halted for that day.
b.
The movie was so popular it became a radio serial on 25 October 1937, dramatizing the later lives of characters in the movie. The serial lasted for eighteen years.
c.
On the three occasions that subtitles appear in the film (the Mexicans; the German couple; Face screaming in German), they are in different fonts.
d.
The studio insisted on a great deal of explanatory dialog as they described the screenplay as "the script that nobody understands".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
After casting was completed, the actors had only two weeks to prepare and rehearse for the shoot.
b.
Rumors that
Andy Williams
dubbed
Lauren Bacall
s singing voice are untrue. Both director
Howard Hawks
and Bacall confirm that she did her own singing.
c.
Frances Farmer
was suggested for the part of the daughter, but producer
Samuel Goldwyn
was not keen after having clashed with Farmer on his previous
Come and Get It
.
d.
It took director
Barry Levinson
over 10 years to develop the film. It took 10 months to shoot.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
Film is based upon a true incident. The caper was covered in a book called "Nazi Gold: The Sensational Story of the Worlds Greatest Robbery - and the Greatest Criminal Cover-Up" by Ian Sayer and Douglas Botting. The heist was perpetrated by a combinations of renegade Nazi and American officers. It was also listed as the "biggest" robbery ever in the Guinness Book of Records, in the 1960s.
b.
One of the DVD deleted scenes shows Inman finally arriving back at Cold Mountain only to find that Georgia is the only one at the house. Georgia tells Inman that Ada and Ruby are a long ways off in the mountains, and Inman sets off to find them.
c.
Mabel Colcord
is listed in studio records as an actress in this movie but did not appear. Al Shean,
Lillian West
and
Mildred Gover
were in Hollywood Reporter production charts, but also did not appear in the movie.
d.
Debra Feuer
, who portrays Johnny Walkers (
Mickey Rourke
) love interest was actually wife of Rourke at that time.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
Laraine Day
s first movie performance.
b.
Natalie Wood
attempted suicide during the filming of this movie (27 November 1965).
c.
Charles S. Haas
based his story on true events which occurred in the planned community of Foster City, California in the early 1970s. In fact, a California headline about the incident, "Mouse Packs: Kids On A Crime Spree", was authored by Haas when he was a reporter with the San Francisco Examiner.
d.
"Mapache" means "raccoon", in Spanish.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
Elvis Presley
s father,
Vernon Presley
, is a model for one of the photo shoots in the film.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 11, 1937 with
Barbara Stanwyck
,
John Boles
,
Anne Shirley
and
Barbara ONeil
reprising their film roles.
c.
Although the movie was completed in 1952, it was not released until 1954.
d.
Joan Collins
originally sought for one of female leads.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stella Dallas (1937)?
a.
John Binghams novel, Five Roundabouts to Heaven, was adapted for "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" TV series as "The Tender Poisoner" (first aired 20.12.1962), by writer Lukas Heller. The 60-minute program featured Dan Dailey as Philip "Barney" Bartel, Jan Sterling as his wife Beatrice, and Howard Duff as their friend Peter Harding.
b.
The play version written by
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
and
Gertrude Purcell
had no Broadway, New York run.
c.
Film debut of
Thomas Mitchell
.
d.
Like
Stargate
, this movie features a small military team sent into a dangerous and unprecedented situation along with a small number of civilian specialists. In that movie,
Kurt Russell
was the military team leader; this time hes a civilian.
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