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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Bishop's Wife (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Bishop's Wife (1947) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Bishop's Wife (1947)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947).

About the movie: A bishop trying to get a new cathedral built prays for guidance. An angel (Cary Grant) arrives, but his guidance isn't about fundraising.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		The films wide release date in the United States, 24 December 2004, would have been Howard Hughes 99th birthday.
b.		Liam Neeson was replaced by Ed Harris after he dropped out due scheduling conflicts.
c.		During the scene where Austin and Max were hiding under Brisbans desk while Mr. Hartmann and a woman were kissing, the baby cried so much that its mother had to be under the desk with Corbin Bleu.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 1, 1954 with Cary Grant again reprising his film role.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		Cary Grants 51st credited film.
b.		"Philliam Benedict" is a play on William Bennett, who was Secretary of Education during the Reagan administration.
c.		Based on a 1927 novel by Georges Arthur Surdez titled The Demon Caravan. Surdez (1900-1949) contributed many "adventure" stories to such publications as Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. He was especially noted for his French Foreign Legion tales.
d.		When casting the part of Sarah, Richard Curtis auditioned a great many British girls, but kept saying, "I want someone like Laura Linney..." The casting director eventually snapped and said, "Oh, for fucks sake, get Laura Linney then." She then auditioned and got the part.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		The runaway success of Buck Privates caused a stir within the upper ranks of Universal, who had already begun production of Hold That Ghost. The studio was enjoying its first solidly profitable year since it was acquired by new owners in 1936 and wanted to exploit Abbott & Costello as logically as possible. The teams next assignment, In the Navy was resoundingly agreed to be a better follow up project so this horror-comedy was ordered halted. Production resumed about 4 months later. In retrospect, the decision was logical but probably unnecessary since the comedy duo was the hottest act in show business, and would remain so throughout the war years.
b.		William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949, the year after "Intruder in the Dust" was published and the same year the film was released.
c.		To figure out the look of the film, the cinematography department watched Steven Soderberghs Che: Part One and Kar Wai Wongs _In the Mood for Love (2000)_.
d.		In the version of the Christmas sermon dictated to the typewriter by Dudley, the following is shown typed onto the paper: "You give me a tie. I give you a book." However, in the pulpit on Christmas morning the Bishop reverses these two sentences when he reads, "I give you a book. You give me a tie."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		In Die Hard, Sgt. Al Powell is humming along with the song "Let it snow" sung by Vaughn Monroe. Same song that starts playing at the end of this movie.
b.		The script as presented to director John Woo was set in the future, but Woo suggested changing the setting to the present to focus on the dramatic and psychological elements of the storyline.
c.		Originally Cary Grant played the bishop and David Niven the angel. When original director William A. Seiter left the film, Henry Koster replaced him and viewed what had been shot so far. He realized that the two were in the wrong roles. It took some convincing because Grant wanted the title role of the Bishop. He soon accepted the change and his role as the angel was one of the most widely praised of his career.
d.		Evan Rachel Wood was considered for the role of the hitch hiker.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		Robert Stroud really should be known as the "Birdman of Leavenworth," since it was there that he kept his birds and did his research. He was not actually allowed any birds during his time at Alcatraz.
b.		William A. Seiter was the original director, but producer Samuel Goldwyn didnt like what he had shot and brought in Henry Koster to shoot a completely new film. The preview audience didnt like the new version, so Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett had to rewrite a couple of scenes without screen credit.
c.		Discovered when Bob Murawski, Bill Lustig, and Sage Stallone met with Jeff Mitchell to discuss re-releasing Massacre Mafia Style (AKA The Executioner). Jeff told them he didnt know about that movies print, but his father had an unfinished film lying around if they wanted it.
d.		June 2008 Ranked #6 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy".

