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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swing Time (1936) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swing Time (1936) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936).
About the movie:
A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
Larry Cohen
did not have a permit to film the scene at the St. Patricks Day parade, but he did it anyway.
b.
Kurt Russell
bought
Dakota Fanning
a real Palamino horse, which she named Goldie.
c.
The shot where the camera quickly zooms in on the couple was actually done in reverse. A camera was attached to a truck and driven in reverse, starting from the couple until they cant be seen anymore.
d.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #90 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
In the scene where the Rostovs invite Prince Andrei to go hunting with them,
Jeremy Brett
is the only actor never on a mechanical horse: in all his shots he is clearly on a live horse.
Audrey Hepburn
,
Henry Fonda
,
Mel Ferrer
,
Barry Jones
and
May Britt
are all clearly on mechanical horses in their close shots.
b.
During the dinner scene with
America Ferrera
s character and her fathers new family,
Bradley Whitford
began doing improv and kept the entire crew laughing, making it difficult for everyone to get through the scene with a straight face.
c.
Due to the long hours of filming for the movie, the 40 pound Power Rangers suits that the actors had to wear caused back pain to co-stars
Amy Jo Johnson
(Kimberly Ann Hart/The Pink Ranger) and
Karan Ashley
(Aisha Campbell/The Yellow Ranger) after filming their scenes.
d.
The climax of "Never Gonna Dance" took 47 takes in a single day and required many demanding spins of
Ginger Rogers
; her feet bled.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
Tom Cruise
was rumored to star.
b.
Sissy Spacek
would later perform the audiobook of Carrie.
c.
Fred Astaire
always insisted that his dance routines be filmed in one continuous camera shot, showing the dancer(s) from head to foot. However, in the "Never Gonna Dance" number, there is an obvious moment when Astaire and Rogers reach the tops of their respective winding staircases that the camera shot changes quickly to reflect the fact that the filming camera had to be brought upstairs to shoot the close-up finale of the dance number.
d.
During the Cerebro sequence, one of the mutants to be seen is Cyclops as a young boy playing with a glove and baseball, noticeable by his sunglasses.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
The scene where Cole and Rowdy race rental cars on the beach shows birds scattering out of the way. The birds were lured onto the beach by birdseed, and in the first take most of them were run over.
b.
The shadow dance idea for "Bojangles of Harlem" occurred to choreographer
Hermes Pan
and
Fred Astaire
during rehearsals, when three different light sources illuminating Astaire produced three shadows.
c.
Of the 32 drivers who participated or were seen in the film, five died in racing accidents in the next two years and another five in the following 10 years.
d.
"Goldstein" and "Valenz" are listed in the credits as "Gottlieb" and "Lorenz" despite their correct names being shown on screen during the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
Laurence Olivier
was offered the role of Benjamin Rand, but passed when he read the completed script. He said he didnt want to be in a movie where
Shirley MacLaine
has to masturbate.
b.
In the scene where Michael is ambushed by Dr. Loomis and beaten with a 2x4,
Don Shanks
was really hit with the plank. He later admitted in an interview that one of the blows broke his nose.
c.
In "The Way You Look Tonight",
Ginger Rogers
is seen to be washing her hair. The crew tried various soaps, shampoos, and even egg white, but it always ran down her face too quickly. They achieved success with whipped cream.
d.
In one of the previous drafts written for
Sylvester Stallone
, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce. Only after
Martin Brest
cast
Judge Reinhold
and
John Ashton
was the decision made to keep Rosewood alive due to his chemistry with Taggart.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
While Guile and Chun-Li wear their trademark costumes by the films climax, they are actually different colors from the original Street Fighter II: The World Warrior variations. In the film, Guile is wearing his blue tank top/camouflage pants, which is based on his Street Fighter II Turbo variation. Chun-Li is wearing her red lady dragon dress, which is based on her Street Fighter II: Champion(ship) Edition variation.
b.
Art Ramalho
s gym is the actual Lowell West End Gym and not a set. This is in fact where
Micky Ward
trained and is still a functioning boxing gym to this day.
c.
Hedlund heeded
Tim McGraw
s advice to "live and breathe country music" and to approach the role from the perspective of a singer trying to make it in the business, not an actor tackling a role, so he stayed on a cabin in McGraws ranch where he had guitar rehearsals.
d.
The film originally began with a musical number, "Its Not in the Cards," which was cut due the films length and because the number was judged as not very good. Only a bit remains in the final version. The music is also used in the background during the first few scenes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
Zach Braff
drew partially on knowledge from his mother, a psychologist, his stepfather, also a psychologist, and his step mother, a therapist, to give scenes involving mentions of psychiatrics and pharmaceuticals authenticity.
b.
In an earlier draft of the script, intern Eagan planted the skeleton in a baby carriage, not Loras bed. The startled Laura dropped the baby she was holding, with tragic results. Eagan admitted to his guilt and was fired from the hospital. However, the sequence was changed to the one which is now appears in the film.
c.
In the movie, Anna is meant to be fourteen/fifteen years old. However,
Emily Browning
was twenty years old at the time of filming.
d.
This was
Ginger Rogers
favorite of her films with
Fred Astaire
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
44th American President
Barack Obama
referred to a quote from the movie in his inauguration acceptance speech on 20th January, 2009.
b.
The license plate of Sylvia Ganushs car is 99951. When it is turned upside-down, it reads IS666.
c.
The dress that
Virginia Bruce
throws on the floor and refuses to appear in is the same dress worn by
Jeanette MacDonald
in
San Francisco
, a few months earlier.
d.
The last-minute screenplay change from Pearl Harbor to the Panama Canal was not implausible. Until the mid 1930s US military exercises concentrated on defending the Panama Canal from air, amphibious & small craft attack and were extensively covered by the press.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Time (1936)?
a.
There are 1,943 names in the credits.
b.
Outside shots of Kaddals monastery are actually of St. Georges monastery in Wady Kelt, a gorge not far from Jericho in what is today the Palestinian Authority. In the time of filming, this area belonged to Israel. The underground caverns, allegedly under the fort, are in fact located more than a hundred km to the north east, in the Beit Guvrin national park, Israel.
c.
The sixth (of ten) dancing partnership of
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
.
d.
Dom DeLuise
was the only actor to reprise his original role.
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