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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stormy Weather (1943) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stormy Weather (1943) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943).
About the movie:
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943)?
a.
Randy Thom
, one of the films sound mixers, said that the sound mix took over nine months to complete.
b.
Two musical numbers were deleted from the release print: "Good-for-Nothin Joe" (music by
Rube Bloom
, lyrics by
Ted Koehler
), sung by
Lena Horne
, who already was identified with this torch song via her 1941 Victor recording as the vocalist with
Charlie Barnet
and His Orchestra; and "Alfred the Moocher," a parody by
Cab Calloway
of his trademark "Minnie the Moocher" (music and lyrics by Calloway,
Irving Mills
and
Clarence Gaskill
). The Alfred being spoofed likely is renowned film composer and music director
Alfred Newman
. Only a voice track of the send-up remains. On a V-Disc of selections from the film made by Miss Horne with the Calloway band, "Good-for-Nothin Joe" was included.
c.
Let it Ride was filmed at Hialeah Race Course in south Florida during the tracks off season. Racing was being conducted at nearby Calder Race Course, and Dreyfuss was spotted on several occasions, presumably researching his role as Trotter. Although this classic track was closed for many years, the facility was reopened in 2009 offering only Quarter Horse racing as opposed to the Thoroughbred racing that Hialeah traditionally offered.
d.
Tony Marts was an actual place in New Jersey from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The building was demolished in the early 1980s, and a new building now stands on a different area of the property.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943)?
a.
Final film of
Fats Waller
. On December 15, 1943, less than five months after the films July 21 opening in Manhattan, Waller, age 39, died of pneumonia on a train stopped at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Having fallen ill during an engagement at the Zanzibar Room in Hollywood, he had boarded the Santa Fe Chief in Los Angeles and was headed for New York City.
b.
This film took
Bruce Campbell
19 years to make.
c.
The two tracked vehicles in the movie are the Activ Fischer VW Powered 4 Speed Snow-Trak (referred to and labeled on the vehicle as a "SnowCat") and a Thiokol Imp Snow-Cat (this is the vehicle Wendy and Danny escape in).
d.
The ending was different in the original script, but
Uwe Boll
felt it should be ambiguous.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943)?
a.
C. Everett Koop
: as Himself in The Tombs, a local Georgetown restaurant where Kinderman has lunch with Father Dyer.
b.
Final film of
Bill Robinson
.
c.
The portrait at the center of Giffords "wall" of paintings of his romantic conquests is the one of Gene Tierney used in "Laura" (1944), which was Clifton Webbs talking-picture debut and first Oscar-nominated role.
d.
In the opening title animation, when the figure blows up the world and the actors names scatter on the screen, there is a very brief moment - only three frames, in fact - when the letters form the names of the animators, including
Bill Melendez
, Bernie Gruver
Bernard Gruver
, and other animators.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943)?
a.
Most of the character names are the names of cities in Minnesota. Writer
Pat Proft
is from Minnesota.
b.
The Nicholas Brothers
"Jumpin Jive" dance number was done in one take.
c.
Shot entirely on the Canon 5D camera.
d.
Many of the names in the cast are pseudonyms based on the names of director
William Rotsler
s friends and fellow members in West Coast science fiction fandom: Gregory Benford, Terry Carr, Bill Donaho, F.M. Busby, Richard Lupoff and Dick Ellington.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943)?
a.
First feature film directed by
Woody Allen
that is not produced by
Charles H. Joffe
. Joffe, who had worked with Allen for nearly 40 years, died in July 2008.
b.
Edward Anderson
sold the movie rights to his novel for $500.
c.
German audiences will wait in vain for the notorious lines "You speak treason!" - "Fluently." In the German version, it is dubbed as "Ihr sprecht unbedacht!" - "Weiß ich." ("You speak before you think!" - "I know.") Probably they chose this quip (clever in its own right, but in a different vein than the original) because a more faithful translation would have lost the play on words completely.
d.
When the film was made
Bill Robinson
was 40 years older than
Lena Horne
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stormy Weather (1943)?
a.
Idaho unanimously passed a bill praising
Jared Hess
and
Jerusha Hess
for making the film, citing amongst their reasons that the Preston High School administration and staff, particularly the cafeteria staff, have enjoyed notoriety and worldwide attention. Tater tots figuring prominently in the film has promoted Idahos most famous export.
b.
Cinematographer
Lee Garmes
started the film but was replaced by
Leon Shamroy
.
c.
Charles Bronson
was about sixty-five years of age when he appeared in this movie.
d.
At the dinner party given by the gangster, there is a butler walking across a room behind a doorway. The butler was Michael J.R. Gill who was working with the catering staff hired for the film. After the filming, he actually served the food used in the scene to the cast and crew. Gill was not an actor, but was actually a real English butler and for seven years was butler to British actor
Laurence Harvey
, prior to his death.
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