Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Benny Goodman Story (1956).

About the movie: Bio of swing band leader 'Benny Goodman' from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Benny Goodman Story (1956)?
a.		Much of the scene where Andie crashes Bens "boys night" was improvised. Kate Hudson had the idea to toss the platter of veggies at the guys seated at the poker table. Donald Petrie, the director, knew she was going to do this, the actors in the scene were truly surprised.
b.		Already an accomplished piano player, Steve Allen learned how to play the clarinet for this film.
c.		The character of Joe Massara was based on actor George Raft, who was associated with Owney Madden, the man who organized the taxi racket in New York City.
d.		While this film languished in so-called "development hell" for years, 20th-Century Fox considered producing a fifth film in the "Alien" franchise instead. James Cameron, who wrote and directed Aliens, had written a script and even approached Sigourney Weaver to star and Ridley Scott to direct, both of whom expressed interest. When the studio decided to use the Alien/Predator crossover story instead, Cameron, Weaver and Scott all distanced themselves from the project, and later, declared they would never work on either franchise again.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Benny Goodman Story (1956)?
a.		The only musical numbers retained from the original musical were "New York, New York", "Come Up To My Place", "Miss Turnstiles" and "A Day In New York". Roger Edens composed six new songs for the film to replace the following songs: "I Can Cook, Too", "Some Other Time", "Lucky To Be Me", "Lonely Town", "Carried Away", "I Understand", "Carnegie Hall (Do-Do-Re-Do)", "So Long Baby", "Im Blue" and "Ya Got Me".
b.		The last appearance of Johnny Wiessmueller as Tarzan.
c.		Benny Goodman played all the clarinet music heard on the soundtrack himself, with the exception of the scene where the young Goodman first tried to play the clarinet - the squeaky notes were actually played by Steve Allen.
d.		The haunting music for the film was written by Peter Schickele, who is known primarily for his classical music parodies under the name of P.D.Q. Bach.

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