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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Quiz
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About the movie:
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)?
a.
Jane Keane
s film debut.
b.
Michael Angelis
, the narrator for the United Kingdom version of Thomas and Friends was originally cast as the voices of James and Percy. After the American test audiences herd his recording, his part was deleted as it made the characters sound too old. The roles went to
Susan Roman
and
Linda Ballantyne
respectively.
c.
When Erica finds the Lt. Col., she tries to ascertain his nationality by asking him to identify the capital of Texas. When he says Austin, Erica incorrectly says Houston. The incorrect answer is an in-joke;
Powers Boothe
is a Texas native, and
Patrick Swayze
was from Houston.
d.
The first performance of the play was at the Malvern Festival in England on 20 August 1930. It then opened in London, England on 23 September 1930.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)?
a.
When
Victor Fleming
came on board in February 1939, he rejected the script. Production was shut down for 17 days while it was rewritten by
Ben Hecht
. Hecht used
Sidney Howard
s original script (which he felt was superb) as the basis for his rewrite.
b.
When the fictitious Turnbull ACs visited a hamburger joint during filming, people fled in fear of being attacked.
c.
The character DArtagnan also appears in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, which has also been filmed with
Gérard Depardieu
.
d.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street opened at the Empire Theater (New York) on February 9, 1931 and ran for 370 performances. The opening night cast included
Katharine Cornell
as Elizabeth Barrett,
Brian Aherne
as Robert Browning and
Charles Waldron
as Edward Moulton-Barrett. There were 2 Broadway revivals, in 1935 and 1945, also starring Cornell and Aherne in both. Flush, a Dog, was in all 3 productions, as well as in this movie and the 1957 remake, but they were probably at least two different dogs.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)?
a.
Remade literally word-for-word and scene-for-scene by the very same director,
Sidney Franklin
, and by the same studio, MGM, in 1957.
b.
The climactic train sequence took 6 weeks to film at the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios.
c.
According to
Jennifer Chambers Lynch
, the film was originally about witches.
d.
The teenagers at the beginning are watching
Plan 9 from Outer Space
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)?
a.
The project was originally planned for
Steven Spielberg
, but due to his workload it eventually landed in the hands of critically acclaimed Norwegian director
Petter Næss
. This became his first US production.
b.
Among the unconventional elements of this film was the soundtrack. At a time (early 1930s) when movie music was usually limited to the titles and credits,
Edgar G. Ulmer
had an almost continuous background score throughout the entire film.
c.
A modern source lists
Robert Bolder
in the role of "Old Man" and
Margaret Seddon
as cast members, but they were not seen in the movie.
d.
Alvys (
Woody Allen
s) sneezing into the cocaine was an unscripted accident. When previewed, the audience laughed so loud that director Allen decided to leave it in, and had to add footage to compensate for people missing the next few jokes from laughing too much.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)?
a.
When producer
Irving Thalberg
cast his wife,
Norma Shearer
, in the role of Elizabeth Barrett,
William Randolph Hearst
was enraged that his protégé,
Marion Davies
, was not given the role. So Hearst pulled Davies out of MGM and placed her with Warner Brothers for the remainder of her career, and for over a year the name "Norma Shearer" did not appear in any Hearst newspapers.
b.
Greta Gerwig
s death scene (her first) was shot on her last day of filming.
c.
The Thunder Bay Bombers, the rival team featured in the film is a real life depiction of the Philadelphia Flyers NHL team, whose nickname was "The Broad Street Bullies".
d.
The original title was "Seduction".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)?
a.
Concerned about the publics reaction, the disturbing subplot about Father Barretts incestuous designs on his daughter was toned down by the studio. However,
Charles Laughton
famously remarked that they couldnt censor the "gleam" in his eye.
b.
The automobile Professor Xavier and Erik Lensherr use in the beginning is a Mercedes Benz S-Class.
c.
The film had two working titles: Strange Cargo and Daggered Glances. It was only when the line "Our personalities are really just a collection of chemicals" was considered that the film was given its final release title.
d.
Writer and director
Kurt Wimmer
invented the martial arts style of gunfighting for this movie in his backyard.
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