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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Strategic Air Command (1955) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Strategic Air Command (1955) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955).
About the movie:
Lt. Col. Robert (Dutch) Holland was a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, not a pitcher. While at spring training a B-36 flew over the field and Dutch was standing on third base...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
The B-47 cockpit used in the film is now on display at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, CA.
b.
Shirley Temple
was presented with the first Academy Award ever given to a child for her role as Shirley Blake. She was then the youngest person to ever be listed in Whos Who, and was also the youngest person to ever be spotlighted on the cover of TIME Magazine.
c.
Michael Conrad
s dialog was dubbed by (probably)
Paul Frees
.
d.
According to actress
Nancy Olson
, who was married to lyricist
Alan Jay Lerner
at the time he was writing the musical, Lerner and
Frederick Loewe
had the most trouble writing the final song for Henry Higgins. The two writers had based the whole concept of the musical around the notion that Higgins was far too intellectual a character to emotionally sing outright, but should speak his songs on pitch, more as an expression of ideas. However, both composer and lyricist knew that Higgins would need a love song towards the end of the story when Eliza has abandoned him. This presented an obvious problem: how to write an emotional song for an emotionless character. Lerner suffered bouts of insomnia trying to write the lyrics. One night, Olson claims, she brought him a cup of tea to soothe his nerves. As she entered his study, Lerner thanked her and said "I guess Ive grown accustomed to you...Ive grown accustomed to your face." According to Olson, his eyes suddenly lit up, and she sat down and watched him write the entire song in one sitting, based on the idea that although Higgins couldnt "love" Eliza in the traditional sense, he would surely notice the value she represented as part of his life.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
Larrys hat says, "Honky Tonk HTTP Tailgate Party".
b.
When MSgt. Bible is introducing Lt. Col. Holland to the crew on his B-36 orientation flight, he introduces the two rear gunners as "Airman Davies" and "Airman Lay," an apparent reference to
Valentine Davies
and
Beirne Lay Jr.
, the films screenplay authors.
c.
Rich Swingley
: One of the films executive producers appears as the Hawaiian shirt bar patron near the end of the film.
d.
Darth Mauls "double-bladed" lightsaber design was borrowed from the 1996 comic book series "Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
Mae Murray
attempted to sue Tiffany Productions for $1,750,000, alleging that the technical incompetence of the crew had damaged her career.
b.
Anne Baxter
s first movie.
c.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
One of the C-124A Globemaster IIs (serial number 49-0258) in the scene where they are being loaded for the wings deployment to Japan is currently under restoration at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
The teaser trailer features Inspector Clouseau using the glass breaking device he got from Agent 006. This scene is not in the final film.
b.
In real life, the singer who introduced the nameless "Name The Sandwich" jingle contest was Freddie Cannon, who performed song on American Band Stand.
c.
The character of Gen. Ennis C. Hawkes was based on Gen.
Curtis LeMay
, the real-life commander of the U.S. Air Forces Strategic Air Command from 1949 to 1957.
d.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3240,
Bernice Claire
and
Alexander Gray
talk about the picture.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
7 7 1/2" Daniel Gilchrist had to have the front passenger seat removed from a Buick Skylark so he can fit in the back seat so the driver can take him to the set before filming.
b.
The 1960s models of Phillium Benedict and Petey Prickly are based on famous icons of the 60s. Petey Prickley is based on George Harrison, and can be recognized from the animated film "Yellow Submarine". Phillium Benedict is based on the character "Captain America" (Peter Fondas character) in the movie "Easy Rider".
c.
James Stewart
was a colonel in the US Air Force Reserve, the same rank as his character, when the film was made.
d.
Claude Rains
plays an agent of Heaven who finds a new body for the soul of
Robert Montgomery
. In
Angel on My Shoulder
Rains plays the Devil, who finds a new body for the soul of
Paul Muni
.
