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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi! (1932) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi! (1932) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Taxi! (1932).
About the movie:
Independent cab drivers struggling against a taxi company consortium find a leader in Matt Nolan.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi! (1932)?
a.
The original Hitchcock script for the film was written by
James Bridie
, and Ben Hecht contributed additional dialogue. But this script wasnt used, because the characters were changed, for example William Marsh became Andre Latour. This Hitchcock script is available at IUCAT Library.
b.
The movie-within-a-movie, Her Hour of Love, with
Donald Cook
and
Evalyn Knapp
, was not an actual film clip, but a new sequence especially filmed for Taxi.
c.
Peter Boyles character "Uncle Pete" is based on a real childrens show host in Philadelphia in the time of the film. The host was Uncle Pete Boyle; Peter Boyles father.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 14, 1947 with
Claudette Colbert
reprising her film role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi! (1932)?
a.
TRON is also a debugging command in the BASIC programming language, meaning "TRace ON." However,
Steven Lisberger
, has stated in interviews that he took the name from the word "electronic," and did not know about the BASIC command until later.
b.
Robert Culp
was the original choice for Travis McGee.
c.
A total of 90,808 frames (over 50 minutes) of this movie were digitally manipulated with special effects, many of which had to be done one frame at a time.
d.
For the scene where Matt Nolan hauls his wife Sue across the room by her hair and throws her out the door,
James Cagney
taught
Loretta Young
an old stage trick. When Cagney grabbed her hair, Young reached up and grabbed Cagneys wrist with both hands. As Cagney pulled her screaming across the room, Young was actually hanging from Cagneys wrist. This trick, and Youngs performance, made the gag look quite real, but prevented Cagney from pulling her hair out.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi! (1932)?
a.
When searching for an appropriate setting for the trial, the producers learned that regular military courtrooms are plain and featureless offices. In order to create a more photogenic setting, they settled on a vacant courtroom in an empty courthouse.
b.
Cagney was in the dance contest with
Loretta Young
as his partner, and curiously, ex-hoofer and future star
George Raft
was his opponent vying for the first-place cup.
c.
Venom is never referred to as Venom. Sandman is only called Sandman once - during a newscast sequence near the films climax. New Goblin is never called New Goblin - the closest this comes to happen is Peter calling him "Goblin Jr."
d.
Director
Scott Coffey
met actress
Naomi Watts
for the first time when they starred together in
Tank Girl
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi! (1932)?
a.
The filmmakers intended the death of Professor Xavier to be a dramatic turning point.
Simon Kinberg
and
Zak Penn
were initially cautious of killing Xavier, but grew to like the idea, saying it paralleled Spocks sacrifice in
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
. To keep Xavier still in the X-Films, though, they wrote the post-credits scene where Dr. MacTaggert discovers Xavier in another mans body.
b.
The crew built a sixty foot replica of the front half of the Black Pearl on the back of a semi trailer in the salt flats of Utah for a shoot with the Shadow of the Pearl. The shoot was scheduled for 19 days, it took 4.
c.
In 1933 the negative was destroyed so that all losses incurred by the production could be written off.
d.
This movie is the source of
James Cagney
s most famous misquoted line, "You dirty rat!" In the film, Cagney actually says, "Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or Ill give it to you through the door!"
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