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		Three members of the cast have appeared on ER (1994). George Clooney played Dr. Doug Ross for the first five seasons of the show, Don Cheadle guest-starred in the shows ninth season as surgical student Nathan, and Shane West who played Dr. Ray Barnett from 2004-2009.
b.		Producer/writer Judd Apatow says that the inspiration for this film came from watching Brad Pitts drugged-out character Floyd in True Romance. Kevin Corrigan appears in both films.
c.		Since the school/colleges name is "South Harmon Institute of Technology (S.H.I.T.), the "S-word" is the most frequently used word, being used 62 times throughout the entire movie.
d.		Teresa Wright was playing the bishops wife in the William A. Seiter version until the director was abruptly fired. She was not recast as she was then pregnant. Samuel Goldwyns decision to start the film over again was a costly one, as $1 million had already been spent.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 19, 1949 with David Niven reprising his film role.
b.		This movie is the only time that Katharine Hepburn ever said the word "fuck" on-screen.
c.		The editors line "Its not writing, its typing" was Truman Capotes evaluation of Kerouacs work.
d.		According to a 1947 "New York Times" article, Lela E. Rogers, the mother of Ginger Rogers, denounced the script at a committee hearing of HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities) as a "perfect example of the propaganda that Communists like to inject" and accused Clifford Odets of being a Communist. Rogers cited the line spoken by "Ernie" to his mother, "Youre not going to get me to work here and squeeze pennies out of little people who are poorer than I am," as an example of Communist propaganda. Hanns Eisler, who was nominated for an Academy Award for composing the films score, was also interrogated by HUAC and was designated as an unfriendly witness for his refusal to cooperate.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		In a scene depicting the giant spiders attacking a little league baseball game, the spiders are obviously Volkswagen Beetles with puppet legs attached. Tread marks can be seen in several shots.
b.		Due to a rights dispute(being an unauthorized remake of 1934s "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head"), this film was not released to television with the other "Inner Sanctum" features. It was the fifth of the six entries, filmed February 1-14, 1945, and released October 5. After its theatrical reissue using the title "The Missing Head", the film vanished until its video release in the 1990s.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 11, 1953 with Cary Grant reprising his film role.
d.		This would be the last film that Robert Duvall would direct until The Apostle, a gap of about fourteen years.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		Filmed between March 11 and May 15, 1946, with retakes shot in April 1947, the movie was held back until its nationwide release on February 20, 1948. Moreover, the picture was not given a contemporary New York Times review.
b.		One scene shows Cary Grant and Loretta Young in a conversation. Director Henry Koster staged this with the two facing each other, but both complained that this showed the "wrong" side of their faces. In order to show the "right" side, they both had to be looking screen left, which made a face-to-face talk impossible to film. Koster had a window set piece brought in, and he filmed it from outside, with both looking out in the same direction, Grant behind Young. The next day, producer Samuel Goldwyn visited the set after seeing dailies and berated Koster for shooting the scene in that manner. Koster replied by asking Young and Grant to explain why the scene was shot that way. After both told Goldwyn about the "right" and "wrong" sides of their faces, Goldwyn said "Look, if Im only getting half a face, youre only getting half a salary!" and stormed off the set. The subject of "right" and "wrong" sides never came up again.
c.		The wedding dress for the character Lydia Rodman was designed by Canadas illustrious wedding designer, Justina McCaffrey.
d.		Although widely regarded as a flop, the film was in actuality the only one of the sequels/prequels to show a profit on its theatrical release despite being a major underperformer and a critical embarrassment to the studio. However, the films reception was so bad that plans for a second sequel were promptly dropped.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bishop's Wife (1947)?
a.		The harp playing for Cary Grant was done by Mr. Gail Laughton, Laughtons hands are seen in the film during close-ups of Grants character playing the harp.
b.		Steven Spielberg admits that his greatest mistake in directing this film was his lack of courage portraying the lesbian relationship between Celie and Shug. At the time of filming, Spielberg feared that overt sexuality between the two characters would alienate audiences, a decision he now regrets.
c.		Tom Bosleys final performance.
d.		The German spoken by the dictator is complete nonsense. The language in which the shop signs, posters, etc in the "Jewish" quarter are written is Esperanto, a language created in 1887 by Dr L.L. Zamenhof, a Polish Jew.

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