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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swing Your Lady (1938) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swing Your Lady (1938) Quiz
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About the movie:
Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly Amazon blacksmith...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Your Lady (1938)?
a.
According to
Emmett Kelly
s autobiography, the film makers originally expected him to play his part in his famous "Weary Willie" tramp clown makeup, but he refused and designed a new white clown makeup for the film.
b.
Gene Tierney
originally did not want to make this film but did it anyway under contract obligations.
c.
The opening credits list "The Weaver Brothers and Elviry" as a group cast member, but the end credits lists the individual members of the group. The end credits were used in the IMDb listing.
d.
This film continues the unusual trend of the "Undisputed" series of making the previous films bad guy the new main character.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Your Lady (1938)?
a.
In Feb. 1938, Warner Brothers distributed this film on a double bill with
The Invisible Menace
with
Boris Karloff
.
b.
Most of Paramounts top directors turned down this assignment, and
D.W. Griffith
tried to.
Adolph Zukor
and
Jesse L. Lasky
insisted that he do it.
c.
The coon dog cemetery featured in the film is a real place in Tuscumbia, Alabama (a north Alabama town just south of Florence and childhood home of
Helen Keller
whose story was told in
The Miracle Worker
.
d.
Rodney Dangerfield
performed his lines in front of cameras, creating a visual reference point for the animators to copy his physical expressions.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Your Lady (1938)?
a.
Easter Egg: the famous "Wilhelm Scream" is included in the sound mix.
b.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
c.
Kip Wellington reports for television station 48WONG, which is a play on an old local Philadelphia station and the last name of the directors friend.
d.
Four Playboy Playmates appear in this title - Ava Fabian, Audra Lynn, Heather Carolin and Divini Rae - as does Playboy Newsstand Special Edition Model and Penthouse Pet, Jaime Hammer.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Your Lady (1938)?
a.
While driving around Als Toy Barn, the gang drives down the Buzz Lightyear aisle. Tour Guide Barbie tells them "back in 1995 short-sighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand". This is an in-joke and a fact: When the original
Toy Story
was released, toy sellers did not think the movie would be a hit and they indeed did not order enough dolls to keep up with demand. The joke is also a self-deprecating dig at Mattel Toys, which denied use of the Barbie character in the first film, thinking it would be a flop.
b.
Because the film team wasnt allowed to film at Saint-Sulpice, the scenes were shot in front of green screen, with a digital replica of the church added in the background.
c.
The airplane scenes are actually shot at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington - inside the actual sales mock-ups.
d.
Because of the hillbilly makeup, some of the hillbillies were not recognizable. However, three non-hillbilly cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear in the movie. These were (with their character names):
Eddie Acuff
(Roscoe Turner),
Irving Bacon
(Photographer) and
George Ovey
(Telegraph Operator).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swing Your Lady (1938)?
a.
Adapted from a Broadway play by
Kenyon Nicholson
and
Charles Robinson
. The original stage production opened at the Booth Theatre in New York on October 18, 1936 and ran for 105 performances. The opening night cast included
John Alexander
,
Walter Baldwin
,
Hope Emerson
,
Matt McHugh
and
Dennie Moore
.
b.
Of the two screenwriter brothers,
Tony Gayton
is the one who came up with the initial idea, which corresponds to the films first scene.
c.
Marvel and Paramount approached the CMT show
Trick My Truck
to select a Truck driver and trick his rig with the Ultimate Ironman makeover. Lance Burk was the lucky driver to be selected. When finished the exterior of the truck was painted to look like Iron Mans armor, led lights were put everywhere, the engine compartment was tricked out, jet thrusters (not real ones obviously) were attached to the back, and a copy of Iron Mans chest plate was attached to the back under a crafted sign that said Iron Man. The inside of the truck was refurnished to look like Tony Starks lab, complete with a monster sound and video system.
d.
Marlon Brando
s part in the movie was so convincingly Oriental, that many theater managers reported moviegoers coming to them and demanding their money back because (to put it simply) Marlon never appeared on screen.
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