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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Awful Truth (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Awful Truth (1937) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937).
About the movie:
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Sound Mixer
Carmine Picarello
makes a cameo appearance on a hotel balcony for a party.
b.
Sue Lyons outstanding performance as "Lolita" earned her the "Most Promising Female Newcomer" award at the 1963 Golden Globes.
c.
It was in this film that
Irene Dunne
first utters the name Jerry The Nipper implying that Grants character was often fond of a stiff drink or two. The following year in
Bringing Up Baby
, in the scene when theyre all in the lock up Katherine Hepburn says "Havent you heard of Jerry The Nipper?" To which Grant replies that "Shes making it up out of Motion Pictures shes seen".
d.
Casper Andreas
originally wrote the part of Marcel for himself.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
The few bits of German and French dialogue in the film are translated into English if you turn on English subtitles on the DVD, although no subtitles were used in the standard print of the film.
b.
Tay Garnett
turned down an offer to direct the movie.
c.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Moves Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
Chapter Titles: 1. Pirate of the Air 2. Hovering Death 3. A Leap For Life 4. A Fatal Crash 5. The Hawk Strikes 6. Bridge of Destruction 7. The Hawks Treachery 8. The Aerial Third Degree 9. Attack on the Mine 10.The Hawks Lair 11.The Law Strikes 12.The Mail Must Go Through
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Previously made twice, first as a silent film -
The Awful Truth
, and then as an early talking film -
The Awful Truth
. Later remade by Columbia Pictures as
Lets Do It Again
with
Jane Wyman
and
Ray Milland
.
b.
Director
Sam Fuller
served in World War II. He was a member of "The Big Red One" and many of the moments in this movie are based upon his own experiences.
c.
Shot in 69 days.
d.
Director
Herbert J. Leder
purposely wanted the film to have the style of the Hammer Studio horror films that were popular during the 60s. He directed the camera work and audio effects to have the characteristics of a Hammer film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Melissa Sagemiller and Desmond Harrington performed most of their own stunts.
b.
Most of
Jack Nicholson
s scene with
Dean R. Brooks
upon arriving at the hospital was improvised - including his slamming a stapler, asking about a fishing photo, and discussing his rape conviction; Brookss reactions were authentic.
c.
When the future Marty McFly attempts to play his guitar, he plays part of the main riff of Power of Love by
Huey Lewis
and The News, the theme song for the original movie.
d.
Cary Grant
was so convinced this film was not working, he begged to released during production. The film turned out to be a big hit.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
The film was originally called I-Empire.
b.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies of All Time" in 2006.
c.
Outtakes reveal a couple of things. First,
Laurence Olivier
had trouble using the large switchblade made for his character. Often, he would try to activate it and the blade would not come out. Second, several actors enjoyed imitating the unique speech patterns of producer
Robert Evans
. Years later,
Dustin Hoffman
used that imitation for his performance in
Wag the Dog
.
d.
Larry Cohen
worked on the script for the movie
Cellular
while he tried to get his screenplay "Phone Booth" sold. In a New Yorker article, he says he wrote "Cellular" with the intention that it would be the direct opposite to "Phone Booth" ("Phone Booth" is about a man trapped on a phone in a booth, while "Cellular" is about a man who is still trapped on a phone but can go anywhere). However, his friends told him that he had written the same screenplay twice.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Adapted from a Broadway play. The original stage production of "The Awful Truth" opened on Sept. 18, 1922 at Henry Millers Theatre in New York and ran for 144 performances.
b.
David O. Selznick
originally wanted
Lionel Barrymore
to play Dr Meade but Barrymores severe arthritis had just confined him to a wheelchair and was unable to take on so physical a part.
c.
Some of the music was provided by the group The Electric Flag.
d.
Filmed over the course of several months in the middle east. The scene where Jesus asks Peter to push the boat out - where Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector praying in the temple - looks like it was filmed in the summer, but it was actually filmed in late fall/early winter.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Leonid Kinskey
s final movie.
b.
The opening scene featuring Bruce Paul lecturing is patterned after the opening the scene in
Dark Star
.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 11, 1939 with
Cary Grant
reprising his film role.
d.
"Dad" Knowlton, the shipwright who repairs the PT boats, has a poignant little scene in which he refuses to leave the place hes lived and worked for forty years, although the Japanese are advancing. Rusty Ryan,
John Wayne
s character, finally leaves Dad sitting alone on his porch with a rifle in his hands and a jug of moonshine between his knees, as "Red River Valley" plays in the background. How eerily reminiscent of
The Grapes of Wrath
, which is particularly appropriate because Dad is played by
Russell Simpson
, whom
John Ford
directed as Pa Joad in 1940.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Because the war in Europe made it so difficult to track down who had the rights to most operas (coupled with the studios reluctance to pay the required royalties), all the operas performed in the film were either in the public domain (i.e., copyrights had expired and anyone could use them without paying royalties)) or were based on classical music that was in the public domain. The filmmakers were able to slip in a reference to the opera "Faust" (which featured heavily in the original novel) by having Christine appear in the Marguerite costume as she comes off stage at the end of the film.
b.
Frank Capra
began work on the film. Inspired by his work on the Martin-Marietta Corp.-commissioned faux documentary, "Rendezvous in Space" for the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York, Capra (a chemical engineer by education) worked to make the picture for Columbia, but finally abandoned the project in preproduction in May 1966 when he couldnt bring the budget down to the $3-million required by Columbia worldwide production chief
M.J. Frankovich
. The eventual budget for the finished film (directed by
John Sturges
) was $8 million. Capra never made another film.
c.
The scene where Big Red beats up and dangles a singer out of a window over royalties is alleged to have actually happened to
Jackie Wilson
.
d.
The dog playing Mr. Smith in The Awful Truth was in The Thin Man movies as Asta.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
Both the Cornell and Dartmouth hockey teams were played by Dartmouths actual team. Cornell hockey coach Ned Harkness only allowed Cornell jerseys to be used in the film on the condition that Cornell win the game with Harvard.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 10, 1941 with
Ralph Bellamy
reprising his film role.
c.
The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 28 November 1923, and had 133 performances. The cast included
Lionel Barrymore
as Tito Beppi,
Ian Keith
as Luigi Ravelli and
Irene Fenwick
as Simonetta. The play itself was based on "Ridi, Pagliaccio" by
Fausto Maria Martini
.
d.
The original design for the Witch-King featured a helmet that resembled a bucket with a crown of spikes on top. However, after watching test footage, the producers thought it looked to similar to Saurons helmet and that audiences would confuse the two. The redesign was made to pay homage to the Ringwraith designs. In addition, they also redesigned the Witch-Kings mace.
Peter Jackson
said the original mace was OK but he wanted it bigger. Weta workshop enlarged it, but
Peter Jackson
wanted it bigger, so they made it bigger. In the end, it was so large and heavy, it had lost practical use for the fight scenes, in which it was replaced by a digital version.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Awful Truth (1937)?
a.
The original camera negative was destroyed in May 1978 during a nitrate film fire in the George Eastman House archives. The fire also destroyed 328 other films original camera negatives.
b.
Ennio Morricone
was first offered the opportunity to compose the films score, but turned it down.
c.
Much of the film was improvised by director
Leo McCarey
and the cast during filming each day.
d.
The waitress in the diner scene is the director of the film.
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