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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950).
About the movie:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
It was
George Cukor
who suggested
Gloria Swanson
for the role of Norma Desmond.
Billy Wilder
had worked on a script for a Swanson picture years earlier called
Music in the Air
and had forgotten about it.
b.
In the prologue, the four musketeers stand in a framing device, as a medieval stage booth, and DArtagnan steps forward and speaks to the audience, then steps back and resumes his position with the other three, who remained motionless; after the mid-point intermission, the same situation is repeated, with DArtagnan speaking again to the audience, finishing with the words, "once more, once more...", after which the film resumes with the title card "20 years later". These were the two
Douglas Fairbanks
first scenes with spoken dialogue, in his last silent film.
c.
Originally titled "Dallas Bohemian".
d.
Final film of
Stuart Holmes
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
The first appearance of Botamon, Koromon, Agumon and Greymon although not same ones Tai has in the TV series.
b.
While working one of the wading pool scenes, director
Tim Sullivan
accidentally fell head-first into the pool. In spite of the numerous camera equipment and operators around, it wasnt captured on camera.
c.
Billy Wilder
and
Charles Brackett
met with
Greta Garbo
and tried to convince her to make a comeback for the role of Norma Desmond. Garbo declined the offer.
d.
Three and a half years in the making.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
Montgomery Clift
quit the production because he was, like the character of Joe, having an affair with a wealthy middle-aged former actress -
Libby Holman
. She pressured him to back out of the role.
b.
According to Wes Craven, the film was severely cut for an R-rating. It took around 13 submissions to the MPAA to receive an "R" instead of an "X".
c.
Both
Jean Arthur
and
Barbara Stanwyck
turned down the role of the teacher. Additionally
Julie Andrews
also declined the role.
d.
A reprise of "I Had A Dream" performed by
Esther Williams
and
George Sanders
was filmed but cut from the release print.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
In the original script, Lester was supposed to be shot in the desert by Nicky as a favor for Sam.
b.
Shelley Duvall
is the only actor/actress playing a member of the Torrance family whose character name is not the same as his/her real life name -
Jack Nicholson
plays a character named Jack and
Danny Lloyd
plays a character named Danny.
c.
Ryan Bingham
, who plays Tony (the musician Bad talks to at the bowling alley) is a real-life rising country-rock star. Bingham co-wrote "The Weary Kind" with
T-Bone Burnett
and Binghams recording of "The Weary Kind" won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Song. So, the real Ryan Bingham won an Oscar while a fictional Ryan Bingham, played by
George Clooney
in
Up in the Air
, who was nominated the same year, did not.
d.
Billy Wilder
and
Charles Brackett
s 17th and final screenplay collaboration. After the completion of "Sunset Boulevard," Wilder shocked his longtime collaborator by announcing that he wished to dissolve their partnership. The two men never worked together again.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
The part of the family dog was played by "Marley the dog" who has been immortalized in the New York Times Bestseller "Marley & Me" by John Grogan.
b.
The Battle of East Elfland is a textbook example of a set-piece battle and a Blitzkrieg.
c.
The movie was shot in approximately 40 days.
d.
Gloria Swanson
almost considered rejecting the role of Norma Desmond after
Billy Wilder
requested she do a screen test for the role. Her friend
George Cukor
, who initially recommended her for the part, told her, "If they want you to do ten screen tests, do ten screen tests. If you dont, I will personally shoot you." Swanson agreed to the audition, and won the role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
Deliberately shot in the same kind of style and using similar techniques as the splatter films of the 70s and the 80s which it emulates.
b.
Paramount were more than happy to be the subject of the film, and didnt ask for the studio to be disguised. In fact, such was the buzz about the film during production that the viewing of the daily rushes became one of the hottest tickets on the lot.
c.
During a TV interview at the time just after this film was released,
Chuck Berry
said he handled his own wardrobe, and it was all authentic. He still had an entire closet full of the suits he wore while touring during the time frame portrayed in the film, so what he wears in the film is what he actually wore on stage during the 1950s.
d.
Marketing tie-ins proved to be problematic for the film as no food product company wanted to be associated with a rat.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
Producer
Arthur Freed
wanted
Marge Champion
to star in this movie, but at the time Champion didnt want to break up her dance act with her husband
Gower Champion
. So she persuaded Freed that he should cast a French girl in the role instead.
b.
After
Brian Levant
, Richard Correll and Tony Dow were turned down as possible directors by the studio, Tony Dow and
Jerry Mathers
declined to appear in cameo roles.
c.
Mae West
rejected the role of Norma Desmond because she felt she was too young to play a silent film star.
Mary Pickford
rejected it because she was afraid it would destroy her wholesome image.
d.
The film was almost titled "Spaceman from Pluto".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
The movies line "All right, Mr. DeMille, Im ready for my close-up." was voted as the #6 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007. "We didnt need dialogue. We had faces." was #13. "I am big. Its the pictures that got small." was #91 .
b.
Tony Darrow was injured on set during filming and insisted that the cameras be kept rolling and his actual blood be used in the film for realism.
c.
The book on Miltons poems that Professor Ruzinsky hands to Lerman was edited by Maurice Kelley (1903-1996), an actual Milton authority.
d.
Written in conjunction with leading Bay Area psychologist Dr. Matthew McKay, co-founder of New Harbinger Publications and author of over 30 non-fiction books on mental health.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
The movies line "All right, Mr. DeMille, Im ready for my close-up" was voted as the #7 movie quote by the American Film Institute. (It is also one of the most frequently misquoted movie lines, usually given as, "Im ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.") "I am big! Its the pictures that got small." was voted #24, out of 100.
b.
The part of Frank Catton was originally intended for
Danny Glover
, who declined the part to appear in
The Royal Tenenbaums
.
c.
Judith Ridley
still has her outfit from the film. The pants became her painting pants. And her shirt became a dishrag.
d.
The parachute that the base-jumper opens, on his escape from the villains, features the design of the Finnish flag,
Renny Harlin
s native country (he features the Finnish flag in most of his movies).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)?
a.
Despite the films title, none of the stories showcased appeared in the EC comic "The Vault of Horror." The story "The Neat Job" originally appeared in "Shock SuspenStories," and each other story originally appeared in "Tales from the Crypt."
b.
Veronica Lake
and
Fredric March
did not like one another, due in part to some disparaging remarks March made about her. During filming, Lake delighted in playing pranks on March, such as hiding a 40-pound weight under her costume when March had to carry her in his arms. In another scene in which the two were photographed only from the waist up, Lake stuck her foot in Marchs groin.
c.
This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John WIlsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
The antique car used as Norma Desmonds limousine is an Isotta-Fraschini, and once belonged to 1920s socialite
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
. It was a gift from her lover, automobile magnate Walter Chrysler.
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