Harry Segall
, who wrote the story for the latter film, also wrote the play "Heaven Can Wait", upon which
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
is based.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
The character of Val Mayerik (
Brett Leonard
) is also a reference to the creator by the same name. He worked with
Steve Gerber
on the first ongoing Man-Thing comic book series, too.
b.
Milton Berle
,
Dick Van Dyke
and
Bobby Darin
were all considered for the male lead.
c.
During the filming of the charge sequence, a stuntman was killed when he fell off his horse and landed on a broken sword that was lying on the field where the charge was being shot, and was unfortunately wedged in such a position that its blade was sticking straight up.
d.
Third of three movies where
James Stewart
and
June Allyson
played husband and wife.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
The house used as the OConnells mansion appeared as part of the library in the
The Mummy
.
b.
James Stewart
flew one combat mission over Vietnam while serving as a reservist and eventually retired as a Brigadier General.
c.
In June 1982, prior to the start of filming,
Sergio Leone
tried to contact
Harry Grey
to tell him the good news of his story being made into a film. Greys wife told Leone that her husband had died a few weeks earlier.
d.
Steve Coogan
was at one point considered to play Peter Sellers.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
Henry Jones
final feature film appearance.
b.
Two walk-on parts went for $4,500 each at a Planet Hollywood auction in 1995.
c.
First film of
Ann B. Davis
, who played a waitress (unbilled), although her part was cut from the film before its release.
d.
Sybil Jason
stated in her autobiography that director
Michael Curtiz
filmed some scenes at a real Hollywood orphanage, and (in the interest of realism) cast real orphans as extras. Among them, Jason remembered, was a young
Marilyn Monroe
, long before her first "recognized" role. This has not yet been confirmed by film historians and Monroe biographers.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
Roddy McDowall
and
Natalie Trundy
are the only cast members to appear in 4 of the 5 original "Planet of the Apes" movies.
Roddy McDowall
appeared all except the first sequel,
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
.
Natalie Trundy
did not appear in the original
Planet of the Apes
movie, but appeared in all 4 sequels. Roddy McDowall also starred in the
Planet of the Apes
TV series. Its also noted that Roddy is the only actor to voice three different apes, Cornelius, his son, Caesar and Galen in the TV series.
b.
Being a
Tim Burton
production, some of his trademarks have made it into the film. The themes of outsiders or the alienated triumphing over adversity. Some of his design schemes are present like stripes. The funeral scene looks very similar to the one in Burtons
Batman Returns
. And people whove worked with Burton helped make the film, like
Martin Landau
. The film was also co-composed by Burtons frequent composer
Danny Elfman
.
c.
In the bar scene at the beginning of the movie, the U.S. Marshal crew is watching themselves on TV. The reporter throws it back to "Lester", better known now as NBCs Lester Holt who was at that time the anchor at Chicagos WBBM. Lester Holt was also in the
The Fugitive
, the movie that this is a sequel to.
d.
The B-36 and B-47 bomber aircraft showcased in the film were such powerful deterrents against Soviet aggression in the 1950s that neither plane ever had to be used in combat, verifying the Strategic Air Commands motto of "Peace Is Our Profession."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Strategic Air Command (1955)?
a.
On the first day of filming the exorcism sequence,
Linda Blair
s delivery of her foul-mouthed dialogue so disturbed the gentlemanly
Max von Sydow
that he actually forgot his lines.
b.
Billy Wilder
had already written the story in Germany, then brought it to the USA when he emigrated and sold it to MGM.
c.
The model aircraft seen on Gen. Hawkess desk in the final scene might appear to be an eight-engine variant of the six-engine B-47 featured in the film, but is actually a prototype B-52 (either XB-52 or YB-52), with a canopy cockpit design similar to the B-47; the design was changed in the production version.
d.
Many scenes and lines were improvised, such as where Ricky Rodgriguez plays chess with himself and when Twist Jackson walks out of the graveyard zipping his pants up.
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