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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949).

About the movie: The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		The final film directed solely by Busby Berkeley.
b.		Jesse Thunderwake was originally intended as a series of YouTube videos in series, with a story arc then re-edited into a feature film. After the first 5 videos garnered very little attention, the idea was scrapped and the script that became the film began.
c.		Carrie Fisher was an uncredited script doctor on the film.
d.		In the Italian version MakeEm Laugh is sung in Italian and has similar, but a little different lyrics. Its the only song they did this to.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		Apart from the New York Exterior shots, and selected interiors. The majority of the movie was shot in Hong Kong, even the bar interior for the opening gunfight was shot in Hong Kong.
b.		Frank Sinatras career was struggling at the time and this was made during a period when the only time he did well at the box office was when paired with Gene Kelly.
c.		The photograph of Jack Nicholsons character as a younger man is the same one used in the Shining.
d.		Renny Harlin is in the movie as a crew member for two different teams. He is first seen as a PacWest/Motorola crew member who gets out of the Motorola car so that Jimmy Bly can demonstrate that he can get out of the car in 5 seconds. Harlin is then seen in a Bettenhausen/Herdez uniform taking his real life son Lukas to a playground.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		Arliss Howard plays a 24-year-old going undercover as a high school senior. His biography shows him to be 34-years-old when this was released, making his believable youthful appearance even more surprising.
b.		It took Roger Ebert six weeks to write the screenplay.
c.		Director Busby Berkeley came up with an imaginative swimming number for Esther Williams and Gene Kelly but Kelly didnt want it in the movie. So instead they did "The Baby Doll" number. Eventually the "Baby Doll" number was taken out of the final film.
d.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 1, 1947 with Ray Milland reprising his film role.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		The original budget was $4,500.
b.		According to Esther Williams in her memoirs, Judy Garland was the original choice for K.C. Higgins but was replaced after shed become undependable owing to her developing drug habit. June Allyson was also considered but had become pregnant and opted not to work during her pregnancy.
c.		Clarks middle initial W. stands for Wilhelm.
d.		Out of all 9 Bloodfist films, Bloodfist II is the only sequel that has any connection to this first film as Don The Dragon Wilson plays the same character Jake Raye. All the other sequels (except for the Wilson-less Bloodfist 2050) have Don The Dragon Wilson playing different characters.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		In the tradition of filmmaker and fellow Detroiter Sam Raimi, Michael Kallio often credits a character called a "Shemp", a homage to The Three Stooges. Most frequently it is a "Fake Shemp", a reference to the Stooges shorts where a stand-in was used in place of Shemp Howard.
b.		There was no soundtrack album, but three of the stars made commercial discs of a few songs, on MGM Records. Two Gene Kelly-Betty Garrett duets were recorded , "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (music by Albert Von Tilzer, lyrics by Jack Norworth), done in a swinging tempo, and "Yes, Indeedy" (music and lyrics by Roger Edens, Betty Comden and Adolph Green). Also, recorded on MGM Records, a Garrett solo, "Its Fate Baby, Its Fate" (music and lyrics by Edens, Comden and Green) and recorded on Columbia Records, Frank Sinatras charming ballad, "The Right Girl for Me" (music and lyrics by Edens, Comden and Green).
c.		Although many observers were stunned by Jack Palances "I crap bigger than Billy Crystal!" comments at the 1991 Oscars, and didnt understand where his statement came from, Palance was actually repeating a line that his Curly character says to Crystal when they first meet at the riding camp. People forgot this line because Palance delivered it so quickly and had many more notable quotes.
d.		The original filming of the opening number, "Colonel Buffalo Bill," with Frank Morgan appearing as Buffalo Bill, and Geraldine Wall featured as Dolly Tate, is an extra on the DVD release from Warner Home Video.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
b.		Kathryn Grayson was considered for the role of K.C. Higgins.
c.		A Jewel Production. Universal utilized a 3-tiered brand system until 1929: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream) and Jewel (big budget prestige pictures produced with roadshow ticket prices in mind).
d.		The Cadillac that the "jokers" use is actually owned by Ice Cubes bodyguard

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		When Alfred Hitchcock was off due to illness, the crew shot the sequence of Arbogast inside the house going up the stairs. When Hitchcock saw the footage, he complimented those responsible but said the sequence had to be re-shot. Their version made it appear as if Arbogast was going up the stairs to commit a murder. Hitchcock re-shot the sequence.
b.		Jennifer Garner was attached to play the role of "Angela" but left the project a few weeks before filming began.
c.		The song "OBrien to Ryan to Goldberg" (referring to the shortstop/second base/first base double-play) is modeled on a poem titled "Tinker to Evers to Chance" by Franklin P. Adams, referring to the Chicago Cubs infield of 1903-1910.
d.		The dialogue between Miles and Darren in the final scene is mostly improvised by Burger and Boyson. The scene had been written numerous times by Mark Cantu, then rewritten by Michael Cantu, Jennifer Ayala, and Michael Burger. However, the scene never quite came together on the page, so Burger asked to just improvise the scene, albeit with a set guideline in place for the scene. Once the guideline outlined the power shifts in the conversation and who was in control at exact moments, Cantu agreed to shoot the scene.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		Shot digitally using a Nikon D3, which offers a significantly higher resolution than even that of full High Definition. It was also shot at a frame rate of 12 frames per second, rather than the more fluid 24, so that viewers would notice the medium of stop-motion itself.
b.		Many of the people playing small parts, bit roles, and extras were allowed to create their own characters for the movie.
c.		Martin Sheens character name combines the names of the two eldest sons of Harrison Ford, Benjamin and Willard.
d.		The idea for the movie was conceived by Gene Kelly, who wanted to pay tribute to the early days of baseball. The movie takes place between 1909 and 1911, as evidenced by Ryans picture on a new T206 baseball card.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		The audio used during the movie theater scene is from the feature film Dreamers, which was also photographed by Neal L. Fredericks.
b.		Although credited as merely "Mr. Potter," it is revealed on the back of the glass on Mr. Potters office door that his name is Henry F. Potter.
c.		Baseball, The Great American Pastime, never has been widely followed in Britain. Consequently, the films title for English audiences was changed to "Everybodys Cheering."
d.		A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)?
a.		The pickup that hits the car with Steve and Linda says "Crowe Landscaping".
b.		Walter Mirisch hired veteran Fred Zinnemann to produce and direct the movie in 1960. Zinnemann brought with him screenwriter Daniel Taradash, as they had already successfully partnered in bringing From Here to Eternity to the screen. But Taradash was not able to condense the epic book by James Michener, into a workable story. When Mirisch hired Dalton Trumbo to take over the script, Zinnemann - after two more years of development - left the project when United Artists rejected his concept of a 4-hour movie to be shown in two parts.
c.		In early 2009, the movie was deemed "unreleasable" due to different lawsuits concerning director Kenneth Lonergans failure to complete the movie during the editing process.
d.		Rodgers and Hammersteins ballad, "Boys and Girls Like You and Me," is famous for its three deletions. First, the song was intended as a duet for Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts in the trailblazing 1943 Broadway musical, "Oklahoma!" Then screen rights to the tune were bought by MGM producer Arthur Freed and scheduled to be sung by Judy Garland to Tom Drake in Meet Me in St. Louis. Five years later, the ditty was to be interpolated in this Arthur Freed project, set to be sung by Frank Sinatra to Betty Garrett. The Sinatra prerecording holds a place on the Rhino CD box set, "Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964." Still in existence, the Sinatra-Garrett scene has been included on the CD from Warner Home Video.