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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).
About the movie:
Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. With him is a faded film star he picked up along the way...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
Sylvain White was attached to direct.
b.
Vera Caspary
first wrote her story as a play, "Ring Twice for Lora", in 1939, then adapted the play into a novel entitled "Laura". The novel was serialized in Colliers (17 October-28 November 1942), under the title "Ring Twice for Laura." In a 1971 article in Saturday Review (of Literature), Caspary recalls that
Otto Preminger
read the manuscript of the novel and expressed interest in collaborating with her on a revised version of the play, which he would then produce. They did not agree on the dramatization, however, and Caspary reworked the play with
George Sklar
in 1942. This stage version opened in London in 1945, and on Broadway on June 26, 1947. Preminger first worked on the screenplay with
Jay Dratler
, then brought in the team of poet
Samuel Hoffenstein
and
Elizabeth Reinhardt
.
c.
Was given a pre-rating advisory of restricted by the MPAA, disallowing any persons under the age of 18 from attending. This was pre-rating equivalent of an X (later NC-17) rating. By modern standards the film is so tame, when Shown on Turner Classic Movies, its rated TV-PG.
d.
Spencer Tracy
received top / first billing,
Frank Sinatra
received second billing.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
This film was ranked #55 on AFIs 100 Years, 100 Thrills special.
b.
Alfred Hitchcock
: Hitchcock arrives at a bus stop (during the opening credits) but gets there a second too late and the door is closed in his face. He misses the bus.
c.
The intention had been that
Robert Blake
would star, but his name on the marquee would not, it was thought, generate enough audience interest.
d.
Longtime MGM hair stylist
Sydney Guilaroff
appears uncredited attending to the hair of
Geraldine Page
. He was extremely well respected, serving as chief hair stylist at MGM from 1934 until the late 1970s. Although he did not receive onscreen credit, he designed
Judy Garland
s hair styles for
The Wizard of Oz
and made
Lucille Ball
s hair red for
Du Barry Was a Lady
, the color she kept it for the rest of her life.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
32,000 costumes were used in the film.
b.
Geraldine Page
was nominated for the 1960 Tony Award for best actress in a drama and recreated her role in this movie.
c.
Michael Winterbottom
was approached to direct but declined.
d.
Rose Windsor
, a member of the British Royal Family, worked - and is credited as - an Art Department Assistant on this film. Her wedding to a member of the Royal Family was featured in OK! magazine - largely due to
Prince William Windsor
s girlfriend
Kate Middleton
attending her wedding. She specifically asked to be credited on Harry Potter as Rose Windsor rather than her full Royal title.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
Mike Wallace
voiced the promotional radio spots.
b.
Warner Bros. originally considered making the entire "Harry Potter" series as a set of CGI animated films, or attempting to combine several of the novels into a single movie. The studios reasoning mainly had to do with concern over the rapid aging of child actors-if production ran too long on any of the films, or if production was delayed between sequels, the leading actors might have to be recast. Author
J.K. Rowling
vetoed both the ideas of combining books and an animated film, so the studio decided instead to produce all seven (later eight) films back to back so the same child actors could play their roles in every film.
c.
Adapted from a Broadway play by
Tennessee Williams
that opened on Mar. 10, 1959 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 375 performances.
Elia Kazan
directed, and
Paul Newman
,
Geraldine Page
,
Madeleine Sherwood
and
Rip Torn
recreated their roles from the play.
d.
This film was one of the most pirated films of 1999 because of limited release due to its independent status. The pirated version was an unfinished leaked work-print with several plot holes and most of the initial interviews missing leading to audience confusion at final scene of the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
The role of Chance Wayne was first offered to
Elvis Presley
, but Presleys manager, Colonel"
Tom Parker
, turned it down because he didnt want Elvis to play a bad guy.
b.
The film based on the novel by
Edward D. Wood Jr.
has no werewolf character, like in the film. Wood received $600 for the novel.
c.
Many extras in this film are showed doubled, even tripled in background. Many times you can see two or three people walking side by side wearing the same clothes and carrying the same things.
d.
Prior to 14 March 1938 Austria drove on the left-hand side of the road. This is why cars registered in Austria up until the Anschluss had right-hand drive.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
The movies line "Listen to me, mister. Youre my knight in shining armor. Dont you forget it. Youre going to get back on that horse, and Im going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away were gonna go, go, go!" was voted as the #88 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
b.
During the final part of filming, production was shut down for three or four days because Hurricane Ivan going through Monroeville, Ala., where the film was being shot. The crew helped board up windows at the courthouse where the courtroom scenes were shot and even loaned the police a generator to keep the 911 service running.
c.
Filmed July 2008 in Youngstown, Ohio and Kent, Ohio.
d.
Had its premier at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The theater has been restored today and shows historic and retro films.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
The actors had 3-4 days of dog training with the dogs used in the movie.
b.
In the original play, Chance does not end up with Heavenly. He is beaten and castrated (offstage) by Boss Finleys thugs. The ending was changed for the movie because the original ending would never have been allowed by the 1960s censors.
c.
The advertising posters for the film had to be recalled on orders from the MPAA because the two severed fingers forming the "II" in the posters did not meet guidelines for film advertising. The new poster makes it more obscure. Also, posters had listed the film as being rated R when at the time the film still hadnt gone before the MPAA for a rating.
d.
Betty Buckley
s voice is used for the Vietnamese girl singing "Walking In Space."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)?
a.
Director
David Waddington
once said that he made this movie for " . . . all the people who havent seen a film since
The Sound of Music
because theyre sick of sex and violence".
b.
Even though the movie takes place in Bakersfield, it was shot in Lancaster California.
c.
Rip Torn
, as Tom Finley, Jr., was nominated for the 1960 Tony Award for supporting or featured actor in a drama and recreated his role in the movie version. He later played "Boss" Tom Finley, Sr. in a 1989 TV version of _Sweet Bird of Youth_TV_(1989)_, starring
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Mark Harmon
.
d.
Though the final scene in the film primarily involves Juror #8 and #9, the other 10 jurors can all be seen descending the courthouse steps and going their own separate ways.
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