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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Suicide Fleet (1931) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Suicide Fleet (1931) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Suicide Fleet (1931).
About the movie:
Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Suicide Fleet (1931)?
a.
Elizabeth Taylor
gained nearly 30 pounds to play the role of a middle-aged wife just for this film.
b.
The officer who is told to "not rock the boat" over the aerial intelligence was actually called Urquhart. His name was changed in the film so that the audience would not confuse him with Connerys character.
c.
The stock USAF aircraft footage was taken from the movie
Iron Eagle II
.
d.
The United States Navy ordered submarine crews docked at San Pedro, California, USA to cooperate and participate in the filming of this movie. Three divisions of the Navy worked with the production, which also employed thousands of extras.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Suicide Fleet (1931)?
a.
An actual ship was sunk for the production, which was filmed in part at sea.
b.
"Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel" is a quotation - sometimes misquoted with "on" in place of "upon" - from Alexander Popes "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. The line has entered common use and has become associated with more recent figures.
c.
Before it became apparent the film was not a hit,
George Pal
told press he was planning a sequel with
Tony Randall
recreating his role.
d.
Despite the fact that the film takes place in New York City, most of the shooting took place in Louisiana due to budgetary restrictions, where most of the crews homes had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Only a few additional scenes shot after principal production were shot in New York.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Suicide Fleet (1931)?
a.
Insisting on authenticity, director
Joshua Logan
filmed in several Kansas towns, including Hutchinson, only 75 miles from Udall, a town leveled by a tornado days after filming began. "Its gotta look like Kansas and it will if I have to kill every last one of ya!," the volatile Logan yelled at his cast.
William Holden
suffered a leg gash on a railroad signal light,
Kim Novak
was stung on the hip by a bee underneath her $500 Jean Louis gown, and
Rosalind Russell
was "bruised from earlobe to toenail during a wild gambol across a suspension bridge." A local 70-year-old "spinster" saw her film debut canceled when she broke both legs and several ribs during a fall down an embankment. Filming was interrupted almost daily by hailstorms and "wailing" tornado warnings. The actual picnic was on a muddy fairground at Halstead, Kansas. Cast and crew were "half-consumed" by "carnivorous" bugs. Phone calls had to be made from old-time crank telephones at Halsteads Baker Hotel.
b.
Writer/director
Christopher Coppola
originally wanted
Isabella Rossellini
to play Vanessa.
c.
Three United States Navy ships were used in the movie: the submarine cruiser Argonaut, the destroyer Preble, and the Noa.
d.
Kevin Costner
s children all appear in the film.
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